St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-05-11

caying flesh in it, and when the horse
got whiff he snorted. WedrOve nearly
to the north end of the park, then
stopped minute near the bushes.
King and Fairburn were with me. We
left CrOnin at the barn, and / remem-
ber as l looked at him that one of
his eyes was blacked as if he had
been hit with fist. At the bushes we
lifted the trunk out and l held the
that my suspicious were correct and
that there was BODY in the trunk.
Th ey lifted it out in several pieces. 1
cannot say positively whether it was
the body OF a man or WO man, except
from one circumstance. l heard King
say, Here's where we leave Allie.'
Fairburn answered, Yes, and if
you had left Tom alone we
would have had Doc in here with
her. These remarks passed, while
they were carrying the contents of the
trunk back into the cushion. noticed
that each piece was carefully wrapped
up in cotton, OF something that looked
like cotton, King lifted the trunk into
che wagon, took out his pocketbook and
counted out S25 from large roll. He
passed me the money and told me to
drive OH and
and get the horse back in the barn.
After left them began to feel rather
shaky and whipped the horse into
gall0p. The whole trip from the barn
we had seen but one man, and he was
in buggy. At the time we pulled out
of the track into the bushes and per-
mltted him to pass. l don't think he
saw us. After l left the boys. L drove
on a run, as l said, but had gone not
over a block out of the park before
some one yelled at me. l did not an
swer, but instead urged the horse to 90
faster. don't think l was over fifteen
minutes OIL the run. Finally dumped
out the trunk and turned back. broke
it open as it fell, but I did
not wait to see in what manner
placed. l returned to the barn.
"Where did you first meet Klng?' was
asked of Woodruff. II first met him at
Port Huron, Mich. I think he had then
been following the races. He looks to
be. .thirty-two years old; always goes
neatly dressed. Fairburn is an al
together different sort of fellow. He
is plucky, but without honor or con-
science.
HE Is A THIEF,
and has served time in the penitentlary
He is forty-five years old, five feet four
or five inches high, stout build with
moustache turning gray, and grayish
hair, but bald On the top of his head.
He was dressed, that night when last
saw him, in a rough tweed suit" "How
did Cronin look?'' Gas said I never
saw Cronin upon the street to know
him. That night he looked like man
quite we'll along in years. But 1
nOtiop6 nOSt narti n ylv tha h1ook nuQ
and the moustache and goatee.
The eye was badly swelled.
He wore derby hat and black
clothes" "Have you seen either of
the three men since Sunday morning."
II saw King on Monday on Wabash
avenue and talked with HIM several
minutes. From expressions that he
then used feel sure that Cronin is in
the city, and that King knows his
whereabouts. and that if King can be
found he will tell where Cronin is"
The prisoner was taken out of the sta
ton with Capt. O'Donnell Thursday
night and again to-day. He pointed
out the place where he left the trunk
and
FIXED THE IDENTICAL SPOT
where it was found. He pointed out
the barn, which proved to be in the rear
of 52S North State street. The officers
entered it, but could find no evidence
for or against the story. Woodruff saws
he suspects from the conversation he
overheard between Cronin, Fairburn
and King, that the body in the trunk
was that Of a woman whose death re-
suited from an operation, perhaps per-
formed by DR.. Cronin. He draws
this conclusion, not only from
the words he overheard, but also
from the anxiety evilced by the
doctor to get the body out of the way
and from the fact that Cronin had ap-
parently been recently struck by
some one. Woodruff first read of
Cronin's disappearance in Tuesdays
paper and also read the story relating
to the finding OF the empty trunk. He
that the officers were certainly on his
track, took means to get out of the city.
He had some money remaining from
the sum given him by King, but de-
cided 10 obtain little more. The re-
suit was his arrest for attempting to sell
the horse which happened to be the
Identical animal he used on the memo
rable night.
A pretty brunette named Allie, or
Alice VillavaSO. has been missing from
the neighborhood near which is located
the barn where Woodruff is said to have
met DR.. Cronin and the latter's com.
paniOnS.
SaIoonkeeper Copklin, with whom DR..
Cronin lived, was informed tonight of
Woodruff's statement. Mr.. Conklin de-
clared there could be nothing in the
story, and once more insisted that the
doctor had been murdered by certain
Irish nationalists, who, according to Mr..
COnklin, were enemies of CrOnin.
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