The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-09-22
MORE ABOUT CRONIN.
The Nan Who Drove The White
Horse Twice Identified.
BOLD, SUCCESSFUL BANK ROBBERY
The Sum of S39,895 is Taken-The Sealer
Maggie Mac Searched-An Appeal TO
Save France.

CHICAGO, Sept. 2l.-The Eucning Journals
Oakland. Cal, special says: Chicago detect
ives are here looking for J J. Hefernan,
who is said to be the man who drove Dr.
Cronin to his death on the night of May l.
SUSPICION was at first directed toward
E4effernan in July, when the Chicago police
we're inquiring into Desmond's connection
With the case. Just before DR.. Cronin was
murdered Desmond went on from San
Francisco to Washington, stopping some
zine in Chicago. He was accompanied by
a man who. it has since been ascertained,
was HefTernan. The latter was introduced
under an assumed name as a Clan-na-Gael
member in good standing and senior guard
an Of the camp in California; in short, a
man TO be trusted. Desmond, after getting
Heffernan well acquainted with Chicagoans
vent Oh to Washington and left his Calitor-
MA friend in Chicago. There Hetfefnan
stayed until few days after DR.. Cronin's
murder, when he quietly dropped out Of
sight.
1When the Chicago police began to inquire
into Desmond's visit they learned that he
vas accompanied by another Irishman who
Was mysteriously missing. This man was
Ieffernan, but the police did not know 1t.
In their effort to ind him detectives were
sent to San Francisco, where they arrested
Morris Walsh, a cook on the Panama
steamer Acapulco, but Of course he turned
out to be the wrong man and they released
him.
About two weeks ago, Chief Hubbard,
of the Chicago police, secured a photograph
IF Heffernan. 1t was shown to Mrs. Conk-
in. the lady with whom DR.. Cronin
boarded She at once said: "Thats the
nan who came here with the white horse
after the doctorn This was pretty strong,
put the police wanted to be dead sure, SO
without saying anything about Mrs. Conk-
iin's identification they handed the photo
rraph to Frank Seaman, another intimate
friend of DR.. Cronin, who came along Just
as the latter was stepping into the buggy
. answer supposed call from O'Sulllyan,
The ice man. Seaman stopped for amoment
tOspeak with the doctor and thus got better
,ooli at the driver of white horse than Mrs.
GOnklin did Scaulan's Identification was
thoroughly satisfactory. He SAID; 'Ihat $
the man sure" Copies OF the photograph
we're then made and sent out IN police
circular. calling for Heffernan's arrest, and
It was through one of these that he was
finally spotted here.
Henernan is young man about thirty,
neat in dress and very frank and gentle
manly in demeanor. He stands about nVe
feet seven inches in his stockings, is rather
stout, with slight stoop in the shoulders,
and has light brown hair. His cheeks are
fair and plump, with a bright pink tint.
He wears a long flowing dark moustache
and has a clean shaven chin, but IS capable
of growing d thick, stubby beard very
rapidly.
The man who drove DR.. Cronin from his
aome on the night of May 3 answers the
description of Heffernan perfectly, except
chat he was poorly dressed and had a
shabby beard. Both Of these features would
be easy for Heffernan to assume, especially
# he wished to disguise himself, as ne IN
joubtedly did
There is another strong point against
aeffernan and one which he cannot deny.
The officers who are after him say that
wilhelm Chicago Heffernan was almost con
stantly in company with Dan Coughlin and
on the night of MAY 3, it was alleged, was
seen leaving the house of leading suspect
il the case at late hour.
The Oakland dispatchis supplemented oy
me Chicago end of the story, which IS prac-
tically to the same effect. 1t says Heller
nan registered under assumed names while
here; that his identity was discovered by
a well known member of Camp 20, Clan ma
Gael. who followed up all the clues; then a
s,eouisition on the governor of California
Was secured from Governor Fifer and the
officers dispatched to San Francisco last
Tuesday.