The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-05-30
Still a Mystery.

CHICAGO. May 25.-William Merles
milkman, who lives in the neigh
borhOod of the Carlson cottage in which
it was supposed that DIR. Cronin was
murdered, tells story which adds to
the evidence leading TO that conclusion.
On the night of the murder, between
$50 and 8 O'Clock, about the hour at
which it is supposed that the doctor ar
rived there in the buggy with the man
house to visit the grocery at the cor
ner of Ashland Avenue and Otto
street, which is only a short block
south of the Carlson cottage.
He walked east on Addison
avenue to Ashland and then turned
south on the east sidewalk.
AS he neared the Carlson cottage
buggy containing two men rolled up to
the edge of the ditch. One of the men
whom Merles described as tall and
parently athletic man, sprang from
the buggy and ran up the front stairs
of the cottage, the door of which was
thrown open before he even knocked
for admission. Scarcely had the door
closed again when the sound of loud
and angry voices within the cottage
startled the milk dealer. He
looked searchingly at the man in the
buggy, but the strangers face was
shrouded by the brim of soft hat
and Merles was unable to tell whether
he was stout or slender, or fair or dark.
The fellow whipped his horse into
a gaIlop, drove to Addison avenue, and
then turned in the direction of the
lake. MerleS says there was a dim
light in the front room, and that the
men who went up the steps-presuma-
bly, DIR. CrOnin-wore long brown
oveTcoat. Mrs. COnkliD, the woman
at whose house DR.. Cronin lived, says
that. the doctor wore a long brown
OYercoat on the night of the murder.
A morning paper publishes a story
which duplicates member of the Chi
cago police force in the taking off of
DIR. Cronin. The officer in question is
Detective Daniel CoughlIn. The story
published is TO the effect that on the
morning of the date of which DIR.
Cronin disappeared, Coughlin engaged
at livery stable, not far from where
DIR. Cronin lived, horse and buggy.
which he said friend of his would call
for that evening: that the man did
call and was given a white
horse similar to the one
attached to the buggy in which Cronin
was decoyed away: that the time OF GO
ing and the description of the man cor
responded infinitely, both with the
ime when the man came for DIR. Gro
min, and with the appearance of the
man himself; that COughlin subse-
quentIy cautioned the livery stable
keeper to say nothing about the mat
ter. Force is addeu to these revela-
tions from the fact that Cougblin was
a member of one or more societies of
which Cronin was member, and that
they were enemies. The matter was
G,,o 70 hn Mt %
Chief of Police Hubbard, who seems
inclined to take serious view of the
matter, and promises to probe it to the
bottom.
CHICAGO. May 25.-Further invest
igation to-day into the hearing of the
white house by Detective Coughlin, on
ly adds to the evidence of the Stupid
ity if nothing worse with which the
case has been handled by some of the
police officials. Capt. Setback. under
whose orders Detective CoughIin acts,
says that when the livery stable keep
CT told him the story he at once called
COughlin to account but Coughlin told
him that be had hired the rig for a
friend of his, who lived in northern
Michigan, near where Coughlin's peo-
pie lived, and who had come to Chica-
go to see the sights. CAPTAIN Setback
says that he then directed Detectives
COughlin and Whalen TO 60 out and
find this man. That they went out
and soon afterwards reported that thew
had found him and that he had
given a satisfactory account
Of himself. The captain admits that
he accepted this statement
as sufficient and did not require that
man be brought before him. Captain
Setback goes on to say that he took
| the white horse and drove to Conklin's
! house under conditions similar to those
under which DIR. Crcnin was deceived
away and that Mrs. Conklin said it
was not the same animal. Mrs. Conk-
lin eontradicts this statement and saws
/ that she told Captain Schaack that it
resembfed the animal behind
which DR.. Cronin drove away, but
that it appeared to be used up
| from hard driving. Mr.. Dinon, the
| livery stable keeper, says that the horse
was driven very hard that night and
had not recovered from the effect OF it
since then. Demon farther SAYS that
Coughlin told him he had walked bis
shoes OF in the search for his Michigan
friend but he had been unable to find
him. This directly contradicts the
statement attributed to him by Captain
Setback. Detective Coughlin declines
TO make any statement about the mat
ter.