Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-05-30
ARREsTlNe SUSPECTS.

The Chicago Authorities Making Arrests
| For the Cronin Murder-The Funeral
| CHICAGO May 2L-IuvestiEations were
| made yesterday regarding iceman p. O.
| Sullivan's connection with q secret society
| sf which DR.. Cronin, Justice Mahoney and
,ne Stephan Coakley were members.
Coakley, in answer to questions by the
| the Washington Literary Society, which
i Is at sol Lincoln avenue. The ORGANISE
| lion is really q camp of the Clan-na-Gask.
+, At one meeting of this literary socieey
Coakiey says Cronin greeted the
iceman as an old comrade, and
~ the meeting was held in March
| it would appear that the icemsu
than the former will acknowledge. The
iceman admitted that he was . mem-
ber of the literary society, but refused
| to say any thing further in that direction.
It was reported later that p. o. Sullivan,
the iceman. had been arrested
| Peter McGeehan, of Philadelphia, was
arrested at four O'Clock yesterday morn-
ing at McCoy's Hotel McGeehan ID
charged with participating in the murder
of DIR. Cronin and is being held at the
Harrison street station separate from the
other prisoners.
An extraordinary chain of circum-
stances was brought to light last evening.
| Miss Murphy who declared she saw DE-.
| Cronin coming down town several hours
after he left home never to return, is the
daughter of a saloonkeeper in whose place
an attempt was once made, it is said, to
| arrest Cronin for connection with an AL
legged woman scrape. She is also reported
to be a relative of Detective Whalen, the
partner of the suspected Officer Coughlin,
but this latter statement she denies.
The street car conductor Dwyer, who
| an hDro tod fh2 hat in
seen coming down town and presumably
took train out of the city, is said to have
| since resigned and disappeared. An ex.
| street car man named Tieman, whose
| whereabouts could not be learned, had re-
Gently been in the employ of iceman p. O
Sullivan. 1t was one of the business cards
! OF this iceman that played such paxt
in Turing Cronin to death
The man King, described by the prisoner
Woodruff, alias Black, as the person who
hired him to steal horse out of Deans
barn the night of DIR. Cronin's disappear
ance. was captured at two O'Clock yester.
day morning in house of ill-fame. The
arrest was made by detectives from the
Central station who acted under orders
from Chief Hubbard The capture waa
made with all possible secrecy. and King
was taken to the Central station by q cir
cuitous route. The officers walked beside
him in an easy and natural manner, and
succeeded in getting him into the station
! without attracting any attention In .
number OF particulars he answers the de-
scription given Of him by Woodruff.
| When Woodruff, alias Black, first told
his story he gave all the since oft-rspeated
| particulars to how he met King and
was engaged by him to take part in the
tragedy Of the trunk. It is a mystery that
King has not been arrested before, though
at no time has he apparently manifested
n 1azs-
has been kept secret, as il is desired "a
confront Woodruff with King. WheB
brought face to face the men may indulge
| in mutual accusations that may be Of
| value.
King was the husband of q courtesaH
who died not long ago.
| The mayor and Chief Hubbard, accom-.
panied by Attorney Hynes, who is assist.
| ing in the pursuit of the assassins of DIR.
Cronin, went to the Chicago police station
, at eleven O'Clock last night and held
| long conference with Captain Scbaak re-
garding Dan Coughiin's connection with
the crime. In discussing the case the
| point was made in favor of Coughlin that
had he wanted the rig for any improper
| purposes he would not have said '.Anv
rig will do, :" but would have been yer
particular as to the kind to be used foI
such purpose. On the other hand til.
point was made against Coughlin that hi-
story given in explanation was ridica-
lous. The mayor and the chief held that
he might as well have given the name OF
John Doe" or any one else as Thomas
Smith" In summing it all up they de-
cided to hold Coughlin as a witness.
After the consultation it was under.
stood that Detective Whalen was prompt
| ly suspended to await further investiga-
tion.
| The funeral of DE-. Cronin yesterday
was attended by an immense procession,
vast numbers also being drawn to the line
of route by curiosity and the sensational
| circumstances attending the case.
/ At the head Of the procession was Lake
Dillon. Of Philadelphia, and Edwarsl
| O'Meagher Condor and John Devoy, OF
New York, and Thomas p. Tuite, of De-
troit The first three are well known
| Irish Nationalists and the latter q schoc
mate of the doctor. Following then.
| came Frank T. Scanlan, II. T. McGarry.
Charles Barry, Michael Kelly, Danies
| Sullivan. Thomas McEnnery, Dudley
Solon, John T. Golden, Maurice Morris.
DR.. John Guerin. ex-Alderman McAuley.
John p. Ryan, John r. Scanlan and w. p.
Rend, Of Chicago They represented the
| friends of the dead man and societies &c
| which he belonged. The services too1
place at the Cathedral of the Holy Name
and the interment took place at Calvary.