The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-06-12

Rogers, McCahey and Cronin. One witness
testified that he was sent to England to do
active work and was given "a and a steer
age ticket He ecame back by ST erage pass
age without bedclothes or other neces-
sitles. he slept, he said, ION the
soft side of a nlank.n He went
again and was told to get some one
to help HIM. John Mooney was one of the
men who was TO help him. He was given
500 and told that when he got to England
he could get more. He did not use the
alias given him by the triangle, and the inti-
nation in his evidence is that this was what
saved him from falling into ahe hands of
the English authorities. He and his part
ners performed four operations
PITTsBURGs TROUBLE.
The trouble in the Plttsburg convention
was told about Objection was made to
Tim Cream and Florence Sullivan being
seated as proxies for Father Dorney and
Alexander Sullivan. After reading the
evidence the jury were asked il they wanted
to hear any witnesses, the coroner saying
he had plenty of witnesses who could
give 'corroborating evidence The jury
did not want to hear any more, and at
4:40 O'Clock retired for deliberation to the
| coroner's private office At o O'clock the
| jury sent out for supper, which was brought
in to them from a neighboring restaurant.
At 10:l5 o'clock, after being out five hours
and a half, the jury came into court a d
commenced reading their verdict. 1t
was very long document, but was listened
to with marked attention.
VERDICT OF THE JURY.
Following is the full text of the verdict
of the coroner's jury:
We, the undersigned jury, appointed to make
| inquiries according to law as to how the body
viewed by us came to his death, state as our
| verdict from the evidence:
ThaN tf.sk k.,Ax. 10 fhaf Dat q.
| known as DR.. Cronin.
2. That his death was not from natural
causes, but from violent meano.
| 3. That said p. IL. Cronin was decoyed from
his home on North Clark street on the evening
| OF May 4, 1882 by some persons or person, to a
cottage known as the Carlson COTTAGE situated
at No. lS1S North Ashland avenue, In Lake
view, Cook county, Illinois.
4. That at said cottage said Cronin was muir
| dered by being beaten on the head with some
blunt instrument or instruments In the hands
| of some person or persons to us unknown, on
| the night of said May 4, or between May and
| May 5, 1889.
5. That the body, after said murder was com
| mitted, was placed in a trunk and carried TO the
| edge of the water on wagon by several per-
| sons, and by them placed in catch basin at
the corner CT Evanston avenue and Fifty ninth
street. Lakeview, where IL was discovered May
| "a, 1889.
d. That the evidence shows conclusively TO
| all minds that plot or conspiracy was formed
| by a number of persons for the purpose of
Said plot or conspiracy was deliberately con-
| trived aud cruelty executed.
| z. We have carefully inquired into the rela-
tions sustained by said Cronn to other persons
| while alive to ascertain If he had any quarrels
OIL enmities with any persons sufficient to cause
his murder.
8. It is our Judgment that no other person or
| persons sexcept some of those who are or
| who had been members of a certain secret
! society known as the United Brotherhood, ~
/ or "Clan.na-Gael," had cause to be the insti-
gators or executors OF such plot or conspiracy
| to murder eaid Cronin.
O. Many of the witnesses testifying In said
| case have done so with much evident unwilling
ness, and, we believe. with much mental reser-
| walton.
We find from the evidence that number OF
persons were parties to the plot and CON
spiracy to murder said Cronin, and that
Daniel Coughlin, Patrick O'Sulllvan, Alexander
Sullivan and one Woodruff, alias Black. were
either principals, accessories. or had guilty
knowledge of said plot and conspiracy to muir
der said Cronin, and conceal mis- body, and
should be held to answer the grand jury. We
also believe that other persons wers engaged in
this plot, or had guilty knowledge Of IL and
should be apprehended and held to the grand
jury. We further state that this plot or con
spiracy, in its conception and execution, is
one of the most foul and brutal that
has ever come to our knowledge, and we recon-
mend that the proper authorities offer large
reward for the discovery and apprehension OF
all of those engaged in it In any way, We
further state that in our judgment all secret
3 CleLieS whose OD1bCbS hFB Hucn as Lflb evidence
shows that of the Clan-Na-Gaei or United
Brotherhood to be are not In harmony with, and
are injurious to- American institutions. We
hope that future vigor and vigilance by the
police force will more than compensate for the
past neglect by portion of the force in this
case. X. s. CRITcHELL,
RUDOLPH SEIFERT,
II. A. HAUGHAN,
| VIoToR u SUFFER-,
JoHN II. VANHoUsEN,
JUsTUs KILLANE.
THE ''wILLIAMs BROTHERS"
1t is stated tonight that Maroney and
Mcdonald are the mysterious "Williams
Brothers. vino rented the Carlson cottage
where DIR. Cr0nin was murdered and
bought furniture for it, that Maroney is
member of the Clan-na-Gael executive
committee, which governs the whole organ
ization, aud th It he has been identified by
his photograph. This afternoon Judge
Shepard ordered a special venire to issue for
twenty-three good and worthy mem TO act
as grand jurors The proceedings leading
up to this result were very brief The
assistant states attorney secured the atten-
tion of the judge, and stated that
he had been instructed by his
SUPERIOR. States Attorney Longnecker, to
ask for the calling Of special grand Jury.
Nothing further was said. Tho order was
at once made out and taken to Sheriff
Matson. Tho Jurors will be impnneled in
Judge Shepard's court tomorrow morning.
The assistant states attorney said to a re-
porter that the special grand jury was sum
moned in order that there might be no
delay in the ending Of the coroner's inquest
and the comDenceme it Of the grand jury
proceedings in the Cronin case
sULLIvAN's ARREST.
Alexander Sullivan's arrest was affected
without the slightest trouble. Before the
verdict was read in public, Coroner Hertz
emerged for moment from the room
in which the jury was in session. He
beckoned to an officer and handed him a
mittimus The officer, with comrade
hurriedly left the hall. and jumping into
carriage drove straight TO the resdsncs Of
Sullivan, on Oak street. Sullivan mad gone
10 bed a short time previous. but after the
object of the officers vas explained, aud
the informant IN given that he would not be
permitted any time for any purpose, he
promptly and quietly dressed and unhesi-
tatingly accompanied bis visitors. His de-
meanor was calm throughout the entire
proceedings. Entering a carriage which
brought the officers, the two were driven TO
tue 0lice of the county Jail. After the
usual preliminaries, Sullivan was taken
through the cage into the gloomy prison
itself The ex-president Of the Irish Ma
tional League OF America was then imme-
diatey incarcerated in cell No. %, In the
tier known as "Murderers Row."
THE MAJORITY REPORT.