The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1889-05-31
FOULLY MURDERED.
Or. Cronin. tho Missing Chicago
Man. Was Really Murdered.
MS Purifying BODY Found By . Gang 81
isbor~r> IN . Catch ssAsin ~ Lake
View Every v~ssige 81 Ciathiag
stripped from the Corpse.

x2s found last evening AZ nye o'clock On
Evanston avenue. A towel was wrapped
about the head. but the rest ~ the body
Vas stark naked. The Catholic charm
called the Aynus Del. which the doctor al
ways wore next his skin. suspended about
has neck. was untouched. On the head
~ere the marks left b. a dozen deep cuts,
which severed the scalp and nientei the
skull
a. j. the opinion Of the police thu crO-
ni1 was foully murdered. and By some
one who could not bring himself 10 ais
turb "A catholic charm
Agans ~ iaborers ii the employ OF the
Lake Vie city government have been
rieaning the aitcnes along Evanston ave-
niue during ;he week. Yesterday Fore
man Henry ROeScn AMI two men We're
working north on the east side 81 Evans
ton avenue toward Fisry-ninth street. A.
they neared ,he catch-ba~in AZ the COR
ne- they noticed q strong srnaiI ~ pufri-
flying flesh. and RoeSch priai ~ thu top
~ the carch-basip with his spade aud I'M
covered the body ~ DR.. Croaln. II had
apparently been thrown into TIL, basin.
for the head was down AMI the feet and
legs were il the sewer opening.
The corner u Fifth street aai Evans
Ton ayel1e i, about three hundred yards
from the Argyle Park station on the Chi-
rago q Evanston branch ~ the Chicago.
Milwaukee 4 81. Pau railroad. Iii but
two or three blocks from the lake. and
about nine-tenths o. a mile north from
the corner NJ. Suizer street and Evanston
avenue. where the empty trunk was found
IN the day after CFonin disappeared.
Thc-r are four catch-basins at the inter-
section Of the streets. and the body was
found in the one on the southeast corner.
u seems altogether remarkable that il
uss not sooner discoyered. FOR the Lake
View police started out ID search al! the
-atch-baslns in the city the week after
the blood-stained trunk was found.
fmmediately upon taking the body ont
u the basin. Foreman Roesch notified the
Lake View police. and summoned the
pstr0- wagon. This body was stretched
cat in the Lake View morgue. which oc-
cuyles the front room in the basement
under the station.
. Telephone messages were sent 10 the
city police. and an hour after the fading
81 the body adozen OF Cronin's friends
we're AZ the station. John f.. Scanlon.
4orfimer Scarlon and John r. Scanlon
ntre among The first who arrived. They
ruzflied the body as that " crOnin upon
isst~isht Later il was positively idcn-
tintt ~ l. l. Conklin. the saloon keeper
~i<h vaom Cronin lived. and BY James
boiand and Patrick NcGary-
IL tte evening DR.. J. r. Brandt. presi-
lent 81 Geek County Hospital tai. care
,ully examined the body and positively
Identified u A. that ~ crossn. H. dis
covered upon the head the following cuts
and bruises. Over tbs left temple a cut
four inches long. through the scalp and
into the skull: over the LETT parietal bone
aeut one aud q halt inches long which
also marked the skull; also a cut one ana
= half inches long over the frontal bone
a. the junction q the left parlefaL. A
ut th-ee inches long through tine
scalp and marking the occipsta Al bons:
inotner tvs Inches long. also marking the
occaYttal boLe- q large bruise back "
ne forehead or the right parietal bone.
and two cuts each an inch long: bruises
n The left leg aud severe contuslons. APP
p~srt-tly made by a ~bludyeon. o. the fore
nesh. The doctor said that the blovs
must have been mad by some sharp IN
<trument. perhaps an ice pick. He said
N the instrument had not been sharp ths
sku.i would have been fractured. where
ls il was only indented Or marked by the
blows Dr. Brandt examined the hair
found in the trunk on Evanston avenue
and stated that IL was DIR. Crouin'- hair-
, There are other reasons FOR believing
that Cronin's body was carried in the
trunk There was cotton found aboutthe
feet and under the chin Of the corpse ot
he am quality as the cotton found in
~ trunk. and the threads of cloth found
In .Gt cotton ia the trunk c-orresponied in
appearance with the threads of the towel
strapped about Crogin's head. whc.
this towel was removed part u cronin's
rnusfarhe came with II. showing that de-
composition was already far advanced.
The body was much swelled. owing to it,
Song stay under the water in the basin.
However. there can be no mistake As to
the Identification.
. I'll = Cronin's body" said Jno. r..
Scanl0u. II knew II the minute I entered
the room. and was a. certain u IL then a.
am now. after making a most careful
sanitation. II I had nothing else 10 ~
b.. l could identity il by the teeth
crorin had two large sront teeth rcmain-
nr on the upper Jaw and tie left eye
s,ofh gone. His lower teeth we're dark in
color, set quite far apart and rounded ia
SHAPE. can identity the body also BY
tine shape Of the forehead by the express
sion ~ the mouth, and even by the hair
which remains. and the mustache and
goatse. believe that he was the victlm
~ the foulest OF murders. be-
lieve that the fact that the Agnns
lei was untouched j. most significant.
= believe that the suspicion We have all
siSrg entertained as 70 the manner 81 his
death was well grounded, aud ! expect 70
see ths perpetrators u the deed brought
V justice. Cronin's friends aud fellow
workers will spare no money or pains 10
bring about such a result. and will not
shop until the instigators. a. we'll As the
perpetrators OF the crime are discovered
Dr. Lewis. the dentist who last worked
on Cronin's teeth. reached the station
.lsse in the evening and also positively
identified the body, as did A.. G.. O'Keefe,
who f0r many years vas rrnasa's tailor
M. Scanipr Intended AT frat send FOR
Mrs. Conklin. but later il was thought un-
necessary.