The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1889-05-14
THE CRONIN MYSTERY.
1T IS STILL TROUBLING THE PUBLIC
MIND OF CHICAGO.
New Clews Alleged to Have Been Found,
but Nothing OF Satisfactory Nature
is Known to the Public-The Toronto
Fake.

ChrcAeo, ILL.,, May 13.-A row boat be.
longing to private parties has been missing
from pier on the lake shore, near the
north end of Lincoln Park, since the night
of DR.. Cronin's disappearance. Where the
boat is usually moored is the spot where
the prisoner Woodruff says the supposed
body of the woman in the Cronin disap.
pcarance case was left After Woodruff
drove from the park with the trunk he says
man shouted to him, The man who did
the shouting was Lake View policeman.
The police claim TO have discovered that
Woodruff was implicated in a murder in
Colorado some time ago.
Capt. Setback is fully convicted that the
corpse, supposed to be connected with the
Cronin case for which his men have been
dragging the Lincoln Park pond, was buried
beneath the waters of Lake Michigan. He
has had some trouble in making converts to
the theory, and today an attempt was made
TO explode IL by starting the story that An
dcrsons boat, said TO have been taken from
the foot of Diversity street early Sunday
morning, May 3, was really stolen two weeks
before, and that there were no oars obtain
able by which 1t could be operated. Ander-
son insists, however, that his boat was stolen
that Sunday morning and there were
number Of broken paddles, which had been
thrown away as unserviceable, lying near
the boat which might have been used in
such AN emergency.
Further evidence was received this after
noon from Frank Rock, fisherman who
has a hut on the lakeshore, two blocks north
OF Diversity street. Rock was awakcnei-,
about O'Clock that Sunday morning by
/ Ia 1.tala
shore near his hut Dressing hurriedly Inc
rushed out aud in the darkness saw three
men moving around his boats trying to UNI
| fasten one OF them.
"what are you doing thorer' he de-
manded.
1--WE want to get boat 10 go fishing
with" one Of the men answered after mo-
ments hesitation.
"Well, you can't have one Of mine; get
away from here"
| The men left at that and went south, in
! the direction Of Anderon's house. Rock
says that two of them were Of small stature,
and the third is large man with a tall hat.
He could not distinguish their features.
! The Daily Aers this morning says: Every
effort TO verify the Toronto stories about DIR.
| Cronin has proved abortive. Saturday morn
ing the Chicago papers contained kilograms
| from Toronto saying that Cronin was in that
| city and had been recognized by an old ac-
| quaintance from Chicago. The Sunday papers
| printed interviews with CrOnin, crcditing him
with saying many peculiar things. All the
| Toronto stories were apparently tclographed
TO Chicago by one and the same person,
and he apparently had the information ex-
elusive. The Morning Ners attempted 20 get
at the truth Of the matter In answer TO a
telegram sent from this office 10 a reliable
aud prominent editor OF Toronto, came the
following. 80 far rs known Cronin is not
here II Is suspected he Is In -. GATHERINGS,
where he has many friends, but there is no
certainty"
Another Toronto newspaper man tcle-
| graphed: Cannot lind anything about Cro-
min. Whole thing believed To be a fake
Woodruff, alias Black, was today bound
over 10 the Criminal Court Aftcrwurd he
was shown n dozen photographs and asked
30 pick out DIR Cronin's. Though the doc
tors picture was among the dozen, Black
either would not or could not point II out
The fellow was then required BY the officers
20 sign a statement showing that he lad
failed % recognize any Of the photographs as
Cronin's. Woodruff or Blacks story that
he received money from his father, j. Black
OF san Francisco, on Tuesday last, has been
verified by the records Of the Wells Fargo
Express Company Black now makes I'M
positive statement that he knows Cronin is
alive, but j. unable or unwilling 10 say how
| nc KNOWS " ne Hhls ne hnH not toiu All nc
knows about the trunk. aud will not until
his father aud brother arrive 10 bail him
out.
Patrick McGary. who was sent 20 Toronto
by DIR. Cronin's friends wired tonight from
that city as follows proprietor aud clerk
on duty do not recognize Cronin's picture
rs stopping az Rossin House last week.
Name not registered at all. No signature
resembles Cronin's. The reported inter
view did not take place. Long l. on Empirs
newspaper Have engaged best detectives
aud lawyers. Publish In mornings pa
pers PAT McGAEy.H
The Court Of forcsteu, 10 which Cronin
! belonged In Chicago. voted tonight 500 n
aid In the search for him, and passed a rcso'
luton calling on the other courts (odgcsl
throughout Illinois 10 cooperate.