Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1889-05-29
DIR. CRONIN'S MURDER.

nR Cp0NIN'S MTRnER
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No cprxr roR WEARS Was Ar
rnACTrn ss,cn INTrREsT.
One Theory Il that Enslish Tories Are Re-
sponsib.e, Another that Cronia Was .
= BrAsash spy ,Stln Othsrs Belieys IN OPP
po.Isg faction Of the irish Plannsd the
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4 Thara A. rnorA rnmors Atnnf than d.
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ing the cersainiy brutal fats q ~. Z.
H. Cronin, says Chicago telegram Of
Friday. May e. That hs was
the victim OF . murderous band Of
conspirators wssnot doubted His brother,
John j. Cronin, came here from ArkAn-
sas, viewed the bloatsd corpse under the
trickling waters in the basement lnorgue
OF Lake View, and positively deciAr I'd
that it was the remains Of bis trother.
Chief Deputy Coroner Eckhardt will
hold the inquest. The jurors chosen by
him are: r. s. Twitchell, Justice killian,
J. II. Wax Duien, n. A. Hangsn, Vitor
u. Hutler, aud Randolph Seifert After
viewing the body the inquest ives ad-
journed TO Tuesday At ~ q IA
Tho post mortem examination " tho ~.
mains began at 2:45 O'Clock. 1t was con-
Quoted by County Physician Todd, DIR. +.
q. Porter, city physician Of Lake View,
nd DIR. L. L. Gregory.
The doctors were occupied In making it
until o'clock. They examined the broken
finger, the teeth, and other marks of iden-
tification, and made a record Of their OBJ
servations. They refused to say what the
result Of the examination was, for the
reason, as they said, that they could not
disclose their information until it was put
in the possession Of the coro-
ner's Jury.
The police have done nothing to cast
light on the dark mystery. So far as
capturing any one who might know any :
thing of the foul means adopted in con
summating the removal OF Cronin, the
police have accomplished nothing. Indeed,
Cronin's friends are going to ignore the
Chicago police in the investigations they
propose to prosecute Pinkerton detectives
held surveillance over the only man put in
durance yesterday. He was the iceman
p. o. Sullivan, one of the parties to the
contract which blinded the ewes of the mur-
dered physician to the fishiness Of the story
under which he was decoyed from his Office
to his fate,
States Attorney Lonpenecker talked
with Sullivan. and also with Justic,
Ma,:oney who had helped Sullivan to
make that contract Mahoney's state.
menr was taken in detail by James NJ.
Purcell. official stenocra pher of the Grim.
inal court: but, accol ding to Mr.. Lopee-
necker. not an atom of information was
cleaned that had not been detailed in the
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only hopeful that he NAV be abe to un.
earth the details of a conspiracy. OF the
existence of which there is no apparent
doubt.
The Pinkertop national detective agency
has several operatiyes mt work. In ex
planation of their employment II WAS said
that Cronin s friend, did not have entire
confidence in the city and Lake View de-
tectiye force. 1t is an established fact that
MANY of the CITY force are ardent lrish
nationaIists. and II il believed that MANY
of them opposed the faction to which
Cronin belonged.
Money is rapidlv nourinp into tho fund
now being accumulated for the pur poses
Of investigation. and the promoters Of the
inyestigatiou saw there win be x5O. 600
easily raised for the cause. Thew appear
determined to 70 to bedrock for facts.
and the result of their investigation is
awaited with Keen impatience, as the gen.
eral impres sion is that facts peculiarly
startling and sensational will he sprung.
The Rev. Father Dorney. pastor of st,
Gabriel's church, who became famous in
the 'sTimes- Parnelr' case, discussed the
Cronin mystery YESTERDAY. During hi.
talk with O reporter he said: al have
formed no theory about this terrible mat.
ter and must saw that | have not had
time TO keep myself posted. 1t was a ter.
ribls surprise to me. The theory TINT his
death was caused by his enemies in the
Irish movement is absurJ. II there was a
semblance OF truth in it am sure that INV
connection with such affairs and nv init
mate relationship with those prom inent in
the Irish movement would have enabled
mo to know something about II It is alb
surd from the fact that ali those who were
opposed to Cronin IN such matters have
dropped out ANA have ceased to take auy
interest in 1t. leaving Cropjn apdlhis friends
in control. TO say that he was killed by
any one connected with an Irish society
would be to saw that he has killed by his
friends,
The possibility that the English govern
ment through it, secret agents NAV have
had somethinq to do With the Cronin
mystery ia not being lost sight Of. Iri,h-
Americans generally. with this thought IN
viav have haen clnsalv watching develon-
ments. One well posted eentlemaa said: j:
ssScotland ward has a finger in every
Irish pie. It would be Queer indeed IL the
Cronin business proved the first exc option.
Improbabie Won say-not bit Of II. Who
would have believed beforehand for mo-
ment in the horrible truth about PiRotts
There was an instance where. with the
funds Of the British exchedher. tho high
est Tory officials ioined ina far.reachine.
cunninely devised plot to DESTROY the Irish
movement by running the leader. ParnelI.
Forgery. perjury. absolutely NO crime
necessary was stopped at. Parnell. by
whatever means. was to be shown mn yir.
tually an assassin. the confederate OF the
Phmnix park murderers. Details were
wrong ht out with the utmost nicety, Cli-
max followed climax in a manner dramatic
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