Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-06-21
ESPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCH,

mas confessed his completely In the con-
spiracy. This information comes from
official sources. It has been known for
long time that the prisoner was weakening
and the report of his confession creates no
surprise. Chief Hubbard said tonight that
all the conspirators would be in Jail within
two weeks.
Officer Collins, Of Chicago, arrived at
Winnipeg and identified Martin Burke as
the man wanted for the Cronin murder.
Immediately upon his arrival he proceeded
to the police station, and together with
Chief of Police McRae, entered Burke's
cell. Burke looked up as they entered and
Collins remarked: "Well, Burke, this is
bad place to be in"
A SLIP OF THE TONGUE.
Burke replied instantly: 'sYes, John it
is" but minute later denied any knowl-
edge of the Chicago detective. Collins,
however, was satisfied and retired with
Chief McRae. He drove to the residence
of Judge Balm, where the following infor-
nation was sworn out:
CANADA: PROVINCE OF MANITOBA,
COUNTY OF SELKIRK.
The information and complaint of John NJ
Collins, of the city of Chicago, in the State of
Illinois and the United states of America.
police officer, has been taken upon oath before
me; me- the - a9nIderslgned, noe on one OF Her Majesty's
the Province of Manitoba, aforesaid, Judge
under the extradition act at the city of Winni-
peg in the said County of Selkirk, this Goth day
Of June. in the year of Our Lord, 1889, who says
that he has just cause to suspect and believe,
and does suspect and believe, that Martin
Burke, alias w. ]. Cooper. late Of the said city
of Chicago. in the said State of Illinois, did
commit the orlme of murder within the juris-
diction of the said State of Illinois, one Of the
said United States of America, to-wit: That
the said Martin Burke alias w. ]. Cooper on
or about the 4th day Of May, in the year Of Our
Lord, 1885, at the city of Chicago, did felonious-
ly wilfully and of malice aforethought kill
and murder one Patrick 81. Cronin.
Taken and sworn before me,
JOHN F. Balm,
Judge of the Court of the Queens Bench,
Manitoba. JOHN M. COLLINS.
ANOTHER SUSPECT.
The Chicago police have under surveil-
lance another suspect against whom they
hope to secure evidence which will connect
him with the conspiracy. At present the
evidence against him is purely circumstan-
tial. When the Carlson cottage revealed
its terrible story one Of the most promising
clews which it presented was the footprints
in the paint.
The murderer who painted the parlor floor
to cover the great splotch of blood which
marked the place where Cronin fell, walked
about in the paint in his stocking feet.
Soon after the fact that the cottage was the
scene of the murder was published with
full description of the paint tracks and blood
marks, shoemaker wrote to the police,
offering valuable suggestion.
He said that well-known 1rishman and
Clan-na-Gael man whose name he had seen
mentioned in the newspapers in connection
with the murder was a customer of his, and
that he had very peculiar feet. A piece of
the floor about 30 inches square was cut out,
with three tracks on it, and was taken to
police headquarters. Then the shoemaker
was visited, and he was asked to produce
his book in which he preserved the trac-
ings showing the shape of his customers
feet.
PECULIAR FEATURE.
The outlines of the suspected Irishman's
feet were compared with the footprints
taken from the floor and were found to cor
respond exactly in size and shape. The
peculiarity about the foot which made the
paint tracks is the depth of the hollow
part of it. In the paint tracks there is a
great curve running in from the great toe
to the heel, almost severing the latter from
the front part of the foot. In the tracing
in the shoemaker's measure book, which
was made while the customer, with only a
stocking on his foot, was standing on it, the
same peculiarity is observed, while the
singularity as to size makes it remarkable
coincidence at the least.
Ever since this discovery was made the
man has been watched by the police and is
still SO closely guarded that he could not
leave the city. The board with the paint
tracks on it and the measure book of the
shoemaker have been on the grand jury
room for several days and have been in
spected by the Jurors. 1t is likely the
suspect will be called before the jury for ex-
animation.
John R. Walsh, President of the Chicago
National Bank, who wasreceiver for Rosen-
field & Co., brokers, after the failure OF that
firm in 1887, was before the grand Jury for
nearly an hour explaining the operations of
Sullivan on the Board of Trade in 1928,
as indicated by the accounts of the defunct
firm. 1t was reported that so far as Mr..
Walsh's knowledge extended, Mr.. Sullivan
experienced no severe loss in his dealings
with Rosenfeld & Co.
PLACED ON THE RACK.
J. F. O'Malley, one of the members of
the trial committee that expelled Cronin
from Camp 20 for treason, was on the rack
for considerable time, and was followed
by Lawrence Buckley, the chairman of that
committee, and Captain of the Clan-na-Gael |
Guards. The latter returned evasive an
swers when questioned regarding his rea-
sons for first declining to lead the |
guards in the procession at the Cronin |
funeral, and both denied any intimacy |
with either Martin Burke or Michael
Cooney.
Burke, however, is understood to have
been member of the Clan-na-Gael Guards,
of which Buckley was Captain, but the lat
ter insisted that his acquaintance with the
Winnipeg suspect was only passing one:
Dennison Ward was called upon to tell /
why he and John F. Beggs visited the East
just after the Cronin murder. He ayered
that the visit was one Of combined pleasure
and politics, as he was at that time candi-
date for Office at the gilt of the national ad-
ministration, and deemed it prudent to go
to Washington and get acquainted in order
to increase his chances of preferment.
He insisted that the Cronin matter had
nothing whatever to do with it, and stated
that, although he lived upon the same street
as Tom Murphy, Treasurer of Camp 20, he
knew nothing of that mans business or of