The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1889-06-14
CLOSELY GUARDED
The Evidence Given Before the Grand
Jury in the Cronin Case Kept
Very Secret.
Father Dorney. Friend of Alex. Sui
livan, Announces His Belief In
the Lawyers Innocence.
Gov. Hill Denies the Application for the
Extradition of Maroney and McDon-
aid some New Developments.

CHICAGO, June I3.-The proceedings OF
the grand jury in the Cronin inquest are
guarded with the strictest secrecy, AL
the witnesses examined during the after
noon Tad previously testified at the coro-
ner's inquest They were Detective Pal
mer, Dinan's hostler. Moreland Nc
Hale, RevelPs carpet layer, Hiram Roesch,
who found the body, and Officsr Lorch,
who found the trunk key in the cottage. Ii
was understood they simply repeated the
statements they made ct the inquest The
Jury adjourned at 4 d. m. until TO morrow
.sWhat do / think OF the present status
of the case against Alexander Sullivan ?''
said Rev. Father Dorney to-day. 81 don't
see that there has been any case made out
against Alexander Sullivan. L have been
for years a warm friend of Sullivan. | am
his friend to-day, and l now have implicit
faith in his innocence OF any knO~lege or
participation in such brutal crime. 1
don't and can't believe such a thing pos
sible of that man whom | have known
closely and under various trying circum-
stances. All through the Cronin in
vestigation prejudice has been aimed at
sullivan. Every witness was put on the
rack 10 ascertain If he could not possibly
say, or be made TO say some
thing that would criminate Sullivan.
Ii seems to me that in its earliest
stage the investigation ceased 10 be an in
quiry into the murder Of DIR. CrOnin and
uScault an " MucluCI tic lOul
deed eonId not be fastened upon Alexsn-
der Sullivan. Ii was not, Who are the
murderers of DR.. Cronin p so much as,
Can this charge be laid at the door of
Alexander Sullivan
Father DoIney denounced the murder at
length. He believed there would soon be
a reaction IN the public mind a. 10 Sullivan.
Regarding Irish society divisions and quar-
rels, Father DOrley said: "From what l
have seen of the testimony alleged to have
nt fnnn9gI fh4ra has
been as much malignity shown against
Alexander Sullivan as could possibly be
found towards the opposing factions among
his f5sl friends mucb of also sss iesI ns5a- ssT
case against him created and published
in some of the papers has been originated
and kept up by personal enemies. Before
Sullivan's arrest numbers OF his friends did
favor, for fear of their utterances being
as an attempt TO divert the
course of public Justice; yet no sooner was
the arrest made than his friends felt free TO
give utterance 10 their sentiments, and now
you will find there are hundreds of friends
Of Alexander Sullican who have the same
faith and confidence in his innocence that
have myself" Father Dorney is the
pastor of ST. MichaePs Roman Catholic
church, one of the handsomest sacred |
edifices in Chicago. He is extremely popu- |
lar in his congregation, nearly every per- |
son in which is of Irish birth or parentage. |
a bout noon to-day a messenger arrived |
1T the jail and announced that he wanted |
10 see Alexander Sullivan on important |
business. A minute later Sullivan hurried |
Town from his cell and the messenger |
handed him a piece of paper that looked |
ike a letter. The prisoner read the con- |
lents, smiled, folded the paper up and put |
L in his pocket. The nature of the mes /
sage, which was from the prisoners wife, |
sOuld not be ascertained, but il was under /
stood that II wRs letter, dated either from /
London or Queenstown, informing him she /
would be on her way TO America by the /
lime the message reached h. hzzSs.