Evening journal., 1889-07-01
ONE CENT.
BAFFLED DETECTIVES.
Here, There and Everywhere
for Clews.
ANOTHER STORY FROM KANSAS.

A Would BE Suicide Talks OF the Cronfn
Murder - He Was Cooney Until ths
wires said "No'--Another Tale from
San Francisco.
CHICAGO, July la dispatch to The Inter-
Ocean from Wichita, Kan, says: Thursday
evening two men passed through Wichita on
their way To the west stopping Off here from
one train TO the next. When here the two
men passed their time mquiring for one }.
w. Harwood, whom they seem d to expect
to fnd at one Of the hotels They boarded
an evening train, and just before arriving in
Arkansas City, one OF the men plunged a
knife into his throat and cut a cash from
ear 70 ear. He was taken to an uptown hotel.
and in the meantime the second man disap-
peared. The man who attempted suicide FIRST
sad that his name was Thompson and that
he was ex-postmaster Of West Chicago.
Ae Talked Of the Cronin Murder.
While In a state OF delirium he talked CON
tinually OF the Cronin murder, and frequent
ly mentioned the names Of Burke Woodruff
and Norton. He seemed 10 be well a, quainted
with the incidents Of the Cronin my Story, and
about noon, in a lucid moment he said hat
Norton was the man who was with him when
he attempted suici o, though he denied all
knowledge Of the Cronin affair
Relieved to BE Cooney.
The author ties here aud Ia Arkansas City
believe him 10 be Cooney ''the Fox He Is
1--we feet three inches tall ami weighs l65
pounds, and has a sallow complexion, with
pock marks in his face. He has light biue
eyes and sandy hair and mustache lie says
he is Irish, though his accent seems 10 be
more like that Of an Engnsnman He was
asked tins afternoon II ne knew Burke and
Sullivan and he admitted that he had sen
them both His wounds are de p and al
though there is possibility Of his recovery,
1t i not likely shat he will live more tnan a
Jew hours. He says that before he dies he
has a statement 70 make, but all efforts to
get him 70 talk this afternoon failed
Everything Pointed TO couahlin.
The reason the state Is so certain Coughlin
had hand IN the murder OF Dr. Cronin Ia
that every move that has been made has
tended 20 turn up u trace Of the big detective
Every man under Indictment or suspicion was
well known 70 Coughlin, was friendly and
oven intimate with him. The latest thing
against Coughiin rs that the mill1inan, Mertes,
has identified Coughiin as the man he saw in
company with another man drive up 70 tho
cottage between and Q o'clock on the night
Of the murder The big detective ran up the
steps ana The other man drove away Mertes
/ rudy identified Coughin az the jan, and also
Identified Kuuze a. the driver OF the horse
The poles have located the stable. from
which the animal was obtained, and the de-
scrption Of the man who obtained II tailiea
with that OF Kunze
The Rope Dangling for Several suspects.
Couehiln, u s now believed, engineered
the scheme 70 get the Doctor out OF the way,
but he did not take any active part in the
killing He arrived at the cottage a few
moments after the murder had been COM
pleted and saw TO the disposition Of the BODY
As it is now the rope IS already dangling for
Coughlin and Burke, and for Cooney as soon
az he is caught
A police officer at Central station who
knows Coughiin wen said that Coughlin
would yet 'fqueal, as he was coward
"Coughlin,n said the officer SIS as good as a
dead man