Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-06-15
A Mighty Poor Case.
Judge Tuley's Opinion Of the
One Against Sullivan.
ADMITTED TO BAIL IN $4,000.


vigor-rhe Remainder Not Admissible
in Comt-Those Mccoy Hotel Signatures
Another Suspect Taken NOR to Iden-
tify Maroney, If They Can.
CHICAGO, June 15.-Alexander Sullivan is
at liberty under bail of $4,000. His bonds
men are Hon. Fernando Jones. one of the
Oldest ano most wealthy settlers of Chicago,
and who celebrated his roth birthday last
week; j. W. Tuohy, the extensive dry-goods
merchant; Michael w. Kerwin, a real estate
operator, and Daniel Cookery, coal merchant
The CONT ined fortunes of the four men prob
ably exceed 81, 100000
Scene in the Court Room.
The seen around the court was intensely
dramatic. Inside every seat and every foot
of ground was occupied and even the bench
was invaded. Outside in the corridor
great crowd, made up in the main of
men VIII use countenances denoted their
Celtic origin, struggled and tore
and bat in vain against the
barred doors Sullivan, escorted by Sheriff
Matson and two deputies, was brought in by
private entrance He was a shade paler
than usual, and at the audible commotion
caused by his appearance his eye swept the
crowd with hunted look, as if in appre-
hension OF a hostile demonstration. Then he
took a seat among his array of counsel
The Judge Is Tardy.
Three o'clock was the time that had been
fixed by Judge Tuley for rendering the de-
cision, but that hour came and went by. and
still his 1nor was absent. AS the minutes
went by Sullivan became perceptibly nerv-
Gus, and his agitation was communicated to
The spec ators All sorts of rumors went
around the room concerning the delay, but
the hum IF conversation stopped like a clock
when, at 5:45, the judge made his appear
ance.
Summary of the Evidence.
Without any delay he plunged into the
case. Having explained the petition and the
law upon which it was based, he proceeded
to briefly review the testimony taken by the
coroner's jury, and which had covered l, 100
pages of type written copy. He quoted
especially from the witnesses to whom
Cronin Lad said that Alexander Sullivan
would be the cause of his death, and that the
latter had instigated a conspiracy to kill him.
None of this evidence, he said, would be ad-
mitted in a court of law. This excluded there
was pra ctically no evidence against him.
1t was conceded that Sullivan was an
enemy of Cronin; it was also conceded that
Cronin was bitter enemy of Sullivan.
Theories That Prove Nothing.
There were several theories of the murder
One was that he was murdered by people for
revenge, growing out of the society troubles.
Assuming this to be so, what evidence was
there ide certifying Sullivan with the crimel
He was not shown to be connected with the
renting Of the cottage or the hiring of the
horse ano buggy. 1t was not shown that he
knew O'Sullivan or had met any of the other
prisoners No act could be traced home to
him. The theory that Cronin was killed to
prevent the exposure of the secrets of the
| triangle was unreasonable 1t did not ap-
pear that Cronin was the possessor of any
| vital facts. All he had would have been in
existence after his death He could not have
taken it with him. and all of the evidence
| taken at The Buffalo investigation was in the
possession of DIR. McCahey, of Philadelphia,
and Others. As to the theory that it was
perpetrated as result of a decree of the
Grammatical, the fact stood out that Sulli-
van had severed his connection with that or
der years ago How then could he influence
or control iti 1t was not shown that he had
ever met or had any business dealings with
| any of the other conspirators The jury was
influenced by hearsay testimony.
The Strongest Evidence Very Weak.
The strongest evidence against Sullivan
| was furn shed by himself. 1t was the protest
issued five days after the doctors disappear
ance against him sitting on the Sullivan trial
committee. 1t was couched in language of
extraordinary virulence and hatred But that
very publication at such time tended to
show thai Sullivan had no knowledge of the
| conspiracy. 1t seemed incredible that if he
was party to it he could promulgate such a
document right after the murder. The
evidence pointed to Sullivan as q man who
desired revenge on Cronin, but it pointed to
| no overt act No impartial man could make
| up his mind that any jury would convict
| Sullivan on this evidence The mere fact
that one party was an enemy to the man
| killed was no proof that he was participant
| in the murder.
The Final Conclusion.
He had therefore, come to the conclusion,
| and not without very considerable hesitation,
that bail to such an extent as to secure his
appearance, should an indictment be found,
should be accepted. Sullivan preserved his
usual cool demeanor when the conclusion
was announced, and an attempt to applaud
was suppressed by the bailiffs.
BaiIed and at Liberty.
There was an argument between tn states
attorney and Mr.. Trude as to the amount of
bail The latter, who said Sullivan was al
| most entirely without means, thought s., 00C
to $1,000 was sufficient. Finally $50, 900
was agreed upon. The four gentlemen named
swore to the aggregate possession of over
$500, 600 Of real estate, the bonds were made
| out and signed, and Sullivan walked out of
| court free man.
The grand jury spent several hours in
| hearing the witnesses who testified before
the coroner, but nothing of Importance was
developed
| Another Arrest Made.
| The 20 ice last night arrested Thomas Tier.
ney, teamster employed by O'Sullivan, the
iceman, and he was locked up at the Central
station. Tierney has been under surveil
lance ever since Dr. Cronin's body wa.
found, and it is believed that he knows 6
good deal about the murder.
| Gone to Take Eook at Maroney.
1t was learned last night that Hatfield tn.
clerk who sold the furniture that was deliv-
cred at IL Clark street; Throckmorton, the
clerk for Knight g. Leonard, who rented the
| rooms at the above number to the man ST.
mons, and Mortensen, the expressman who
| removed the furniture thence to the Carlson
cottage, mad been taken to New York by de
tectdves to see if they can identify Maroney
and Mcdonald as the men with whom they
had the transactions
TIE Mccoy Hotel Signatures
| KANSAS CITY, Mo-, June 15-William G.
Melville, clerk I'm the Office of the Trans
Missouri Railroad association was In Chicago
on April Is last, and registered as w. G.
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rago dete ,tives heard that John j. Maroney,
who is implicated in the Cronin murder
| registered at the hotel about the same time