Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-11-09
CRONIN'S CLOTHING.
His Blood-Stained Apparel at
Last Brought to Light.
FOUND IN ANOTHER cAIcH-BASIN.
sewer-Cleaners Make the Discovery
The Garments Fully Identified
by Mrs Oonklin.

Everything the Doctor Took away Win
Him ON the Fatal Night. Including His
Instruments and Excepting His Watch
and Pur-e-A Second Shirt In Find,
Probably the Property OF One OF the
Asss..ins--Further Proof Against Dan
CoughIin Given by . ssioonkeeper.
CHICAGO. Nov. s-@Cronin's clothes and
instruments foundr was the exclamation
made by people all over this city yesterday
afternoon At first IL was hardly believed,
but it proved TO be the truth, and after a
lapse OF over six months the prosecution is
In possession OF the last thread of evidenc e
needed to establish teyoud the peradveuture
OF doubt that Cronin was assassinstsd in
the Carlson cottage, and that it was his
manglsd badly that was taken from the
catch-basin at the corner OF Evanston ave-
nue. and Fifty ninth street, Lake View.
The Discovery Complete.
Shortly after O'Clock yesterday after
noon the murdered mans clothes his surgi-
cal Instruments, his address, guide and pre-
scriptou books, a package of his business
cards-almost everything, in fact, that be
carried from home when he was lured to the
Carlson cottage-were found in the sewer
Just underneath the manhols at the corner
OF Evanston and Buena avenues The place
is only q mile and quarter southeast OF the
catch basin where the body was found last
May, and les than quartet Of a mile from
the ditch where the trunk with its rolls OF
blood-stained cotton was picked up By three
a. - II l.. ~.
the murder
How They Were Found.
This startling discovery, as in the case Of
the body, was made by employees OF the
sewer department, who had been ordered to
that particular catch-bssiu early in the att
ernoon 20 remove obstruoiions from the
sewer. Upon reaching the bottom OF the
basin, the man who had been sent down
found himself standing upon a small box
He announced the fact and sent it up
Upon forcing II open the doctors instru-
ments we're disclosed. and the men knew
whose they were without a moments
thought Next a bundle was fishei out;
also . sachel, or what was left Of 1.-THE
metal frame. The clothes we're reeking
with the filth OF the sewer, OF course The
articles were quickly taken TO the police sta
ton and the states attorney notified Of the
hn1
Mrs. ConkIin Identifies Them.
The articles were soon in Chief Hubhard's
Office. and Judge Longsnscker and Mr.
Hynes sent for Mrs Conklin TO come and
look at them. The bundle OF clothes wss un
rolled and light spring overcost held up
"Dr. Cronin's coat" said Mrs COnklin,
quietly. Her ewes filed with tears as she
spoke, but quickly recovering from her emo
ton she lent herself 10 the business in hand
~ coolly as any man in the room The next
garment that Schusttlsr extracted from the
shiny mass WINS an ordinary coat OF dark
diagonal cloth, Just such a one as Mrs Conk-
lin said the doctor wore when he went away
with the driver OF Dinan's horse Like the
overcoat, 1t was cut In pieces Mrs Conklln
simply bowed her head 10 indicate tina, she
recognized IT,
The Clothes Cut on the Victim
Every garment recognized as DR.. Cronin's
had been cut of the body. The vest was cut
In two; so were the drawers. the under shirt.
and the doctors white shirt and collar Ev-
identity a very sharp knife or a pair OF scis-
sors had been used In this operation, IL was
done 90 neatly. Here and there, despite the
black dirt that nearly bid the original color
OF the clsthes. dark red stains were found
Capl- ocuusltioI pfouounCsu tnetn DiOO1-
stains, and the rest OF the examining party
agreed with him. There was blood on both
sleeves OF the cutawsy coat. blood on the
front of the vest and blood on the trousers
The white shirt or, rather, one of the
white shirts, for there were two in the bun
dle-was thoroughly blood soaked that
there could he no mistaking 1t for any other
sort Of a stain. There was blood on the
undsrshirt and dra wers
An Assassin's Shirt.
The second white shirt was not ripped or
torn like the first one, though 1t, too. was
blood-stained- The attorneys agreed that il
was the shirt OF OF the muir
derers, who, through fear OF detec-
ton, discarded IL before setting out
on the long and lonely trip through the de
serted streets II Lake View with the mutt
lated boiy. The detectives present exam
ined IL with keen interest, searching vainly
for q marx that would serve TO identify its
owner, but II there ever was such a mark on
IL IL has been completely erased
The doctors watch and chain were miss
iuc and A. WAS his uursa