River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-06-13
HIS LOSSES WERE SMALL.

Although Alexander Sullivan Invested q
Large sum in stocks, He Was Only
Caught to the Extent of $4,000 Wit
ness Who Declared He Could Put His
HAND ON Cronin's Murderers, Fails to-
Throw ANY Light on the Crime When
Placed on the WitneSs-Sts...d.
CHICAGO, June THE Cronin inquest
was resumed at 1918 o'clock a m Thursday.
J. W Moore, cashier for J. T. Lester, pro-
dueed a statement showing the cash trans
actions of Alexander Sullivan with J.
T. Lester & Co, from June l. lSs2.
to April Is 1S3 The amount paid
in was sl33. SO The total amount drawn
out by him from June i3, 1852, to June -,
1883, was Sis, 3lSOS in checks or cash aud
500 shares OF stock which were good for
sl4,0O0 Sullivan's loss was $500. These
amounts were paid, principally in checks.
to Alexander Sullivan From June ! to
October, l, 1882, Sullivan paid TO the firm
about s95, coo, and drew out about sSl 600
Thomas T. OConnor testified that he had
been told by DIR. Cronin several years ago
that he was afraid of his life on account of
certain exposures he had made against
some local societies Witness told him TO
take no chances but TO 60 armed He did so.
Witness said no had been asked 20 do
some secret work for the order. He didn't
know who it was that wanted him to do
the work He got the order one morning
from a man who came into his Office. He
said that some men were going over the
water and he wanted witness 10 go. too.
Witness promised TO think over the matter.
Witness talked With Cronin about the
order, and the latter said that there
were enough good, honest men behind En-
glish bars now; that he didn believe in the
policy of dynamite, and for witness not to
do it Witness didn't CIonin said that
those good Irishmen behind En-
glish bars had been given away as
soon as they had touched the shore
He said that he believed some one had be-
trayed them but he mentioned no names
Witness knew Alexander Sullivan, but did
not know that he had any thing to do with
giving me the dynamite order. Had heard
that Sullivan was then member of the
executive body which governs the order,
but of that was not certain
OConnor said he was present at the trial
of DR. Cronin, but TO his mind there was no
evidence to warrant his expulsion from the
organization He was positive in his own
mind that the jury was packed The circu-
lar was merely cloak to get him expelled.
1t was alleged that the circular con-
tanned ideas antagonistic to the spirit of
the order His expulsion was desired be-
cause of his possession of facts showing
the misuse of the funds OF the organiza-
ton.
The coroner concluded the examination
of Witness OConnor by saying to him that
the jury would be glad to hear from him
any thing that might throw any light ON
the manner of DR. Cronins death This
question was intended to give O'Connor
chance to lay his hands on the men who
killed the doctor, as he promised to do soon
after the doctors disappearance. In an
swer Captain O'COnnor said: Il wish to
God could throw some light on this ques-
ton"
At the afternoon session A. J. Ford, who
was senior guardian of Camp 20, Gamma
Gael, previous TO the election of John f.
Beggs, was called Coroner Hertz has been
trying to locate some one from
whom he might force an account
of the alleged trial held in Camp 20.
or old 90, at which DIR. CrOnin
s:tried as a British spy and condemned
to death, in pursuance of which sentence
the doctors dead body was thrown IN the
Lake View catch-basin. The persistence
with which the coroner put questions on
this point to the witnesses Wednesday and
Thursday shows that the police have pretty
positive proof that such a trial was had,
and as a consequence of it. Dr.. Cronin was
murdered
Nh. Ford said that no order for any trial
was received, nor was any trial so held
while he was senior guardian of Camp -.
None such had been held since his with
drawal from office, neither had there been
any private trial, nor any meeting of a set
or clique of the camp to try Dr. Cronin
after a manner of their own. DIR Cronin
was tried and expelled from Camp 96 some
-@ars 1go on charge of treason. The
Is sted in his reading a Gocu-
8. which was forbidden TO be read. and
Ford was there as a witness for DR.. Cronin.
He was friendly and intimate with Cronin,
but never heard him speak as though he
thought his life was in danger. Had never
heard any members of Camp 20 talk hos
tilely of DIR. Cronin. The latter never
spoke to witness about Alexander Sullivan.
John F. Finerty declares that he never
at any time referred to DR. CrOnin or Pr.
McCahey in the language attributed to rim
by Maurice Morris in his testimony IN
Wednesday,