The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1889-12-27
FROM TIE BEGINNING.
History Of the Case From the hay of the
Murder.


Murder.
DIR. pronin was murdered on the night of
May 4. At 2 o'clock on the morning Of
May a policeman saw the wagon contain.
ing the trunk in which was the corpse Az
II q. m. the bloody trunk Vas found, and at
2p. III. the disappearance Of tho doctor was
published. May @ a young woman doolarcd
she had seen Dr. Cronin In a stroet cur at 8
p. m. OH the night Of the murder. Wood
ruff was arrested on suspicion May TO- Ru-
mors that DIR. Cronin had absconded were
plentiful, and May II dispatch was re.
Geivcd that the physician had just bcc, seen
in Toronto. Until May % reasons for Cro-
nin's disappearance were rife, but on that
day his body was found In tho catchbasin.
Then the facts of teams used, the renting of
tile Carlson cottage and other collatcrals to
the crime were broughtto light. Detective
Dan Coughlin was arrested on May %, and
the arrest OF many s,lspcctsrapidly followed
some of whom were soon released. The
grand jury indicted Coughlin, Woodruff and
O.Sullivan May %, ana the name Of Alex!
andcr Suliiyan, the prominent politician,
writer and Cfan-na-Gael ,nai, was Cd con. i.
pectcd With the crime. June IL he was ar
rested, but on the 14th was released on
20,0OO bail, from which hc was discharged
three or four months aftcrward. On June
II Maroney and Mcdonald were also az.
rested in New York. bEt tlioy cs,abii$hcd.a ii
sufficient alibi' TO procure their discharge
Martin Burke was arrested in Winnipeg
June IS, and as soon as possible Ss3
identified and returned to Chicago. .tunc.s
against Daniel Coughlin, Join L. Tcyss,
Patrick O'Sulliyan, Martin Burke, Patrick
Cooney, Frank Woodruff and John kunzc
The next day Kunzc, WHO had been going
July q Car Conductor Dwycr wig wac
one Of those who had reported seeing Co
min after his disappearance was sought, but
it was discovered he had fled the countrv.
Subsequent events before tho trial consisted
chiefly IN unearthing the inside facts Of
Camp 20 of the Clan-na- Gael, in which, il
IS alleged, the murder was plotted, Aug. 10,
vcnire after ycnire was exhausted before a
complete jury was obtained, which was
Oct. ~. In opening the casp INC prasec..-
ton claimed as 4 reason for the murder
that pr. Cronin had made damaging state
ments against tho triangle Of tho Glan-ma
Gacl, and proposed to push his accusations
still farther; then III accordance with their
orders conspiracy was formed to IN murder
the doctor, claiming the condemned we're
selected to do the work: that on Feb. 20
one of these rented the rooms at III South
Clark street, purchasing the furniture .ncAt
day; that on March % tho same man rented
the Carlson cottage. and two days later the
furniture arrived there that On April 26
Icelnan O'Sulliyan made his contract with
Dr. CroIiin, BY which the latter was 70 c6ino
to attend any efNsnlliyah's msi, WHO
should Mn get hurt At 4ny Zine called; thai on
Nay Nay at 70 Q; ~, Conghlin ordered at
Dlnan's livery stable q rig for that evening
and returned at 9l5, another rig being hired
to transport the corpse. Oct. II six mon
were arrested for jury beibing, all being in-
dicted. Oct. lG Henry N. Stalten6urg,
Alexander Sullivan's private secretary, was
arrested in connection with the jury brib-
ing, but was soon released.