Morning journal and courier., 1889-05-28
THE GROWN MURDER.
Arrest of Peter M cGeehan-AIleged Im.
 postanS Developments Now Antici-

pOstaax Developments Now Antici- l pated.
 CHICAGO, May 27-Peter McGeehan of Philadelphia wss arrested in AcCoy's Hotel
 to day. McGeehan is charged with partici- patton in the murder of Dr. Cronin and is | being held at the Harrison street station, | separate from other prisoners.
 The arrest of McGeehan, it is believed, will | eventually bring all the participants in the 1 foul crime to justice. Certain friends of Dr. Cronin, who claim to have been instrumental in bringing about the arrest, say that the
 prisoner is none other than the missing J. B. Simonds, who rented the rooms at IF Clark
 street, opposite to Cronin's office in the Chicago Opera House building, purchased the furniture at Revells, and after keeping them in the rooms for
 awhile disappeared with all the traps found last week in the Carlson I cottage Ut Lakeview. They further claim that he decoyed Dr. Cronin away, assisted in the awful struggle that resulted in Cronin's death and then aided in the disposal of the doctors body. The detectives are said to be in DOS session of the real names and actual identi- ties of three of the men implicated in the assassination. They are the two Williams | and Simon1s. They also know that the three men skipped to three different parts of the country and three officers have been sent to locate them. But so far no encouraging re- ports have been received.
 There are also under constant detective espionage six or eight people in Chicago. The rolice profess to know that McGeehan l IS neither Simonds nor Williams, who rent ed the Carlson cottage but admit they know l nothing about his being the alleged Smith" l named by Detective Coughlin. There was g rumor last night that Chicago barkeeper | was also under arrest, but while the city pos lice denied this, they assert that the princi- pals and accessories are Chicago people with not more than two exceptions. All the sus. poets will be rounded up for the coroner's inquest.
 A Philadelphia Sensational Despatch. PHILADELPHIA, May 27.-Michael J. Ryan l last night at the Irish-American club exhibit ed a remarkable circular which Dr. Cronin sent to prominent member of the Clan-na- Gael in this city eighteen months ago, in l which he prophesied that his own death, if ] ever it did come by violence, would be ex- tensively inquired into. The circular was in- tended as defense to series of sensational experiences through which the doctor had passod, one of them being report that he had been shot by woman. In it Cronin says that he met David Callahan at the office of Justice Prindvi'le in New York, February 2S, 1887, whither he had gone to act as ref cree in a suit. Callahan is said to be the man now living in New Haven, who, in a re- cent interview, said that Dr. Cronin had gone to [ )ndon to testify, and that if he was dead it wc3 due to his character or something of that kind. Mir. Starkey and MT. Callahan put the doc.or through iigid examination, and after it had been taken down he signed it as referee in the case.
 Five days later there came letter from MT. Callahan complimenting him on his ex- ion ot,d fr,h ha case of his where Dr. Harlan was suing 8 MT. Wilson in New York for 1000 for im- properly treating youth worth $40, 900. He age ,d to act in this cece too, and after wards learned that both cases were bogus. The doctor said that st that tin, t.I. ,ther 1 members of the Palmer House conn.,. .on beside himself were threatened. The circu- lar closes with sketch of the doctors life. Detective Coughlin, who has been detained at police headquarters on suspicion of being connected with the Cronin case, was tonight formally arrested on warrant sworn out by charging him directly with the murder. Coughlin was taken to the county jail. KANSAS CrrY, May 27.-Michsel Roland | judge of the police court of Kansas City. ad- mitted to-day that he was the member of the triunvirate of the Clan -na- Gael against whom Dr. Cronin preferred charges of misapplica- \ tion of funds in 1888. Recorder Roland said ! that the charges were false and ridiculed the | idea that the Clan-na-Gael was directly or | indirectly responsible for the murder of Dr. ! Cronin.
 5 Attorney David Callahan ofthis city, when ! seen by newspaper representative in refer | enoe to the foregoing dispatch, smiled and l said that it certainly was news to him that ne | had ever put Dr. Cronin through legal ex- 1 animation. He asserted that the whole piece ' fav ralo fo1 t, ali iGodl | false and that he knew nothing about the ! Clan na Gael society. The attorney thought 1 that Cronin should be allowed to rest. MINISTER THOMAS RKCEINED. ! Official Audience Before King Oscar 1 The Ministers Speech and the King'a l Reply.
 | STOCKHOLM, May 27.-Hon. w. W. Thomas, | ir., of Maine the envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary of the United States | to-day received official audience of King l Oscar. Shortly after noon MT. Thomas was | waited upon at the Grand Hotel by Count Horn, master of ceremonies of the Swedish | court, and conveyed in 8 royal carriage to ! the palace. The carriage was drawn by four horses from the kings stables and was pre- ceded by two outriders in brilliant uniform ! The outriders galloped in advance, clearing | the way, and the American minister was 1 driven at brisk trot across the north bridge ! and up the steep height, on which stands the 1 royal residence overlooking the Maelar lake
 and the Baltic sea. Outside the portal a com- pany of soldiers were drawn up in line and presented arms. The minister aiighted at the western entrance, and escorted by the mas- | ter of ceremonies, proceeded to the hall of the guard, where the royal body guard, one | hundred strong. clad in uniform of the | time of Charles XIII, were drawn up. Pass 1 ing between the files MT. Thomas was receiv- | ed by the two royal chamberlains and cons l ducted between lines of high officers of the ! grand marshal of the court, Count Rosen, by ! whom he was ushered into the royal audience | chamber where the king was standing to re- ceive him.
 The minister presented his credentials and said: Your majesty, have the honor to place in your hand a letter from the Presi- dent of the United States accreditine me en- voy extraordinary and minister plenipotentia- ry to Sweden and Norway. It is also my dis I tinguished privilege to bear from over the ! ocean the assurances of the high regard and | sincere friendship of the President and peo- | pie of the United States for your majesty and | the brother peoples of the Scandinavian peninsula. It is not the first time this pleas | ant duty has been entrusted to me. Once
 before your majesty has gra ciously received me as the minister of my country. l then represented 38 states and 55, 000,00 of peo- | pie. Six years have flown by. I return the | representative of the same country, but 42 | stars now shine from the blue of our flag, | and beneath its folds 65, ,000 citizens ! march onward to the peaceful conquests of | industry.
 ! it is my sincere desire to do whatever in me lies to advance the prosperity of your majes- \ tvs government and people, as we'll as that l of the United States, and so long as I repre- | sent my country here I pledge my best ef- forts to maintain the good understanding and | to draw yet more closely together the | bonds of friendship, which, uniting the two peoples in the early infancy of the republic | before Washington was President or ever our l constitution was adopted, have held unbrok- en through the lapse of more than hun
 dred eyentful years down to this day, and | which God grant may endure forever.
 King Oscar in reply welcomed MT. Thomas | for the second time as minister. He said he \ was gratifed to receive assurance of the | friendship of the President and people of the United States, and WAS especially moved by the kindly greetings sent to him by the sons I and daughters of Scandinavia, who were now
 in America. It was his earnest desire that
 the good understanding which had ever ex-
 isted between the united kingdoms and the United States might be perpetual. He was