New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-06-11
ANGRY ATCoRoNER HERTZ.
rsx cRoN1N INQUEST NEARING A coNoLo'
SION.
,.vxrs JOHN r. sKees SHAKING HIS FIST IN
uHs coRoNERs FAGE-A VERDICT AND
NEW ARRESTS EXPECTED SOON !
r,--x,pex,rH TO THE TnrHuNE.l

% Michael Whaleus the de-
- ,,,.s ,bs first witness called TINS morning
80 -. C,ou;r case He said he lived aO NO %
.r,-.. ,.o,-s, and said that he had Deen on 'ne
-. 800 since September, 1873 uhUn '"o
-. nn Iast Saturday, when tne eniei gus
s.s W., He is a member OF camp NO So'
- ~r,,,oh Jobn F. Beggs is senior su"rui"n
ata 10. nnovv the other officers OF tne of @ ~
w.s p q Sullivan . member OF lamp |O'
r>ys. have never seen nlLn - uneie A. n.
Us a,d rou first see Sullivan after IT.
Sronih u''"pp ot,., dinner the Sunday after the
nae had dinner about IL O'CLOCK.
,c,,1,,..r came 20 my house ana sald CnaU Df'
'S.a.,1 mas missing; that Mr. Conkln had been -"
-. a., ahout H. said to him, IL ne Khe" any
s.hin, .hout IL he had better tell it Ihen ne 'olu
ssAS .,s contract he had with the Doctor 10
-. 90 ~ any accidents which might happen III
a. ,ss.o,se Sullivan was my first cousin"
IT, aid rou first see Coughln after Dr.
Cronine disappearance!
at think it was on May g."
When did you talk to Captain SchaackT
ax..u Captain Schaack on the Sunday when
~..n, 20 the station with p. o. Sullivan. dont
{ ..,n.mber whether Sullivan said anything ABOUT
~. case told the Captain what sullivan hao
.old ma I don't know what Captain Sehaack
ssid'
Did you see Coughlin there =
~I did not"
sHow long did you remain at the StaoonE'
Thirty minutes or an hour"
80 Did you see Coughlin that day?'
81 don't remember
What did you do the next day, Monday"
81 went with Captain Setback out to Lake
view TO look over the ground where the trunk was
1ound. was sent out with Coughlin the Tuesday
or Wednesday after the Doctor disappeared to
6nd Smith. We didn't get him. In the mean
stime Captain Schaack had taken the horse and
burrv mn for Mrs CouChlin TO see, and the Cap
rtain told US that we should drop the case and
aend to the business of the district"
did Coughlin tell you that the horse was
not the one that took DR.. Cronin away"
sNo-yes Coughlin and Setback both told
me that
/ ~Coughlin was very anxious TO get this man
swho got the rig at Dinan's2"
yes, SIR He said that this man was from
Hancock, Mich and had known his brother
there"
Have you ever seen seen this man z"
Not 10 my knowledge"
{ sHave-you-ever-Seen-t -this-man, Smith,
] IL, u
ms we needn't bother with the case any more,
Coushlin and were walking down Clsrl-st., and
nc the corner Of Michigan-st. we met man, and
walked on and waited for Coughlin at Kinsie-st.
Couehhn told me sfterward that that was the
man for whom be had got the horse and buggy"
Didn't yon have instructions from the Captain
10 bring this man Smith"
I understood we were taken of the case alto
lgsther Coughlin told me the fellow had got the
buggy 70 20 somewhere near the stock-yards.
He said that he had never seen him before be came
into the station"
ais 1t the custom for police officers TO get
horses and buggies for utter strangers"
II never did it,"
Didn't you think il was stranger"
It seems strange now"
- Tell us what Dan Coughlin said 10 you.'
sHe said that he had met the man who used
The buggy, and that the man had paid him s.
for it. ! told him that he'd better keep track
Of that fellow. Coughlin said be could find him
all right when he wanted him"
Mr.. Whalen perspired visibly at this point.
+" II I'd a. thought that was the horse, you bet
I'd have arrested Smith
Lawyer John F. Beggs was called for, but he
did not respond, and Henry ]. Jordan took the
stand He lives at No. 304 South Morgan-St He
was at one time barkeeper, but is at present un-
employed.
@Do you know man named McGeehan2"
sYes, sir. net him last February in Perry's
saloon, No. 130 Lake-st. He introduced himself
and said that he was q u. B. man. / introduced
him 10 Thomas ]. Conway"
Did you ever, before or after the murder,
make the remark: I wouldn't pick DR.. Cronin's
body out of sewer If saw it there ?"
\ never made that remark at any time"
| Did you know DR.. Cronin ?"
Yes, sir. He attended me at one time. had
no particular love for him.
MIR. Hertz got back to the remark said 20 have
been made by Jordan regarding DR.. Cronins
presence in sewer. Jordan got nervous, pulled
his mustachc, and said he might have said some
thing like il DR.. Cronin fell in the gutter he
wouldn't help him out.
Thomas WheIan, Mike" whelan's brother,
took the stand he hives in p. o. Sulhvan's house,
He confessed that he was first cousin of SuIIi-
san, and ran grip car
How late do you work on Saturday nights?n
Generally get in about 20 at night
We're you OF duty any day during May2n
I don't think so"
What time did you get in May az"
got in on time
was T. W. ou1HFdn db holne WHen you got
there2'
"Yes sir. Sullivan was home all that evening.
little before o o'clock, or maybe 1t was about
$40, hs went up to bed
Did you see him again that Dight?"
sNo, SIR. didn't see him until the next night"
@What time did you 80 to bed2"
! = At about $3.50"
Do you sleep sound ?"
@Yes"
You saw Sullivan the next day. What did he
.sy about Dr. CroninY'
He said that DR.. Cronin was missing, and be
,neaticned the circumstances about the card"
q DID he say anything else about the card ?"
He said that somebody had taken his card. ]
wanted the house searched, and was afraid that
sonething might be put there"
What made you think that?"