The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1889-06-07

netective Corghiin. n. q. sullivan and
Prank l,lask ALA. Wsodran Indicted for
the Nnrdsr of cronin frsmtnent cut
zen. >haiowed-A Newspaper Change.


n Prank MACK ALA. wsodrar Indicted for
the Mnrdsr Of cronln rrsminent Cifi-
| xsn. >haipwea-A >ews papcr Change.
cHIcAGn. May at-Thn grAnl jury last
evening. after 4 session ~ seven hours,
indicted Detective Dtniel coughlin. Il. q.
Sullivan. the Lake View ics-dealer. aud
Frank Black. alias woolru1. Tor the viii
I fui murder OF DR.. +. III. Cronin. Black IL
tho man arrested for stealing the white
horse and rig ia which the rhysiclan was
driven to his death, aud WIN t,id woody
story regarding Or. Crnnin having been
taken 70 attend III. woman. vhsse body.
As he claimed, was asterwsrd hidden in
/ the truak. 4
| Over a score Of Witnesses. iaolaling
both personal aad political frhnis ~ the
murdered man. ware examinti, but no
evidence was iniroducod to prpse d con-
spiracy, aud tho private papcrs, about
which 50 much has been said. were kept
from the Jury. As reSUltof tie inrcs-
tigation il was decided by a unanimous
vote 70 include the three pris 3ers III one
Indictment Of three counts. one charging
them with killing DR.. Cronin viii a blunt
instrument. the second alleging the use
- a sharp instruments, and The iLirl with
instruments AMI mcaus unkruw'.'
Tie Indictment, werc returned %
judge Williamson and TIE jury released
Tor the night.
states Attorney Lorgnerker said SUBJ
seqaently that the question OK con-
piracy was uvt iuyesiigaiel IA ans fVrn,
aud that 80 matter Nouid not 5c taken
ZIP again ~ the present body.
1t j. said upon absolute authority that
tie police are only jus beginning - g't
nI insight into tie me gaituae Of The con-
spiracy. All along thrr have beea work
ing Oh thr theory that Il was confined 20 a
few. Witiir the last twenty -four hours,
however. they have come inso possession
~ Information that places II bcyoad the
shodpw " doubt that AZ least score 81
individuals we're connected. directly or
indir city. with the ,iiabolical AFFAIR.
Among these, il j. said, are eight 81 the
most promin nj Irish Satlonalists IN the
city. These are bang Shnlowea day aud
night. not - much with the v.es % amy
immediate arrest. but. a. the police put
il, THE better % subservc the Interests
~ justlce.v Among the best and most
widely-known ~ The eight !, Alexander
Sullivan, the tx-prrsiient of the Irish
Land Leagne ot America. He j. prob
ably the best-watched man in Chicago
NAnhlW~ lAi4trl lWHWl
Chicago Orera-house building. in which
his Offices are located; they il around the
upper corridor; they dog his footsteps
when tie gnes across 70 the court house.
and they have his house ou.Oak street
under surveillance. Only when closerel
in his office, Or when in the parlur % his
home. i be tree from their razc.
CHIEF Of Police Hubbard practically
II
bic for this espionage. but he declined ID
say upon what grounds il Was based, Az
though he limited tia. II was done 70 sat
isfy Crpniu'S friends. Almost in the
same breath he said that ~ al tie stream
~ direct cviierrs that hal been poured
in upon him. there was not 4 single fact
that pointed ia the slightest degree -
Alexander Saliiyan's culpability. The
friends IF the latter-and their number is
lesion--takc tic ground that he i being
most outrageonsiy prosecuted. liz j.,
they say. being made mark Of by men
who have been opposed 20 him for years
ia secret societies. aud who are now only
too willing 70 take advantage ~ the pre--
ent excitement - identity him with the
crime ia tie public mind.
The Herald day. in an elaborate ar
ticle. reitera;cs It's former statement that
Or. Crunin was removed" ~ tae Clan
na-Gael after trial ana conviction. Oh the
charge ~ being Y British spy. II de-
clarcs circnmsiantially tint ali officer ~
the order knowa AZ delegate called
upon the senior guardian " Norlh-slde
camp 70 appoint a committee. No names
nor specifications were given. At the
next meeting Of the camp. II was an
nornced. under the rHles provided tor
such occasions. that trial committee
was required. Each man present wrote
name "a piece n paper. whoa all the
slips had been deposited iii the ballot
box II was delivered t. q trusiy member
who counted them and selected the seven
that received the highest number. Each
was quietly notified NJ the fact. while the
unsuccessful ones simply received blank
slips. The committee mel within a week
aud for the first time became aware of
each Others identity. anu also that 81 tne
man whom they were To try and the
charges preferred. Hence, " all tho
members ~ the order only tile commits
tie. The man preferrin- thu charges. aud
the witnesses examined wers coyuizant
~ the personality 81 the body Or its pro-
oeeding~. Char res were preferred
was found guilty by unanimous vote
and sentenced to be ''remDved.v
III some way th. Kuowielge os these
proceedings came % Crunin. and hence
his frequent statements iast before he
met biz death that violent end was ID
store FOR lin. The article also says that
the only object ~ Tie presence IN Chi
cago ~ Luke Dillon. ~ Philadelphia. who
Il one VI the triuinvirate now ruling the
order, II IN learn the number 81 the camp
by which the committee was appointed.
The coroner's jury yesterday visited the
cottage md the man-h0le Ia which tho
corpse was found. ana upon returning to
the city adjourned until this morning.
CHICAGO, May ~ defective Robert
Bruce, who has been conducting a pri-
waite agency IN this city. walked into Lieu
tenant Horace Ellott's Office yesterday
and said that several months ago Alder
man Mccormick. offered him eleven hun
dred dollars 20 Kill DR.. Cronin.
Bruce. who has just returned from q
three months stay in Texas. says that
Mccormick paid him q hundred dollars
in advance, aud agreed 70 pay the re-
manning thousand dollars when the jol
was done. Bruce declares that McCor-
mick told him 20 fcign sickness Ia his Of.
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