St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-06-01
DENIED IN TOTO.
The Toronto Reporter Says He
Was Only Out for String.


CHICAGO, May 31.-A. F. Teefy. a
Chicago attorney of considerable prom
inence in Irish societies, has just re-
turned from Toronto. where he was
sent to investigate the suspected COM
plicity of Reporter G. II. Long and
William j. Starkey with the Cronin
murder case. MI. Teefy makes the fol-
lowing statement to a reporter as to
the result of his Investigations: ''Hav-
ing arrived in Toronto on May 25 and
had an interview with my brother, r.
b. Teefy, of that city, who is the
national executive of the Irish Ma
tional league for Toronto, and being
determined to find out, if possible,
whether there was any collision. or
possibility thereof. between the reporter,
Long, and Mr.. Starkey, and to satisfy
my own mind as to the many insinua-
tons and innuendoes of collision afloat
i'll Chicago, | made inquiries as to the
residence of Mr.. and Mrs. Starkey
After several inquiries and calls at diff
ferent numbers on Wellington street. |
found Mrs. William Starkey at 25S Well
ington street, | think the northwest
corner OF John street. She had 10 fic-
titious name. but readily answered my
call for Mrs. Starkey. She is living
with family named Hardy: and she.
as we'll as Mrs. Hardy. informed me
that Mr.. Starkey had left Toronto for
New York on Sunday. May 5. and had
not returned up to the time | saw
her. When [ informed Mrs. Starkey OF
the insinuatiOnS and inuendoes afloat,in
Chicago, she was very much surprised
and felt very keenly the unkindness and
want of charity here of those who
spread the stories here of collision be-
tween her husband and Reporter Long,
and OF both of them with Chicago par
ties. She displayed great indignation
when | spoke to her about Long, for
whom, from my interview, | was conf
dent she had no regard. After several
inquiries, | finally met Mr.. Long at the
Rossin house. l talked the matter over
fully with him, he still adhering to the
truth of his dispatches and expressing
the
GREATEST INDIGNATION
when l told him he was charged with
collision with William Starkey, and
they with parties in Chicago. He at
once expressed his willingness to do all
in his power to contradict all and any of
such statements, and to that end sat
down and wrote the following:
..'Rossin House, Toronto, May 25. 1889.
10 whom it may concern: This is TO
certify that up to and after the time l
wrote the dispatches regarding DR..
CrOnfn having been seen in Toronto,
had no letter, telegram or other commu-
nicatlOn with any one from Chicago or
elsewhere regarding his disappearance.
excepting the newspapers to which |
sent the dispatches. G. S. LONG,"
During our conversation in the Rossn
house, Mr.. Long pointed out to me the
places where he saw DR.. CrOnin, where
they stood and conversed. and adhered
emphatically to his quoted interview
with Cronin. Long said he had not
seen Starkey for some time. he did not
know exactly how long, that they were
not OH terms of friendship, barely
speaking as they met. Mr.. Long did not
attempt to give the positive date of the
departure of Starkey. My impression,
from what learned, was that there
was
NOTHING BETWEEN THEM.
and that it did not make any difference
to Long where Starkey was. In his
conversation regarding Starkcv he re-
ferred to him in a very abusive and COLI
temptuous manner, and was led to