Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-06-19
SULLIVAN is RELEASED,
,nnaE TULIPS OPINION AND THE
INTEREST 1T ELICITED.

rbs COURTROOM Crowded-He Thinks Il
Probable that Cronin 'Had Sullivan OF
the Brain as One of the witnesses Eek.
pressed It-Desmond I'm Washington
and willing to Go to Chicago-A New
Theory by the Detectives.
CHICAGO, June 1~4.-AIexander Sullivan
was, to-day. restored to liberty by Judge
FULLY. The. release was the immediate re.
suit OF Sullivau's application for q writ oil
habeas corpus. Bail was fixed at $50, 600
and promptly iurnishedby four well-known
citizens, each OF whom represents many
walked out OF court, after having been less
than three days in custody.
The Judge held that the coroner's Jury
had been influenced by outside sentiment.
Seldom. il ever, has a case drawn such a
crowd as that which assembled this after
noon to hear the O. expected decision. The
courtroom was iammsd by the concourse
Of men assembled, even in the corridors,
seeking to catch from aiar the words from
the Judges lips.
States Attorney Longenecker and his as.
eistant, MIR. Baker, were in consultation
with Judge Tulley before he came on the
bench.
EvERA NKNow MEN
also entered his chamber. They were pre-
sumably members OF the Coroner's jury
who returned the verdict in the Cronin
case.
Sullivan was early on the scene. He was
brought in by Sheriff Mateson personally,
who came with him by the Judges chamber
before the chancellor's arrivalor the crowd
at the other doors. On Sullivan's arrival
he tool a seat in the center Of the circle
formed by his lawyers, Messrs. Trude, Wen
dess and Gilbert, with whom he entered
into q whispered consultation. A score OF
members OF the bar evidenced professional
and friendly interest in Sullivan by being
present.
Congressman Frank Lawer came in when |
everybody got seated, calling from the
ocular Trude the observation, "Lawler is
here, now let
1.-THE PROCEEDINGS BEGIN"
There was a wait OF three quarters Of
OF an hour before Judge FULLY reached his
courtroom. Finally, at S:45 p. m. he as
cended to the bench with his written opin-
ion, which it soon became apparel, had |
been made only after a careful analysis OF
the whole mass OF testimony in the case
merely.
Sullivan braced himself in his chair and
kept his eyes fixed on the court as Judge
Tully said:
~ suppose there will be NO further steps
taken beyond this evidence before the cor
oner's iury2' 4
Judge Longenecker replied. "That is all.
TIL & ~ oll;k:oao1 taakip,onu |
Because il you had any, the court
would feel compelled to hear it," said the
court.
Judge Tully then. in his characteristic
matter of-fact manner began reading his
decision, and had not proceeded two
minutes when the frowns OF those identi-
fed with the prosecution told OF it's drift.
THE DECISION
in substance is as follows: |
The Judge said the application before him
was for the release of Alexander Sullivan
on bail under a bill of rights which pro-
vided for the battling OF persons accused OF
murder where the evidence was strong or
the presumption was that guilt was not
strong. The court referred to the terms OF
the agreement OF which the matter was
left to him on the evidence before the coro-
neF.
ne bdiu ne 0aU r6du 1,lOO Uypo'WrlUU0Q
pages of testimony. Much OF the testimony {
was irrelevant and incompetent before the
court, but q wide scope was allowed the
coroner in such Investigations. He could
even hear hearsay evidence IL 1t gave direc- |
ton to the form in which an inquiry should
be directed 80 as to bring about the discov-
cry of the persons guilty OF DR.. Cronin's 4
murder. There was a good deal OF this {
hearsay evidence. Mrs. Conklin and Scan &
lon testified that they "heard Cronin say G
that there was @ plot to kill him, and that
Sullivan was pack OF it," Barry, Morris
and O'Brien testified substantially to the
same thing, the last named saying that
Cronin WAS afraid OF Sullivan. Boland 7
and Buckley O'Connor. Ford and Ives tes. I
tilted, the latter to q singular statement by ,
CroIin as to his croes-examination before S
q notary, and that he believed that wa Z
part OF his plot, and that Sullivan was at
the head OF it. Dillon said he talked about !
it so much that he believed Cronin +
HAD SULLIVAN ON THE BRAIN. c
Haggerty's evidence was probably the : :
most important as against Sullivan, and ,
the statements he testified that Cronin ;
made were made about the time OF Cronin's
trial in 1885. The testimony given by
Haggerty on that point was substantially
on the evidence that Sullivan made q dire f
threat against Cronin's life. {
The court knows OF no rule OF law that G
would admit OF the declaration OF Croniu t
made out OF Sullivan's presence. 1t would r
not be admitted before n committing g
magistrate. l
As shown BY the evidence, Sullivan was
prominent in Irish national circles; that Il
triangle controls Irish matters; that scVs'al
camps were expelled, as also was Ci'nn;
that from Cronin's presence on a cou,mit-
tee which tried Sullivan, Boland and Ter.ty, ]
Sullivan was inspired with an enmity to-
ward Cronin, which the evidence showed.
was reciprocated.
Cronin was murdered as q |;
RESULT OF A CONSPIRACY.
That was also shown by the evidence,
and likewise it showed that back OF this
conspiracy were personal enemies OF
Cronin. But whate evidence was there that I
Sullivan was one of those enemies? There I
was cast an act in connection with the
murder which related to Sullivan. |,
Another theory was that Cronin was re-
moved to prevent disclosures; that there
was no evidence that he had any facts that
would die with him. The facts in his pos
session lived after his death. The coroner !
had been unable to find any trace Of any !
proceedings in any camp to condemn him
todeath.
Another theory was that he was removed
because Le was a British spy. Ii Cronin .
was removed by the United brotherhood,
it could not have been sem how Sullivan
actuated it, since he had not been a mem.
Der for several years. The evidence did
show that Sullivan had any relations, c
social or otherwise. with Coughlin, P. o. q
Sullivan or Woodruff, or. that he met them, {
or that there was a conspiracy. The coro- :
ner's jury was largely influenced by outside
sentiment.
There was no doubt that suspicion &
Sullivan was strong. de felt a Bit ]
ter and ,
MALIGNANT HATRED OF CRoNIN;
there was no doubt of that, but it seemed
almost impossible that if he were guilty OF {
a conspiracy to kill Cronin, he could have
promulgated, two weeks after Cronin's MUIR
der. his protest made at the Buffalo trial, {
in which he branded Cronin as a %scoundrel
and p~eriurcr. No impartial man could be. ,
lieve it possible for a jury to convict Sulli- ,
van on the evidence presented, as any hest .
tation ought to be resolved in favor OF per- {
sonal liberty. Said the court: II will ad. .
nit his release to bail, and will hear coun- I