The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-06-19
A CLOSE-CLOAKED CRIME
A SCORE OF WITNESSES CALLED
IN TIE CRONIN CASE.


Burke as That of Any One Seen
Around the Carlson Cottage.
CHICAGO, ILL.,, June 1S-Fifteen or
twenty witnesses were before the grand
jury this afternoon, but by far the greater
number were singularly devoid of informa-
ton. Robert Boyington. James Knight,
Patrick Bremen, James Monahan, all en-
ployes of Iceman O'Sullivan, testified to
the habits and demeanor of their employer
at the time and previ Gus to the Cronln
murder. They were particularly Questioned
as to his relations with Coughlin and
Woodruff. They knew nothing
| OF OSullivan's intimacy with
| Coughlin, and all testified
that they had never seen Woodruff, either
at the ice house or any place else. Maloney,
saloonkeeper, told about a row in his
place between ex-Officer Roach on one side
and Coughlin and O'Sullivan on the other,
and Roach was called and corroborated the
story and otherwise testified to intimacy be-
tween Coughlin and the ice man.
RECALLING OF THE oARLsoNs.
The Carlsons were again called to testify
| as 10 certain incidents in connection with
the renting and occupancy of the cottage,
and were given another chance to identify
in the picture of Martin Burke, the sup
| posed-to-be Williams, who rented the
| cottage They did not appear any more
certain of his identity than yesterday,
and the jury was 10th to return
an Indictment against Burke without addi-
| tional evidence. In this the jurors failed to
agree with Chief Hubbard, who appeared
before the jury and urged prompt indict-
! ment of Burke.
Henry Stoltenberg, Alexander Sullivan's
| clerk, was questioned at length regarding
the alleged intimacy between the Irish
leader and Dan Coughlin, but failed to
fulfill the expectations of the jury. He
| knew nothing Of Coughlin's calls at the
| lawyers office, but admitted that the
| former might have entered Sullivan's pri-
vate room without being observed by the
| rest of the firm.
WOMAN WHO DIDN'T KNOW HIM.
Mrs. Rich, who lives on Ashland avenue,
| diagonally across from the G rlton cot
tage, was called upon to describe the people
| whom she observed at different times enter
| ing the cottage and lettering around the ice
| house, but she failed to describe any one
who bore an accurate resemblance to Burke,
| and she was unable to identify his photo
| graph as that Of any one she had ever seen.
Thomas Given, an employe of the sewer
| department. testified that he knew Burke
| during the latter's recent residence in this
| city, but he had no knowledge of his init
macy with O'Sullivan, Coughlin or any of
the suspected persons.
| CRoNIN's FEARS.
| T. j. Conway told the jury that he was
| intimately acquainted with DIR. Cronin
| during his life time, and that the latter had
| frequently expressed a conviction that his
| life was in danger and that he was liable to
be murdered at any time by emissaries of
| prominent leaders whose practices
he had checkmated. Conway ais stated
| that he was a member of the Riverside
camp of the Clan-na-Gael and had heard
John f. Beggs' speech denouncing DR..
| Cronin.
| John F. Beggs, himself, was next called
upon by the jury, but his evidence con-
tained nothing new, and was substantially
a repetition of his testimony of yesterday.
E. G. Dunno, William J. Hynes' law
| partner, was on the stand ten minutes, but
failed to relate anything that deserved
| dignity of the testimony. and was followed
| by James Quinn, the Clarx street halter,
| who again testified to certain Incidents
| indicating intimacy between O'Sullivan
and Daniel Coughlin.
NO KNOWLEDGE OF THE TRIAL.
Dennis O'Connor, secretary of camp No.
| 20, was questioned at length regarding
| claimed any knowledge of the secret trial
| and sentence of Dr. Cronin on the charge of
| treason.
Miss Mccormick, sister of Mrs. Whalen,
stated that she was at O'Sullivan's house on
| the night of the murder, and remembered
| that the ice man got up about 10 o'clock or
later to admit couple of his employees,
who had spent the evening in some
part of Lake View. This statement
a ~
| couple of the ice men themselves,
who, earlier in the day, testified to having
entered the house about that hour. and
having been admitted by OSullivan.
Frank johnson. formerly confidential
clerk of j. I. Lester & Co., brokers, testi-
fed to certain fortunate speculations of
Alexander Sullivan, and is alleged to have
substantiated the story that Sullivan, after
certain lucky deal, made him munifcent
| cash present.
A PRIEST ON THE STAND.
Father Dorney was called to the stand
and asked to give the particulars of p. w.
Dunn's charge of embezzlement against
Alexander Sullivan and the reverend gen
| tleman's subsequent investigation of this
| charge by agreement of the principals.
| Father Dorney related ,as nearly as his mem
ory would permit, the circumstances of this
charge, and stated that it was only after q
| Iull lnVeSLlSdGlOu Oh buo dIIllTS Oh SULLIVAN
| and the amount of his annual income that
he pronounced Dunn's charge groundless.
The reverend gentleman was also questioned
closely regarding his knowledge of the
Clan-na-Gael organization, but failed to
disclose any particular knowledge of their
workings.
A WESTERN UNION REFUBAL.
The sensational incident of the grand jury
this morning was the refusal of William E.
Bell of the WeStern Union Telegraph Com
pany to obey an order of the jury to pro-
duce messages passing between Alexander
Sullivan, Daniel Coughlin, p. O'5ulivan,
John j. Maroney and g. w. Melville. Bell
maintained that it was against the rules of
the company to produce such messages, and
that the statutes of the state of Illinois
imposed a fine of $1,000 upon a
telegraph company for disclosing the con-
tentents of any personal or business message
passing over its lines After all attempts to
induce the witness to obey had failed the
jury, headed by State Attorney Long
necker, went to Judge Shepard's room and
appealed to his honor to issue an order di-
recting the witness to answer, under pain Of
contempt and commitment.
PLEA OF BELLS ATTORNEY.
Charles s. Holt, attorney for the Western
Union, appeared in behalf of the witness
and stated that while the company desired
in n~every way to assist the ends of justice, it
did not desire to voluntarily violate the
statutes of the state and disclose messages
ofs ha mar Of n