The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-06-28
IL TELIS a LONG TALE.


CRONlN MURDER.
III fMpileates Thoss Undsr Arrest and
- Ne whom He Calls M~cI1ougall
Md 'shsa-Alexansler Sulllvsn's Name
brought Into the Tale.
Frank Woodruff, under Indictment
Ut Chicago for completely in Dr.
Cronin's murder, has made another alleged
confession, in which he claims to tel the
whole story OF the crime. BrisaI told, his
story Of the Cronin murder b Is follows:
He says he came to Chicago March 28 and
put up at the Nsrchsnts' Exchange hotel,
South Wat-r street The proprietor got
him . chance to work for . German
gardener ct 175 Southport avenu He
remained there four days, and becoming
sick. on March 30 stared for the county
hospital, but drirted to r. O'sullivan's
place in Lane park. Woodruff says he was
9 volunt xr on the Canadian side during the
Fenian raid, and . member Of tho Oath Kent
battalion, whose headquarters were at
Chatham. He then had IN opportunity to
learn . great deal about lrishmen aud
Irish soctetteA As soon ~ he saw O'Sullt.
van !e decided be was . Fenian ami COM
menced conversation on the subject OF
the Fentan raid. O'Sullivan told him he
wo Id get him some work IL possible. but
. day or so -aftsrward he (WoodruR) went
to work at Deans livery stable.
He says he met Dan Coughlin first on
Wells street In q saloon, aud the second
time ON April ] ct the corner Of Wells and
Division streets. They started down town
and had gone but two blocks when they
NIT O'Sullivan, the iceman.
Two days later april B. Woodruff says
he went into the rear room in Sol Van
Praag's saloon ON Fourth avenue and
found Coughlin and Q man named Mel
wills drinking there. An introduction fol.
lowed II Melville gave Woodruff q and
told him he might have some work for him
to 10. Woodruff says two days afterward
april 81 he went to NcCoy's hotel to see
Melville. but did not find him, aud ON the
way back, while going north, he met
Conghlin and a man named McDougall in
front OF the Northwestern depot Wood
ruff says he first met McDougall during
to Eenian rebellion, whom the latter was
on the American side Of the river at
Niagara. McDougall told Woodruff to
call him civilians"
After a talk between Coughlin and Nc
Dougall the former went off and tn latter
led Woodruff first on round through West
side resorts and then, late at night, to the
flat at III South Clark street. They slept
together that night in the fiat and In the
morning McDougall told Woodruff that it
was best for HIM to go to Alexander Sulli-
van for work, intimating that the work
was crooked" Accordingly the next
day he called at Alexander Sullivan's Of
flee, but the latter gave him q very cool
reception aud told him that IL he had any
work for him he would tell Williams NC
Dougali.)
The next day april y Woodruff says he
met Williams on a grip car going north on
the North Side and told him how Sullivan
had repulsed him. They got off at Divi-
sion street. and had walked but q block
whom ley met Alexander Sullivan. He
talked with Williams and Woodruff, and
then took the former aside and talked to
him in a low tone of voice and gave him
some money. Woodruff says that Mr..
Sullivan then asked his pardon for the re.
pulse Of the day before and gave him to
understand that he might need him for
some work. Woodruff says he saw Will
Jams and Coughlin on April 80, and that
each asked the whereabouts Of the other.
On the afternoon Of May 4, he says,
C%oughlin called at Deans livery stable and
hired him to carry q trunk and paid over
&25.
Woodruff then tells the story OF the
night Of the murder much as he told it to
Chief Hubbard. He says he drove out ON
Lincoln venue to Ashland avenue, and met
ssWilliams'' and "Melvillc." He waited
In front OF the cottage while Williams aud
Melville, aud P. O'Sullivan carried out
the trunk. They drove to the luke shore
with the trunk, leaving O'Sullivan behind
to clean up the house. After leaving the
body In the catch basin and the trunk ON
Evanston avenue they drove hack past the
cottage and saw q woman, supposed to bs
Mrs. Whalen, going out Of the cottage In
the rear.
Woodruff embellishcs the story with
many details. He says when p. O'sulli-
a came out Of the cottage with tho
trunk he had a paint brush in his hand.
He says McDougall was Philadelphia
blacksmith and that Melville was q me-
chanic Of some sort. He says he was sone-
times known as O'Shea. He says that
Coughlin had him carry a letter written in
cipher to Alexander Sullivan and that the
letter read: "Going up to O'sullivan's."
Chief Hubbard says that he has thought
for q week past that Woodruff was the
man who drove the horse which carried the
trunk away from the Carlson cottage.
His opinion is not founded entirely on
W~oodrutf's statements, as he believes
Woodruff to be . polished liar. AS re-
CARDS the other parts Of the confession,
Chief Hubbard says he took but little
stock in them and he does not believe
Woodruff knows anything about the de.
tails Of the plot or the identity Of the
people engaged IN II outside Of the man
who employed him to carry the trunk
away.
States Attorney L~ongeueoker relies
upon the story Of Woodruff as good evil
dence.
"You see" said he, sthat while Wood.
ruff has not told anything very new he has
reafirmed the confession that he made TO
Chief Hubbard and supported It BY
many circumstances known to us before.
On the whole I think Ne may consider his
confession as pretty near the truth ahopt
this business. He tells US that be was sick
for two weeks with the old German at 176
Southport avenue; that he went to F.
O'Sullfvan's for work; that he staid at the
American Exchange hotel and that be 70.
ceived money from the american express
company. He tells where he met Coughlin
and O'Shea and McDougall, and in short
at every point in his narrative he suppliea
those little details which when verified
prove the truth Of q large part Of the
story"
"Do you know anything about o'shsa
or M~cDougalls"
"Inever heard of o'shea. McDougall, I
think is known to Dillon"
what do you think Of what Woodruff