The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1889-06-19
THOUGHT TO Be CRONIES MURDERER,
Manitoba Police Confident that They
Have the Right Man.
Their Opinion Shared by the vidocqs
of the Chicago Force.
Burke Shows Terror at the Prospect
Of His ExtradltIon..

CHICAGO, June 1s.-A special despatch
from " innipeg says "Chief McRea is salts
fed that the prisoner Burke is no lother than
one Of the Williams brothers who figured
in the Cronin case at Chicago Burke told a
fellow prisoner that he would resist any at
tempt to take him to Chicago. He persists
In declaring his absolute innocence. The
terror he eyinces at the prospect of going
back to Chicago convinces the police here
that he has much to fear. He made some in
quiries about the contents of his valise
which indicate that he is uneasy about the
suspicious hat and clothes supposed to be
Cronn's.
1t was discovered that Burke, alias De-
laney, who was arrested in Manitoba.
had threatened DR.. Cronin on more than one
occasion. He is known to have said that the
doctor was British spy and ought to be re-
moved.
One story is that on one occasion, while
slightly under the influence of liquor, Burke
said:
DIR. Cronin ought to be removed, and by
-, I'm going into scheme to get him out
of the way
Chief Hubbard is the happiest man in town
today.
"We have more evidence than we want
against Burke" he said. ''The identifica-
tion of the photograph of him by the ex-
pressmen and the Carlsons is mere baga-
telle compared with the other facts we have
accumulated to prove his guilt: Burke will
be indicted today, and we shall then send an
officer up to secure his extradition. [ antici-
pate no trouble on that score"
The police have been working on the theo-
ry that the plot to murder DR.. Cronin was
conceived in the now notorious Camp 20, and
executed by members of that camp. Many
members Of Camp 20 have been shadowed
ever since the coroner's inquest, and as the
result two, and possibly three of these sus-
poets will be arrested as soon as Burke
can be brought back. They are known to
to be remoyei l, and their movements before
and after the murder are known to have
been suspicious in the highest degree.
The police do not say where the informa-
tion about Burke comes from, but it is stated
that a friend of Burke's has squealed ana
tion to Winnipeg.
The only incident of the Grand Jury this
morning was the refusal Of William E. Bell
of the Western Union Telegraph Company
to obey an order OF the jury to produce mes
sages passing between Alexander Sullivan,
Dan Coughlin, P. O'Sullivan, John j. Ma
roney and q. w. Melville. After all at
tempts to induce the witness to obey had
failed the jury, headed by State Attorney
Longnecker, repaired to Judge Shepherds
room and appealed to His Honor to
issue an order directing the witness
to answer under pain OF con-
tempt and commitment. After listening
to arguments by the attorney for the West
ern Union Company, and by the District
Attorney, the judge directed the witness.
under pain of contempt and commitment, 60
produce any and all messages, cablegrams,
or copies thereof, in the Chicago Office pass
ing between Alexander Sullivan, Dan
Coughin, p. O'Sullivan, John j. Maroney,
G. w. Melville and Charles Mcdonald.
either under their true name or any alias, or
betweeh either of these men and any other
person, since the lst Of last March. The
officers of the Western Union then stated
that they would now be promptly spread be-
fore the jury.
Maurice Morris. a friend of DIR. Cronin,
was before the jury this morning. and told
how the doctor had frequently stated that he
had incurred the ennity of certain persons
high in authority in Irish societies, and that
he had fears for his life. William Mulcahy,
the suspect, about whom so much has been
written, was closeted with the jury for near
ly an hour, and those who heard his story
became convinced that he had no connection
with the crime.