Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1889-06-13

CHICAGO, June o.~-BeIOTe tine ATOQln IN
quest was resumed it was reported that
Woodruff, alias Black, one of the indicted
men, had decided to turn States evidence,
and would be brought before the coroner's
Jury before the taking of evidence is
ended 1t is said that when Woodruff takes
the witness-stand a number OF bench
warrants will be in the hands of de-
tectives or deputy sheriffs, and when he
leaves the stand some men not heretofore
mentioned in connection with the murder
will be under arrest Woodruff's confess
sion, it is said connects p. O. Sullivan SO
closely with the crime that escape for him
seems impossible
Herman Theel, Mr. Pauser and Mr.
Knopf testified to finding the blood covered
trunk on Evanston road on the morning OF
May ). The trunk was lying near the fence
The party decided that they ought to re-
port it, but having dislike to coming in
contact with the police, concluded to carry
it out in the road and let some one else
find and report it This course was taken
Henry Roesch told how he discovered the
body in the catch basin ON the afternoon
of May ~, and explained to the jury the
condition in which he found the corpse
Assistant County Physician Egbert testi-
fed as to the autopsy made by him. The
and the doctor said they were SUI
ticient to have caused death There
were at least three different weap-
ons used to infiict the wounds The
wounds were evidently inflicted by blows
struck downward and backward, or down
ward and forward and looked as though
they might have been struck while the man
was STOPPING or sitting There was no
evidence of death by stfangulation.
Lieutenant Schuttler told that May 90
he went to the Ashland avenue cottage,
entering by the back room, where he found
the furniture and the blood-stains on the
floor, walls and steps, as has so often been
described. The key which was used to
open the trunk in the courtroom was the
same found by Officer Torch under the
wash-stand in the cottage
CHICAGO, June 6--All the evidence in the
CrOnin inquest yesterday 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, the
well-known ex-president of the Irish Land
League.
CHICAGO, June 1.-Coroner Hertz and his
jury are endeavoring to find out the truth
of the allegation that the Clan-na-Gael is at
the bottom of DIR. Cronin's murder Con-
siderable evidence was given yesterday on
the subject Of Alexander sullivan's specu-
lations with certain funds.
CHICAGO, June S-There were some sem
sational episodes in the DR. Cronin inquest
yesterday. Three important witnesses were
missing, and could not be found by the cor
Oner's agents Daniel Brown, police
man, admitted that he was the man who
cited DR.. Cronin to trial for treason. Brown
was placed under restraint by the coroner,
who intil lated that he was the man who
drove DI cronin to his death on the night
of May 4 Luke Dillon denounced Alex
ander Sullivan as the instigator of the
crime.
CHICAGO, June 10.-Directly on receipt of
important information by wire at o'clock
Sunday night Mr. Luke Dillon, secretary
of the Clan-na-Gael executive, said:
''We will have the murderers of DIR
Cronin before two more weeks have
gone by Just rs sure as / sit here Mr.. Dill
Ion indicated that his detectives or agents
in an Eastern city are almost within reach
of one of the principals in the foul murder,
and that his arrest will probably be the
event of the next forty-eIght hours, though
it may be the matter of two weeks Mr..
Dillon says
''rhe murderers can not escape. There are
5000 loyal members OF the United Brother
hood in this country-15,000 men who will act
under my instructions and who are alert and
resolved to apprehend the murderers.
They can not escape We are EN-.
ploying the most skillful detectives in
the country and our agents are at work in
every city of the United States. In Phila-
delphia alone Or, McCahey has spent more
than $1,000 in following up clews. am In re-
cept of kilograms ard letters from all
over the country describing suspected men,
telling me OF clews. assuring me OF support
and inclosing sums OF money for prosecuting
the work. The executive OF the brotherhood,
though it refused to appropriate 5000 just
after the murder as / testified Friday, have
since sent 500 to the prosecution fund.