The Dickinson press., 1889-05-25
A Dozen Deep Cuts

left by
4. Dozen Deep Cuts
which have severed the scalp and in
dcnted the skull. 1t was the opinion of
the police that Cronin was foully muir
dered. and by some nan who could not
bring himself to disturb n Catholic
charm. A gang of laborers in the EN-
ploy Of the Lake View city government
have been cleaning the bitches along
Evanston avenue during the week.
Foreman Henry Roesch and two men
We're working on the north side of
Evanston venue towards F%ifty-ninth
street. AS they neared the catch basin
AT the corner they noticed a strong
smell of Pntrcfyins Flesh.
and Roesch pried off the topof the catch
Lusin with his spade and uncovered the
body of DIR. Cronin. 1t had apparently
been thrown in the basin, for the head
wa down and the feet and legs were in
the sewer opening.
The corner of Fifty-ninth street and
Evanston avenue is about 300 yards
from the Argyle Park station on the Chi
cago and Evanston branch of the Chi
cugo, Milwaukee and st. Paul railroad.
1t IS but two or three blocks from the
lake and about nine-tenths of a mile
north from the corner of Sulzer street
and Evanston avenue, where the empty
trunk was found on the day after Gro
hin disappeared.
Sent to the Morgue.
Immediately upon taking the body
out of the basin Foreman Roesch notified
the Lake View police station and sum-
moncd the patrol wagon. The body was
stretched out in the Lake View morgue,
which occupies the front room in the
basement under the station. Tele-
phone messages were sent to the
city police, and an hour after
the finding of the body a dozen of Gro
Minis friends We're at the station. John
+. Scanlon, Mortimer Scanlon and John
Il. Scanlon were among the first who
arrived. They
Identified the BODY
as that of Cronin upon first sight. Later
it was more positively identified by L.
l.. Conklin, the saloonkeeper with whom
Cronin lived. and by James Boland and
Patrick McGary. In the evening DR.. j.
Il. Brandt, president of the Cook County
hospital staff, carefully examined the
body and positively identified the body
as that of Cronin. He discovered upon
the head
Numerous Cuts and Bruises
from n to four inches long. The doc
tor said that the blows must have been
made bp some sharp observation-disclosures
laps an ice pick. He said if the instru-
ment had not been sharp the skull would
have been fractured, whereas it was
only indented or marked by the blows.
DR.. Brandt examined the hair found in
the trunk on Evanston avenue and
stated that it was DR.. Cronin's hair.
There are other reasons for believing
that Cronin's body was carried in the
trunk. There was cotton found about
the feet and under the chin of
the corpse of the same quail
ity as the cotton found in
the trunk and the threads OF cloth found
in the cotton in the trunk correspond in
appearance with the threads of the towel
wrapped about Cronin's head.
Decomposition far Advanced.
When this towel was removed part of
Cronin's noustache came with it, show
ing that decomposition was already far
advanced. The body was much swelled,
owing to its long stay under the water
In the basin. However, there can be no
mistake as to the identification. ut is
Cronin's body" said John +. Scanlon.
81 knew it the minute l entered the
room and was as certain of it then as ]
am now, after making a most careful
examination. l believe he was the vic
tim of the
Foulest of Murders.
| believe that the fact that the 'Agnus
Del was untouched is most significant,
believe that the suspicion that we have
all along entertained as to the manner
of his death was well grounded, and
expect to see the perpetrators of the
deed brought to justice. Cronin's friends
and fellow-workers will spare no money
or pains to bring about such a result and
will no stop until the instigators as well