New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-07-02
KUNZE AND COONEY WANTED
THE SHARE THEY HAD IN THE ASSASSINA-
TION OF CRONIN.
GERMAN WHO ACTED AS A MESSENGER
CoUGHLTN's SUPERVISION OF THE BAND
OF CUTTHRo HRoATS-THREATENING AN
AMERICAN POLICEMAN.
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Chicago, July 1.-The number of principals in
the Cronin assassination is increasing every day.
IL has been supposed for the hast two weeks that
only one more man was wanted to complete the list
OF those actually engaged in Turing the Doctor from
the Windsor Theatre block and striking him
down in the Carlson cottage in Lakeview, and the
police have not hinted that there was still an
other in the case. When the Grand Jury indicted
kunze, il was thought that the number was COM
plete, that the German was the last man wanted.
The story that Kunze was the man who drove
DR.. Cronin to the Carlson cottage is not true
Kunze's part in the murder was TO meet Coughn
downtown the night of the mur-
der, shortly after the other conspirators
had lured DR.. CrOnin from home and take him to
the cottage, where the eX-detective supervised
the work of conceang the body. if not the butch
cry Of the defenceless man. Mcrtcs, the milk
man, positively identified Kuaze's picture as that
Of the person he saw drive to the cottage at 80
o'clock that evening with n larger man in IA top
buggy drawn by n bad-faccd horse of dark
color Mertes also Identified Coughln the larger
man. IT seems almost certain that this bald faced
horse and tOpbuggy belonged to =. O'Sullivan, the
ccman. In his stable at present there are top
buggy and two whte-faced bald-faced
horses, one sOrrel and the other bay. kunze was
also co-tenant with Martin Burke in the Clark
ST. Gat and he recognized by Clerk James
and two other witnesses. Kunze is not under
arrest, or even clearly located, according to the
police and the States Attorney cOrroborates their
stories 1t is also asserted that he had not testi-
fed before the Grand Jury
Cooncy is the Williams who wrote the letter
from Hammond to Mrs. Carlson, apoogizing for
painting the door, and making reference to his
invalid sister. This has been proved beyond
doubt Cooney has n brother living in Ham
mond, and was there on a visit at the date on
which the letter was written. Besides this, a
comparison of the letter received by Mrs Carl
son with specimens of handwriting known TO be
Cooney's shows that to have been written by the
same man. They are identical IN the clumsy,
thick, half-legble scrawl, and certain words are
spelled alike such as " asy" for easy and pla8e'
for please.
Burke is the other Williams and these two
rented the Carlson cottage and are the actual
slayers of Cronin. They also occupied the Clark
st. fiat, but neither of them rented or bought the
furniture sent thither from ReverS.
The police are guarding the name of the Clan
na-Gael man who, on Thursday last, lghtened their
labors by telling all he knew about the inner
.act that il was John F. Beggs, though the police
will not admit this. There were a number Of
Clan-na-Gael men before the Grand Jury, but
Bcggs WAS the only one who could betray the
secret committee, tell who they were, why they
werc appointed, what was their mission and how
w~ll they executed it, and that he did so Is
morally certain.
Police Officer j. D. Moore gave testimony be
fore the coroner in the Cronin case. Since then
he claims TO have been badly treated by the Irish
policemen at his station and to have had his steps
dogged by spies few nights ago, while on
duty he was handed the following note by boy,
who ran away as soon as he had delivered it,
Sir: II you know what IS best for ,oursef you VIII
Quit the police force Immediately Your every move Is
being watched by friends of Alexander Sullivan.
CLAN-NAGAEL.
Moore is an American, and thinks an effort
is being made to tcrrOrlZe hlm.
The regular Grand Jury for the July term Will
be empanelcd on July 90, unless the State Attor-
ncy calls for a special grand jury before that dare
10 carry Oh the Investigation of the murder or
DR. Cronin from the point where II was dropped
last Saturday. But there is no present indication
of such proceeding. =,
will not ask for ~ special grand jury sad
Judge Longenecker to-day, unless we get some
new evidence that would enable Us 10 indct others
for the crime" - III;
Will you go on with the trial of Coughlin.
O'Sullivan. Woodruff and Beggs when their cases
are called this term
[ can't tell | want to try Burke with them