New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-05-31
IN THE CARLSON COTTAGE.
sULLIVAN's TOOLS WHERE CRoNN DIED.
A REPORT CONNECTING THE IcEMAN CLOSELY
WITH THE MURDER-THE CASE OF THE
REPORTER LONG.
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Chicago May 3o.-lt is said that the police In a
search to-day of the cottage in which DR.. CrOnin
was murdered found pick and other ice tools
presumed 10 have been the property of p. o.
Sullivan, the ice dealer The authorities re fuse
TO affirm or deny this rumor. The tools are under
stood TO have been hidden partly under ground
and in a rubbish heap in a shed adjoining the cot
tage. The greatest importance is attached to this
report as it is construed into evi-
dence OF Sullivan's completely in the
murder. The police also made q thor
ough search OF the house and office Of the iceman
Sullivan, in the hope Of finding some trace Of the
missing clothing OF Dr. CrOnin, or the missing in
grain carpet which was bought and laid on the
cottage floor. They worked hard all day. search
ing every nook and crevice, tearing up flooring,
ripping out hollow spots and looking down Chin
ncys, but in vain Nothing was 10 be found.
The search Will be continued tomorrow. The po-
lies will inspect ell the catch basins in the vicin-
ity. local paper this evening prints the follow
ing.
" An old detective at the City Hall, who has
been watching the Cronln case closely was review
inG the matter to-day, and said: The three mep
now in Jail know all about the murder, could give
the police the right clcws, which would result in
the arrest Of the actual perpetrators of the crime.
der on the evidence the State Attorney now has
in his possession. One OF them, therefore, must
squen and it will not be Coughlin. 1t lies be-
tweea Sullivan and Woodruff. The State At
torney would prefer TO get the iccmans story,
and | think he would promise TO let Sullivan OIL
easy, II he gave the whole plot away. II he did
give up everything, l think ii would be something
Ike this: Coughln made all the arrangements in
the iirst place for the murder OF course he knew
his mrn before he approached them. To Sullivan
he intrusted the work OF fixing up contract with
DIR. Cronin. The hiring Of all horses and rigs
COughlin attended 90 himself lie first
met Woodruff whom he knew TO be q crook, always
ready for any shady transaction. lie did not
confde anything TO him, but merely told him that
he wnntcd some work done at carly hour in the
| morning Then he made the dickcr with Dnan
about the rig, which his friend was to call for on
the night OF May 1. The Williams brothers did
all their own work. the hiring of the Carlson
cottagr and the buying Of the furniture. think
that. although there were at least twenty persons
IN the conspiracy, only two or three besides the
| actual murdcrcrs knew that Cronin's life was to
| be taken
VIII the murdercrs ever be brought TO JUS
| tcc''
The chances are as FIVE 20 one against the
police With the evidence thus far obtained there
can be no convictions II isn't at all likely that
the men who committed the crime, the actual deed,
| are in Chicago, or even In the country. They had
amph warning. and got out OF the country atter
| the report OF the finding Of the body
i have another theory. which. however. Is
not as tcnnbe as my first one 1t may have been
that there ,vns no CAn-naIiacl conspiracy at
all and that another motive altogether prompted
| the murderers. H. Is possible that Sullivan got
L ksNa
been a relative Of Coughlin DR.. Cfouin became
rcquniutrd with the facts N the case which were
damaging 60 tho iccman. The hitter, knowing
the strict moral and religious principles OF thc
doctor, ind uFgrl on by fear That tiG physician
would inform the authorities that sullivan was
guilty Of a grave crime made the contract ,wlh
the doctor which lufcd HIM 20 Es death.
cannot but think thnt Woodruhs 5 story ABOUT a
woman has some foundation In iaGt. Inc ponCe
ought surely, IT seems To nc, to look up SulllEans
{. The reporter talked with chief Hubbard about
this pluAe ~ the c1Sr. Yes admitted the Chlet'
we have men working on that feature OF 'ne
murdrr sullivan is "a bachelor. and II Is rot az
al unlikely that hc got some woman into trouhlc.
II such II the fact, We don't yet Know whcthcr
fherr IS any connection between the circumstances
and tho murder Of Dr. CroEin. IL Is being thor
oughly looked lnto' 800
Do YOU put much faith in 1t"
il is rsrned that Reporter Long. who sent out
the sensational dispatches from Toronto IN re-
yarI 10 ~, presence OF Or CrOnin In that olty,
cndca vorcd ot that time 10 impose the iaisrhood
upon all OF the prominent papers OF chicago.
The peculiar feature Of his imposition, however,
was that In e"cry instance his prohcred iniorna-
ION vyns urcfacSd by "A request for eTorbitant
remuneration. For instance, 10 one papcr he
tclcgrRphrd: -
DO YOU want 300 words good maJUT Oh III
Cronn-slOP'
This or similar dispatch was sent Smnltanc-
ously 10 every lcnding paper Of Chicago me
gravity OF the offence appears now for the frSt
Time ,o be fully appreciated by the
vounQ Canadian, and he is doubtless
Ioyrring between frank confession and Il
stubborn rcitcration Of his statement Those
vi, I,nc,y Long bat in Chicago ridcule the idcn
that he would have been selected by Startcy or
any one clsP as n proper person 10 be trusted IN
ronspiracy and maintain that under the pressure OF
SnsnIcion he will break down in few days and
confess that the crime OF which he has been guilty
is the cou,rmrtih, Oue Of palning of for facts
a sensational falsehood