The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-06-15
Alexander Sullivan Released on
$4,000 Bail.
JUDGE TULEY REVIEWS THE CASE
The Evidence Fully Gone Over-CrOnin Was
Killed as the Result of a Conspiracy
The Defendants Guilt.

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citizens, each one of whom represented
many times the amount fixed. Sullivan
walked out of the court, being less than
three days in jail. Seldom, if ever, has
case drawn such q crowd as that which
assembled this afternoon to hear the eX
pected decision. The courtroom was jam
med and big cOncOurse OF men assembled
in the corridor adjoining, seeking to catch
from afar the words from the judges lips.
States Attorney Longnecker and his as
sistant, Mr.. Baker, were III consultation
with Judge Tuley before he came on the
bench Several unknown men also entered
his chamber. They were presumably mem
bers of the coroner's jury who returned the
verdict in the CrOnin case.
Mr. Sullivan was early on the scene. He
was brought in by Sheriff MatsOn person
ally. who escorted him through the judges
chamber before the chancellor's arrival to
avoid the crowd ut the other doors. On
Sullivan's arrival, he took a seat IN the
centre of a circle formed by his lawyers,
Messrs. Trude, Windes and Gilbert, with
whom he entered into a whispered
consultation. Some Of the members
and friendly interest in Mr.. Sulli-
van by being present. Coroner
Hertz occupied a seat by Judge Long
necl1er, and Congressman Frank Lawler
came in when everybody had got seated,
everybody making the observation: Law
Ter is here; now let the proceedings begin"
It was three-quarters of an hour before
Judge Tuley reached his court room.
Finally. at 3:45 p. m, he assembled the
bench with his written opinion, which it
became soon apparent had been made only
after a careful analysis of the mass of testi-
mOny in the case.
Sullivan braced himself in his chair and
kept his eyes fixed on the court as Judge
Tuley said: Il suppose there will be- no
further steps taken beyond this evidence
before the cOrOner's iury!n
Judge Longnecker replied: THAT is
all There is no additional testimony
because if you had any, the court would
feel compelled to hear it, said the court.
Judge Tuley, in his characteristic mat
ter-Of-fact manner, began reading his de-
cision, and had not proceeded two minutes
when the frOwns of those identified with
the prosecution told the story.
The Judge said in part: The application
before him was for the release of AleXan-
der Sullivan under the bill of rights which
provided for bailing a person accused OF
murder where the evidence was strong or
the presumption of their guilt was not
strong The court referred to the terms of
/ the agreement by which the matter was
left to him on the evidence before the cor
oner. He said that he had read one
hundred type written pages of evidence
given before the COrOner'S jury. Much OF
the evidence was irrelevant and incOmpe-
tent before the court. but wide scope was
allowed the coroner III such Investigations
He could even hear hearSay evidence If 1t
gave direction to the evidence so as to bring
about the discovery Of the persons guilty of
DIR. Cronin's murder There was good
deal OF this hearsay evidence.
Mrs COnklin and son testified that they
had heard CrOnin say that there was plot
to assassinate him, and Sullivan was at
the back of it. BarrymoreIand O'Brien
testified substantially to the same thing,
the last named saying that Cronin was
afraid of Sullivan.
Buckley Ives testified later to a singular
statement by Cronin as to his cross-eXamin-
alton before a notary, and that he believed
it was part of this plot, and that Sullivan
was at the head of it. Dillon said that he
talked so much about it that he believed
Cronin had Sullivan on the brain.
EEIaggerty'sl evidence was probably the
most important against Sullivan, and the
statements that he testified that Cronin
had made were made about the time of
Cronin's trial in 1855
The testimony given by Haggerty on that
point was substantially the only evidence
that Sullivan had made a direct threat
against Cronin's life
The court knows of no rule of law that
would admit of a declaration that Cronin
made out of Sullivan's presence; it would
not be admitted before any magistrate
1t was shown by the evidence that Sulli-
van was prominent in Irish Nationalist cir
Giles: that he was one of the triangle that
control Irish matters; that several camps
were expelled, as also was Cronin; that
from CrOnin's presence on the committee
which tried Sullivan, Boland and Tenney,
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wards Cronin, which the evidences show
was refrigerated. That Cronin was muir
dered as the result of a conspiracy, that
was also shown by the evidence, and like
wise it showed that back of this conspiracy
were personal enemies of Cronin, but the
evidence was there that Sullivan was one
of those enemies. There was no act in con-
Hectlon with the murder which related to
Sullivan.
Another theory was that Cronin was re-
moved to prevent disclosures; but there
was no evidence that he had any facts
which would die with him. The facts in
his possession lived after his death. The
coroner had been unable to find a trace of
any proceedings in any camp to condemn
him to death.
If Cronin was removed by the United
Brotherhood. it could not be seen how
Sullivan actuated it, as he had not been
member for several years. The evidence
did not show that Sullivan had any rela-
tions socially or otherwise, with COughlin,
o. p. Sullivan or Woodruff, or that he met
him, or that there was any conspiracy. The
coroner's jury was largely influenced by
outside sentiment. There was no doubt
that the suspicion was strong. He felt
bitter and had a malignant hatred of
Cronin, and there was no doubt but that it
seemed almost impossible that if he were
guilty of conspiracy to kill Cronin, he could
have promulgated two weeks after Cronin's
murder his protest at the Buffalo trial in
which b" Nranded Cronin as scoundrel
and a pc. sr.
No impartial man could believe it posi-
BILE for a jury to convict Sullivan on the
evidence presented, as any hesitation ought
to be resolved in favor of personal liberty.
Said the court: ~ will admit his release on
bail, and hear counsels suggestion as to
the amount"
States Attorney Longnecker suggested
SIS. 900, which Lawyer Trude thought ex-
cessive. Longnecker said he would con
sent that the bail should remain as fixed.
provided that indictments were found
on no other evidence than that already be-
fore the coroner's jury. If additional evi-
dence was offered, he would reserve his
right to secure capiasss and then consider
the matter of further bail.
Where the Murder Was Planned.