Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1889-05-28

ponce oHlclalS to-day denied that Nc
! Geehan, the man who it is asserted came
| here from Philadelphia to aid in the re-
moval of DIR. Cronin, is under arrest,
there seems to be no doubt but that they
have him in charge and that important
evidence of some nature has been secured
against him.
HARRY JoRDANs ARREST.
This afternoon Harry Jordan. man
who came here from Philadelphia some
| time ago, and who is said to be an intimate
friend of McGeehan's, was placed under ar
rest to be held as witness. Ii IS suspected
that he knows something of Mcclellan s
| movements that may prove of value. He
is said to have belonged to the Clan-Na-
Gael faction which was opposed to. Cronin,
and it is charged that he had frequently de-
nounced the doctor in public. Detective
Dan Coughlin is
GUARDED WITH THE UTMOST SECRECY,
No one being allowed to converse with
him without an order from the Mayor or
Superintendent of Police. His partner,
Detective Whalen, who accompanied
Coughlin in search for the man for whom
Coughlin hired the horse on May 4th, has
been suspended from duty pending an in
vestigation
The report that Tierney, one of the en-
| ployes of Sullivan, the ice man, had disap-
peared is denied in an evening paper, which
asserts that one of its reporters saw him to-
| day.
The man W. L. King who is under ar
rest does not answer the description of the
man of that name who Woodruff says took
| part in the removal of the trunk on the
night of Cronin's disappearance, and
though he is something of sporting man,
the police do not believe he is the man
wanted.
FUNDS FOR THE PROSECUTION.
Luke Dillon, who came here from Phila-
delphia to assist in ferreting out the MUIR
derers, says he has received telegram say
ing the Clan-na Gael of PHILADELPHIA have
sent him a thousand dollars to forward the
work.
Woodru IF was to-day shown picture
of the man King now under arrest but he
did not identify it. The opinion gains
ground that Woodruff's first story was not
3 true one.
SATISFACTORY EXPLANATION.
T. Z. Hillyard, South Park policeman,
who bought trunk at Revell's furniture
store exactly similar TO the one purchased
by another man named Hillyard on the
same day and sent TO the rooms on Clark
street, where the parties connected with
| Cronins assassination are said to have
lived before going to the cottage in Lake
View, where the murder was committed, is
still at liberty. There seems to be no rea-
son for arresting him, as he has given a
satisfactory explanation of the purchase
and still has the trunk in his possession.
HIS DEATH ORDERED.
CHICAGO, May 27th-The followingi is pub
lished here: t. The police have been put in
i possession of some startling facts con-
corning Cronin's murder. 1t has been
clearly shown by the dead mans friends
that his removal was ordered by q commit
tee representing the Clan-Na-G Gael Society.
Charges of traitorous conduct were pre-
ferred against him at meeting of the
Clan-Na-Gael. He was found guilty and
his death ordered. 1t is asserted that
w. j. Hynes, an attorney, Father Gleason,
Captain U. ?. O'Connor, John Devery and
two others have been tried, convicted and
their death sentence signed"
CoUGHLIN CHARGED WITH MURDER.
CHICAGO, May 27th.-There was a sensa-
tlonal and rather unexpected DEVELOPMENT
in the Cronin case at 1915 tonight when
detective Daniel Coughlin was formally
| arrested in the police station cell, where he
has been detained on suspicion An ex-
| animation by Justice was held imme-
diately within the stone walls of the dun
geon. A few moments later the magistrate
ordered commitment, and Coughlin was
hurried out. On the way to the County
Jail a warrant was sworn out by John
Cronin, q brother of the dead doctor.
Coughlin is charged directly with the mur-
der. 1t is learned that Coughlin was to-
day subjected 10 a severe course in the
sweat box" He is said to be one of the
brightest officers on the force, and was one
of Captain Setback 5 best men during the
time of the Anarchist trouble. The out
come of the pumping process would be a
matter of interest, but
THE POLICE REFUSE TO TALK.
No one was allowed to see Coughlin all
day, not even an attorney who had been
hired by his friends. The young man
King, arrested on the strength of Wood
rutf's story was released this evening, the
police believing him all right. The story
to the effect that Mcclellan was the man
who called for and drove Cronin away the
night of the murder was exploded tonight
by positive statement from a friend of
Cronin's who saw the two in buggy, that
Mcclellan is not the man.
SULLIVAN IN JAIL.
Alta late hour this evening the police
admit that P 0. Sullivan, the ice man, is
under arrest, but they refuse to say where
he is confined or whether any of the facts
which seem to be in evidence against him
had been secured.
LATER-It is learned that detective
Coughlin was arrested on the charge of
murder, not because of any new evidence
that had been procured, but because his
attorney was attempting to get him out of
the hands of the police on writ of habeas
corpus.
MRS. LoMAsNEY's OPINION.
DETROIT, May 27th.-In reference to Dr.
Cronin's report to the Clan Ma Gael in 1888
on the misrepresentation of the funds in
tended for the family of William Mckay
Lomasney, Mrs. Lomasney says: ut is
great surprise to me, and am sorry that
either myself or my unfortunate family
should be mixed up in the death of DR..
Cronin. 1t would seem from reports that
he was killed because he knew too much.
and the murder was committed by his
friends. No Irishman lifted his hand
against him and the murder was paid for
by British gold"
SHE KNEW SULLIVAN
When asked if she knew any of the men
who were charged with appropriation the
money raised by the society for the benefit
of herself and children. she said
u knew Sullivan in Chicago. He seemed
very nice man, but do not know much
about him. The other two mentioned are
perfect strangers to me, and never heard
their names mentioned before. If any
money has been raised for me by any So
ciety never received cent of it, but do
not believe there was. have received aid,
but it has always been from individuals
and not from organizations"
Mrs. Lomasney reiterated her belief that
her husband is not dead, but imprisoned in
some English dungeon, with no chance to
communicate with her.
GROVER CLEVELAND.
he Is BaDaueted by the Young Mems
Democratic Club.