The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1889-05-30

show conclusively that DIR. CrOnin Nas savage
Iy murdered. I think know who the murderert
are, or at least who the instigators Of the CT me
arc. cronin's death Is the result of conspr-
acy by certain men who were accused Of en-
bezzling large sums OF money from the Parnell
fund that had been collected In Chicago and
elsewhere. Cronin. myself and others knew Of
their dishonesty, and. as they feared exposure.
they resolved TO enforce silence by murder. and
Cronn Is the first victim. Now that the scorn-
drcls have gone SO far with their deyelish
work hope and trust they viii soon be appre-
hended and meet the fate that their crimes de-
serve. .%
''If Alexander Sullivan has said that Dr. Cro-
min knew nothing OF IRISH revolutionary secrets
Alex ander Sullivan has stated a deliberate
falsehood. DR.. cronin knew q great deal about
Irish revolutionary secrets, and it IS my firm
conviction that he was killed TO prevent the
honest use he was about 10 make OF Q portion
OF that knowledge. Furthermore, / reafirm
my belief that the murder was an act
OF personal vengeance. not the work OF q
society. i know that Croaiu's life, my life,
and the Ives OF others have been frequently
threatened. and that a concerted effort has
been made for some time back to tnsinuate
that We were traitors 10 Ireland. The use Of
the word traitor Is an Indictment TO assassina-
tion. Our treason consists In frustrating the
d shonest schemes OF men who seek their own
personal Advancement nj tho expense OF the
the Irish cause"
Mr.. Dewey mentioned no names but
seemed TO be confident that he could easily
call the roll on the guilty parties
THE DOCTORS DISAPPEARANCE
saturday. May 4, at T:sO p. m. Or. Cronin
was busy with several patients iu the ONCE
rooms OF the nat he occupied in the Windsor
Theater Block with Mr.. and Mrs. I. T. Conkin
Somebody raped on the outer door OF the
fiat Mrs. Conklin opened the door. man
ts..N
Conklin said he was busy. The stranger
said IL was matter OF life and death. Mrs.
Conklin called Dr. Cronin. The stranger told
Cronin in Mrs. Conklin's hearing that work
man Of the Sullivan Ice Company had been run
over and crushed and that Sullivan who was
out OF town, had left word that Cronin should
be called in case OF any accident The doctor
said he would 90 at once. The stranger said
he had a horse and buggy. Cronin prepared
his instruments and bandages. and went down
stairs with the stranger. At the bottom they |
met Frank 7. Scanlan, Jr.. OF No. 81 Bellevue |
place, who had called 10 accompany |
Cronin 10 business meeting at the latters |
downtown ONCE in the Chicago Opera-House |
building. Cronin explained the situation. |
and said he didn't know how soon he could
get down town He got in beside the stranger
and they drove north on Clark street at |
RAPID gait. This was the last seen OF Dr.. /
Cron.r BY his friends until the discovery OF his |
body. Late that night his friends became
llarmed p o. Sullivan said he had not
been out OF town, none of his men had been
hurt aud he knew nothing OF the stranger in
he buggy. Cronns friends at once pro-
,la.med their belief that he had met with foul
play.
Next day the Lake View police found large
runk In grove Of trees near Evanston ay-
niue and Sulzer street The trunk was
meared with blood, and there were cotton
'atting. such as doctors use and several
ocks OF hair in IT. The trunk and the dis
appearance were at once connected Una
'aillng Efforts were made TO trace the trunk
May ., man named Frank Wood
un was arrested for horse-stealing. and was
o fr r.ghiened that no volunteered u statement
o the effect that he had left the trunk in
AXE View, acting under the directions OF
hree men, Of whom Cronin was one.
10 said the trunk contained the body OF
roman, which was taken out and buried. He
ave the names OF his COMPANIONS as King and
Steps were taken to test his story,
nth the result that not much confidence was
laced in II.
Saturday, May II, dispatches from Toronto
int, were published saying that Cronin was
n that city. These were followed by long in.
erviews purporting 10 have been held by one
: T. Long with the fugitive. Three days
lter II was definitely settled that the dis
atches were fakes" and Long admitted as
nuch. !
The Doctors fr lends acted from the start on
he theory that he had been murdared. An or
was completed and rewards offered
Or the recovery of his body and the arrest O;
is abductors.
THE PRINCIPAL THEORY.
II is admitted that Dr. CronIn had no per.
onal or professional enemies. He was a man
{ temperate, virtuous disposition and habits.
nelned TO the devotional He had no in
rfrupa with Ha al No "A, I
ealousles. In American politics he was
republican, but not bitter partisan. His ,
Citations in the Roman Catholic societies to
hitch he belonged were pleasant. His ony
ntagonisms and troubles grew out OF ms
with the so called Irish National
ociet es He was n member OF the Irish
iational League. which is an open organiza-
on- Hc was also a memeer OF the Ancient
rider OF Hibernians and OF the Clan-na-
aeI, or Irish Republican Brotherhood.
10Th the last named are secret, oath-bound !
ocieties. II is wen known that Cronin s
rs waged relentless war on some OF !
le former leaders OF these societies not .
n personal grounds, however, but from
atriotic Irish standpoint. He was one OF the '
aders OF the seeding section of the Ancient |
rider OF Ribernians three or four years ago
nd when the discord in the organization \
as smoothed over he became . lead.
in the reorganized fraternity
IN were driven out in disgrace. In the
inbred organization-the Clan-na- Gael-he v
on the hostility of the self-same leaders. He I,
as expelled from their organiza-
on at their behest. He was branded as a u
aitor. His name was written on the o
ackboard OF every Cian-na Gael camp y
the country traitor TO Ireland. When a
10 Clan-na.Gael Society passed from y
e control OF Cronin's ir sh political enc 4
les Cronin was restored aad the record O
$ so-called treason was blotted out II
G was thoroughly vindicated- Instead of
ling the accused he became the accuser.
. presided as chief oficer OF the Irish
an-na-Gael convention held in Hershey
all in this city last June. He formulated 7
arges on that occasion against former r,
lder OF the IRISH societies The subject mat m
r OF these charges was acrimoniously do NJ
ted. They included charges OF malfeasance. q
sason, perjury and murder. The consid-
alton OF these charges was referred to n q
OF which Cronin was n member p
10 committee met in New York, convicted o
me OF the leaders who had bounded Cronn n,
years and ia led TO acqut others, leaving
en- the charges aga INST the latter.
DR.. Cronin in order 10 arrive at q satlsfa
~ conclusion as to some of those charges
lde independent Investigations. In con- Ia
ction with Mortimer Scanlan, OF this city, o.
made n discovery which established be- IN
nd question tho theft OF $4,000 OF IRISH rs
,ret society funds-not Land League =
National League funds, it should be remcm- ei
red He established the theft he collected o'
evidence against the thief lie was pre-. in
red 10 present IL at the approaching convon.
n OF re Irish societies HIS removal was
cesar . protect certain parties from eter-
dlssrace,l
Wages Cut Down. lin