Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-06-13
WOODRUFF AND COUGHLIN.
A Connection Between Them Showing
Some Startling Statements.

A Connection Between Them Showing
Some Startling Statements.
CHICAGO June 13-One of the most import
ant and startling statements in connection with
the Cronin murder was made yesterday by Jack
Stanley, of the city sewerage department, to
two friends-T. H. CConner and Michael Hart.
Conversation opened by an assertion of Stanley
that he knew that fellow Woodruff" Hart
asked Where did you know him?"
Why" said Stanley, .'he worked at Deans
stable on Webster avenue. L kept my stallion
there and became suspicious of the fellow. L
was afraid he would steal my horse or take
him out for service. l made inquiries about
him and found that he had worked three weeks
at the stable for nothing but his board. Tn T.
I regarded as a suspicious circumstance. He
was frequently for three weeks in consultation
with a man who appeared to be a detective or
a confidence man. / afterward ascertained
that
THIS MAN WAS CoUGHLIN, THE POLICEMAN,
arrested for the murder of DIR. Cronin. saw
him the night of the murder. l was at Deans
stables about 3 pm. Woodruff began to act in
a suspicious manner. He slept in a loft over
the stable. He took off his shoes on the stable
floor and climbed in his stocking feet in the
loft to sleep. Five or six minutes after he re-
tired saw him peep over the stairway to see
whether we had gone"
The importance of this statement lies in the
statement that it corroborates Woodruff story
as related TO Chief Hubbard to a remarkable
degree. 1t connects Woodruff with Coughlin,
the detective, also, and furnishes another link
in the chain Of evidence which is coiled around
that person.
MANY MEN UNDER SURVEILLANCE.
"We have at least a dozen men under close
surveillance in different parts of the country"
said Luke Dillon. Mr.. Dillon was busily en-
gagged in wading through a mass of CORES
pondence. Il think understand the motive
Of this crime SO well that 1 can pick out the
men most likely to be engaged in il. am in
constant communication with men equally well
posted, and through their earnest co-opera-
ton have every reason to hope for success. If
the men who made that conspiracy were mem
bers of the Clan-ne-Gael, and believe that
the most of them were, they will be discovered
and convicted"
STANLEY DENIES THE STORY.
Mr.. Jack Stanley, of the city sewerage de-
partment, declares that the story in morning
paper to the effect that he had seen Detective
Coghlin and Woodruff in frequent conference
previous to DR.. Cronins death is untrue that
the only foundation for the story was that he
had expressed fear that Woodruff would steal
his horse.
To-DAY's PROCEEDINGS.
The principal interest in the Cronin case
was centered this morning in the grand jury
that met at 10 a. m. The strict orders of
were in no wise departed from. bailiff stood
guard at the foot of the stairs below the Jury
room and no one but witnesses and officers of
the court was even allowed to ascend to the
floor above. In accordance with the general
summons issued, various witnesses arrived
early on the scene. Mrs. Conklin and John ].
Cronin were the first to make an appearance,
the former leaning on the arm Of
the murdered mans brother. The Carlsons.
father and son, came next, and were followed
by Capt. Schetler and Pat Dinan, the livery
man. Luke Dillon and p. w. Dunn spent a
few minutes in the jury room, but only to give
suggestions as to the propriety Of summoning
certain gentlemen who might supply missing
links in the long chain of circumstances.
Tom Desmond Wanted.
CHICAGO, June 13-The Herald this morning
says: Tom Desmond, an Irish nationalist from
the Pacific coast, is wanted by the police for
supposed completely in the butchery Of DR..
Cronin. He eluded the vigilance Of Inspector
Byrnes detectives in New York last Monday
afternoon, and no trace Of him has yet been
found. Luke Dillon, who was the first to di-
rect suspicion against Desmond, as well as
against John j. Maroney and Charles McDon-
aid, the blacksmith, has sent the Pinkertons
after the missing man, and there is every rea-
son to believe that he will be rounded up in a
day two If he has not left the country.
The details of Desmonds supposed connec-
ton with the great crime are as yet very
meager. It is known, however, that he en-
gagged a room at McCoy's hotel April 16 last,
the day before Maroney, Of New York, uider
the assumed name of W. G. Melville, arrived,
and that they were frequently seen together,
and that they left the hotel April Il.
No Requisition Papers Yet
NEW YORK, June 13.-Inspector Byrnes said
this morning that he had received word from
the Chicago authorities that the officers from
that city to take charge Of the prisoners
Maroney and Mcdonald, now in the tombs and
under arrest for an alleged connection with
the DR.. Cronin murder case. would be in the
city tonight With the necessary requisition
papers.