Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-06-12


murder it mattsrsd
NS&M not to Coughlin. Gar
ALEX SULLIVAN. rity said he had told
Sampson, and later Sampson had in
formed him that DIR. Cronin was the man
Coughln wanted done up
SulIivan's Name Again.
John Haggerty gave the rather startling
information that during 1885 he had a con-
versation with Alexander Sullivan, and dur
ing it Sullivan had told him that Cronin and
other spies should, in the interest of the or
der, be exterminated. Haggerty also said
that he knew LIE Caron to have been con-
nected with the trial of Cronin, and that he
de Caron) enjoyed the confidence of Alex
ander Sullivan. Haggerty said that he
himself believed, in 1885, that Cronin was
spy. He believed it because he had Mr.
Sullivan's ipse dixit for it.' Sullivan had
prosecuted at the trial of Cronin and LIE
Caron, of ParneIl commission fame, was on
the trial committee The witness did not
consider his oath to the Clan obligated him
to remove" any one at the order of the ex-
ecutive, but other men less intelligent might
so consider it, as he believed now to his sor-
row.
Annie Murphy's Father.
Treasurer Murphy, of the Clan-na Gael,
when questioned as to whether there was
any enmity between Cronin and Sullivan, he
fell back on the reply, II don't remember"
He had not believed that Cronin was dead
because his daughter Annie said she saw him
alive at p. m of May 4, on street car GO
ing south, and two miles or more from where
the murder was committed.
Telephoning to O'Sullivan.
Desk Sergeant Hoefg, of the Chicago ave-
nue. station, testified hat previous to May 4
Coughlin had good deal of telephone COM
munication with O'Sullivan, the icsman R.
c. Montgomery, another desk sergeant, tes-
titled similarly.
The Man Who Hauled the Furniture.
Hakan Martinson, the Swedish express
man who hauled the furniture from the
Clark street fat, opposite Crouin's office, to
the Carlston COTTAGE told his story. He said
he had seen the man that hired him several
times since the day in question.
More of Cronin's Charges.
Officer Moore told of a conversation he had
with Cronin, in which the latter said that Sui
livan had threatened to kill him, and that he
knew there was a conspiracy to put him out
of the way.
woodruff-s Story Repeated.
The next witness was Chief of Police Hub
bard, who repeated a statement made to him
by the prisoner Woodruff, and which the
chief said he believed to be a true story, and
it was to the effect that two men
named King and Fairburn had
hired him several days before the
tragedy to have horse and wagon ready
when they notified him, paying him SIS On
May he was ordered to be ready at y
o'clock. He drove the men to the Carlson
cottage After few minutes they came out
with the trunk, which was placed in the
wagon. BY directions he drove to the pier
at the lake off Fullerton avenue, the inten-
ton being to throw the trunk into deep
water.
Difficulties Encountered.
Some fishermen were encountered, how
ever, and it was decided to drive to Edge
water, several miles distant Here, while
reconoitering the lake front, a rural police
officer questioned them, and being alarmed
they determined to drive cityward again
When passing the manhole they ordered him
to STOP The trunk was taken out by the
two men and lifted into the hole. 1t was too
large, however, to go in. Then. after tell
ing him to drive on few yards, they kicked
in the side and deposited the body in the ba-
sin Woodruff thought at the time that it
was the corpse of a woman The trunk was
lifted back into the wagon, but subsequently
thrown into the clump of bushes, where it
was found. Then he drove the men to Lin
coin park, where they separated.
Cronin's Private Papers,
A loud buzz went through the court room
when the chief concluded, and it was re-
newed when Coroner Hertz, holding up a
small package, announced that he proposed
to submit some of the private papers of the
deceased. The most interesting of these
none of them bear directly on the murder or
the motives for it except the statement that
a protest of Alexander Sullivan against Gro
min sitting on the committee which investi-
gated Sullivans administration of Irish af-
fairs at Buffalo, had been overruled, Cronin
voting against it among others-were the
notes of the evidence before the Buffalo
committee, in Cronin's handwriting.
''Active Work. In England.
They dealt with reports of men sent to do
"active work" in England. One of the wit
uesses, supposed to be Luke Dillon, told how
he was sent to England twice and each time
was spotted by the London detectives, pre-
sumably because they had been informed from
this side. The taken money along was always
unknown witness said that on the second
trip they did four Operations" dynamite, SO
it is snpposed), and the agent (of the Clam in
England was put in prison for the work, al
though he did not do it. There
were complaints in the testimony
that Gen. Kerwin would not help
raise money for the defense of dynamite
ers, saying that friendless mon were better
of. Among the men sent over to do active
work" were one Marony and Capt. Lomas-
key, and Carroll, Ksrwin, and Boland were
scored for not taking of the families of
these men, whose wives and mothers were
left in restitution. Mrs. Lomaskey testified
that she had only received $1,000, and that
when she asked Alexander Sullivan to aid
her he neglected to do SO. This ended the
coroner's inquiry.
The Jury Retires to Deliberate.
The reading of the papers was concluded
at 4:30 p. m, and Coroner Hertz then asked
the jury il they had heard enough; if not,
he said he had plenty more. The jury was
satisfied, and the foreman moved that they
retire to deliberate on their verdict. This
was agreed to unanimously, and at 4:45 they
filed into the coroner's private Office, and the
doors were closed and guards stationed to
keep off intruders.
VERDICT OF THE JURY.
Alex. Sullivan, Coughlin, woodruff, and
O'sullivan Named as Implicated.
1t was within a few minutes Of 10 o'clock