Telegram-herald., 1889-05-29
THREE MEN INDICTED
Startling Disclosures II the Dr..
Cronin Murder Case.
4 GREAT CONSPIRACY SUSPECTED
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sA-Gasi Theory.

cHcAG0, May 2s-The grand jury
tAls evening, after a session Of nearly
seven hours, indicted Daniel COughllus
T. .. sullivan, the LakeFieW ice dealer,
and Frank Black alas Woodruff, fer
the Nillfui murder OF Dr. +. IL. CrOnln.
Black = the man arrested for stealing
the white horse and rig ia which the
physician was driven u his death, and
Who told a woolly story regarding Or.
CFonln having been taken t0 attend the
woman whose body, a he claimed, was
afterWard hidden in the trunk. over
score OF witnesses, including
both personal and political
friends Of the murdered man,
were examined, but no evidence was
introduced % prove a conspiracy, and
tne private papers about which So much
hes been sald were kept from the body.
As result Of the investigation, lt Was
decided by A unanimous vote 10 include
the three prisoners IN one indictment
of three counts, one charging them
with killing Dr. Cronln with a blunt IN
strument, the second alleging the Use
OF sharp instrument, and the third
WITH instruments and means un-
known"
The indictments were returned 10
Judge Judge Williamson and the jury
released for the night. States Attorney
IOngenecker said subsequently, that
the question of a conspiracy was not
investigated in any form, and that the
matter would not be taken up again by
the present body.
IL Il. said tonight, upon absolute
authority, that the police are only just
beginning 20 get an insight INTO the
magnitude OF the conspiracy. All along
they have been working on the theory
that was confined 10 few. Within the
last twenty -four hours, however, they
have come into possession of InfOrma-
ton that places beyond the shadow of
doubt that at least score OF indI-
yiduals were connected, directly or IN
directly, with the dlabOlical affair.
Among these, II Is said, are eight OF the
most prominent Irish natiOnalIsts IN the
city. These are being shadowed day
and night, not 80 much with the view
of any immediate arrest, but, as the
police put IL, 1.-The better To subserve
the interests of justice" Among the
best and most widely known of the
eight is Alexander Sullivan, the ex-
president of the irish Land League of
America. He Is probably the best
watched man in Chicago today.
Shadows infest the lobby OF the Chi
cagO Opera House building IN which his
Office : located; they fit around the
upper corridors; they dog his footsteps
when he goes across To the court house;
and they have ms house ON Oak street
under surveillance. Only when ciOseted
IN his Office or when IN the parler of
his home, l. ne free from their gaze
Chief of Police Hubbard practically
admitted that ne was responsible
for this espionage, but he de-
clEed TO say upon what grounds
II was based, although he limited
that 10 was done to satisfy CrO-
nin's friends. Almost in the same
breath ne said that of all the stream of
direct evidence that had been poured
IN upon him, there was not a single
fact that pointed to the slightest degree
To Alex. Sullivan's culpabllity
The Herald tomorrow IN an elaborate
article viii reiterate its former state
merit that Or. CrOnln was removed"
by the Clan-na-(iael after trial and con-
v!ctlOn on the charge of being a British
spy. 1t declares, CIrcumstantlally that
an OffiCer OF the order, known a del
egate, called upon the senior
guardian OF north side camp
10 appoint trial committee.
No names nor specifications We're gwen.
At The next meeting of the camp Il was
announced, under the rules provided
for such occasions, that a trial commit
tee was required. Each man present
wrote name on a piece of paper.
When all the slips had been deposited
in the ballOt-box, it was delivered 10 a
trusty member, who counted them and
selected the seven who received the
highest number. Each was quietly
notified Of the fact, while the unsuc-
cessful ones simply received blank
slips. The committee met within "A
week, and for the first stime became
aware Of each others identity. and
and also that of the man whom
they were 20 try and the
charges preferred. Hence, of all the
members of the order only the COM
mlttee, the man preferring the charges
and the witnesses examined. were cog
nEsnt OF the personality of the body.
or rs proceedings. Charges were pre-
ferrsd against CrOnin of beng a British
SPY. be was found guilty by a unaui-
nous vote and sentenced % be ''re-
moved -