Wichita eagle., 1889-06-06
AFTER SULLIVAN.
BENT OF THE INQUIRY IN THE
CRONIN INQUEST.
That Jrishman and the Clan-na-
Gael Evidently Accused
of the Murder.
Thew Now Want to Know What Became
of 100000 Used by Sullivan
as Agent.
Witnesses Charge Members Of the Society
With Desiring Cronins Death-sev-
eral Irishmen Before the Jury
General News.

CHICAGO, June 5.-Just before the In
quest over DR.. Cronin was ended for today,
the books for the Traders bank of Chicago
were brought into the court room by the
order of Judge Shepard. Byram l.. Smith,
the receiver of the bank, was present to eX-
plain the bearing of the case. BY checks
Oh file and ledger entries it was shown that
in the summer of 1880 Alexander Sullivan
had altogether 100000 in the bank; OF this
money $40 900 and more was an individual
account; the rest was credited to AleXan-
der Sullivan, agent. BY September q, 1882,
this money had been drawn out on checks
made payable to ]. T. Lester & Co., brok-
ers.
1t is the intention of the coroner to sum-
mon a member of the firm to probe the
matter further. A sensational bill Of tes-
timony had been given to the inquest pre-
viously. Charles J. Conway, of Ranens-
wood, suburb of Chicago was the WIT
ness Conway is a member Of the Clan
na-Gael.
He began by testifying as to the conduct
Of Peter Mcclellan, the Philadelphia man.
Conway said Mcclellan told him that he
came west under orders of the chairman OF
the executive committee of the Gamma
Gael. He saw Mcclellan in the company
of Captain Lawrence Buckley, of the
Chicago Grammatical guards, and heard
the former say that DIR. Cronin
and DR.. McCahey deserved to die.
Witness further stated that he was
present at meeting of camp q Clan-na
Gael when the question of resolutions re-
GREETING the death of DR.. CrOnin was be-
ing discussed. A man, John Mosse, who
has a store on West Lake street, rose and
said he was against passing the resolu-
tions, because perhaps the executive com
mittee had sufficient proof to show that
DR.. Cronin was a British spy and had a
right to remove him.
in case Cronin was a British spy, had
.he executive committee any right to re
move himi" asked Foreman Criticized.
There is nothing in the constitution to
shat effect" evasively answered the wit
ness.
Michael Barry testified that DR.. Cronin
told him about two years ago that detect
ives were dogging him with view to Sc
curing evidence to ruin his character, and
that in default of being able to do this he
would be murdered. Witness said he
asked Cronin who his enemy was, and he
replied that Alexander Sullivan was the
man.
Maurice Morris and Joseph O'Byrne also
gave testimony to the general effect that
DR. Crorin had said to them that he eX-
some one to kill him.
All of these witnesses were asked If they
had ever heard of threats against the doc
tors life by Mr.. Sullivan and each replied
that he had not.
Patrick McGarry, a friend of DR.. Cronin,
testified as to what Cronin had told him
In regard to the investigation by a COM
mittee of the Gamma Gael at Buffalo, of
charges that Alexander Sullivan had ap-
propriated funds of the clan to his own
use while member of the executive board
of the triangle" McGarry said that
Cronin informed him that the charges
were not only of misappropriation of funds
but that the triangle" had sent men to
to their death and to the British prisons.
The witness could not remember
the exact amount of money
mentioned by Cronin, but it
appropriated half million dollars. The
witness then told of his visit to Toronto
after Cronin's death and the result of in
terviews with Reporter Long. The latter
first denied having sent the misleading
reports and subsequently said he had sent
a statement of the facts TO Frank Seaman,
OF this city. Cronin said to the witness
after the Buffalo investigation that if he
were murdered it would be at Alexander
Sulliyan's instigation. Cronin also said
that the life of DR.. McCahey, of
Philadelphia. who Joined Cronin in re-
porting against Sullivan at the Buffalo
investigation, was also in danger and that
an attempt had been made to decoy him
away.
Pc. Sullivan, Coughlin and Woodruff
were arraigned before Judge Williamson
today on a new indictment which was an
amendment to the first one found, the
change being the addition of the words
land others unknown to the names of the
three men, All pleaded not guilty.