River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-08-29
a NEW clEW.

Chicago ioficiaIs mink They Have nj.
covered Facts Which May Lad - the
Recovery of the Missing Clothes of the
Late Dr. Cronin--The Case Approaching
Trial.
CHICAGO Aug. 2I - Statc's Attorney
Iongenecker saws he Is ready 10 proceed
with the Cronin trial next Monday. hut IN.
Inmates that the attorneys for tbs defense
will endeayOr TO procure further DELAY,
either by motion Tor separate trials for
the prisoners or for a general continuance.
Several persons feel that Mr. Longeuecker
has few gaps in his case that viii be hard
to bridge. the Identification of the Ludy
of DR.. Cronin and the fact OF his death bv
violence are clear. But TO trace him to the
Carlson cots2ge and 60 prove that he was
murdered there threaten TO be ugly places
in the ease. How much evidence oHtsid7
of the suspicious. circumstances familiar &c
the public the state has remains 10 be
seen.
The police. it Is said. have discovered
that lceman OiSullivaus horses were
driven rapidly about Lake View the night
Of the murder by three excited u-en The
horses were attached to an ice wagon and
after beii driven until they were steam
Ing with hard work were pulled up IN
front of a saloon at which the men
guzzled large quantities of liquor The
Importance of the discovery is somewhat
coniecturaL II the team and wagon can be
identified as those that carried the BODY OF
DIR. Cronin to the catch basin the new evi-
dence is an important link between the
broken end OF the chain OF the CouSiin res
idence and the end picked Up az the sewer
trap.
The State may have a ST cnger case than
IS generally believed but II Is very certain
that the authorities have made desperate
appeals TO the prisoners for coufes-
sions. The lawyers OF the defense deny
that any one has confessed The au-
thOrities do not pretend 70 have c0nfes-
sio as from the men to be tried for their
lives, but couch their assertions concern
ing their evidence in mysterious terms 1t
is the general belief. however. that they
have no evidence with which To surprise
the public on the trial of the ease
Besides the near approach OF the trial,
interest in the case is again revived by Al
important discovery made within the last
few days by the police. The discovery Is
another link in the chain which connects
Martin Burke with the murder at he Carl
son cottage
About two weeks ago q tinsmith on North
Clark street was taken to the Jail where he
identified Martin Burke as the man for
whom he did a Job Of Timing the
Monday following the night Of
the murder. The tinsmith whose
name for obvious reasons i, at present
withheld, stated that GA the Monday re
ferred TO Burke came into his shop carry
ing tin box under his arms Except the
cover the box was securely soldered, and
Burke's instructions were to fasten the
cover III it takes two pounds of solder
The box was twenty-four inches long,
eighteen wide and fourteen deep. and con-
tened something vi ich entirely occupied
the interior vet pCSsessed bat little
weight Beneath the edges Of the
cover was considerable dirt. as ii the
box had been buried in the ground
The timer attempted to raise the
lid and remove the dirt so that the solder
would take better hold. Burke grabbed his
arm and told him under no consideration
to attempt to raise the lid or in any way
try to see the contents
Never mind the dirt, he exclaimed,
If it doesn't hold put on solder till il
does"
Burke suggested that tut Q be attached
to the box so that the air within could be
pumped out He afterward abandoned
this scheme substituting more solder
instead When the work was finished
Burke engaged an expressman to carry it
away
From the description of the box and its
contents, as judged by the tinsmith from
the feeling, the police are confident that it
contained the clothes of DR.. Cronin. Every
effort has been made to find the express
man who carried it away, but without sue
cess. Descriptions of the box have been
sent TO every city in the country, but as
yet no trace of it has been found
About the time he put the cover on the
last box a smaller one was brought to the
tinsmith From the description it is
supposed that it contained the box OF in
struments carried by DR. Cronin the night
he was murdered