Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-06-08
Dillon 5 Denunciiation
The Philadelphia Claimants
Opinion of Sullivan.
TESTIMONY IN THE ORONIN CASE,

Witnesses Seem to Know Very Little to the
Point, But ,ch That Will Hang No.
body-An Incident In the Conspiracy
Against the Murdered Mantle Man
Who Accused Cronin in the Clan
the Stand.
CHICAGO, June S-The first witness to
testify yesterday in the Cronin case was Po-
hceman Daniel Brown, who was DIR. Gro
nins accuser in the trial in Camp 90, which
resulted in the doctors expulsion from the
order. Brown testified that he was a mem
Der of the Clan ma Gael at the time Dr. Gro
min was expelled. He belonged to Camp 16
and does still, but hasn't attended much in
the past three years. The charge against DIR.
Cronin was treason, and consisted in read
ing before Camp % a circular sent out by
an expelled camp. The witness said he pre-
ferred and wrote out the charges himself
He had an emphatic negative answer for
every question intimaing that some one else
asked or ordered, or directed him to make the
charges. He was positive in assuming the
whole responsibility.
Why He Made the Charge.
He was not an officer in the order and did
not hear DIR. Cronn read the circular, but
visiting Dr. Cronin's camp, soon after it was
read, he heard it talked about, and knowing
that the reading of such a circular was con-
trary to the rules of the order, he preferred
the charges The witness was closely scanned
by Mrs. Conklin and others, under the idea
that he might be the man who drove the
buggy in which Cronin was conveyed to bis
death, but they said he was not the man. II
was reported later that Brown is now prac.
tically under arrest
Evidence of Conspiracy.
Lawyer lies was the next witness, and said
that in the summer of 1897 Dr. Cronin had
consulted with him professionally and had
told him that he had evidence that a con-
spiracy against him existed in this city.
William Starkey had asked him to testify as
an expert in certain case and C. NJ Hardy
had cross-examined him with great minute
ness as to his early life. About the same time
Cronin's sister had written her brother
from st GATHERINGS, stating that two
men had called on her recently and cues
toned her in regard to him, saying that it
concerned Cronin greatly in case in New
York Cronin wrote to New York and found
that no such case existed. AT last" contin-
ued witness, "the doctor jumped up and ex-
claimed: Alexander Sullivan is as black as
hell. He and others are trying to ruin my
reputation, and failing in that, they will seek
my life"
Luke Dillon Denounces sullivan.
Luke Dillon, of Philadelphia, was the first
witness after recess. He knew DIR. Cronin
intimately as an unselfish, patriotic and use
full man in the Irish movement. DR.. Cronin
told him that if was Alexander Sullivans
ambition to rule, both in Irish and American
politics, and that this ambition would be the
cause of DIR. Cronin's death. Dr. Cronin
had expressed himself as believing that
Alexander Sullivan had no more blood
in him than a fish. The witness thought al
that time that the doctor had Alexander Sui
livan on the brain, and that Sullivan was
only an ordinary villain. He had changed
his mind, however. At the time that Alexap.
der Sullivan, Boland and Feely were tried in
Buffalo, Sullivan hal protested against DIR.
Cronin sitting on the trial committee, in such
language that he believed Alexander Sullivan
responsible for the murder, if not principal
| in it.
Unfmportant Testimony.
The remainder of the session was given tc
the testimony of John F. o Malley and Law
renee r. Buckley, who were members of the
| committee that tried and expelled DR.
| Cronin Their testimony ELECTED no new
facts, being confined to such details concern
| ing the composition OF the committee and
Its action as they chose to remember
| A Mild Sensation or Two.
The first witnesses wanted were Detective
| Whalen and Peter McGeehan (of Philadel
| phia), the latter of whom figured quit.
prominently in the papers a week ago, being
| reported under arrest, and considered an i'm
| portant parsonage. But neither of these wa
ON hand, and officers sent out for them re
turned with the announcement that they
were not TO be found just as the inques
was adjourned, however, they both appeared
in court Another sensation was the an
nouncement that Lawyer Beggs was missing
A card on his Office door stated that he hac
| gone to GAINESVILLE, to return to-day