Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1889-06-22
The Ooroner's Jury in the
Oronin Case Concludes
It's Mission.
They Recommend That Alex
ander Sullivan Be Held
for Murder.
,His Arrest Is Erected without Diff
fCulty and He IL Locked Up
in "Murderers' Row"tn
tho County Jail.
Have Found q Verdict.

CHICAGO, June 12.-At 1925 last night
the c%oroner's jury in tie Cronin case
brought in their verdict, the feature of it
being the recommendation that Alexan.
der Sullivan be held; also the three al.
ready under arrest. AT 1870 officers
were dispatched to Sullivan residence
to make the arrest.
Alexander Sullivan arrest was effected
without the slightest trouble. Before the
verdict was read in public, Coroner Hertz
emerged from the room in which the jury
was in session. He beckoned to an Off.
Ger and handed him q mittimus. The
officer with q bomrade hurriedly left, and
jumping into q carriage drove straight to
the residence of Mr.. Sullivan, on Oak
street.
MI. Sullivan had gone to bed a short
time previous. The object Of the officer 8
visit was explained, and the information
given that he would not be permitted any
time for any purpose. He promptly and
quietly dressed and unhesitatingly accom-
panied his visitors. The prisoners de-
meanor was calm throughout the entire
proceeding. Entering the carriage which
had been brought by the officers they
were driven TO the Office Of the county
pill. After the usual preliminaries Mr..
Sullivan was taken through The cage into
the gloomy prison itself. The ex-presi-
dent Of the Irish National League Of
America was then Immediately incarcer.
ated in cell No. 28 in the tier known az
'Murderer's Row"
The following is the full text Of the
verdict OF the coroners jury:
We, the undersigned jury, appointed to
make inquiries according to law as TO how
the body viewed by US came TO his death,
state our verdict from the evidence:
/. That the body is that Of Patrick II.
Cronin, known as DR.. Cronip.
2. That his death was not from natural
causes, but from violent means.
3. That said p. H. Cronin was decoyed
from his home on North Clark street on the
evening Of May 4, 1883, by some person or
persons, 10 the cottage known as the Carlson
cottage, situated at No. 1872 North Ashland
avenue, In Lake View, Cook county, III.
4. That at said cottage the said Cronin was
murdered by being beaten on the head with
eome blunt instrument or instruments In the
hands Of some person or persons TO us I'M
known on the night Of said May 4, or between
May 4 and May ., 1889.
5. That the body, after said murder was
committed, was placed In a trunk and carried
70 Edgewater on a wagon by several persons
and by them placed In a catch basin at the
corner OF Evanston avenue and Fifty-ninth
street, Lake View, where 1t was discovered
May %, 1889.
6. That the evidence shows conclusively TO
our minds that a plot or conspiracy wss
formed by q number OF persons for the pur-
pose OF numbering said Cronin and conceal
Ing his body. Said plot or conspiracy was de-
ilberately contrived and cruelty executed.
tVo ha w coraf,1Itv fnnpirad into tho ra-
latlons sustained by said Cronin TO other per-
sons while alive TO ascertain " he bad any
quarrels or enmities with persons sufficient
to cause his murder.
s. tt is our judgment that no other person
q persons except some Of those who are or
who had been members Of certain secret So
aeties known as the United Brotherhood or
Clan-na-GSel had cause 10 be the instigators
or executors OF such plot or conspiracy to
murder said Cronin.
9. Many Of the witnesses testifying In said
case have done SO with much evident unwil-
lingness and we believe with much mental
reservation. We find from the evidence that
q number OF persons were parties to the plot
and conspiracy TO murder said Cronin, and
that Daniel Cougblin, Patrick o. Sullivan,
Alexander Sullivan and one Woodruff, alias
Black, were either principals, accessories, or
had guilty knowledge Of said plot and con-
spiracy to murder said Cronin and conceal
Al0 DOpSs II GhooAu NC ASAA w ahoVNi y "
the grand jury. We also believe that other
persons are engaged In this plot or
had guilty knowledge Of 1t and should
be apprehended and held to the grand jury.
We further state that this plot or conspiracy
In its conception and execution is one Of the
mos: foul and brutal that has ever come TO
our knowledge, and We recommend that the
proper authorities offer a large reward for
the discovery and apprehension OF those en-
gagged In 1t In any way. We further state
that In our judgment all secret societies
whose objects are such as the evidence
shows that Of the Clan.na-Gael or United
Brotherhood to bc are not In harmony with
and are Injurious to American institutions.
We hope that future vigor and vigilance by
the police force will more than compensate
for past neglect by a portion Of the force In
this case.
ISigned, j. s. C~RITCHELL,
RUDOLPH SEIFERT,
n. A. HAUGAN,
NJcrnn r. SItTTpp