The evening world., 1889-05-29

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me society. which being a revolutionary
ooay made such laws and executed such pen
altles as 1t saw fit in any emergency.
ne men who are instrumental in having
this iarclcal form of a trial carried out, il is
sald, were the leaders of the Sullivan fac
tlon, who formed the " triangle" which has
been so often alluded to since it was sus-
pected that. the Clan-na-Gael was mixed up
in the murder.
II PROOF AGAINST CRoNIN UNKNOWN.
What proof they had against Cronin is not
known. blu il was sufficient to give some
color OF reason for the proceedings, which. il
ID said. were carried on secre ly in the order
user, ana were only known to the friends of
the sullivan faction in Chicago.
lhe JOB was a desperate one, and only a
rev were let into 1t, but these were sufficient
OBSCURE the sanction of the Society to the
act, which was carried out by men chosen
from outside of Chicago, and bound to
secrecy. by the iron. clad oath OF the order.
IN TINS way. 1t IS said. the real motives for
putting Cronin out of the way. the personal
spite against him and the danger of exposure
that threatened the leaders of the Order 80
long as he remained alive, were screened by
making 1t appear that 1t was really at the in
stance OF the Society that he was removed
and for political reasons alone.
TWELVE SAID TO HAvE BEEN IN THE PLOT.
1t is charged now that there were at least
Twelve of the Chicago Clan ma Gaels in the
plot, and that its details were arranged with
the most careful elaboration.
Inc intention was to completely destroy all
trace OF the crime that no evidence of il could
never by any possibility be discovered.
Even the place Of burial of the body was to
DC known only to one or two, and when once
placed in its final resting place it would
never have been disturbed. II would simply
have been a case of mysterious Disappearance,
ana after the first suspicious had blown over,
nothing more would have been heard
about it.
OTHERS DOOMED, TOO.
After DR.. Cronin had thus been success
fully disposed Of the Secret Committee of the
Clan-na. Gael, It is said, proposed to take up
each of his Objectionable associates in the
same way, and thus gradually remove all
opposition to the authority of the leaders, and
put and end to the bitter fight which Cronn
and Dewey had lead against them for SO long
u time past.
1t was owing to the bungling of some of
the accomplices in the plot that the evidences
of Cronin's death came out by the discovery
of his body i'll the catch basin. Why it was
thrown in there instead of being taken to the
intended burial place ia not known. but 1t is
said that the unexpected appearance of a
Chicago policeman on the scene Of the muir
der had much to do with the change of plan
and led TO the hustling off of the body and
the dumping of it into the first convenient
place that offered.
WILL THE FULL PLOT BE CARRIED OUT?
" hctutI INC bhiuc Clluuc vi COubUlThlOrB
will attempt TO carry out the plot against the
others, now that their crime has come to
light, remains TO be seen. II they are all
Chicago men. as it is alleged, they cannot do
much while under the surveillance of the po-
lice.
At least two of the other men they had in
tended to remove live in Chicago. while
John Dewey and DR.. McCahey are said to be
among the number
1t is thought that possibly the same men
who butchered DIR. Cronin have had their in
structions regarding the other prescribed
men, and that the present watch upon the
leaders of the organization will not prevent
them from attempting to carry out their
plans.
1t is reported that there are several to whom
DR.. Cronin communicated his secret knowl-
edge of the villainy of the leaders of the So
ciety not long before his death, and these per-
sons are now a greater menace to the asSassins
than ever Cronin was before. He knew that
there were desperate men against him and ex-
pected to meet with violence. He thought,
however, that he would be attacked at night
in the street and did not for a moment sus-
pect that he would be entrapped by such a
scheme as they laid for him.
1t Is the general opinion here among infu-
entail Irishmen, who still claim that the
Clan ma Gael, rs an organization, is not re-
sponsib!e for the murder. although its secret
machinery may have been used for tho pur-
pose, that if DIR. Cronin's body had not been
discovered, the conspirators would have been
abe to go on with their work of assassina-
ton without interruption or fear of detection.