The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1889-05-23
DIR. CR0NIN'S BODY.
1t lis Found in a Chicago Sewer.
So the Great Mystery AS to His
Whereabouts Is Solved.
But q Greater One Yet Is to Be
Made Clear.
There Is Every Evidence That He
Was Foully Murdered.
Great Gpshes Are Found On His Head
The Body When Discovered Was
Stark Naked ana the Head
Down In n Catch. Basin,

Down In n Catch. Basin.
CHICAGO, ILL.,, May 29.-The dead body
Of DIR. p. Ii. Cronin, the Irish American
who strangely disappeared from his home
in Chicago two weeks ago, was found this
evening some distance north of the city in
u sewer on Evanston avenue. A bloody
towel was wrapped about the head. Tho
rest OF the body was start naked. A Cath
ole emblem, which the doctor always wore
next his skin suspended about his neck,
was untouched. On the dead mans head
were u dozen different cuts, which had
severed the scalp and inden,ed the
skull. II Is tho opinion OF the
police that Cronin was foully murdered,
and by some man who could not bring
himself TO disturb Catholic trinket.
Much excitement was shown at detective
headquarters when doubt as TO the iden-
tity Of the body was finally removed by
definite messages from Lakoview. 1t was
evident from the expressions of the oil.
cials that one Of the iirst objects OF the pc.
lice will be TO have n number OF suspicious
assertions explained assertions made by
supposed friends Of Cronin. Lieut.. Eli
Oft will have these people at the inquest,
and demand an explanation full and COM
pletc.
The detectives claim that they have
been handicapped from The start by lack
Of assistance from those who claimed 10
know all concerning the doctors disap.
pcarance. Lieut.. Elliott said soon after
the finding of the body 81 will have this
information now, or there will DO Il mum
Der Of prompt arrests"
WHOLLY ACCIDENTAL CIRCUMSTANCES
brought the corpse TO light. gang e
labOrcrs in the employ Vi the Iakeview
/ suburban government have been cleaning
the bitches along Evanston avenue during
the week. Today Foreman Henry Rocsch
and two men were working north on tho
cast side OF Evanston avenue toward Fifty.
ninth street. As they ncarcd tho catch.
basin at the corner, they noticed n strong
smell Of PURIFYING flesh and Roesch pricd
oil tho top Of the each basin with hi.
spade and uncovered he body OF DR..
| Cronin. II had apparently been hastily
/ pitched into the basin, for tho head was
underneath and the feet aud legs were up
in the opening. The place where the
corpse was discovered Is about 900 yards
from the Argyll Park Station Of the Chicago
x Evanston branch OF the Chicago, Mil.
waukcc * ~. Paul Railf lai. IL il hut two
or three blocks from The lake, aud nearly
/ a mile from the corner az Sulzer street and
| Evanston avenue, where the myster-
| ious blood stained trunk (emptyl was
found on the day after Cfonin's dis
/ appearance. There are four catch basins ut
/ the intersections OF tho street aud
/ the body was Ia the one on the southeast
| corner. II seems altogether remarkable
/ that IL was not sooner discovered, for the
| lakcyicw police started out TO search all
/ the catch basins In the big suburb tho
week after tho trunk was found. Alder.
man Maxwell, Of the Iakcyioy Council,
| who was one Of the searching committee,
said tonight I'VE started out two days
after Cronin's disappearance
To SEARCH EVERY cAton-nAsS
along Evanston avenue. There were az.
teen men under Capt Wing AID half
dozen volunteers Engaged IN the hunt for
the body. We looked first through all tho
ca,ch.basins In the nvis lborhool OF Suzer
street and Evanston a 'cnuc, where the
/ trunk was found, aud east aud
west from that corner Then We
looked through tho basins north aud
south along Evanston avenue, but
| finally came 10 the conclusion that tho
trunk had been left for u blind, aud that
In all likelihood the body had been hidden
some distance away. We then went 10
Gmccland aud looked through the basins
for half mile up anl down the avenue
and along the cross streets, aud worked
/ five or six days before giving up the
search. by more bal luck, We stopped
two blocks north Of fiily-ninth street, aud
consequently missed the h.basin,
/ where the body was hid
Immediately upon taking tho body out
OF the basin FOREMAN RDesch notified tho
lakoyiow Police station, and summoned a
patrol wagon. Tho body wis stretched out
In the lakcyiew morguc, which occupies
the 'front.' room Ia The basement under the
station. Telephone messages were sent TO
the city police, aud an hour after the dnd
ing Of the body, ad0zc u Cr0nin'siricnls
were at the station. The three scanlan
brothers, who have locn Intimate with
DR.. CrOnin, were among the iirt toarrlyc.
They MI positively Identified the body ns
that Of Crunin upon hDt sight. later II
was unqualiiicdly idniilgl by T.. l..
Conklin, tho saloon keeper with whom
Cronin lived, aud by James Roland aud
Patrick McCary. Daring the evening
DIR. J.. H. Brandt, president 81 The Cook
County Hospital staff. who was an no..
quaintancc Of CIonin's, carefully c1amincd
tue body and
posfrfvrtY furNffTfTu II
as that Of lho missing man. Dr. Brandtg
examination showed that upUn tho head
were the following cuts nni bruises Over
the len temple q cut iJui inches long,
through tile scalp and Into tuc tkulli over
tie lett parialal bone, acui Uac and hlli
Inches long, which also marked lho skull
alsO a cut one and hall inches long over
the frontal bone, at th, junction OF the
lclt pariaial, cut tire inches long.
Among many others, the dentist who last
worked on tronin's teeth reached tie Eta.
ton late In the evening ubd idcniihed
lho body, ~ did the man who, i0r Year,,
has been Cronina tailor a great hub1ub
Was caused In tue suburu hy ihc hnling
oi tie corpse. hhof d. u.tHI ibu body had
been removed 10 tho Iu..u rl1il0h tao
street was iammcd NI.I NnIiic'cs hhl
scores Ut puupc IS r. .,..EIIs inf ANUS
SION i0 tie iusr'rn. Joy lh' u1c'
tors icuiiine UIt.. |..H s.il'nHl on
lhc stairway aha ., . u'hl U"vf'
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