The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1889-06-14
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/ The Alleged Cossssssss ~ Wsodru1 An
i pheatsnE Alexander sullivan. D~sersi>vs
4 cougssiin md Two Others. king anA'
4 Yairbasn.sn she Crime Captain schnsrk
4 fer~uspt"rsiy Removed Tor Trving %
1 shield CouE lslin.
/ CHICAGO. June 5.-Startlfug evidence
| vas given before the coroner's jury in tho
| Cronin case. II was late when he ssburg.
omaster" was called. He testified that on
/ the day that the grand jury took up the
case the prisoner Woodruff. alias King.
sent for him and confessed that he drove
the wagon with the trunk that contained
Cronin's body from the Evanston avenue
cottage 20 tho catch basin. He opened
the confession by saying that he was In
saloon on Division street. near Franklin.
one day. with two men named King aud
Fairburn, when a stranger entered and
took King aside. lie produced big roll
OF money, and gave some to King ana
some 10 Fairburn. When he had gone
Woodruff asked King who Il was
and he replied: 'srhat Is tho grea,
lawyer. Alex Sullivan" Woodruff went
on 70 say that he was hired BY Detective
Coughlin for the sum of twenty-five dol.
lars to 80 10 the cottage and get ths
trunk. The two men before REFERRED M
accompanied him. They first drove
through Lincoln Park. where the trunk
was taken out. and again returned 10 this
buggy. Then they drove ID the catch
basin. After the body had been placed
therein and the trunk dropped by N,
waysiie. they drove t. barn. whore thsv
washed and fixed M. Couyhlin. he went
on 70 say. told him several DAYS bef.rs-
hand That he had a job for him. On the
afternoon OF May he came 70 him ani
said. .Now'- the night it's 60, IL DO
dsns- IL you don't get out before three
o'clsak il will be no use." AT niue O'Clock
he got the wagon.
After Setback had concluded. "Naiorw
sampson. man we'll known in the police
annals and al the Bridewell testified that
coughiin tried 70 hire him some time ago
70 slug cronin. and promised 10 pay lib
orally Tor the job. A man named Billy
Lyon corroborated this, aud an adjourn.
inent was taken.
1he evidence taken earlier in the day
was that 81 the Lake View police officers
who saw the mysterious vehicle on the
fatal night and Of the doctors who made
the post -mortcin examination.
Late last light CHIEF Of Police Hubbard
issued an order peremptorily removing
Captain Schaack from the command 81
the Chicago-avenue district and also srs-
pending him from duty. This cotton was
based upon his unsatisfactory evidence
yesterday afternoon. and upon the op.n.
bon that he had bungled the case from tho
start He admitted to the jury that he
had not asked Woodruff to describe Alex.
Sullivan anu in general demonstr ated
that he hal tried to shield Coughlin 10
the hindrance OF the investigation.
The police have an important clew tn
the murslerers. They have found the ex-
pressman who hauled the murderers'
goods from the building at No. III Clark
street 10 the Carlson cottage. According
10 the expressman the fellows belong in
Chicago. and he has seen both Of them
frequently since he hauled their goods.
The last time he saw them was last Sat-
urday. The cxpressman's description OF
one Of the men tallies closely with that u
Simons. who bought the furniture from
Reyell & Co, and Of Williams. who rent
ed the cottage from the Carlsons. The
police believe the two men are still in
town, and they are relying on the cx.
pressman 70 fnd them