Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-06-06
TESTIMONY AGAINST SULLIVAN.
The Bank Checks Produced Showing
What He Did with Irish Funds.

The coils Of evidence were drawn very close
yesterday in the Cronin inquest about Alex
ander Sullivan, ex-president of the land league.
half dozen witnesses testified to DR.. Cronin's
assertions that harm was meant him By SulIi-
van, and that if it ever came his friends nigh.
be sure that Sullivan was at the bottom of it.
The strongest testimony of the day against
Sullivan was that given by Byron A. Smith. re-
ceiver of the Traders bank. DIR. Cronin had
charged that in 1882 Sullivan had embezzled
large sums of money from Irish organizations
and wasted it in speculations. Mr. Smith pro-
( duced his books and the original checks. and
! showed that in three months in 1882 Sullivan
| drew five checks aggregating 100000 payable
| to the order Of John I. Laster d Co.. stock
! brokers'
The check of the original deposit came to
them from New York where it was trans
United from Paris and was sent to Sullivan by
Patrick Egan, to carry on the Irish work in
! this country. This is generally regarded as
concluslvely proving the truth of DR.. Cronp' S
charges. The fact that he intended TO bring
them up and push them at the convention
to have been held at Philadelphia this month
was the reason for his removal" That Mr.
Sullivan is in danger of being placed in custody
at any moment was shown by the remark OF
Superintendent Hubbard.
10 you Intend 10 arrest AleXaDQcr SULLIVAN
to-day he was asked.
That remains to be SEEM" was the willy
reply.
You won't arrest him to-day, though, will
you?"
That remains to be seen" again answered
Mr.. Hubbard. The coroner may order his ar
rest at any moment; he has the power to cause
MIR. Suiiivans incarceration at any time"
But Mr.. Sullivan has practically been under
arrest for a number of days. He has been mott
fed not to leave the city. Detectives have
guarded his house during the night His office
i'll the opera-house building is watched by no
less than three detectives and everywhere he
goes his footsteps are logged. The lawyer is
apparently not at all disturbed at the proceed
lngs. He attends to his business as usual and
during the day he can be found at his desk
writing. He receives all callers in his usual
suave way. and when questioned by reporters
II he has anything to say courteously replies
that he does not care to say word.
Patrick McGarry testified before the coro-
ners jury that in September. 1883, DIR. Cronin
told him, after the trial of Alexander Sullivan
in Buffalo, that his life was in danger. Mac"
said he, Il believe that man Alexander Sullivan
will be the instigator OF my death. There are
papers and atiidavits relating to this business.
and in them Alexander Suliivan's name is men
toned, in Mr.. Conkhn's possession, and if any
thing happens to me l will rely on you to give
them to the authorities One day, three
weeks before his death, Dr.. Cr0nn, talking of
that time, said: 1T may have been fateful
night to me. l took my life in my hand, but 1
am determined to expose Alexander sullivan
and his thievery and treachery to the Irish
people"
Continuing the witness said: CDR. Cronin
had demanded an accounting by Alexander
Sullivan of money raised for the Irish cause by
an organization at the head of which Alexander
Sullivan once was"
How much was this sum of money?n
II can only tell approximately but it was in
the neighborhood of a half million dollars
Did any one except DR.. Cronin prefer
charges against Alexander Sullivan before this
committee at Buffalo?'
Yes, charges were also made by John Dewey
and Luke Dillon of Philadelphia''
Similar testimony was given by half a dozen
other Witnesses