The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-06-13
HIS BITTER FOE.

t1On Ok . violent Deoens ana I0IO
Friends Thst II His Prophecy should
He Realized, Ho Thought the Responsi.
billty for His Fate Would Rest with the
Chicago Lawyer.
CHICAGO, June 6.-All the evidence In the
Cronin inquest Wednesday was directed
toward establishing the fact that the de-
ceased was firmly impressed with the idea
that his life was endangered through the
Vaccinations Of Alexander Sullivan
Patrick McGarry testified that m Septem-
trial In Buffalo. that his life was n danger.
"'Mac, said he, I believe that man Alex-
ander Sullivan will be the in
stigator OF my death There are pa
pers and affidavits relating to this
business and In them Alexander Sullivan's
name Is mentioned. in Mr.. Conklin's safc,
and II any thin happens tO me / will rely
on you to give them to the author
tiles One day three weeks before
bis death. DR.. Cronin talking OF that time,
said: 1t may have been fateful night to
me. took my life In my hand, but arm
determined to expose Alexander sullivan
and his thievery and treachery to tho Irish
people,
Mr. McGarry said that after the disappear
ance OF DR.. Cronin many Of the latter's
| friends believed that he was alive and had
possibly lost his reason. Witness end
others who knew the inside OF tHe
Irish factional troubles felt sure that
Cronin had been murdered, and when tho
Toronto story OF Cronin's appearance was
printed witness was sent to Toronto to in
vestigate it He went also to Wilmington
and East St LOUIS, Ill, and st Louis, Mo- Az
witness expected he found that Cronin had
~ IN TnPnnf<N Ne r1fh hnp
place.
why did you think DR.. Csonin had beeA
murderedy"
Il knew it from the feelings DR. Cronin
had borne during the last three years /
know how he was trying to expose the
thievery and treachery of this man Sulli-
van, who was also trying to drive
him from the position he assumed It being
an honest leader Of noble people. knew
| it for the retson that In DR.. Cronin paper
there appeared every week articles and
squibs which were to this man Sullivan like
sticking knife between his ribs and turn
| ing it around"
The witness had never heard any direct
threats made against DR. Cronin. but had
heard words from which Cronin's friends
could draw their conclusions There was
meeting Of camp - Mt Turner Hall, and
4 ~ ~ OOuu =. loOxx0 S61O. 4uGkS A1u06 U0
union and unity among Irishmen II there
has to be war" This was on the occasion
| of Mr.. McGarry's saying that the man who
gave lie Caron his credentials was worse
than lie Caron himself.
Who gave the credentials to Le Caron?"
When McGarry replied Lawrence
Buckley" there was sensation In the
room. John +. Beggs supposed that
meant Alexander sullivan I told him
hadn't mentioned Alexander Sulliyan'l
name He said had better not, because
Alexander Sullivan had lots Of friends, Onl
Of whom he was"
Michael Barry, q carpenter who lives al
3lS Illinois street, took the stand. Mr.. Barry
is q member of camp 23i. United Brother.
hood. DR.. Cronin belonged to camI
2A, and two years ago he spoke to wit
ness of the efforts Of certain persons Il
destroy his character or his life. They
are trying to destroy my character, and 4
they can't do that they will kill me. They
may kill me, but they can't destroy my
character. which Is dearer to me than IN.
life +"
"Who d'd Dr. Cronin say was thrcatenin,
him.
Alexander Sullivan WINS the man VIII,
DR.. Cronin said would be responsible for hi
death Ii it occurred DR.. CrOnin told M
that on one occasion he was called to /
strange house to see man who was hurt
He saw man lying on the bed, and he dix
II It like the looks OF the five or six men b.
saw there. and he said: Ny God! Did 20,
bring me here to murder me:' and he wen
down the stairs in two stepS"
At the afternoon session Maurice Nor
rts In answer to question as to whether
he had ever heard any threats made agains
Dr. Cronin. said: Yes, l heard John
Finerty say last June: Those - doctor,
must be got rid OF; meaning Doctor
Cronin and McCahey."
Mr.. Morris knew DR.. Cronin very vel
and the doctor had several times told hin
that he expected to be assassinated TO
the cause he was trying to better and i'm
prove" He expected trouble through
Alexander Sullivan. While Cronin neve
told witness that Sullivan had threatene,
him. he evidently thought the attorne,
because he had proof that woul,
convict sullivan OF embezzling
large amount of money belonging to til
Irish cause. The doctor told Mr. Morri
that Major Sampson had told him that b,
had been hired to kill the doctor. He ais
said that he believed McGeehan, the Phila
delphian, had come to Chicago at the IN
stigation of sullivan to kill him.
Joseph OByrne swore that the Fridal
night before the disappearance the docto
said to him that The was tired OF th
wrangling; that 1t was wearing him out
and he thought he would give it up and le
the rascals accomplish what they wante,
to-" cd him Eo WIS gone too far ON tn
tho road. tie replied: You know, Joseph
that these two rascals have the power to d
gr at injury Ths two rascals alluded I
were Michael Holland, police recorder o
Kansas City. and Alexander Sullivan, Q
Chicago. The doctor was very much de
pressed and seemed as though some troubl
was hanging over him.
OByTne went on to say that he had hear
McGeehan say that Cronin and McGahe
ought to be killed because they wer
scOundrels He had heard that there wa
trial in Camp %, but knew nothing del
mite on the point He did not, however
believe that Cronin was traitor. Ciosel
pressed UByrne admitted that rumors thu
Cronin had been tried and convicted cam
to him through friends of the latter.
The last witness was Byron G. Smith, n
ceiver of the Traders Bank He showed b
checks ON file and ledger entries that /
the summer of lSSS Alexander sullivan ha
altogether $l0.OO0 In the bank, Of whic
$lO, ,OOO :vas personal account aud the bal
ance credited to alexander Sullivan
agent" BY September q, 1882. all thi
money had been drawn out ON check
made payable to J. T. Lester 4 Co, brc
kers.
Awful Result Of . Fire In Hotel at Stey
ems Point, Wis.
STEVENS PcINT, Wis, june 6--The s,
James Hotel, located near tho Wisconsi
Central depot caught fire shortly after
o'clock Wednesday evening and Is q tots
loss, together with the entire contents, thos
within having scarcely time to escape wit
their lives. At this writing th
night clerk, Charles Oatball, and tw
Of the girls, Maggie Reilly and q Sprwegia
girl known rs Nettie, are missing, an
there is but little doubt that all three los
their lives in the flames. The two fir
named were mp on the second floor whe
the fire broke out. and came down, bu
went ba X to secure their wearing On
pareL
Defended Hcr Home.
SHELBYyILLE. Ind, June 6-George Pal