The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-06-15
SULLIVAN OUT ON BAIL.
THE COURT FIXES THE AMOUNT
at $4,000.


Sureties Accepted Without Question
-Rearrest May Follow Indictment by
the Grand Jury-A Cronin Memorial
Meeting on the Tapis.
CHICAGO, June 14.-The arrangements
for the big memorial meeting on June 2S,
to commemorate the murder of DIR. Cronin,
are nearly completed. The managing COM
mittee has issued invitations to deading
citizens Of every nationality, and it is ex-
pected that the hall will be crowded with
representative men. Mayor Creiger will
preside and Gov. Fifer will deliver an ad-
dress. The stage will be occupied by con
gressmen, leading lawyers. editors and
officers of societies. A feature of the pro
gramne viii be singing by several German
societies.
NO INDICTMENT RETURNED.
The grand jury came into court late this
afternoon and reported an indictment in
the local cases. but returned TO its labors
without handing in bills against any of the
suspects in the Cronin case. Seldom, if
ever, has case drawn such crowd as that
which assembled this afternoon to hear the
expected decision of Judge Tulley. The
court room was jammed. At 3:45 o'clock
the judge assembled to the bench with a
written opinion. which it soon became ap-
parent hau been made only after careful
analysis of the whole mass of testimony.
Judge Tulley said, 81 suppose there will be
further steps taken beyond this evidence
before the coroner's jury
Judge Lorgenreker replied: "That is all.
There is no additional testimony"
Because if you had any the court would
feel compelled to hear it, said the court.
Judge Tulley then began reading his
decision, and had not proceeded two min
utes when the frowns of those identified
with the prosecution told which way the
drift was
LoRGENREKER SUGGESTS $4,000.
After the reading of the decision, States
Attorney Lorgenreker suggested SOS, 900
bail, but MIR. Trude thought that excessive.
He said that Mr.. Sullivan was not rich that
he had persons other than his family de-
pendent upon him, and anything above
$4,000 might be hard for him to get.
Judge Gilbert contended that $40, 900 was
as high bail as was ordinarily required.
Mr.. Trude wanted to know whether if
bail was fixed it would continue if the
grand jury found an indictment.
Judge Lorgenreker said that he would
consent that bail should remain as fixed,
provided an indictment were found on no
other evidence than that already before the
coroner's jury If additional evidence were
introduced, he would reserve his right to
secure a capias and then settle the question
of additional bail if it became necessary.
The court fixed the bail at $40, 900. NJ
w. Kerwin, J. w. Tuohy Daniel Cookery
and Fernando Jones, who were among the
onTookers. volunteered as bondsmen. They
were accepted without question.
NEW YORK'S PRISONEpS
New YORK, June 14-Wrlts of habeas
corpus for John j. Moroney and Charles
Mcdonald came up this morning. one before
Judge Patterson in the court of oyer and
terminer, and the other before Judge An
drews in the supreme court chambers.
Both court rooms were filed with Irishmen
and Irish sympathiseri. Judge Andrews
sent the Mcdonald case in to Judge Patter-
son and that functionary, after
consulting with Judge Andrews,
announced that he would not hear argu.
ment, but would send the writs back to the
supreme court. Assistant District Attorney
MacDona appeared for the people, John De
Laharty for Mcdonald, aud David NJ. New
burger, for Moroney. Mr.. Macedonia did
not seem inclined to make anything but
verbal returns TO the writs, in view of the
probable granting of extradition papers by
the governor next Monday, but Judge An
drews said he had nothing to do with extra
dition papers, and that written returns
must be made by those to whom the writs
were addressed. The council then agreed
that the matter should go over until to-
morrow.
NO CRITICISM ON THE CoRoNER'S JURY.
Judge Tuley, in his decision, says: II
have no criticism to make upon the action
of the coroner's jury. 1t IS not expected
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he will be ruled by strict rules of evidence.
In fact, it is his duty even to receive hear
say evidence, as it will tend so put him upon
the track of real evidence which
may be obtained in case, and it
is clear that it was from this hearsay evil
dence in this case that the coroner's jury
obtained the impression or supposition, ulti-
mately, that a conspiracy had been formed
to murder DR.. Cronin. The question here
is as to how far that evidence affects the
respondent, Sullivan" The Judge reviews
the voluminous testimony taken at the in
quest, particularly that of Haggerdy, and
says: THAT, believe, is substantially the
only evidence which tends to show that Sui
hvan made threat or suggestion that DR..
Crcnins life ought to be taken. II we reject
the declarations or statements of the de-
ceased (Cronin) as to the threat that had
been made against him by Sullivan. as to
fears that had been excited in his mind of
his life by reason of Sullivan or at Sulli-
vans instigation, there is practically 10
evidence bearing directly upon the
respondent Sullivan except the testimony
of the witness Haggarty as to these threats,
which he states Sullivan made in 1885. I
know of no rule Of law which will admit
declarations of Cronin made out of the
presence of Sullivan. Before any commit
ting magistrate or jury all that evidence
would necessarily be excluded.
SULLIVAN AND THE CLAN.
"That Sullivan was prominent in the fac
tion of what was called the Clan-na-Gael,
or United Brotherhood Association, is be-
yond question from the evidence; that there
was disruption or breach in that organiza-
tion caused by Cronin and others endeavor-
ing to investigate certain actions
of Sullivan, Boland and Feely,
who composed the triangle, is
also shown, that number of camps were
expelled and that Cronin himself was ex-
PEELED because of an attempt to pursue
these Investigations is also shown. And he
was expelled by the committee before
whom the respondent Sullivan prosecuted.
1t is also in evidence that Cronin, after
two branches of the organization came
together and charges were professed
against Sullivan, Boand and Feely, sat
upon the jury or committee that tried Sui
lvan and the other two upon those charges.
From what took place before that commit
tee, and from other evidence In the case, it
seems to be conceded fact that Sullivan
considered Cronin his bitter ehemy. That
he believed he was trying to injure him is