The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1889-05-12
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On the Way t. Rurs,pe with
Irish Secrets
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lar For shs RnsaiaA.
/ CRscAsa, May liza snsrsal Ia The
Ghlcago Gsssss from Tosssat,,. gnf.
says: Afstr CFonin and his rartx lefs
TOronto yesterday on 4 Grand
Trunk train InoTing wcst. The
writer tclsgraphesl q friend a
Hamilton 4 description ef the two.
aud requested that he should keep u
sharp Lookout for theus; also 10
fslegrapel regarding all their rnoye-
naes4sA aad fellow them. no matter
where they went Thls afternoosa Ut
$40 o'clock q nsessage was received
here. stating that Cfr,nia aaosae haa
left Hamilton. aud was on the srair,
billed 10 srrive at Tos0aata atos.s s M
this eyeaaiag The Tspsssss ,arfespon.s-
ent met the tfa1a. hut neither tie ev.
! pected doctor nor bis watcher was on
| hoard. The inference drawn was that
Crouin had left the trsin ut a small
station near the city. or, saspeetinr
hs might be watched, had given his
shadow the slip. Shortiv after Il
O'Clock a telephone message was re-
celget announcing that Cronin was
Gagged and in sale quarters at Rossira
house, on King street West. The
writer quickly sought out the fugitive.
TIL. pocToa SORRY HE Was rorsn.
Well. tioctor, back again 81 was the
first remark 10 which he answered.
it il really too bad.A said Cronin,
that you should tiag me rounsf
IN this shape. What il Your object
III dolsag III have committed
no crime, and cannsse ssssewag you !
public ~ vou did this morning in the
Eapire. You lied when you stated
that lin Lynch accompanied me.
don { even know the man,
Now. crnnin. YOU must certainly
know that F1ople generally, and yuar
Chicago friends particularly. are
are, whas you left Chicago
for, and where YOU intend |
going. Are you willing to make state
ments. or shall notify the detectives |
that you are here now2"
This seemed TO quiet Ctonin and he |
became more communicative.
Hrs MOVEMENTS rRE PAtT WEEK.
Cronin said he left Chicago week |
ago tonight and went to Montriei. /
arriving there Monday He left
Montreal Thursday, rs he Was
advised by friend that II was sus-
pected in Chicago that he |
bad bad gene there, ana thence went /
to Ottawa, He inseiisaed to go to
France from Montreal, but found /
there was no ship sailing direct to /
France from that port, and he did noN
dare go TO New York, as he was well
known there. He then came to |
Toronto. arriving there Friday mora
ing.
Why He LEEr CHICAGO.
When asked to give hts reasons for /
leaving Chicago, cronin deiaurred for I
some time, but finally told the fellow /
ing rather wild story While i'm 81 |
Louis moved IN the very upper crust
OF society. and promptly Identified |
myself with the Irish Gausa then dis +
turbing the public niinsl. was EN-
gagged ia that city as u druggist, and |
shoFF fiiie hasass sissa,as .an sAa.lssnasion ami ron
| sottn found that the great Irish fiell |
Mas 20 be entered either at Chicago or /
New York, and after consulting my
intimate friends. among whom was /
1T. 0'Reifiy, so well known Inn
St. Louis. | made mp my
mind 10 50. to Chicago. 1 did Sd.
armed with the very best letters of In
PRODUCTION man ever had, and soon
found myself profnsaent in Irish as |
well a. in other circles there
he then went on to say that he soon
discovered that the large quantities OF
money being received by Alexander
Sullivan, DIR. O'ReiIly of Detroit, John
q O'Brien of New York, tand
Patrick Eagan were not handled
and that not more than
of it ever reached Ire.
land. II know, - he said, that at least
ss5 600 was gobhlcd up by certain per-
sons in Chicago; and when began 10
call the turn on them they tried 10 /
scare me off, and finding it failure Il
thep tried to hribe me. That would
not work, aud their next
move was to introduce me to
LeCaron, giving his name a. Beach,
In order that me might pump pae and
damage me in any other way that he
could. He got very little out oil
me. however, and that plan failed.
| have E,aen warned several times to 1,
get out td the country by friends and
assured that my life was In danger.
but up 70 last Saturday felt that /,
could hold my own. Il
Last Saturday. however, / was put
IN possession of nnQaestfonstbia nToof
hat the Clan.na-Gael society had de-
risted that my life should be taken A
man was appointed a. fay executioner
and preparations we're In active
progress to accomplish the deed.
Enough to say | made up my nfad | ,
II once 10 iiv You know the rest. !
Tie lady who ecompanied me on the
Hamilton train was quite unknown 10
ne, as was also the gentleman. until !
MET them on the train between
ottawa and Toronto. Neither OF |
hem knew who was until yon met .
ne en- George street Friday morning. :
they happened to be going 10 Buffalo |
IN the same train | took out Of To- I
onto, and | left them at Hamilton. " =
This part OF the story proved to be /
Fae.1
did you plan for nam 10 cali at
'our office In Chicago and reqaest ynnI
o go cut to the ice house to attend a i
!
THAT will not answer
0lFN3 To 1oIE LE EAROS. Il
When questioned as to what he i'm
ended TO do now. Cronit taid a. soon
IA lstssibIe he proposed to get tn u
1lAse OF safety, probably France. He
you'd, as soOn as he reached there, | 4
iave some startling disclosures toi
make which would create II great
tir IN Irish circies. especially
Sew York and Chicago He Fl
positively refused TO enter into any Of
he "details OF these disclosures Hef
'aisi he had left some important papers .
'ehiml him in Chicago. #,
When asked why the ssonkIins :,
Eith whom be had lived bad T,sf !,
+isted i'm declaring ilfna dead. pr. =
1runia said they had heen naRing I,
cols ef themselves. They wert, he : =
all, Instructed 10 keep their vstfths | !. !.
hat until be got a france. Bal =,
10 added, that me way; il You tell = =
woman anythiyg importaga yea will | = !.
,et the worst of it. Dr. GfaIlsn bad y
soihiag ts say about his ether Chicago =.
Tsends. Il,
ron MUlsnERTNG HIS UNCLE. "
/ FrsnfEsns Yeaa9 RsataaimH "
Unass Arrest In gaapF&ac. Ipl
Drssrng May 11.--A sTceinl fron b.