Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-06-23

CHICAGO, June 22.-George E. Brooks,
a railroad news agent. tells queer
story. He says that, on the night of the
Cronin murder, he was driving with his
sweetheart in Lakeview. and saw three
m en- loading trunk into wagon at
the Carlson cottage. A half hour later
he saw the men dumping the contents of
the trunk into the catch-basin in which
the body of Cronin was found. He says
that he saw the men, and that he and his
female companion would be able to iden-
tify them.
WHY HE KEPT MUM.
Brooks explanation of his failure to
tell the story before is that he WAS afraid
of losing his life, as he believed that the
men concerned in the murder were 90
desperate that they would kill anyone
that they thought would turn up as a
witness against them. Before he told
the story he stipulated that he should be
given protection. He described the three
men that he saw. and the description of
one of them is said to fit Burke, the Win
| nlpeg prisoner.
| 1.-THE THUNDERER's" REQUEST.
A cablegram from the solicitor of the
London Times, gays the Daily NeaUs, was
received at the office of Attorney Frank
Collier this morning. 1t requested him
to procure, as soon as possible, a certified
copy of the evidence taken by the Coro-
per in the Cronin inquest. The evidence
makes LOO pages in typewriter print,
IL III hn do
, week, will cost $3.50. For what purpose
the Times wants the evidence, is not
, known. Mr.. Collier is now on his way
to England.
IN SEARCH OF CooNEY.
The statement is published that Patrick
!, Cooney is supposed to be the man who
, passed under the name of ]. d. Simondss
!, and bought the furniture which was put
in the fiat opposite DIR. Cronin's office,
and which was subsequently taken to the
Carlson cottage, in which Cronin was
murdered. 1t was given out that the
police expect to capture Cooney, possibly
t within few hours.
5 DIGGING UP BURKE's RECORD.
;; From the day BuTke's name was men,
toned in the case Police Lieutenant FL
lott has been working industriously on
Burke's record. 81 have found that he
will probably have to account for more
than the crime of numbering DIR. Cronin," !"
said the Lieutenant.
"Do you think he has committed mur-
, der before?"
!, should say that he had, but 1 can give
, you more particulars in few days"
OBJECTS TO BE wAX-"FIGGERED."
i This afternoon Frank Woodruff COM
menced in the Circuit Court, a suit for
$19, 800 damages for libel against the pro-
prietor of dime museum who has on
thief as one of the accomplices in the
7 murder.
81 ANOTHER ARREST MADE.
2 A new arrest was made this afternoon
in the Cronin case. The prisoner is
Michael Walsh, plumber, who has
!, been working at Joliet. He knew
j Martin Burke, the Winnipeg suspect, in
!, Chicago. Burke, it is reported, turned
j up in Joliet the day after the Cronin
= tragedy, and remained with Walsh,
8, when it is thought that a money order
come to him by Winnipeg, Man, from
n Chicago. The natural inference would
be that Walsh's arrest is due to a desire
!. on the part of the police to elicit any,
{ thing of value that he may know regard
a ing Martin Burke.
4 1t is supposed that the Frank Williams
n with whom Cronin drove off on the night
of May will never be seen again.
Walsh was released tonight after be-
ing subjected to a thorough pumping.
e So far as could be learned, the informa-
q ton extracted from him, while interest,"
: ing and worth having, did not afford the
:. rich leads for which the police had
C hoped.