The morning news., 1889-05-30
CR0NIN'S TRAGIC DEATH.
THE EVIDENCE BROUGHT OUT AT
THE CORoNER's INQUEST.

ACS Dealer sullivan Before Closing
the Bargain-The Police Still Un,
able to Find the Doctors Clothes.
CHICAGO, May 29-The testim : v as
elected before the grand jury in the Cronin
case yesterday was not only very important
out thorough. Each and every witness
summoned was put through a series of oues-
tlons such as called up their remembrance a
OF Facts from the greatest to the smallest
Importance. The chief witness was Milk
man Mertes. Said he: 81 passed the Carl
son cottage on the night of the murder. |
saw buggy containing two men,
drawn by, white horsa, drive up to
the door. The man seated on
the left jumped from his seat hastily and
ran up the steps. He carried two o.ek-
ages Before he had time to knock at the
door it was opened, it appearing to me that
some one was waiting inside he hall way.
| Al the instant the man stepped inside the
door the man in the buggy whipped up and
| drove RAPIDLY to North street, where he
| went to the west and was lost to sight.
had been drivi e past the cottage when I
saw the man in the buggy get out and
run up the steps and the buggy drive
away. After attending 60 my business at
a grocery near by returned over the same
road past the cottage on my way home.
This was perhaps thirty-tlree minutes
later. 1 saw light in tie cottage and heard
a hammering or smashing sound" 1t was
| plainly evident from the above testimony
that the man who ran rapidly up the stair
way was DR.. Cronin, intent on rendering
succor to some dying man.
THE OWNER OF THE COTTAGE TALKS.
The next witness was Carlson. Sr.. the
owner of the cottage "When the man
who called himself Frank Williams rented
| my cottage March 20, | noticed that he
went over and liked to Sullivan. the ice
man. de apparently alked Familiarity with
MIN. AS April 20 approached and rent day
| was coming near, | began to think il
| strange that my tenant did not occupy the
| premises. wanted reliable tenant.
Seeing that he had talked with Sullivan
l went over and spoke of his queer conduct
IN not living in the house he had rented
and added that | felt sonewhit anxious
| about my rent AMI the permanency of the
tenant. He's all right said Mr. Sullivan
to me. he will pay you all right enough
when the month is up Mr.. Sullivan at
| first denied that he ever saw the man.
The connection Of ice man Sullivan with
the Cronin mystery, and the cause of his
arrest and detention, are here made plain ly
apparent.
YOUNG CARLSON ON THE STAND
Young Carlson was the next witness for
the state. He said: 81 was present whel
the furniture was brought to the cottage
two days after rental, March 90 Two men
calling themselves Williams uuloaded the
| truck, The driver remained seated He
| did not handle the goods [ casually stepped
up to the driver and discovered tha5 he was
a swede. spoke to him in that language,
and he told me that he had brought the fu :
niture from No. III Clark street" The
story Of the men who rented the cottage
having formerly roomed at No III Clark
street, where the furniture was taken by A.
ID. Revau q Co, is thus verified.
WOMAN AS WITNESS,
The next witness was one of Importance
She was young Mrs. Carlson and was
| attired in deep black with a heavy mourn
ing veil covering her face She said: II
visited my mother-in-law March 90 While
at her home, cottage (which sits in the
rear OF the fatal cottage, a man k ockei at
the door and entered He came from the
back part OF the premises in the vicinity Of
Sullivan's barn or house. He said he de-
| sired to see the cottage, which was for rent
| Old MIR. Carlson took him over and showed
him about the place. T ey Returned, and
the man said he would take the cottage, at
the same time producing $12, the amount
of the first months rent He gave his
name as Frank Williams
MADE WILLIAMS MAD.
"While the receipt for the money was
being made out young Mr. Carlson asked
Mr.. Williams what his business calling or
profession was This did not suit Williams.
for he looked sulenly at his questioner, and
at all of US, then, lowering his eyes, said:
Il am employed down town. | remarked
shortly after he left that he seemed mad at
the question When he departed he did
not 60 to the front toward Ashland avenue
but started over toward SulliVan's He
seemed anxious to get out Of the house."
The description given by Mrs. Carlson
talie' very closely with that given by
Woodruff of the man he called King, and
who, he said, gave him the trunk-hauling
job.
Mr.. and Mrs. Conklin, at whose house
DR.. Cronin boarded, were the next wit
nesses. They told how Dr.. Cronin wa
driven away in buggy with white horse.
SOMETHING IN CoCGHLIN's STORY.
According to morning paper there ap-
pears to bs more in tae story which Detec-
tective Coughlin told about the connoctiol
of a man wnom he called Thomas S nitl
from Houghton, Mich, with the Gro IN case
than has been supposed The man calls
himself ~ lila d Smith Notes of Couzh-
AAh , otuetAhoaib " VI Clt tAk,3l Nt4D p4o-
| duced before the grand jury Tsstarlay, aud
they placed Smith IN an ugly position. His
name Willard is not his bapt.snal one. IL
is one under which H. was known in Chi
cago. He visited the East Chicago avenue
station to inquire for Coughln. C0ughln
and himself Immediately established Ilti-
mate relations. 5 NTH really pid 50 to
Coughlin as payment fo' the use Di the
buggy given on Coughlin's recommsnIa-
ton. This is established by the testim 1uy
Of the desk sergeant at the station.
A WOMAN IN THE CASE.
Smith mas teen recently keeping company
with a somewhat froiicsomo woman at a
resort mere. The same Young womaI D is an
intimate friend OF a PiuaertOl detective.
Sue has given tho detective some valuable
pointers in re eregce 70 Smith Smith
shaved or his heavy coat Of beard tba day
after the Cronin murder. The barb p who
did tho shaving has given lestim9ny.
Smith throw away his slOucl hat tIs slm1
DAY. He bought n now one, that which uo
now wears. The halter has byen discovered
and can be produced If IL is deemed al
visable
SMITH CONES TO TIE FRONT.
The intimation m several morning papers
that Willard j. Smith may possibly know
something moro OF o Cronin case than
yet suspected, brought that gentleman into
the city this morning. from Riverside. 10
won't before Caief Hubbard, and after
again denyiug any completely % tho mur.
Al 1