Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1889-05-31
CRONIN'S BODY FOUND
After a Two Weeks Search the Efforts
of the Police Rewarded.
DR.. CrOnin's DecOmpOsed Body Found
in Lake View Sewer.
There is No Doubt But the Doctor
Was Foully Murdered.
His Skull Crushed and His Body Other
wise Disfigured.
Alex. Sullivan Denies All knowledge
of the Cause of His Removal.
Mrs. COnklin Refuses to Throw Amy
Light on the Matter.

CHICAGO, May 22,-The dead body of
DR.. Cronin, the Irish-American who so
strangely disappeared from his home in
Chicago two weeks ago, was found this
evening some distance north of the city
in a sewer on Evanston avenue. A bloody
towel was wrapped about the head, but
.he body was stark naked. A Catholi
EN- mblem, which the doctor always wore
next his skin suspended about the neck,
was untouched. On his head were a
dozen outs, which had severed the scalp
and indented the scuIl 1t is the opinion
of the police that Cronin was
FoULLY MURDERED.
Much excitement was shown at the
detective head quarters, when all doubt
as to the indemnity of the body VAS
finally removed by definite messages
flom Lake View. 1t was evident from
the expressions of the police that one of
their first objects will be to have e1
planned the assertions by the supposed |
friends of Cronin. Lieut.. Elliott, chief |
of the detectives, will have these people |
at the inquest and demand an explana
ton, foil and complete.
The detectives claim that they have
been handicapped from the start by the
lack OF assistance from those, who claim
ed to know all concerning the doctors |
disappearance, 81 will have this infor- |
nation now," said Lieutenant Elliott" or
there will be
NUMBER OF PROMPT ARsEsTs."
Wholly accidental circumstances |
brought the corpse to light. A gang of
laborers, who were cleaning bitches
along Evanston avenue noticed |
near the corner of Evanston avenue
and 18th street strong sm ell of putrid
flesh. One of the men pried off the cover
of the catch basin at the corner, and
there discovered the corpse. 1t had ap
parently been hastily pitched into the
basin, as his head was underneath and his
feet and legs i'll the opening. This basin
id located nearly a mile from where the
mysterious blood stained trunk was
found on the day after Cronin's disap-
pearance. 1t seems altogether remark
able that it was not sooner discovered,
for the Lake View police started out o
search all the catch basins in that suburb
the week after the trunk was found. One
of the searchers said tonight that they
had missed the basin where
THE BODY WAS HIDDEN.
The body was Immediately taken to
Lake View morgue and within an hour a
dozen of CronIn's friends were in the
station. Thew were quite sure it was
that of the missing doctor, and their
opinion was verified later by t. I. Conk
lin, with whom Cronin lived, and also by
others.
DR.. Brandt, who examined the body,
said the blows on the head
some sharp instruments. There would
seem to be no possibility of doubt as
to the Identification of the body. Among
many others who expressed a positive
opinion in regard to it, was the dentist
who recently worked on Cronir's teeth, |
and also the man who for years had been
Cronin's tailor. 1t is thought that Gro
nin's body was carried in the mysterious
blood stained trunk. There was cotton
found about the feet and under
the chin of the corpse of the same |
quality as that found in the trunk |
and the threads of cloth found in the |
trunk corresponded in appearance with |
Cronir's head. The body was much |
swelled and in an advanced state of de- |
composition, owing to the long stay under
water in the catch basin. The man,
Woodruff. or Black, who after arrest,
CONFESSED TO HAVING HELPED
carry off the trunk containing the corpse
which he claimed was that of a woman
from a barn in the city on the night of
Cronin's disappearance, was interviewed
tonight in Jail. He manifested no sur
prise when told of the discovery, but
while talking freely about the matter, he
seems careful not to go outside of the
story he originally told. He repeatedly
said that if he had not been locked up in
Jail he could and would have cleared uo
the mystery before this time.
Alexander Sullivan, eI president of the
| Irish National league was horror stricken
| tonight when he was told of the discovery
of DR.. Croniu's body. He said he was at
loss to know what to say, further than
| that he was dumbfounded, as he has be
| lieved all along that DR.. Cronin would
turn up all right in the course of time
He had no theories, whatever, to advance
as to the probable
CAUSE OF TIE pooToB's MURDER.
| In reference to the statement made by
some of Cronin's friends at the time of
the lstter's disappearance that he (Sulli-
van) knew more about the matter than
he cared TO tell, Mr.. Sullivan said he had
treated that report With contempt At the
time and had nothing else or it nov.
| He added he was horrided 10 hear of the
murder, and will do every thing in his
power to help place the guilty persons
where they belong.
Shortly after the news o. the finding
of the body had been received a reporter
called on Mrs. Conkiin az her home,
where the doctor resided. When inform
ed of the finding OF tie body, she said
SHE WAS NOT SURPRISED,
that she always had said he vas murder
ed. You viii, said she reporter, "un-
douosedly give the police the benefit of
your knowledge concerning the enemies