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that old Hepsy TrOtwood was cruel and
unjust.
Days, weeks, months, years rolled
by without bringing reconciliation.
Hetty was the mother of q second
baby. The young woman frequently
passed her aunt's house, and the little
one, who was beginning to talk, would
ask her who lived in "the pretty house,
referring to the deacOn's. On learning
it was "grandma's," she would laugh
with delight
One day in early June, Hetty, busy
with her household cares, forgot to
closely watch baby, who wandered
down the road In the direction of the
deacOn's house. Mrs. TrotwOOd sat by
the open window. It was her sixtieth
birthday.
"Dear mel" she sighed. "How old 1
am getting ixty-and the deacon
is five years older; time to be-
gin to think of passing away.
If the Lord calls the deacon
first, I shall be left aIOne-alone !"
And the woman bent her head in sOr-
row. eff Hetty had only married to
suit me-and yet Dick seems to be a
clever fellow, after all How cruel I
have been, after all these years VIII
Hetty forgive me now? Yet she
blghted my fondest hopes" she muir
INJURED, while the old stern look stole
over her face.
Suddenly the patter of little feet was
heard, and Mrs. TrotwOOd saw stand
ing in the open doorway a little child,
a lovely, laughing baby, with hair ike
spun gold and eyes as blue as blue
hyacinths that she had seen the
counterpart of many time, and which
left no room for doubling that before
her stood Hetty's baby.
"Is you grandma? ?" asked the child
in sweet, hsping tone.
Grandma. The word was like
magic to the chiIdless heart. Then
H6psy Trotwood did what she had not
done for years-cried as if her heart
would break. One cannot close the
doorway of his heart against the plead
ings of little child. Hepsy TrotwOOd
had heart, after all.
Five years have passed. The dea-
cons family and Hetty are reunited.
Prosperity has come to the young folks
Dicks hopes are realized. On the front
door of one of the most substantial
dwellings Of the town is a ghstening
door plate bearing the name, Richard
Barry, M. D.
Mrs. TrOtWOOd has made a new will,
by which she Will leave her entire for
time to Hetty's baby.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-08-23

have known him Tor twenty years and cannot
be mistaken. I have been in swimming with
him and know him better than any man living.
THERE'S no chance for a mistake"
Capt Viiliers. formerly Of the Lake view
police, who saw the body before the loose hairs
Of the mustache had been wiped sway, was
certain the body was Cronins s. Mayor Bolden-
week viewed the body and gave a similar Opin-
ion. John Sullivan, James Sullivan Of the
Tribune DR.. Siebert Of Lake View, Patrick Nc
Garry, Frank Seaman, Joseph ByTne, Maurice
Morris, and more than twenty other iutimates,
also positively identified the body as that Of DR..
CrOnin.
John Buck, the barber who has shaved Cronin
for nearly & year, was positive that the corpse
was that of DR.. Cronin. He carefully examined
the shape OF the head and the texture Of the
hair, and declared that they compared exactly.
DR.. Brandt, Of the Cook County Hospital, who
examined the hair found in the trunk declared
that it was the same as that on the head Of the
murdered man. DR.. RuthfOrd was Of the same
opinion.
a few days later the brother Of the murdered
man came on from Arkansas and fully identi-
fed the body,
TIE WOUNDS THAT BILLED.
DR.. Grey, VINO made the first examination OF
the body after its arrival at the station, de-
scribes the wounds as follows:
There are five wounds. No is on the 'front.'
parietal suture, just here" and he took up q
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which would have left It's mark ON the hands OF
arms either IN striking or ia wording OF blows
t1e must nave been surprised and stunned at the
first blow
Dr.. j. r. Brandt. President of the Cock Couu-
" Hospital stat, who also examined the
wounds sszId the blows must have been made
by some sharp instr uI1eElt perhaps an iee-picl,
de said u the instrument had not been sharp
the skuu would have been fractured, whereas it
was only 1udenUed or marked by the blows DR.
Brandt examined the hair found in the trunk on
evanston avenue, and stated that it was Dr..
CrOnIn's hair.
THE FUNERAL.
The funeral which took place on the follow
ing Sunday, was, perhaps, the most remark
able ever seen in Chicago. an immense crowd
thronsed the Cathedral of the HOLY Name
where the services took place. and ten thousand
men marched IN procession behind the bic The
streets along the route were packed with peo-
PIE who stood with barred heads as the funeral
corUege passed. Many prominent Irishn1en
nom ali parts OF the country attended
ARRESTS or SUSPECTS.
The arrest of woodruff alias Black tha
nOFseUb1eT5 and his numerous and varied scoU-
LESSONS" and later the arrest OF Dsteetirs
Coughlin and Icelnan o SuIlivan, showed at last
that the police were on the track of the murder
ers. Then the finding OF the cottage with its
b1ood-sta1ned floors and blOOd-bespattered walls,
its broken and disordered furniture and all the
other marks Of the foul crime gave the final kew
to the mystery.
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Drawfng the Credit Line.

Merchant Tailor am sorry to say
it, Mr.. Goodheart, but as this is to be
your wedding suit, I must demand cash
on delivery.
Mr.. Goodheart- Why, I've had
an account with you for years, and I've
always paid promptly to the hour, the
very hour, sir.
Yes, Mr. Goodheart; but you were
a bachelor, and had the handling of
your own money"
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-08-23

r. CRCNIE'S murd er,
which occurred in the city
of Chicago on the night Of
May 4, 1889, was one Of the
most remarkable crimes on
record. Although months
have elapsed since the hOr-
rid tragedy was enacted it
is still q subject Of keen
interest and hGated dis
cussiOD and recriuniuatiOn
on both sides OF the Allan
tic. That it VIII continue
to be so for many months
to come seems, from pres
ent indications, entirely
ur-O1o hT1 F3Thnrn ran Ina M
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-08-23

CrOnin, but many others
insisted it was not
that OF the missing
physician. DR.. CrOnin 8
friends in Chicago were
at once notified, and a
large party Of them soon
arrived upon the scene.
Their Identification of
the body as that Of DR..
CrOnin was very positive,
but as some other per
sons since proved to be
enemies of the murdered
Doctor insisted that the
body was not his, a num-
Der Of other friends were
sent for and g. minute ex-
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real estate agents clerk a. a man about feet
inches in height stoutly built with dark brown
hair, brown mustache, nose that wes almost
Roman, Elue or gray eyes, pleasant address and
a slightly English accent.
Two days later SimOnds bought some fuTni-
ture OF RsveII & Co., and ordered it delivered at
the rooms a. No. III Clark street. He told Hat
field the salesman, he wanted the cheapest
things he had, for temporary use only. He paid
q leather strap.
Sinonds' room was found to be vacant March
19, ana the occupants Of the house could give no
information concerning him. After the dis
cOVery of DR.. CrOnin's body Swedish express
man named MaEtinsen was found who had been
hired to take that furniture from No. III CLARK
street to the Carlson cottage in Lake View
where the murder was committed.
A few days before this a man giving his name
as Frank Williams, and having an alleged
brother, rented the Carlson cottage in Lake
View. The furniture from No. 1T Clark street
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CHAPTER ".

sLANDEB COMES To THE AEURDEREas' AID.
For g long time all that could be learned was
that DR.. CTOuin had nlysteriOus1y disappeared.
Cronin' friends teLegraphed all over the country
their belief that he had been murdered. They
coupled his disappearance with the finding OF a
blOOd-stained trunk.
Then began a series OF the most astounding
journalistic fakes on record. For time the
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The Weight Of IndiHidnnIs.

The average weight of a boy at birth
in seven and that of a girl little more
than six pounds. When they have at
tanned the full development of man or
womanhood they should weigh 20 times
as much as they did at birth. This
would make mans average weight
40 and wOman's about 125. The
height of a male at birth is I foot 8
inches, and that of female / foot 6
inches. Fully grown, a mans height
should be about three and a half times
greater than at birth, or 3 feet inches,
While ID woman should be feet 3
inches. The weight of individuals
who are fully developed and well
formed, however, varies within ex-
tremes, which are as nearly one to two,
while their height varies within limits
which at most are as one to One-third.
Taking 200 pounds as tie maximum Of
mans weight and So as the minimum,
we would have the average of 1923
pounds. Placing the maximum weight
of woman at 165 pounds and the mini-
mum at 20 pounds, and we get al
average Of 1871 Philadelphia
Record.
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Breach OF COnfdenea.

An Irish lawyer had occasion to dis
miss a clerk.
what made you sack him % asked a
friend, che wrote splendid hand.
mo doubt Of 1t, replied the solicitor,
shut confound the fellow! he had got
into the habit of reading what he wrote.
Breach of professional confidence, you
know. I was obliged to get rid Of
him.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-08-23

CHICAGO's QUEER DETECTIVE WORK.
The most astonishing feature of the case was
the action Of the Chicago police. Two days after
the mysterious disappearance, Patrick Oman,
the livery stable keeper, whose horse and buggy
were used to drive Cronin to the slaughter, and
who recognized him from the published descrip-
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nesses against Alexander Sullivan, his arresa
and release on $50 zoo by order OF Judge Tuley
and the work of the special Grand Jury, are an
too fresh in the memory OF newspaper readers
to need repetition here
The testimony given before the Grand Jury is
largely matter OF speculation. But that there
was enough to justify the statement that the
actual nlurderers and their more active accom-
pl1ces were members Of an inner circle of the
Can-na-Gael, mainly Of one North Side Chicago
branch, there is scarcely room to doubt 1t is
equally safe to assume that this inner circle"
has rauihcatiOns in other parts of the country.
from which it derives considerable help
SEVEN MEN INDICTED.
Seven men now stand indicted for the murder
Daniel COughlin, John +. Beggs, P. O'Sulli-
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GHAPTER VI.
THE BODY FOUND IN OATCH-BAsH.

ME BODY EOUND n 4 CAICH-BAsINs
Late on Wednesday afternoon, May D, de-
composing body, hacked and marred about the
head, and tightly tied about the neck with g
towel, was ashsd out Of a sewer catch basin at
the corner OF Evanston avenue and North Fifty
ninth street This man-hCle, or catch-basin, is
about a mile north OF where the bloody trunk
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was moved IN, but the
cottage was never OcCu-
pied and an invalid sis
ter. who was to keep
house for the Williams
Brothers, never ap-
pearsd. Mrs. Carlson
saw Frank Williams in
familiar converse ton
with P. O'Sullivan, the
iceman, whose house
was a few yards away
more than once.
u OrCuTTT-ou FT7a T1a-
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man, who employed only i've or six men, was
brought to DR.. Cronin in his downtown Office
MAY ] by Justice Of the Peace MahOny and made
a contract with him for $50 year to attend any
OF his men who might be injured. The presen-
tEtfDn of Sullivan card was to be t token
that the messenger sunmoning tne Doctor was
all right.
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THE MURDER OF DIR. p. H. CRONUg,
OF CHICAGO.

q Deep-Laid PIot-The Network Weaved
- The Physician Lured TO His Doom -
HOW the Body Was Found and Identi-
fed The Men Engaged in the Con-
sDiracv.
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basin.
The men set to work with shoveIs to throw
what could cause the terrible stencil that per
Vaded the atmosphere. This catch basin, it
should be explained is circular, built of brick
with heavy wooden top on level with the
ing is made in the side OF the brick wall to the
southwest, and barred iron grating is set in,
through which the water in the ditch should
nOW. With the exception OF this side, which is
open to the bottom OF the grating, the circular
brick basin is surrounded with dirt almost to
the street level While peering through it Fore
man ROsch saw through the iron bars some
white substance floating in the water inside the
catch-basin, At first he thought 1t was a dog
and the men wondered how q dog could have
gotten into the place.
A closer examination revealed the fact that
the white object was the nude body OF a man,
They removed the heavy plank top and found
that a large quantity of cotton batting had been
The head was bent forward upon the breast
and was entirely submerged. The feet and legs
were also out OF sight in the water. The body
was floating, only the back and hips appearing
above the surface. The basin is some four feet
across and the water is nearly four feet deep.
There was not q single shred Of clothing on
the body but around the neck was cord from
which depended an Agnus Del, q little religious
In the forehead, at the roots OF the hair. ap-
peared three horrible wounds, each about
inch IN length and appearing to have been cut
with some sharp Instrument. The body IN
an excellent state OF preservation, the flesh
being as white as though only q day had
elapsed since death. Even around the
wounds slight discOlOratiOn was ali the decay
marked, while the blOatiug of the body was not
excessive.
THOROUGH IDENTIFICATION.
The Lake View police were notified and the
body taken to the 1Iorgue, where it was soon
identified by many persons as that Of DR.,
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tiers Ia sections that are paved. At this paint.
however, the sand had rolled down from the
roadway into the omen ditch. dannlfng np the
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van, Frank Woodruff,
Patrick COoney, John
Kunze, and Frank
Burke. All OF these but
Woodruff and Kunze are
Of Irish blood, though
nearly all were born in
this country. Woodruff
is a Canadian and Kunzs
a German.
Burke is waiting ex-
tradition in Winnipeg ;
COOney is still at large.
The remainder are in
prison in Chicago. The
work of the special
Grand Jury was left in
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skull which stood
upon a shelf In
his Office and used
it in the demon
sLFatiOu. That
could ca silly have
been fatal in it
self.
@NO. 2is on the
vertsx to the right
Of the sa gittaI su-
tuEe g u j he
touched 8 point
on the skull be
fore him EquareIy
On the top, but a
little fOrW ard Of
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an incomplete state and viii be taken up by its
successor, or the same jurors may be SUM
moned again. The most sensational develop
ments are probably yet to come.
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CHAPTER VI.

THE CORoEER's INQUEST.
The sensational proceedings of the Coronar's
inquest, the sweeping allegations of many wit
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THAT'S right; stick to your mother.
TOm-board outside is high.
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A CORK TRUST Is about to be formed.
it IS strange that those who VIII be af,
fected by it don't move an estoppel.
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CHAPTER I.
A nEFP-rAm POT.

doubt that it viii have banefuI influence
the Irish cause for a still longer period.
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THOROUGH IDENTIFICATION,
The Lake View police were notified and the
body taken to the MOrgue, where it was soon
identified 1yy many 7)ersOns as that Of DR.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-06-04

Charles Frederick Worth, the famous IMAM
milliner" of Paris, relates the history of his
establishment. He thus explains his success:
1.-THE rumor that my house was founded
mainly through the influence of the Princess
de Metternich is wholly inexact. The lady
was at the outset of my career one of the
best and most appreciative of my customers,
as she has since always continued to be; but
that was not all. Two things at the begin
ming of the empire combined to give to femi-
nine dress an added Importance. One was
the invention of the crinoline and the other
was the rage of fancy costume balls" OF ex-
Empress Eugene he says: II have dressed
many a lovely woman, but never a lovelier
one than the ex-empress of the French. The
hooped skirt was invented by the empress.
The amplitude given to the skirts of ladies'
dresses by the new invention was something
extraordinary. Ten breadths of satin or vel
vet became necessary to fashion the simplest
skirt, and in lighter materials, where fOunces,
ruchings etc, were used as trimmings, we
heSitated to promise a second dress out of
pattern of sixty or sixty-seven yards till the
first was finished Once | made a dress in
whose construction 100 yards of silk were en-
ployed. 1t was in light glace taffetas in
three shades of purple, from delicate lilac to
deep violet; the whole skirt was covered with
close full ruchings in three shades, and when
completed the dress looked like a huge bou-
quet of violets. "-Washington Post.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-06-04

THE Arkansas House, the new Rock
port Hotel, is formally opened tomor-
row May 5. This will prove one of the
most pleasant summer resorts on the
entire gulf coast. The hotel is large,
roomy, airy, built on the beach of the
beautiful RockpOrt bay, is furnished
with all the modern conveniences, and
will prove most delightful summer
residence. The comfortable cars of
the San Antonio and Arkansas Pass
road run direct to the little city by
the sea and you can leave town here
after dinner and take your fish and
oysters for supper at Arkansas hotel
after very enjoyable afternoon ride.
The attention paid by the S. A. P. to
the comfort passengers is proverbial:
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-06-04
Success in Cakes,

Every day there are new vacations for the
gentler sex being opened up. Right here in
Chicago there are two or three women max
ing good living By running a intending
bureau" where they rejuvenate clothing of
all kinds for bachelors and families There
are others who operate purchasing agencies
for people out of town who send in to have
their shopping done. Some weeks ago a lady
in reduced circumstances began to bake cakes
and cookies for a retail grocer who is friend
of hers. He was anxious to assist her in some
way and he sold her sweets Then the de
mand for them increased Lady purchasers
gave big party orders and asked who did this
superb cooking. Pretty soon the woman
found it necessary to branch out. She hired
extra help as the demand for her cakes in.
creased. Now she has a whole house and
pays seven or eight girls to cook under her
supervision, while she furnishes cakes, pies,
bread, etc, for great many south side fami,
lies She never will forget her mothers
lessons, which she thought tasks at the time
Chicago Herald
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-06-04
Vanity the Snice of Life.

Many housewives of limited means insist on
dainty table furnishings, preferring to deny
themselves in almost any other department
of household expenditure than in this. Deli
cate china, fresh, fine linen and dainty
glasses indicate refined tastes and render the
plainest fare more palatable. And these
pretty possessions are not now, as formerly,
too expensive for any but the long pursed
The old fashioned dinner and tea sets of an
indefinite number of pieces in each of which
the same coloring and decoration were faith
fully reproduced ad nauseam, without
hairs breadth of variation, now give place
to great variety of course sets, having no
possible connection with each other in color,
shape, design or decoration, and the result is
most agreeable to the guest before whom the
choice bits of china are placed in pleasing
succession. For instance, there are the raw
oyster sets Of one sort, and the soup, fish.
game and meat sets, each Of another kind.
while the entrees, Salads desserts, cofces and
fruits are served in sets quite different from
any of their predecessors Good House
keoDinO
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-06-04
4 EaChelor'a GroMl.

Why is it that woman who writes a letter
is not satisfied when she fills sheets says an
exchange. If Sue wanted to write more she
should take another sheet and finish what she
had to say but instead Of that she persists in
crowdinS all OF her thoughts on to that one
sheet Sometimes she writes across the lines
alreadT written, and invariably she uses the
margins and always constructs a sort of a
barhed wire fence postscript around her COM
muniratlon Then she will pry a postscript
in between the lines somewhere, and will pro-
coed at once to think up another postscript
and place TO stick it. The worst of it is
that woman never sends q key with letter
Of this sort-her correspondent has to study
itoutas best as she Can.-New York Telegram.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-06-04

Coarse linen sheeting makes an effective
bedspread, with bold design OF large lilies
and leaves applied on it in gold colored sateen,
worked with silk of two shades of gold deeper
than the sateen. The design is traced on the
sateen, tackled on the sheeting and chain
stitched around the outlines; then, when the
edges are cut away, the design stands out on
the surface and is finished off with long,
"spiky" stitches. The veining of the leaves,
etc., is done in long stitch. A broad band of
gold colored sateen is added as border all
around. A heavy counterpane may be of
coarse brown blanketing or of serge, with
very large peoples and leaves or sunfowers
or some large design worked in wsrsteds.
The work is easy and pleasant.-New York
Star
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-06-04
Ehe Daily Eight.
TUESDAY, JUNE. a. 1899.
Baby's Sleeping Time.

wonder if all mothers know that bacy
likes to be turned over after he has slept for
an hour or two on one sidel When he
stretches and wriggles, and finally, perhaps
cries out, try turning him on his other side
or almost on his back, and see If he does not
relapse into another sound nap without
further effort on your part. Do not forget
to turn the pillow over also sometimes The
or 2-year-old who wakes in the night and
sits up in bed, rubbing his little fists into his
sleepy eyes, feels, perhaps, hot aud uncom-
Portable. Try turning the pillow If he is
like some children the writer knows of, he
will wait for the sound of the turning pillow,
and then drop back on it into renewed
sleep. Remember also to keep a child's
clothes smooth under him. Drawing down
the rumplsd night clothes and smoothing the
cover hasfmuch to do with quieting the rest
less tossings OF the little sleeper. -Babyhood