Mower County transcript., 1889-11-06
How CRONlll WAS KIN. LED.

q Fellow lsrls OMer Of Murtin IsurIse De-
clnrss That the Latter Confessod the
Crime While Locked Up lii .Jail at Wins
nipeg-Iils story.
CHICAGO, Nov. IA dtspntch from Winnipeg
states That Assistant States Attorney Baker
nus obtained from convict Gillette the story
o. the murder as told him by Burke
according to the story Gillette and Burke
were frequently together In the Winnipeg jail,
ana unable to keep his secret, Burke related it
~ detail. lsurkc told him that the murder was
committed by him (BurlIc), Dan Coughlin, Pat
Cooney,:a q man Of the name of Dennis, and u man
whose name Gillette cnn not recall
WINNIPEG, Nun, Nov. 2.--Mr. Baker had q
tong interview with Bob Hefrcr Friday, and from
him received the corroboration Of many Of the
ietals connected with the butchery Of Cronin
which Gillette recountcd Thursday Burke
old Aefrer that Coughlin was the
main actor In the tragedy, and had
engaged both him and Cconcy to participate In
the crime. He told Hefrer that sandbags we're
used by two OF the assassins, while the third
welded II common baseball club -Four men
were waiting In the cottage for him. They
listened for the sound Of wheels. AT last the
carriage drove up, and IN instant later the doc
tor hurried up TO the door. He knocked loudly
and hastily, Us il he realized that his pres.
ence was urgently required Two of the
assassins stood behind the doos ready t.
strlke,* while one OF the others from the
inner room called out in loud voice:
Come In" The door was quickly opened and
the doctor strode in. The instant he was in one
c1 che assassins slammed the door, while tho
other struck the physician terrible blow with
q Standing. The doctor fell heavily to the floor.
Burke has always declined to say who struck
the lsrst blow, and this fact, Mr. Baker says
makes 1t quite clear that 1t was Burke himself,
else ne would have mentioned the name. He
always spoke about the four taking part in
M me crime and pounding the docto: t the same
time. -f,-ls-g s.- b. =. -.s.S- -
The moment the doctor was down the whole
four rushed on him and with sandbags and clubs
pounded the life out Of him. The poor man
struggled and mOnned nwfully Blood poured
from his mouth and nose and even his
eyes He struggled ind gasped for breath, and
nearly twenty minutes elapsed before he ceased
to gasp. Then tho tends stripped the blood
Stained clothing on him and one of them pound
cd his face so US to make it impossible
TO recognize the body. Coughlin then
hauled the trunk over and the body was
cramtncdiato It,. One Of the quartette went out
and brought an express wagon. which had been
left in convenient place. -
When they went to carry the trunk out
blood was dripping from it nnd it ran on the
floor and on some OF their boots The trunk
was set down and the leaks in the trunk
stopped with cotton batting which was found
III the Goctor'5 instrument case. The trunk
and it's contents were then taken to the lake,
Coughlln driving the horse There was no boat
ut the point expected and they tried to shove
the trunk out into the water, but 1t would not
work. Anxious to gst rid of the body some
way, Burke sugy ,Sted that it be thrown into O
catch.basin. The suggestion was adopted.