The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1889-06-21
THE CRONlN INQUEST.
Alexander Sullivan Arrested for the
Murder..New York Men under
Suspicion.

Alexander Sullivan Arrested for the
Murder..New York Men under
Suspicion.
CHICAGO, June 11.-At to-day's session of
| tho C.onin inquest number of witnesses
were examined without developing anything
of Importance. Then Chief of Police Hub.
bard was sworn. and toll of an interview
which he hai hal with Woodruff. the horse
thict. At 1915 p. IN. utter being out five
hours and q half, the jury came into court
| and commenced reading their verdict. 1t
was very long document, but was listened
20 with marked attention. IL is us follows:
First-That the body IL that Of Patrick H.
| Crontn. known RI Dr. CrOnn.
Second That his death was not from natural
causes, but from violent means
Thrl-'That said =. H. Cr0nin was decoyed
rom horte on North Clark street on tho evening
y May 4. lss:,, by some person or persons To
,tcd at No 1872 North Ashland avenue in Lake
view. Cook county. ILL.,
| Fourth-Th1t at said cottage the said Cronin
| was murdered by being beaten on the head with
some blunt instrument or Instruments in the
hands OF som" person or persons to us unknown.
IN the night OF said May 1, or between May 1
Fiftl-That tho body. after said murder was
committed, was placed in Il trunk and carried
20 E,isewater on wagon by several persons
1 ner of Evanston avenue aud Fifty-ninth street,
llSS9.
| Slxth-Thnt the evidence shows conclusiyely
20 alt minds TINT y plot or conspiracy was
| ormeu by number Of persons for the purpose
of numbering the said Cronin and cnnceaine his
i oouH. said plot or conspiracy was deliberately
,ontrivcd and cruelty executed.
| Scventh-We have carefully inquired into tho
'lati"n sustained by said Cronin To other per-
os willie alive. to ascertain II he had any quar-
ris or cnmiiics with any persons sufficient to
| ,aus. his murder.
Ei:hth-It is our Judgment that nc other per-
| nn or persons except some of those who are or
| MEo ltt been members Of certain secret socl-
:ty known ns the United ro,lerhOnu" or
Clan na Gael had cause To be inst i..ators or en-
| 'cntors of such plot conspiracy to murder
Ninth Many Of the witnesses tcstifving in
! 'aid ease have done 40 with much evident uli-
| observation.
We lind from the evidence that number of
1e's"ils We're parties to the plot and conspiracy
| Soushiln, Patrick u. sullivan. Alexander sulli-
| 'an and one Woodruff. alias Black. were either
'finclna's ,, s nrcess9rles OF had guilty knowledge
1ronn and conceal his body, and should be held
| 20 answer to the grand jury.
Weals" hclirvo that other persons were en-
.aGed in This plot or had guilty knowledge of IL
| md should be apprelicndud and hcu to the
grand jury.
We tur,he state that this plot or conspiracy
lnst foul and brutal that has ever come to our
| knowledge. and we recommend That the I,ruI,gr
h0rltics olrr large reward for the discovery
| 'nd apprehension Of all those engaged in IL lii
INV wav.
We further state that in our Judgment all SO.
| ,iet socieiits whose objects are such az the cvi-
irncr shows that OF the Clan ma Gael" or
United HrothcrloDd" to bG are not II, harmony
,itfl, and arc injurious TO american inslitu-
| ions
We hope that future vigor and vigilance by the
'olcc force will moro thon compensate for past
| lcglrct by n portion of the force In this ease.
t,.uGrdj.
IuHni.I'li SElFEET. JuliS II. VAN lluUSEN.
III. y. llAuGAS. JuSfUS kII.I.IAS.
SULLIVAN ARHESTED.
Alexander Sullivan's arrest was effected
Without the slightest trouble. Bcfore the
'erd!ct was read in public. Coroner Hertz
emerged for moment from the room in
which the jury %as in session. lie Lcckoncd
20 an officer md handed him "a mittimus.
| The offcer, with comiratle, hurrictl.y left
ihc city hail, and, jumping into IL carriage,
| irove straight to the residence of Mr. SulIi-
';,, On Oak street. Mr. Sullivan hrd gone TO
| bed Il short time previous, but after the
| )Ljrct OF the officers WAS explained, nnd q he
| Information given that he would not be per
| hltted any time for any purnose, hr
| promptly and quietly dressed and umhesi,nt-
| ngly accompanied his visitors The pris-
| oner's demcanor was calm tirOughou. the
antirc proceedings. EnteiiM. the carriage
which had brought the officers the t,io were
| irivcn to ihe office of the county i!il After
| ;le usual prcliminaries MIR. Sullivan was
| aiken through the cage into the glODmv
prison itself. The eX- president of the Irish
meda'cly ncarccrattd in cell iniiimGI M; M,
IL the Tier known as "mlrde-ers row."
| TWO SUSPECTS.
| NEW YORK. June ll.-ln>pector Byrnes'
detectives to-day arrested JOnm Maroney,
lgel thrty-cigh., who claims to Le in Ih Z.
Try goods business and Charles Mcdonald,
anne aga, who is a blacksmith. The men
we're arrested Oh information sent to In
sprc;or Byrnes by the Chicago police. and
are supposed to b. implicated in the Cronin
mnrl r. Inspector EyrnGs has been in com
nuncaiOn with the Chicago chief of polio.
| .Or more than three weeks with regard to
he men, and has had them closely simdowe.l
| MarOncv was Il former district mciuler of the.
.'ian-na- Gael iii rhilahcphi:l iIenade him
self obnoxious tncrc ans; had to leave. III:
s understood to have ~. formed missions of
| private nature s,nce then for Alexander
sullivan. MarOmey went to England ut tine
| Zine of the queens jubilee Win others, slp-
nlIed with funds To blow III, several public
buildings Two of his companions were
placed under arrest, and it is charged th:,
Maroney spent the funds travelling on the
| continent Mcdonald is believed to be q
Chicago man. IL. is IL horscshorr aud
,"s i; room at Third avenue aud
Thirty eighth street. He has worked here nt
ais uadc for two years. lie came from
Philadelphia abnu5 the same time Us Marc
ncy. Among Claii-n; Gael men he has bcct
d cidcd partisan Of Sullivan and his fat:-
ton.
HE DROVE THE DOCTOR
CHICAGO. jane 1l.-Chi,f OF Police Hub.
bard was asked in regard to the grounds on
which McDuuud and Maroncy were arrcstt {,
in New York on suspicion OF hcing concrrnc,
III the CrOnn murder With regard to the
man Mcdonald. who seem, to be the mGs'
important OF the two prisoners, Hubbard
said:
I'VE attach no great importance to the ar
| rest. ~ nj! the fellow had to dn with the cast,
% far rs We know. is this: lie IL "a wei
known New York crock and was ahscnL iroa
New York at the time OF the murder. and wt
think iie was here, but Wa do .:ot know yet
| lie cannot or will not tell where he was on
| May j, but that does no. prove tina he muir
uered DIR. Cronln or had anything to do with
The crime"
sIt is alleged that the Carlsons can identify
him as the man who rented the cottage"
| SBah! sheer NONSENSE"
| SAud that he vas in all probability the
mnn VINO drove the doctor away"
The chiefs reply, though inclcsanJ, was
| eXnrcSsive: sKats."
Luke Dillon of PHILADELPHIA. on whose in
formation the arrests were made, declined
TO say what ,ifc grounds OF arrest were.
States Attorney J.ongeneckcr would talk,
! however, II MIR. Dillon would not
STke m+n are arrested and there is nothing
to conceal now. Maroney is the man who il
suspected Of driving the doctor from his
office to the Carlson cottage. About the
az, hnr m ,t,s,h Int
pcct to Prove that he was in the conspiracy.
Maroncy is II lab0rcr, l think. anG Mcdonald
is a blacksmith. got this information from
Mr.. Dillon, and we will learn how much
truth there is in it later on"