St. Paul daily globe., 1889-06-18

lure. II. u. lnrOCkmOrtOn, from WHOM
he rented the fiat apartment at No. lit
Clark street; and Hakim Martinsen, the
expressman who removed the furniture
to the Ashland avenue cottage. These
witnesses reached here yesterday and
went to the Tombs to see if they could
identify the accused. Acting Warden
Finley would not permit it to be done
on Sunday as contrary to the regula-
tions. The three witnesses, accom-
panied by Detective T. j. Farrell. of
Chicago, and Detective Won Gerichten,
of Inspector Byrnes' force, reached the
TOmbs shortly before 10 O'Clock this
morning. They remained few MIN
utes in the outer waiting room while
preparations for the Identification were
made. Acting Warden placed twenty
prisoners in line. Among them were
Liverpool Jack" and old man Howard,
of electric sugar fame. Mcdonald was
fifth man from the south end of the
line, and Maroney the fourth man from
the north end. All wore their hats. The
Chicago men were admitted one at a
time and passed along the east side of
the second tier, directly opposite the
twenty men. The intervening space
sufficient to permit good look at the
cOuntenances of the men. Hatfield was
the first taken in to look at the men.
he
SCANNED EACH FACE CLOSELY
as he passed back and forth before the
men, but did not seem to recognize any
one particularly. He was taken out
and Martinsen. the expressman brought
in. He is dull-looking Swede, and
the faces looked all one to him, appar-
emily. as he made no sign that he had
seen any of them before. There was a
little excitement when ThrockmOrtOn,
the real estate agent appeared to see ii
he could identify the man to whom he
rented the house on Clark street, Oppo-
site Dr. CrOnin's residence. He is q
tall, thin young man. with small black
mustache. He took twice as much time
as the others to satisfy himself that the
man he was after was not there. After
pacing back and forth half a dozen
times he attempted to ask question OF
end of the tier, but was sternly res
buked by Acting Deputy Warden Nc
DermOtt, who stood near him.
''YOu are here to see if you can iden-
tify any of these men, and not to talk to
anybody" said McDermOtt. In spite of
this rebuff, Mr.. ThrOckmortOn con-
tinued to scan carefully the. cOuateS
nances of men in front Of him. He gave
short, quick glance at Maroney. but
he stared for half a minute steady at
Mcdonald and Liverpool Jack, who
stood beside him. Finally he left with
out giving any sign that he had rec
ognized anybody. Both bore bravely
the ordeal to which they were subjected,
Maroney being especially calm and col
lected. Mcdonald was little nervous,
and showed it by the twitching of his
hands, which grasped the iron railing.
1t was evident that the attempt at identi-
fication was failure, as Detectives Far
the twenty men to see that MarOney and
Mcdonald were among them. The
men from Chicago and the detectives
then went to the district attorneys
Office, where they had long talk with
Assistant District Attorney Macdonald.
WILL RESIST EXTRADITION.
Burke, the Suspect. Refuses to Re-
turn to Chicago.
WINNIPEG, Man., June 17.-Martin
Burke. the man arrested here last night
for completely in the Cronin murder,
was seen in his cell tonight by a rep
resentative OF the press. He is an
athletic-looking fellow, and has
scar on the front part, and left.
side of his head. His face expresses
great determination, and he looks like
fellow with sufficient nerve to assist in
carrying out details of the foul deed of
which he is suspected. In reply to
Burke, and said he was from Chicago
and on his way to the old country. On
it being pointed out to him that
this was not the way to the old country
Burke seemed confused, and, latter some;
hesitation, said he was just taking
look around before going. He further
stated he had left Ireland four years
ago, proceeding straight to Chicago,
where he was employed by the corpora j
ton. He knew Cronin to see him, but
was not personally acquainted with
him. Burke further stated he was
not a member of the Clan-na-Gael.
and would claim British protection
and refuse to go back with the Chicago.
officer. Burke, in purchasing his ticket
to Liverpool, gave his name as w. j.
Cooper. He does not look like the in-4
nocent man who was outraged ever d
arrest. but takes his arrest as a matter
of course. He arrived here on Saturday.
ulSuG duu pu0 up d6 q ScCOuu-CI6SS
hotel. He did not register. In his.
valise was found felt hat, supposed
to have belonged to DR.. Cronin. The
name inside of the hat appeared to be-
blotted out with the aid of chemicals.
The chief of police sought to restore
the letters, and characters to correspond
with Cronin's name were clearly dis
tinguished. The prisoner admitted this
afternoon that he has brother in Chi
cago. so that there is now little doubt
that he is one of the famous Williams
brothers. Burke's solicitor, in response
to question, said the intention was to
resist to the bitter end any effort to ex-
tradite the prisoner. The Chicago off
Ger is expected to arrive at 2 O'CLOCK
tomorrow afternoon.
Shot to Kill.
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, June 17.-At
Peru, late this afternoon, Daniel White
man shot William Seeley through the
breast, and Seeley will probably die.