Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-06-15
THE GRAND JURY
IN THE NOTED MURDER CASE OF DR..
CRONIN.
ALEXANDER SULLIVAN BALED.
The Amount Fixed at Twenty Thousand
DoIiars-An Immense Crowd
In Court.
fBy telegraph 10 the nlspatch.l


CHICAGO, June 1i.--At the opening Of
his court this morning Judge Tully said he
would not be ready TO announce his opin-
ion in the matter of allowing Alexander
SEllyan's release on bail until o'clock.
II is reported that this course was taken
because it Is thought the grand jury will
take some action in the matter to-day.
The arrangements for a big memorial
| meeting June 18th 10 commemorate the
murder Of Dr. Cronin are nearly COM
plctcd. he managing committee has IS
/ sued invitations TO leading citizens OF every
nationality, and Il Is expected the hall Will
be crowded with representative men.
Mayor Cregier VIII preside and Governor
if'r viii deliver an address. The stage
viii be occupied by congressman. leading
! lawyers. editors. and officers Of SOCIETIES.
A feature Of the programme viii be sing
| ine by several German societies.
The grand Jury came into court late this
afternoon and reported an indictment IN
! local. but returned Ia its labOrs without
/ handing i'm bills against any of the suspects
IN the Croun case. seldom. If ever, has a
case drawn such q crowd as that which as
I semblcd this afternoon 10 hear the expect
! "a decision of Judge Tuley. The court
room was damned. At 345 p. VI. he
assembled the bench with a written opinion,
which. II soon became apparent, had been
| made only after a careful analysis OF the
whole mass Of testimony. Judge Tuley
said, q" suppose there will be no further
step taken beyond this evidence before the
| coToncr's jury"
Judge LONG, ncckerreplicd: "That is all.
There is no additional testimony"
Because if YOU had any the Court wOuld
feel compelled 20 hear it, said the Court.
Judge iulev then began reading his dc
ci7iOn and had not proceeded two minutes
when the frowns of those identified with
the prosecution told which way the drift
was. After the reading of the decision
state Attorney Longcncckcr suggested
| $4,000 bail. but Counsel Trude thought
that excessive. lie said that Sullivan was
not rich. that he had persons other tiau
I his family dependent upon him, and that
anything above $4,000 might be hard for
him to get
Judge Gilbert contendcd that S1O,0 600 was
as high hail as was ordinarily required.
Mr.. Irudo wanted to know whether IT
] bail was fixed il would continue If the
! grand Jury found On indictment. Judge
/ Longeucckcr said that he would consent
/ That tho bail should remain Is fixed pro-
, Vldc1 an Indictment were found on no
I other evidence than that already before
/ the corouor's iury. # additional evidence
were introduced be would reserve his right
/ to secure a cdpiGS and then settle tie qucs-
/ ton of additional bail If 1t became neces-
/ ". ". kcrwin, J W. 1uohy ID. Cookery,
and Fernando Jones. who were among the
( looEeIs-on, volunteered as bondsmcn. They
/ were accepted without question.
SULLIVAN RELEASED or BAIL.
Judge Tuley this evening released Alex
| andcr Sullivan Oh $4,000 bail, which was
| promptly gwen. The Judge held that the
/ coroncr's Jury had been Influenced hy out
! side sentiment.
| HABEAs CORPUS IL THE CASTS or MARoNEY
AND M'D0NND.
/ Nrw YORK. June 14.-Writs OF A0IcQs
! cor-ptcs for John j. Maroucv and Charles Nc
! Donald came up this morning. One before
/ judge Patterson in the Court If over and
! Tcruincr, and the other before Judge An
dreWs. in the supreme Court chambers.
/ The court-ro0ms were filed with lriShmcn
and Irish sympathizcrs. Judge Andrews
sent the Mcdonald case into Judge Iattcr-
! son, and that functlonary, after consulting
with Judge Andrews. announced that he
would not hear argument. hut would send
/ the wits back TO the Supreme Court. As
sstant District-Attor Maccoua APP
| pcared for the people, John Dclauahantv
/ Tor Mcdonald, and David VI. NeWburger
| for Moronev.
Macedonia did not seem inclined 20 make
ANYTHING but verbal returns 20 the writs
/ tradition papers by the Governor next
/ Monday. but Judge Andrews SAID he had
/ nothing 10 do with the eXtradltlOn papers,
and that written returns must bee made by
| those to whom the WTits were addressed
/ Counsel then agreed that the matter should
| 90 over until tomorrow.
Judge Tuley in his decision says: have
no criticism TO make upon the action or
! the cOroncT's jury. 1t Is not expected that
! in an investigation by a coroner he VIII Doe
ruled by strict rules Of evidence. IN fact,
! il is his duty ever 20 receive hearsay evil
! dence, as it viii tend to put him upon the
/ track of the real evidence which may bc
| obtained III the case. And IL Is clear that
/ it was from this hearsav evidence in this
| case that the cOroners jury obtained the
! impression or sUppOsltlon ultimately that
| "a conspiracy had been formed To- murder
! DR.. Cronin. The question here is as % how
| far that evidence affects the respondent
/ Sullivan. The Judge reviews the yolunn-
nous testimony taken al the inquest,
particularly that Of Haggerty, and says,
| thnt | believe II Is substantially the ONLY
/ evidence which tends TO show that Sulli-
van made a threat or suggestion that Dr.
| Cronin's life ought 10 be taken. If VIC re-
| ieCt the declarations or statements of the
| deceased CrOnin rs to the threats that had
been made against him by Sullivan; rs 10
fears that had been excited IN his mind OF
lis life. bv reason Of Sullivan, or at Sulh-
vans mitigation, there Is practically no
evidence bearing directly upon the t.
spundent Sullivan except the testimony Of
the witness Haggerty, as 10 these threats
which he states Sullivan made i'm lSSj. |
know of no rule of law which Will
admit the declarations of CrOnin
made out of the presence of Sullivan.
Before any committing magistrate or jury
all that evidence would necessarily be eX-
GrrI1r M a.
the faction of what was called the Gamma
! Gael, or the United Brotherhood AssOCla-
! ton, is beyond question from the evidence;
that there WAS a breach in that oTganlZa-
ton, caused by CrOnin and others EN-
| deavOring TO investigate certain actions OF
Sullivan. Boland, and Freely, who composed
the triangle, Is also shown; that number
Of camps were expelled, and that CrOnln
himself was expelled because of an at
tempt to pursue these investigations
| is also shown, and he was expelled by the
! committee before whom the respondent
Sullivan prosecuted. 1t Is also in evidence
that Cronin, after the two branches OF the
organization came together and charges
were preferred against Sullivan, Bolaud,
and Feely sat upon jury or committee
that tried Sullivan, and the two upon those
charges. From what took place before that
committee and from other evidence IN the
Ivan considered Cronin his bitter enemy.
That he believed he was trying to lnIure
him is beyond question, and, as have said,
the fact is patent that Cronln considered
Sullivan his most bitter enemy, and one VINO
was seeking his life. Crouin Is murdered
in pursuance OF the plot or conspiracy.
Now. what was the nature OF that con-
spiracy from this evidence? The evidence
NAV be said 10 tend to shOw-hrst, that he
was murdered by personal enemies for re,
venge growing out of matters connected
with tins United Brotherhood Association;
second that he was murdered TO prevent
an exposure as to the doings OF the So
called triangle.
After discussing both Of these theories
at much length in the analysis of the tesu-
monv Judge Tulep says: Upon careful
reading OF this testimony and striking out
all but the legal evidence | cannot (and
think no impartial man cam make up my
mind it would be possible for any
Jury 10 convict Respondent Sullivan
upon that evidence alone. That j.
one of the tests rs 10 whether the
party is entitled to bail or not.
The mere fact that a party IS an enemy OF
another person who gets killed IS no proof
If his having killed aided, or abetted. or