The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-09-10
CR0NIN'S CRUEL MURDER.
HOW THE SCENE OF THE CRIME
WAS FIRST DISCOVERED.

Two Suspicious Visitors to the Cot
tage Before the Crime Arrested by
an Officer "A Third Man Also
spotted-A Police Captain Who Was
TOO Thick-Headed to Follow Up a
Clew.
CHICAGO, ILL, Sept. st seems that
although great deal of matter has been
published about the Cronin murder. the
true story of the discovery of the evidence
at the Carlson cottage has never been told
until now. 1t is also singular that the
reporters who were working on the case
never discovered that ON the night of NAV
Z, three days after DR.. Cronin was
killed, two men, now supposed to have
been Kunze and Cooney, were arrested and
taken to the station-house and DISCHARGED
by Capt. King. local paper stated re-
Gently that there was a certain Irish officer
upon the Lakeview police force who wos
suspected OF direct implication in the MUIR
der of DR.. Cronin. Other such Statements
We're printed by the same paper in later
Issues,
THE OFFICERS STORY
Finally the officer determined to tell his
story, which is now made public for the
first time. The officer, named Robinson
has been on the Lakeview force several
years, and has always borne a good reputa-
tlon. lie IS an Irishman by parantage but
Is not a member of any Irish secret society.
ROBINSON had the beat in which the cotta1e
was located, and it was his duty to patrol
Ashland avenue and intersecting streets
Tor several blocks north and south of the
Carlson house.
SUSPICIOUS MALE VISITORS,
At different times before the murder
officer Robinson noticed some men going
IN and out of the cottage. On the night Of
may no .lnson saw man crawling out of
tue basement Of the cottage and accosted
him. Robinson has never seen Burke. but
ne believes that Burke was the man who
talked with him that evening. He said that
ne and his brother were renting the cottage
ana that he had been in the basement simp-
ly TO see II there was not a good place to
store some old furniture. At 8 o'clock the
next night officer Robinson came upon two
men who were talking together in the
shadow of little real estate Office near the
carlson cottage.
THE PAIR ACCOsTED.
The officer spoke to them, and the shorter
of the two announced in broken English,
with German accent, that they had lost
their way, and wanted TO get down town.
Odicer Robinson asked them why they were
standing and talking on a corner il they
wanted to get down town. The taller ma
who had dark nustache, and who spoke
with all Irish accent, answered evaslVely
and Officer Robinson determined to arrest
them. just as he started for the patrol
box man ran from the direction of p
O'Sullivan's barn and asked what Officer
Robinson was going to do with the men.
TAKEN TO THE POLICE STATION.
Officer Robinson recognized this THIRD
person as the man he had seen crawling
from the basement of the Carlson cottage
and told him he was going to the station
and if the stranger said much he would
take him along. The man said no more
when he saw that the officer recognized him
Robinson went to the station with
the two men and they were
questioned by Capt. Wing They gave
their names and supposed addresses and re-
peated the story they had previously told
Officer Robinson. No charges were entered
against them on the books, consequently
the officer does not remember the names
they gave.
TURNED LOOSE IN THE MORNING.
They were taken down stairs, kept in Gus
tody until morning and then released bv
Capt. Wings orders.
"What's the Use of sending them &c
Brdewell, to cost the city Of Lakevfew 2j
cents dayp said Capt. Wing to Officer
Robinson. The men thus discharged, it is
now believed by Officer Robinson, were
Kunze and Cooney. Their descriptions an
swer that Of the two suspects very closely.
At the time of their arrest it was not be-
iieved that DIR. .Cronin had been murdered.
SEEN TWo NIGHTS LATER.
Two nights later, Officer Robinson says,
he saw one of the men he had arrested com
ing out of the cottage after midnight. He
did not accost him because he considered
that he had been rebuked by Capt. Wing
when ne discharged the prisoners. Officer
Robinson talked with the neighbors about
tha goings on in the cottage, and concluded
that there must have been a crime com
mitted there He told Carlson of his suspi-
clons, and young Carlson went iuto the cot
tage and found blood stains. The thought
that DR.. Croniu had probably been killed
in the place suggested itself to Officer Rob-
inson and ne told Capt. Wing of his sdspi-
cions.
WINGS STRANGE INDIFFERENCE.
The latter listened to bis story, but did
nothing. Officer Robinson learned more
about the stranger of the cottage and again
spoke to Capt. Wing. Three times in sue
cession the officer claims to have told Capt.
Wing of his belief that DIR. Cronin was
killed in the cottage, but nothing was done
until week after DR.. Cronin's body was
found. Lieut.. Schuttler was then sent
from Larrabee station, and while talking
with Capt. Wing learaed of Officer Robin
sons suspicious. Lieut.. Schuttler went to
the cottage and examined the blood stains,
and satisfied himself that the murder had
been committed there. Officer Robinson
has not as yet been summoned as witness
by the state.
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