The Progress. [volume] (White Earth, Minn.) 1886-1889, 1889-07-06


and If any thing happens to me I will rely
on you to give them to the author
tiles One day three weeks before
his death, DR.. Cronin, talking Of that time,
said: 1T may have been fateful night to
me. took my life in my hand, but am
determined to expose Alexander Sullivan
and his thievery and treachery to the Irish
people,
Mr. McGarry said that after the disappear
ance of DR.. Cronin many Of the latter's
friends believed that he was alive and had
possibly lost his reason Witness and
others who knew the inside of the
Irish factional troubles felt sure that
Cronin had been murdered, and when The
Toronto story Of Cronin's appearance was
printed witness was sent to Toronto to in
vestigate it He went also to Wilmington
and East St Louis, Ill and St Louis, Mo. As
witness expected he found that Cronin had
never been seen in Toronto or any other
place.
why did you think Dr.. cronin had been
murdered?''
Il knew it from the feelings DR.. Cronin
had borne during the last three years.
knew how he was trying to expose the
thievery and treachery of this man Sulli-
van, who was also trying to drive
him from the position he assumed of being
an honest leader Of noble people. knew
1t for the reason that in DR.. Cronin's paper
there appeared every week articles and
squibs which were to this man Sullivan like
sticking a knife between his ribs and turn
ing it around y
The witness had never heard any direct
threats made against DR.. Cronin, but had
heard words from which Cronin's friends
could draw their conclusions There was
q meeting of camp 20 at Turner Hall, and
at 1t John +. Beggs said: There must be
union and unity among Hishmen If there
has to be war" This was on the occasion
Of Mr.. McGarry's saying that the man who
gave lie CarOn his credentials was worse
than LIE Caron himself
Who gave the credentials to LIE Caron?"
3 When McGarry replied: Lawrence
Buckley" there was a sensation in the
room. John F. Beggs supposed that I
meant Alexander Sullivan. I told him I
hadn't mentioned Alexander Sulliyan's
name. He said had better not because
Alexander Sullivan had lots Of friends one
Of whom he was"
Michael Barry, carpenter who lives at
4S Illinois street, took the stand Mr.. Barry
is a member of camp 234, United Brother
hood. DR.. Cronin belonged to camp
234, and two years ago he spoke to wit
ness of the efforts of certain persons to
destroy his character or his life 'They
are trying to destroy my character, and If
they can't do that they will kill me- They
may kill me, but they can't destroy my
character. which is dearer to me than nv
life.n
''Who did Dr. Gronin say was threatening
him?"
alexander Sullivan was the man who
DR.. Cronin said would be responsible for his
death if it occurred DR.. Cronin told me
that on one occasion he was called to a
He saw man lying on the bed, and he did
ut like the looks of the five or six men he
saw there, and he said: My God! Did you
bring me here to murder me-? and he went
down the stairs In two steps,
At the afternoon session Maurice Nor
r1s, In answer to question as to whether
he had ever heard any threats made against
DR.. Cronin, said: YES, heard John F.
Finerty say last June: Those doctors
must be got rid Of meaning Doctors
Cronin and McCahey''
Mr.. Morris knew DR.. Cronin very well
and the doctor had several times told him
that he expected to be assassinated for
the cause he was trying to better and i'm
prove. He expected trouble through
Sullivan. While Cronin never
told witness that Sullivan had threatened
him, he evidently thought the attorney
would seek to have him s'removed''
because he had proof that would
convict Sullivan Of embezzling a
large amount of money belonging to the
Irish cause. The doctor told Mr.. Morris
that Major Sampson had told him that he
had been hired to kill the doctor He also
said that he believed McGeehan, the Phila-
delphian, had come to Chicago at the in
stigation of Sullivan to kill him.
Joseph O'Byrne swore that the Friday
night before the disappe the doctor
said to him that The was tired Of the
that it was wearing him out,
and he thought he would give 1t up and let
the rascals accomplish what they wanted
to-" Told him hewas gone too far on the
the road. He replied: You know, Joseph,
that these two rascals have the power to do
great injury The two rascals alluded to
We're Michael Boland, police recorder of
Kansas City, and Alexander Sullivan, Of
Chicago. The doctor was very much de-
pressed and seemed as though some trouble
was hanging over him.
u O'Byrne went on to say that he had heard
McGeehan say that CrOnin and McGahey
ought to be killed because they were
He had heard that there was
q trial in Camp 20, but knew nothing def
mite on the point He did not, however,
believe that Cronin was traitor Closely
pressed, OByrne admitted thatrumors that
CrOnin had been tried and convicted came
to him through friends of the latter
The last witness was Byron G. Smith, re-
ceiYer Of the Traders Bank He showed by
checks on file and ledger entries that in
the summer Of 1882 Alexander Sullivan had
altogether 300, 600 in the bank, Of which
500 was personal account and the bal
ance credited to alexander Sullivan.
agent By September 6, 1882, all this
money had been drawn out on checks
made payable to ]. T. Lester & Co., bro
kers.
Awful Result of Fire in Hotel at Stew
ems Point, Wis.
STEVENS POINT, Wis, June 6:-The ST
James Hotel, located near the Wisconsin
Central depot, caught fire shortly after
o'clock Wednesday evening and is total
loss, together with the entire contents, those
within having scarcely time to escape with
their lives At this writing the
night clerk Charles Oatball, and two
Of HE girls, Maggie Reilly anda Norwegian
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