New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-06-18
ARRESTED IN WINNIPEG.
MARTIN BURKE CHARGED WITH THE MUIR
DER OF CRONIN.



COCK, MIcH-ANoTHER ARREST IN CHICAGO.
tBr TELEGRAPH THE TKBuSE.l
Chicago, June l7.-There was a great stir at
Police Headquarters this morning. Detective
Palmer, who has been Chief Hubbard's rishthand
man In the case. was busny engaged in looking up
the law on extradition. lie found time, however,
to glance over dispatch from Winnipeg. which
said that Mnrsn Burke, alias Delaney. had been
arrested In that city as an accomplice in the
Cronin murder. Chief Hubbard had telegraphed
10 hold the man ut all hazards When Detective
Palmer finished, he was asked
Is that an important arrest2"
SVery important" said the detective.
Is Burke, or Delaney, one Of the Williams
brothers."
That's just who he is," said the detective.
How do you know
"We have been watching him closely. He
knew we were after him. and nt the be ginning Of
Inst week he suddenly changed his place of abode,
we should have taken him in then. We found
out where be living, but he saw that It was
getting too hot for him and he skipped On
Thursday we missed him, but we caught the trail
again and the result is his arrest"
Was he arrested on O description simply1'
NO, there WAS something moro substantial
than that on which 20 take him in
Mr.. Palmer said that the Winnipeg prisoner is
not the man who drove DR.. Cronin away, did
not hire the rooms at No. III Clark
St, or purchase furniture Mt Revclls. He
is tho man who hired Mnrtinscn, the expressman,
TO carry the furniture from No III Clark-st TO
the Carlson cottagr. The police his
track several days after the finding OF the body
OF DR.. Cronin. They had little against him ey-
cept that his movements were suspicious lie
N iump nd fpor hOor in hou
to another with remarkable frequency. Detective
rllner hy a deal OF hustling secured a photo
graph Of the fellow. After MartinSen. III, cX-
presSmnn, turned up, he was shown the picture
Of Buske.
THAT Is the very man. said ha. who hired
me 70 take the furniture TO the Carlson cottage.
You needn't look any further. I positive
that he is the man
The police shadOwed Burke. lie went 70 GER
tain persons and obtained money from them
The revelation OF the names would make ones
hair stand on end, but tn. police think for the
present these names cannot b. made public.
They have, however. been me nt!oned all alOng in
this case and IL some good guessing is don" the
| right people will be thought Of After Burke
obtained the money, he bought ticket fog Liver
pool on the Allan Line. lie then boarded a train
for Winnipeg intending 20 90 thence 20 MontreiL
But though he had gwen the officers the slip for
few hours, it was soon found that he had taken
the train north and the Telegraph wires wrr set
TO work Tho result was that Chief Mckay took
Burke in as soon as he stepped from thr train
lie had not boarded another train FOX Montreal,
rs alleged in the dispatches
Il regard Burke's arrest "A OF the greatest
Importance" said Chief Hubbard, and | am
happy The fellows real name is Burke He is
Iop't aAlY
more, please
Burke IS q Clan n-ns-Gsel man. lie came here
several weeks before the murder. lie Is hot
headed IrShnnn, about twrnty-s years OF age.
His carly history the police will not give, but
that he knew Melville. was frequently at McCOy's
hotel and wlS a friend OF L. OSuvnn has been
Established almost beyond the pcrndventure OF
doubt. DESPITE the secrecy OF tho police, II was
learned that Birkc from Hancock, Mich.
lie we'll acquainted with Dam COughlin.
| and particularly the lattrrs brother. Burke and
the imprisoned detective corrcSpondrd frequently,
and ia" papers and letters found at CoushlnS
house led TO Burlcs being shadowcd The police
also wrote to Hancock, Mich, aud got Burkc's
entire history. What incrimn4tng evidence the
letters contain is not diyulg"d, but they show
that something unusual IN the wind
WoodruN, too, helped the police greatly and
Burke not only hired Marrinscn TO take thr furn-
turc from No. III Clark-St.. but he WAS one OF
the two men who threw the murdered man into
the IAkcvIcw catch basin. Woodruff, the ind vdulI
Of many confessions, IN" happIcst man in
town to-day. lie was the most distinguished
prisoner Is the county jail, and that Is enough
| Ia make anybody Of Mr. WooLrut's peculiar COM
position happy.
Before the Grand Jury to-day George Bcckwith,
| - Ix.ly. a,,s tn.It az h,,tt lt1rh un
giving his nam" as MulCnhy walked INTO his store
| at LIlicNicw and ngi.cd In casual conyc ycc>i-
| uon. This mnn WAS about thirty five years Of agc
and corresponds exactly 20 the desert ptlon Of th'
man who hired the Carlson cottage. He in
guircl the way 10 L. OSullivans house and told
In the course of the conversation Malrahy. said
he was odd Fellow from Fonda. Iowa.
Mr.. BccL0yith bccnme fTicndl" with
lodge. They went and Mnlcahy borrowed
81 . on the strength OF his Odd Fellowship. The
next time Mr. lEcSwith saw him WAS on on" OF
T. O'Sullivans leo wagons To-day Mulcahy, who
into custody and conducted to the ChlcaCo-ayc.
station. Beckwth at once recognized him ~ the
Mulcahy whom hc had not seen Tor some weeks,
and testified 70 this Identification before the Grand
Jury Mulcahy is under surveillance, and may
be arrested nj any time
Immediately after the discovery Of Or. Cronin's
body, the O'SuIlivnn icc-houSr and Cnrlson's cot,
| tngc were photo phcd. Standing near the ic"
hous was Martin Burke, who WAS mad yrrt"ntly
phOtORThpncu uJ uS tltlf, LUIS buIh',
whose Mas is said to be- Delaney. is now under
arrest at Winnipeg. Manitoba, on the. charge
VI being one OF the Williams brothers
who rented the Carlson cOttaT, and
the man who hired the eNprc-smnn To
move the furniture from the Clark St nlt t. the
cottnT. This, afternoon Mr.. and Mrs jonas
Carlson and their son Charles were brought be-
fore the Grand Jury shOwn the mndSrnV" photo
graz h, and asked II they recognized Burk% nS one
of the men who rented the cottage rld man
Carlson thought he did, hut his wife and son
were not 50 Sur,. The main object Of The photo
graph being 10 give view Of the lcc-hOuSr and
cottage the photograph of the man was necessarily
imperfect and somewhat ClOuded.
MOROSEY AND MCDONALD RELEASED By
ORDER OF JUSTICE ANDREWS.