The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1889-06-13

was supposed to be in some way CON
nected with Maroney and Mcdonald,
turns out 10 be a man who was arrested
on the supposltion that he had commit
ted robbery,
"A STRONG CHAIN OF EVIDENCE,
A strong chain OF Circumstantial evil
denCe has been wound about John ],
Maroney, one OF the men now under ar
rest in New York on suspicion oil being
connected with the murder Of DR.,
Cronin. Tho story as given by the au'
thorities is as follows; Photographs
were procured OF Maroney and Mcpon'
aid and the other man arrested in New
York at the same time, These were
mixed with q number OF Others and
shown first 10 salesman Hatfield, OF
Revell 4 Co., who sold the furniture
subsequently found in the Carlson cot
tage In Lakeyiew, in which DR., Cronin
was murdered, Mr., Hatfield without
hesitation picked out Maroney's por'
trait as that Of the man to whom he sold
the furniture,
The pictures were then mixed up
and shown to Mr.. ThroCkmorton, the
real estate agent, who rented the rooms
on Clark street opposite DR.. CrOnin's
Office, 10 which the furniture was first
carted from Revell's. Mr.. Throckmor'
ton picked out the picture OF Maroney
as the man TO whom he rented the
rooms. Once more the pictures were
shutled and this time they were shown
10 expressman Martensen, who Carted
the furniture from the Clark street
rooms to the Carlson cottage, where DR..
Cronin was murdered, The result was
the same. Maroney's picture was again
selected, tlis time as the man who had
hired the furniture moved, Neither OF
these persons knew what had been done
by the other, In each OF these cases the
man gave his name as j. r, Simmons.
II now remains to be seen whether or
not the Carlsons will recognize him as
one of the alleged brothers name Will
llams, who rented the cottage.
Maroney and Mcdonald were ar
raigned In the Tombs Court this alter
noon before Justice Hogan. Detective
Won GeriCht asked 10 have them re-
manded until tomorrow, when Chicago
detectives would be here. Justice Ho'
gan thought 1t best 10 commit them to
await requisition, which Is the proCe-
dure under the law. They were held
without bail. In statement Maroney
said: " have no hesitation in going to |
Chicago, but II ! will be permitted
TO prove an alibi here would like to
do so."
His lawyer here interierred and stop
ped him talking further.
WEAVING THE WEB.
Chief Hubbard said that he under
stood that Maroney's picture had been
shown to Mrs. Conkling, and that she
had recognized the picture as that Of the
man who drove d. Cronin away. Re-
QUESTION papers I'm Governor Fifer
were received this morning, and ut 10
o'clock Pinkefton operative started for
New York with them.
Luke Dillon has Maroney's signature
in MCCoy's hotel register book in his
possession. The signature Is "W. l..
MELVILLE" but the clerk identifies the
picture Of Maronev is that OF Melville.
But there is something more startling in
the signature. The ''i's" and "l's" In
Melville being similar in shape to those
In tho letter to the Carlsons from "F.
W." one OF the Williams brothers, who
hired the Carlson cottage.
DENY ALL KNOWLEDGE OF THE MURDER.
After being arraigned and remanded,
both men talked to a reporter. McDon-
aid said he came here from Philadelphia
four years ago, and has never been out
OF the city since, and has not travelled
five miles on a railroad since that time.
For the past thirteen months he had
been employed In the blacksmith shop
at No. 75S, First avenue. During this
time he had slept every night with Frank
McInarey. He also had worked for the
Adams Express Co., being the foreman
OF their blaCksmithing shop In Jersey
City. lie refers to Harvey Marsh, also
Of the Adams Express, who, he says,
knows him well.
Referring to statement In a morning
paper that he had been in Indiana, Nc
Donald said that such was not the case
he never had been in that State. The
only time he ever met Dillon was on the
lst OF May last, when they had drink
together. He mover said d word to Dill
Ion about Dr.. Cronin.
Maroney said that he first became ac-
quainted with Dillon In Philadelphia
years ago. He believed the charge had
been brought so rs to make scandal for
the friends OF Sullivan. He had known
Dillon when he was an obscure slipper |
maker, and had seen him go up from
that until he had secured enough power
to be able to order the arrest OF d man In |
TimbuctOo or China, so longas he was q |
Sullivan man. Ia regard to Mcdonald,
llaroney said he had been acquainted
with him-no more-ior some time.
While they were not enemies they were
never particularly friendly. They once
rode In train from New York for three
hours, but that was the longest they had
ever been together. Asto the charge OF
murder, both denied any knowledge OF