Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-06-14
GOVERNOR HILLS NO.
He Will Not Extradite MOroncy and
 :. Mcdonald. :,
No Direct Charges Against the Two Men Were Made. Informn n ton and Belief Being the Plen-Tom Desmond in the Case.

ALBANY, June 14.-Farrell, the agent Of Governor Fife, of Illinois, appeared before Governor Hill yesterday and asked for the extradition of Moroncy and McDonald to answer the charge of com plicity in the Cronin murder.
 Governor Uill promptly denied the ap- plication, holding that there were no di- rect charges made Tho charges were on information and belief.
 CHICAGO, June 14.-When the grand jury met yesterday Mrs. Conklin was the first witness who testified. Her testi- mony was only a repetition of that which has been many times published, except that she attempted a minute de- scription of the man who, by means of the icemans card, decoycd Cronin to his death on May 1. This description, so far 'as Mrs. Conklin's memory extended, tal- lied perfectly with the published descrip- tion of Mcdonald, the blacksmith, now under arrest In New York.
 Old man Carlson, the owner of the cot tagc detailed the particulars of the rent ing of the property and was required to tax his memory to its utmost for Il faith full description of the parties who took | possession of the house, and whose idcn- | tity is now so eagerly desired by the Chicago police.
 His son was next called to the stand | and did better. His description of Will l Hams tullicd in many respects with that | of John Moronc, the lriShman whom the | New York police now have in custody. l The Herald says: Tom Desmond, an Irish Nationalist from the Pacific coast, | is wanted by the police for supposed complicity in the bulchcry of Dr. Cronin.
 He eluded the vigilance of Inspector Byrnes' detectives ill New York last Mon | day afternoon, and no trace of him has yet been found, Luke Dillon, who was | the first to direct suspicion against Des- mond, as well as against John J. Moro- ney and Charles Mcdonald, the black smith, has sent the Pinkcrtons after tho | missing man, and there is every reason to believe that he will be rounded up in a
 day or two If he has not left tho coun-
 try
 The details of Desmond's supposed | connection with the great crime are as | yet very mcagcr. It is known, however,
 that he engaged room at McCoy's ho-
 tel April l6 last, the day before Moroney. | under the assumed name of w. G. Mel | vile, arrived, and that they were ire | quently. seen together and that they left
 the hotel together April Fl.
 'We have at least dozen mon under
 close surveillance in different parts of
 the country, said Luke Dillon. MT. Dill
 lon was busily engaged in wadins
 through mass of correspondence. Il
 think l understand the motive of this
 crime so well that can pick out the men
 most likely to be engaged in it, l am
 in conStant communication with mer
 equally posted, and through their earnest
 cooperation have every reason to hope
 for success"
 WASHINGTON, June 14.-A dispatch
 from Chicago states that Tom Desmond
 an Irish Nationalist, and a member O
 the Clan-na-Gael society, and well-knowr
 on tho Pacific slope, was wanted for com
 plicity ill the Cronin murder. Desmon(
 Is at present in Washington whero h' has been, according to his own statement :, since the 3lst of May.
 When shown a dispatch from Chicag, he went immediately to the nearest DO
 lice station and offered to surrender him
 self, but as the officers would not arres
 him he left his address and said he wa willing to go to Chicago at any time While in Washington Desmond has mad, no secret of his whereabouts, and ha: , met nearly all the prominent 1rshmen f
 the city. Desmond says that both h
 and Mcdonald, who was arr ested in NeN York, were in New York on the da !, Cronin was murdered. Mir. Thomas H I Walsh, clerk in one of the gOvernmen
 departments and well known Iris ' land leagucr, corroborates both state mentS