Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-06-17

They ordered me to turn to the right on Ash
land avenue, ana directed me to drive right
up to the cot age.
Arri red at Murder Cottage.
"The two men there jumped out and went
in There WIS a dim light in the front ROOM
After waitin few minutes-I think it must
have been nearly 2 o'clock-P O'Sullivan,
Melville and Williams came out of the door
carrying Il unk between them. They lifted
the trunk into the wagon. and Melville and
Williams Jumped into the seat with ma
Challenged by u Policeman.
81 drove across Fullerton avenue. I was
going very FIST at that time, and the horse
was on lope. A policeman near there came
out and called: 'Hello stopr Melville said
in an undertDne: Go on; for Gods sake, go
onp l had the reins twisted around my
wrists and loosened them, letting the horse
take fearful gait. We went down to Lin
coin park, a:ross Clark street, and crossed il
little north of the animal cages. This
road winds -ound about fifty yards from the
head of the drive There is a little hill there,
| ON the top OF which are number of trees.
Fear They Are Followed.
"They ordered me to stop there, and at that
time it was intended to take the trunk out
into the lake, as l heard them say that they
| had spotted boat for that purpose during
| the day. They took the trunk out, but Mel
vile became frightened, thinking that po-
liceman was perhaps following. They lifted
the trunk back into the wagon and or
dered me 10 drive on. l asked: "Where
| shall l goF Melville said: Anywhere
Just keep moving; l am afraid we are being
followed Williams turned to Melville and
said: Good God, the sewer is just as good a
place as any,"
Into the First Sewer.
Woodruff then proceeds to tell how the
| corpse was dumped into a sewer basin, but
that the trunk wouldn't go in, SO it was put
back into the wagon. This being done the
men got into the wagon and drove to Edge
water, a suburb on the northern boundary
OF the city, where the two men got out, tax
ing with them medicine case which had
been lying in the wagon. While they were
absent a policeman approached with the re-
mark that II was very late to be out Will
Jams said he knew it was, but he had lost his
way and ash ed how to find the lake shore
drive. While this conversation was going on
Melville and Williams reappeared and taking
their cue from what they had heard one of
them said: Il can't find any road The
policeman said they would have to 60 back
to Evanston avenue
Buried the Nj edicine Case
The two conspirators then got into the
wagon and Melville rubbed his hands to
gether, scattering sand over Woodruff, from
which the latter says he is certain they
buried the case in the sand near where they
had stopped. On the road back Melville
asked Williams whether it was probable that
that d-n TOOL" would get scared and fail
to cover up things at the cottage, and Will
Jams answered that "Annie" would go over
and help; she had more nerve than he had
Upon passing the cottage on their return
they saw woman going in the back way
The trunk vas thrown off the wagon INTO a
field because they heard a wagon coming
along
The Victims Clothes.
The confession then proceeds: Just before
we reached Webster avenue asked Melville:
What about the clothes2 Have You got rid
of themF He said: ooh. that's all right:
we'll attend to them Then, turning to Will
Jams, he sail: You had better go out to
the house tomorrow and see that things are
cleaned up Williams replied: No, we
have been around there enough already.
We will lei Dan attend to that At that
time We were near Belden avenue. and
turned to Melville and asked: Are YOU go
ing right down to the barn with meF He
answered: NO; are we near therer and
said yes. They then got out.
"Aleok" Was to be Worked"
81 said to them: Il will see you tomorrow.
Melville answered: Il don't know | NAV
not be in town You have as good a scheme
as You want now / asked what that was
and he replied: You won't need any train
ing to work Aleck.' | said: well, [ suppose
l stand in with you He replied: No. Won
don't stand on our bet 1t is every man
for himself now As they left me, Williams
said: Don't strike him too heavy. There is
a good many of us i replied: Yes. the
man would nave to be a millionaire to take
care of this crowd l will hunt you UP to-
morrow"
Melville Disappears.
The next Tuesday Woodruff went to Nc
Coy's hotel % see Melville, but he had gone.
Wednesday he tried to see Melville or SulIi-
van, but failed in both; and so he attempted
to sell Dean horse, which he was driving,
and got hin self into Jail. He closes his con-
fession follows:
This is the first and only statement have
made since my arrest. 1t contains substan
TALLY all the fucts in my knowledge. and
have determined to make a clean breast of
this matter now"
The confession was given to Mr. J. r
Dunlop, of the Times editorial staff, and
taken down verbatim by stenographer
Other startling statements made therein are
to the eff ct that after he was confined in
the jail a man obtained admission on the pre-
text of Identifying him. When he saw
Woodruff ne said he was not the man. but
stayed there and looked at him persistently
and finally yinked at him TTnon Woodruff
coming Close the man said: "You are in a
bad box and it is all your own id fault.
You have lots of friends here who will see
you through if you don't talk, and who will
give you the best legal advice the city can
produce II you do talk and do get out of
this your life won't be worth rs cents
Woodruff says he received many offers of
legal assists nee and gave the names of some
of those offering it; among others was. SO he
says, Mr.. Theodore Case of the firm of Ho-
gan, Case g. Hogan. They all told him to be
quiet; that the men who were taking care of
Alexander Sullivan were taking care of him,
and that if ne would be silent he would come
out all right without costing him a cent.
Preachers Sensation.
Rev. Mr. Brushingham in his sermon YES
terday, said: "On the street Yesterday
heard an Irish police officer say he was glad
Cronin was killed; that Oronin was a spy
aud that he should have been murdered long
ago. i have the number of that policeman's
star and if live until tomorrow will re-
port him to the chief of police and demand
his discharge from the police force"
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