Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1889-06-22
Maroney and M'Donald.
REQUIsITIoN APPLICATION DENIED.

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ALBANY, June ia requisition was
presented to Governor Hill today from
Governor Fifer. Of Illinois, for the sur
render OF Maroney and Mcdonald,
charged with the murder Of DR.. Cronin.
The governor denied the application
without prejudice to the renewal Of the
same, simply on the grounds: G) That
the application was not accompanied by
an indictment; (2) that no proof what
ever was presented showing that the &C.
cused are guilty Of the crime charged
against them, g required by the laws of
this and all other states. The spplica.
ton was based solely upon an affidavit
made upon information and belief"
PETITION FOB HABEAS CoRrUS.
NEW York, June 13.-The petitions
upon which Judge Andrews las, evening
granted writs of habeas corpus for the
production in The supreme court Of Mar
oneY and Mcdonald. The men arrested
here for completely in the Cronin muir
der, were flied today in the supreme
court. That in McDonald's case was
made by Thomas j. Dennehy, and pre-
sented by John Delahany, and that in
Maroney's case was made by Edward j.
Rowe and presented by ID. NJ. Neuber.
| ger. The petitioners describe themselves
as near friends" and allege that the
men are not held by legal commitment
and that there is entire absence of identi-
fcation. The matter will come up for
argument tomorrow.
WILL ATTEMPT An l.
The Mail and Express of this evening
says: "a detective from Scotland Yards
stood on Chambers street, west Of the
county court house today for over two
hours. He had his eye on 29l Broadway,
which is the office Of David NJ. Neu.
berger, counsel for j. J, MaIoney. ac-
cused Of completely in the murder of DR..
Cronin. Major Rudolph Fitzpatrick, Of
147 West Sixty.third street, who was ad-
jutant. general in the Fenian army that
invaded Canada, is one Of the men will
ing 10 swear that Naroney was in his
place on the day Cronin was murdered.
Fitzpatrick has an English wife who is
an ardent supporter Of Irish aspirations.
Fitzpatrick and wife are relied upon as
two who will help to establish an alibi
for Maroney.
The attempt TO prove the prisoners
innocence will not stop with the evidence
OF Fitzpatrick and wife and Z. J. Rowe,
an tx. Cian.na.Gael man. One Of Ma.
roney's callers yesterday at the tombs
was Thomas ]. Denneby, of the Wolf
tone club, Of Brooklyn. He holds q
political office in Kings county and is q
trusted man in the anti Dewey Breslin
wing of the Clan-na Gael. Msroney
Dennehy and General Millen, the latter
q member Of the Press club, now dead,
went across the Atlantic on a mission
not quite two years ago. Maroney was
known as Melville. DenneLy, however,
has maSy Gael men III Ms camp,
and he is expected 10 ta4e part in the
alibi business.
n"The executive committee Of the Clan,
Da-Gael or Enited Brotherhood of Amer
lea met last night and decided that Ma.
roney and Mcdonald should be kept in
New York if possible by any form Of
law. All the members did not meet to.
| gether. Some were reached by telegraph,
and Patrick Egan, who 10 on the ocean,
was not, Of course, reached. The meet
ing is said TO have been held in Philadel.
phla, and those said to be present were
Ronayne, Tierney, Brokley, Condor and
Leonard. These men are anxious about
Maroney, because the British government
| wants him."