St. Paul daily globe., 1889-05-24

ing to sell the horse he hired of Livery
man Charles Dean, the circumstance
which first implicated Black in
the Cronin mystery. Woodruff was
very much disappointed that the
detectives did not accept his offer to go,
out with them and work on the CrOnin
murder case. He spent a lonesome day
in jail. The case has been placed in
the hands of Detective William Pinker-
ton, and the work of ferreting out the
actual c0nspirat0rs is now being
pushed. There are three suspects.
Two of them are under surveil-
lance. These. men are believed
to be so closely associated with
tell how it was consummated. There is
another class of suspects. These are
the leading conspirators, who, while
they probably took no hand in the actual
assassinatinn, gave it their Endorsement
if not their hearty support. The friends
of DR.. CrOnin have begun their work OF
investigation on cautious basis. Their
experience soon after the mysterious
disappearance of DIR. Cronin has salts
fed them that the influence which
worked to kill the Irish leader perme-
ated no more powerful body than the
Chicago police force. When the mex
plicable absence of DIR. CrOnin was first
announced, the police authorities as
signed as detectives OH the case two men
who friends of the dead man have
every reason to believe were not desper-
ately anxious to solve the mystery.
They are industri0usly looking up the
RECORDS OF DETECTIVES
Mike Whelan and Dan COughlin, of the
Chicago avenue station. Whelan is a
cousin of Sullivan, the ice man, and
Coughlin is said to be member of an
Irish society that was arrayed against
the doctor. Whelan and Coughlin be-
longed to the original detail that Capt.
Shack sent out to Lake View to investi-
gate the trunk mystery. 1t is singu-
lar coincidence that Sullivan. the ice
man, ordered and obtained the peculiar
business cards, one of which was pre-
sented by an unknown man to DR.. Cronin
very short time previous to the murder.
Sullivan was sharply questioned on this
subject this afternoon, and said that the
cards had been printed for him long
time ago, at the Office of the Lake View
Record, but reference to the books of
the printing Office failed to show any
record of the transaction. Though Sui
livan is not under arrest, be is being
closely shad0wed by three men who are
l.
agency. Justice Mahoney, who intro
duced Sullivan to DR.. Cronin. is also
under surveillance. The latter made
statement to States Attorney
Longenecker to-day, in which he
reiterated all that he previously said
relative to his acquaintance with the
doctor. He said that the Introduction
of the two men was brought about by a
chance meeting, and that SO far as he
knew Sullivan only took advantage of
it to close profitable deal for the doc
tors professional services. MahOney
denies any knowledge of a plot to in
jure the doctor, and he has gone SO far
as to state that he does not believe that
Sullivan had anything to do with the
murder. The states attorney says:
'.From all the information the police
have we are convinced there was a great
conspiracy. Right at this minute Off
GERS are on the track of a man whom we
know, almost beyond doubt, was a
principal in the crime. In twenty-fOur
hours I hope and believe he will be be-
hind the bars, and then the whole hell
iSh business will come OUT ,,