Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-05-25
Located The Murder.
Further Developments in the
Cronin Assassination.
BLOOD ON THE COTTAGE. FLOOR

The Imprint in Gore of a Human Foot
Discovereds-Paint Used to Cover Up the
CHASTITY Evidence and the Officers In
| Possession of the Brush Used-The Key
of the Trunk Also Found-A Man Who
| Heard the Death strugsIe-An Alleged
| Conspirator.
| CHICAGO, May 25-The police have struck
promising clue which may lead to the dis
covery of the Cronin murderers They have
discovered the cottage in which the murder
undoubtedly took place. and secured descrip-
lions OF the men who occupied it on the
night of the murder. 1t seems probable that
Cronin was decoyed into the vacant cottage,
murdered there, and then the body was
taken away in trunk. The cottage in ques-
ton is numbered 1868 North Ashland avenue
and is half block north of Roscoe street. in
Lane park, Lake View. 1t is within half a
block of the house occupied by p. o. Sulli-
van, the iceman, whose business card, left
with Mrs. Conklin, first caused her to sus-
pect that the physician had been foully dealt
| with
| Blood All Over the Floor.
When the cottage was discovered, it was
| found that the floor of the front room was
stained by great splotches of blood, which
| extended out into the hall and appeared to
| further extend down the front steps The
| walls were also splashed with blood In the
| rear OF the lot upon which this house stands
| Is the residence of the owner. whose name is
Carlson These people have been warned by
! the police to keep still, and it is impossible to
get them to say anything. The fact of the
blood splotches was made public Yesterday
| by three enterprising reporters, who broke
into the house while the policeman in charge
| was off his guard.
| A Human Footprint.
But this CHASTITY evidence is not all. When
| the blood was discovered it was also found
that the great splotches and stains of
| blood on the floor had been splattered about
| by the bare foot of man. Occasionally the
| impress of he right foot was also seen. Over
the blood in every instance but one, was
spread a thin coating of yellow paint To
AVOID contact with the blood the man or men
in the cottage endeavored to blot out all
| signs of the life fluid by means of paint To
! do this one of the fellows hoped about the
| floor in his bare feet, daubing his brush
wherever he saw pool or stain of blood
| The floor, walls, and front stairway are thus
| daubed over
More Important Developments.
The brush that did the painting was found
yesterday afternoon in the attic of the build
ing by the officers 1t is an ordinary wide
made painters brush, and is covered with
yellow paint similar to that used on the
| floor. The key belonging to the trunk con-
| tanning the body of DIR. Cronin was also
| found in the room where the murder took
place. This in the eyes of the police proves
conclusively that the doctor was not only
| murdered in the cottage, but that he was
also damned into the trunk there. Whether
| they lost the key or purposely threw it away
| is not known. There are no marks on it by
which any Identification can be made by
which it could be traced to the place of sale
Heard the Death Struggle.
William Mertes, a milk dealer who lives on
Woodside avenue, door or two north of
| Addison, tells a remarkable story. He says
that on the night of the murder about v
| O'Clock he passed the cottage in which the
murder was committed, and saw buggy
| with two men in it drive up One of the
| men went into the house, and Immediately
afterward he heard angry voices and the
sounds of a struggle He gave but poor
description of the men he saw
| 1t Is Human Blood.
DR.. Brandt and DIR. Hectoern. the patholo-
| gists at the Cook county hospital after a
| careful examination, stated that the blood
was the same as that found in the trunk The
corpuscles were similar and fermentation the
same, as were also the crystals found in the
| blood in the trunk and cottage.
| 1T is human blood, and there is absolutely
no doubt to the similarity of the gore
found in both instances, F." said the physicians
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| cut from the flooring and stairway by the
| reporters and officers for special examina-
tions. The result was proof of the correct
ness of Drs. Brandt and Hectoern
The Officials Are Hopeful.
Judge Longenecker was seen at his office
| late yesterday afternoon He had Just re-
| turned from Lake View and was in a we'll
| satisfied mood. Lieut. Schuettler and
Capt. Wing have been doing some very sue
| cessful work on the case and have some very
| important clues. think it will be only a
| short time before some of those directly i'm
plicated in the murder of Dr. Cronin will be-
under arrest" When asked what. in his
opinion, was Woodruff's connection with the
| case, he said with an expressively contempt
| uous snap of the fingers, He doesn't know
that much about it +"
Most Important Clue Yet.
The LATEsT.-The Times says that the
horse driven by the man who lurei Dr.
Cronin to his death was white; that it was
| ordered by Policeman Daniel Coughlin, at
| the livery stable of Patrick Oman on North
Clark sta Get, for "a friend who would call
| for it later in the evening, and that after
| ward Coughlin asked Oman to say nothing
| about the rig Coughlin Is an officer de-
| tailed at the Chicago Avenue station
What an Irishman Says
NEW YORK, May 25.-J. P. Ryan, expires
ident Of the Irish National league, said yes
| terday concerning the Cronin case: II knew
| DIR. Cronin well; saw him every time he
came to New York in recent years, and had
| frequent correspondence with him. 1 char
| acterize as utterly false the statement that he
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