Telegram-herald., 1889-05-30
THE CROWN CASE
TIE States Attorney Denies Some
Sensational Stories
CorcHn ClAT PROVE " .LlgI


ssate's Attorney Lonrenecksr 6eutss tta
senzSLlcas4 ssoEfss IF.aleQ ~ . 1ornlag
Faees IS to ass a4dllg stioas aG1s ~
IA sgrale lsFy TUESDAY - yo0ng carson
CaEt< sc42a-k 40 Pa Dlnzn lie livery
s7@a ozls lzlTg tels s2s tl-t Csrlson t.slaed
thai kg&z-k eilaaa-S, pks Evntsd tie house
vasTe cTo8ie va murdered. w-s very IN
innate s-tA s2llivsa. ths ice- man. ana was
II tAs habit u going into saluyan house
u t0s rSek deer and that. 0n one OCCASION
b saw sal.iyan give Williams money Is ths
to mea stcod toseIAsT 80 = window u
eItiivsn's b2Sk room Judge Longsneoker
saws no sch eYidsncs was giYen- de
e.aies also tie ssory that csptAta schaack
had tod tie grand iuEy that 10
haG witness Who had seen
saliivan and Wooarar together IN =
saloon and mat Sullivan gave
Woodruff bank no Is Tor large SUM
thirt rcmor ~as that PAT Oman the livery
man. fully Identified willard smith as tbs
plan Sho drove away tAs buggy With the
white horse which had bses hired BY
Coughltn This " - also denied by Judge
loDgeneeker
The grand fury did NOT resume considers
ton OF the Cronin matter, bat went 10 work
finishing up tho ia!l eases on its docket
Il Is not probable that the Cronin case VIII
be further acted Oh by tho present grand
Iugy, unless the discovery OF new eyidcncs
ef 50 important chsrseter TO demand
Immediate action renders prompt work ifn-
pefadVe
The coroper's inquest has sgain been
postponed this time uall 10 o'clock Mon
day IucEzing.
OThs police are authority FOR the statement
ment that Detective Coughhn is utterly un-
able 10 account Tor his Whereabouts on the
night of the murder. and that the detect
iye is, in all probability, one or the princi-
pals, and helped 20 slay Cronin with his own
hand They say also thar there IS no evil
dence that any Irish society ordered the
assassination, and there Will hardly be moro
than dozen defendants
With the exception OF w j. Hynes, the
attorney, IL is evident that all the prom
inent Irishmen are shut out Of the police
conference and are totally IN the dark in
regard 70 the course being pursued by the
authorities 10 the Cronin investigation
Luke Dillon, OF Philadelphia, has entered
vigorous : protest against the actions
of the Chicago police and says that they
are not on the right track and will not
listen 20 suggestions from men In posi-
ton TO put them IN the right way. lie
says IL Is q sure thing that no Irish society
had any thing 70 do with the murder Of
Cronln.
Il don't care TO talk about the matter"
said Chief Hubbard. We are pursuing this
investigation on our own account and in our
own way, and are not calling on outsiders
for help In the matter IL Irishmen or oth-
ers have any suggestions to make we aIe
willing TO hnten to them. and If they appear
10 Us 10 be worth investigation we will fol-
low them up but We are not telling out
siders what We are doing. The work we
have done so far has been very sausfac-
tory TO ourselves and when we are through
the public Will be equally as well salts
fed"
a widow named Hamburgher has turned
over 10 the police suit OF flannel under
clothing and q vest which were found by
| her TWO boys in q clump of bushes on the
| Evanston road. not far from the spot whore
| the trunk was discovered The officers are
mysteriously regarding the find, and re-
| fuse TO say whether the articles have been
| identified as having been worn by the mur-
Cered man.
McGeehan the blacksmith from Phila-
| dslphia, who was arrested by the Pinker-
tons, has been released from custody He
4
| able to lay hands upon him If he should be
wanted
4 fund Is now being raised to prosecute
| TO the fullest extent the investigation Of the
| Cronin murder conspiracy. 1t Will take
considerable money 70 thoroughly examine
| into the facts and circumstances connected
| with the diabotcal crime and to bring TO
| justice those implicated in it, either as
| principals or accessories. subscriptions
| should be sent to W. L. Rend, treasurer OF
| this fund, at 1j2 Madison street
| Colonel O'Leary, OF Philadelphia, is
among the outside members Of the Clan
Gael who have arrived in Chicago TO pose
cute the search for the assassins OF Dr..
| Cronin- Colonel OLeary Is the noted or
| ganizer Of the old Fenian brotherhood, and
| led the charge at Ridgeway. Can, in 1866,
which caused loss Of life among the Can
| adian soldiery. He also took part in the
| Fenian raid OF 1870 one of his comrades in
tha, struggle being lie Caron, the fnformer