The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1889-05-30
FROM CHICAGO.
Latest Developments IN the Cronln
Mystery-The Jury of
Inquest Ready.
Statement of Observation-Disclosures
Against an Official-More
Sensations.


edition this morning prints statement
that Patrick o. Sullivan, the ice man, has
lifted the veil of the conspiracy, made a
full confession and given to the police
the names of every one he knew that was
implicated in the murder of Doctor
Cronin. The statement is made chiefly
on authority of Mayor Boldenneck, of
Lakeview, who is said to have taken part
in the examination of Sullivan by the
police authorities, but that gentleman on
being interviewed this morning pro-
nounced the whole story untrue.
SULLIVAN COMMITTED.
ca IoAGo, May 2S.-Coroner Hertz con.
vened his jury at 10 O'Clock this morning
and before taking testimony in the case
took it out to Lake View to examine the
Carlson cottage in which the murder is
supposed to have been committed. About
IL O'Clock p. o. Sullivan was brought
from Lake View station before Justice
Kastin in East Chicago avenue and held
without bail until June 10. A mittimus
was made for committal
and he was taken to
tbs county jail. Frank Woodruff, the
horse thief, was brought before Judge
Williamson this morning to plead to
charge of larceny. AS bailee, he entered
plea of not guilty and was taken back
to Jail. Woodruff is the man who says he
carried body in a wagon to Lincoln
park on the night of Cronin's disappear
ance.
THE oRoNIN JURY.
CHICAGO May 28.-The Cronin jury, af-
ter inspecting the blood-stained cottage
in Lakeview, the sewer manhole in which
Doctor Cronin's body was found and other
places connected with the case, returned
TO the city and will begin taking evidence
some time in the afternoon. States At
torney LOngneckee went before the grand
jury this afternoon in company with po-
lice officials and that body at once took
up the Uronin case. 1t is expected indict
ments will be returned this afternoon.
BRUCE's STORY.
CHICAGO, May 28.-The Daily News
has the following: detective Robert
Bruce, who has been conducting private
agency in this city, walked into Lieuten-
ant Horace Elliott's office this morning
and said that several months ago Alder
man Mccormack offered him $1,000 to
kill Doctor Cronln. Bruce, who has just
returned from a moath's stay in
Texas, says Mccormack paid him
5000 in advance and agreed to
pay the remaining 5000 when
the deed was done. Bruce declares Nc
HOrrn oly tol1 hin, to fainp oioLnaoS in, hi,
Office and then send for Doctor Cronin
and kill him. Bruce says he took 800,
spent it for liquor and never made move
toward carrying out the contract. Bruce
bears rather unsavory reputation and
the police do not place all the rNiance in
the world in his story. He has been in
numerous scrapes in this city.
sULLIvAN's DENIAL.
CHICAGO, May 29.-Sullivan himself,
and officials high and low declare that the
Ptasement published this morning to the
effect that he had made confession, lay
ing bare the entire details of the
plot for the murder of Doctor
Cronin, is untrue. An afternoon
paper processes to have information to
the effect that nothing like sweeping
now given out that Harry Jordan, the bar
tender, has not been arrested as was stated
yesterday.
After retiring from L2keview the coro-
per decided to adjourn the inquest until
to m orrow.
THE CLAN-NA-GAEL.
CHICAGO, May 29.-Two hundred dele
gates representing eleven local camps of
the Clan-na- Gael met last night at No. 143
Randolph street to take action regarding
the murder of Doctor Cronin. Luke Dill
lon, of Philadelphia, presided. The fol-
lowing resolution was adopted:
Resolved, We, the representatives of the
Clan-na-Gael, place on record our utter
detestation of the crime Of assassination,
and we enter our solemn protest against
the evident attem pts of the murderers of
our brother to place the crime of his death
on oul order. 1t is not the spirit nor the
object of the Clan-na- Gael, and we repu-
date it and hereby pledge our best efforts