The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-05-24
The Cause of DR.. Cronin's Death.

CHICAGO. May The post mortem exam
ination OF the body OF DR.. Cronin was held
! this evening. DR.. Todd, county physician,
and his assistant, DR.. Egbert, directed the
examination. which was carefully made
and occupied nearly three hours. The
skull was cut open and the brain removed.
When the scalp had been taken off, the
ph ysicians discovered that the bones COM
posing the skull had scarcely been marked
by the blows of the sharp instruments which
+ it was thought had caused the Doctors
DEATH There was no sign of congestion
about the brain, but the lungs and pulmOn-
3 airy cavities We're filed with blood. The
physicians say this might have resulted
4 from the fact that the body was placed
head downward in the catch basin. A cut
s half an, inch long was found upon the neck
and Heyeral bruises on the lower limbs.
! The Theory that he was choked to
death was easily explained. The doctors
found no signs of sufOCatiOn and dis
covered no bruises about the neck such as
would result from strangling a man with a
towel or rope. The physicians were taken
aOack on finding there was no fracture of
any kind of the skull bones or the small
bones about the face.
DR.. Todd was of the opinion that the
lcutS on the scalp must have been made by
a knife or some lighter weapon than an ice
hook or Ratchet, but could not account for
the cause Of death, except from the contu
ssions resulting from severe blows. The
.other physicians could not agree as to the
ecause of death, although all were of the
iopinion that Cronin might have been killed
Ply blow AZ the outer corner of the left
4eye. Even this blow was not hard enough
TO fracture or splinter the bones under the
Skin.
The dentist fully identified the plate sup
porting the false teeth as the one he made
bYer year ago for DR.. Cronin. He also
identified the gold filling in the upper
teeth.
John Cronin, a brother of DR.. Cronin, ar
rived from Arkansas this afternoon and
positively identified the body as that of his
Brother. The friends of DR.. Cronin met
his evening and it was decided to hold the
Funeral services Sunday and bury DR.. Gro
bin in Calvary cemetery.
Woodruff, or Black, who claims to have
hauled the mysterious trunk on the night
BIZ Cronin's disappearance, was indicted by
he grand jury this afternoon for the theft |
bf the horse. He still maintains he can
clear- up the trunk mystery as to the |
ECroneH mystery, if he was sent out with |
two Officers.
William B. Hotchkiss, a reporter for the |
inter Ocean, did a little police work tonight !
be his account. The result may be the dis !
closure that another person besides Cronin |
was murdered. Hotchkiss found that |
he suburban police had neglected to search |
he catch basin after removing Cronin's |
Sorpse. He decided to undertake the work |
himself and a little patience and |
: oil soon showed he was not to go unre- |
yarded In the bottom of the sewer basin, |
3oucasled in the water, was found bloody |
3oygeI exactly similar to the one which was |
Wrapped around Cronin's head. Further !
roping brought up human finger, so |
badly decomposed that it was impossible to
determine whether it was that of man or |
woman.
Recollections of Woodruff's story about |
BODY of a woman were brought up by the /
Mad, as well as the theory of proba |
lie fight between Cronin and the other |
arties. The woman's body, Woodruff |
j aid, was cut up in pieces and the finding |
( f,this fngeris taken as a possible corobora- |
ion of history.
\ The doctors who examined Cronin's |
orpse say none of the fingers are missing.