Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 18??-????, 1889-05-31


That thr oian--sa-aaei Ordered tie
Doctor.s Removed ana E.zl,iaias How it
Wa. .D-ou-bi Abou,.
CHICAGO, My g9-Tha grand jury
last evening ter a session Of nearly
seven hours Indicted De.cctire Daniel
Coughlin. p O. Saliival. the LaEeyi9w
ice dealer and Fran; Black. alias Wood-
ruf. Tor the wiifGi murder Of L'r. .. H.
Croain. Back is the man ar sted for
stealing the white horse and ris 10 which
the physician was driven to h.a death,
and who told a wo0lly story regarding llr.
CrOniu's having been taken to attend the
woman whose body, a he claimed, was
afterward hidden in tae trunk. Over a
score of witnesses. including both per-
sonal and political friends Of the murder
cd man were examined, but no evidence
was produced to prove conspiracy. and
the private papers about which - mach
has been said were -ep. from the b0iT.
As a result OF the investigation twas de-
cided By unanimous vote to include
the three prisoners IN one Indictment Of
three counts. one charging them with
killing DR.. Cr0uin with q Ciua5 iHs-ru-
ment, the second ale gin5 tie use OF q
sharp instrument, and th3 third with
instruments and means unknown.
The indictments wsre sciWned to Juige
Williamson AMI the jury released fer the
night States Attorney Lougeuac'ser SAID
subsequently that the question o. a con-
spiracy was not Investigated in any form
and siat the matter would not Dc taken
up again by the pre- eut body.
The Magnitu;le oi the Conspiracy.
II is said upon absolute authority that
the police are only jGst beginning TO get
an insight into the magnitude Of the
conspiracy. al along they have hoen
working ON the theory that il was con-
fined to q few. Within the last twenty
four hours. however, they have come
into possession Of Information lhat places
it beyond the shadow of a DOUBT that GO
least a score Of individuals were con-
nected, directly or iaiiractiy, with the
diabo,ical aif1i-. Among thee. IL j.
said. are EIGHT Of the most p-oliu nj
Ifish Naiiolalists ia the c!-y. ihe5e are
! being shad5wed day and night. moi so
much with the view of any immediate
arrest. bat as tha pole putit "bettar o.
saI1serve tin interests OF Justice.
Among the best ani most widely known
of the eight & Alexander Sullivan. thc
ex-president of tha Irish Land lelgue Of
America. He IS VroIaaiy the hest
watched man in Chicago to-day. Shad-
ows infest the lobby Of the Chicago
opera house building. In which his
I offices are located; they lit ar0unl the
upper corridor: they deg his footsteps
when Inc goes acrOB q the court house.
and they have his house on Oak street
under surveillance. Olly when closcte1
in his Office or when in the paric- oi lis
home i' he free from their gaze.
Chief Of Po,ice Hubbard
practically admitted that he was re-
sp0nsiblc for this espioaa.e, but lie de-
ciined 20 say upon wh1t grounds +, waS
based. although he hinlad that il was
done to satisfy Crouins friends. Almost
in the same ireath he said that Of all
the stream Of direct evidence that had
been poured in upon him there was not
q single fact that pointed in the s.igh.est
degree TO Alexander Sulivans oulpa-
hilitv Tie friends Of the latter-and
their number Is ic-iou-take the ground
that he is being oGtrag 0usiy prosecuted.
lie Is, they say, being mace q marx OF
by men who have been opposed to him
for years in secret societies and who are
now only to willing too take advantage OF
| the present excitement to identify him
with the crime in the public mind.
Was MS " nemovai - Crdcreds
The Herald to-day in an elaborate arti-
| Gle reiterate5 its former statement that
DIR. CrOain was removed by the Clan
/ Ma Gael after trial and conviction Of the
charge OF being a British spy. 10 de-
/ clares circUmGtantialiy chat an officer of
al. q
upon the senior Gaacdian OF a North
Side camp TO appoint trial committee.
| No Dames nor spe iiication5 were given.
At the ext meeting Of the camp it was
announced under the rulei provided for
such occasions that a trial committee
was required. Each man present wrote
a name on piece of paper. When all
| the slips had been deposited in the blllOt
box it was delivered 20 a trGsty mem5er.
/ who counted them and selected the
seven that received the highest nuinAer.
/ Zach WAS quickly notified of the fJ-;.
while the unsuccessful ones simply
received blank slips. The commit
/ tee met within q week an1 FOR the
/ first limo became aware of each others
identity and al % tat Of the mon whom
/ they were 10 try and the charges pre-
.
order cnlv the committee. the man pre-
/ .e-Ting the charges and the witnesses
{ examined were c0guizant 1e the per
sonaiity of the body OK lis proceeding
/ Charges were preferred against Csonin
[ OF being British spy: he was found
+ guilty l.y u unan 1lous vote and
I senteHced 70 bc removed" In some way
| knowledge OF these proceedings came to
/ Gronin and hence his frequent state
ments gust lcforo he mes his death that
( 4 violent end was in store for him. The
article also saws that tie only o5 'ect o.
the presence ia Chicago Of Lake Dillon Of
/ Philadelphia, Who Is one of thc
triumviate now ruling the cuier. Is to
learn the nUmber Of the camp by which
the committee was appointed.
Tac Co-orss's Jury.
The coroaer's jury visited the cottage.
! the manhole au1 the locality IN whi-h
the trunk was foInd ana upon returning
to the city adjourned until to-day 4
widow named hamburger h1s turned
over to the police q suit OF hauacl under
| clothing and We which were found
by her two boys, aged 9 AMI u years. in
a eiump of bushes on the Evanston road
not far from the spot whore the trunk
was discovered. The officers are mrs
terious regdnling the fHld all resa to
say whether the articles hive been iden-
/ titled as having been worn by the
murdered man.