Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1893-12-08
DIR. CRONlN'S SLAYERS
MRS. Toys SENSATIONAL STORY
OF THE CRIME
COCGHLIN, SHE STATES, WAS
THE LEADER.
Cooney Did the killing-Many Others
Implicated i'll the Infamous Con
spiracy-Will Testify at the Trial
Gives the Details of the Cronin
Horror.

Chicago, Dec. 1.-The Post prints il
| detail the testimony which will b,
| given by Mrs. Andrew Foy, who viii
| be the first witness presented 10y the
state in the Coughlin trial. The facts
i Mrs. Foy AYERS, We're told her by hel
| husband at times when remorse fol
his part in the crime would overcome
! him.
These parts OF the evidence, while
not admissible against Foy, are com
petent against either of the other men
mentioned in her story. In substance
according TO the Post, Mrs. Foys evl-
| dencc Will be us follows:
| DR.. Cronin was killed in the Carlson
cottage by repeated blows on the head
with Il heavy carpenters chisel in the
hands of Patrick Cooncy, While Martin
Burke held the struggling victim help
less in his strong grasp and Michael
, now Il member Of Chicago S
police force, stood guard ut the door.
No one but Cooney struck the doctor
and only Burke, Cooney and Michael
-- We're in the cottage.
Patrick O'Sullivan stood outside at
the rear Of the cottage watching and
guarding against possible interference.
Dan Coughlin did not reach the cot
ta@e till after the murder, When he
came accompanied by Andrew Foy.
The man who called ut the Conklin
residence with Dinans white horse
for DR. Cronin WAS Martin Dawn, of
Hancock, Mich.
j. 4. Simonds," who bought ut
ReyelIs the furniture found i'll the
cottage, and who rented the fiat at
III Clark street, was James Guinea,
then Il clerk III Gillespe's grocery store
on Twenty-Second street and Indiana
avenue and now IL fugitive. Burke and
Cooney We're the persons who rented
the Carlson cottage.
CoughIin was the head and front of
the conspiracy, which included the fol
lowing men, who held secret meetings
almost nightly for some time prior to
the murder: Daniel Coughlin detec-
tive TO whom I'LL others reported fo'
instructions, who hired the white horse
from Oman and who was one Of the
three men i'll the wagon that carried
the trunk containing the doctors mu-
! tilated remains; Andrew Foy, at whose
house the conSpirators met and planned
their work and who accompanied
COu9hlin to the Carlson cottage tht
night Of the murder and was mistaken
for John kunZe by the milkman; Mar
tin Burke. laborer, who rented the
| Carlson cottage and was one of the
! three men to whom fell the lot of
killing Cronin and who held the doctor
while Cooncy beat out his life With the
chisel: Patrick OSullivan, ice. man,
who. according to instructions given,
made the agreement with the physician
regarding the presentation OF che card
which was used successfully rs Il
means to get DR.. Cronin to the place
! of murder; James Guinea, who as
y i. Simonds,' rented the place al
| 1T Clary street and bought the furnf-
! ture and trunk; Patrick cooney. brick
layer. tho actual slayer of DIR. Cronili:
Martin Dawn. laborer, of Hancock,
! Mich, brought to Chicago to decoy the
doctor from home and selected because
no one who might see him with Cronin
would recognize him; Joseph Mckcnna,
" ho drove to the Carlson cottage from
! the south side, the wagon used TO haul
away the corpse in the trunk; Michael
--, now Il city policeman who was
deputed to aid Cooney and Burke in
! the killing. and who opened the door
Of the cottage to admit the doctor
! hnlI
! was being committed.
This mans name is suppressed here
as his early arrest is probable. Two
other men. one in Chicago and one il
Hancock, Mich, We're spoken of by thu
conspirators by name and in such :
way as to leave no doubt that they
We're parties to the plot
The story above outlined is practi
cally that related to the police by Mrs
! Foy. When questioned about it thu
states representatives declined to tall
about the matter but virtually admitted
the correctness of The Evening Post!
information by requesting that thu
name of the policeman mentioned a
Michael -- be not published.
ANOTHER SUSPECT.
1t is said that still another Coughlil
juror has given cause for suspicion
States Attorney Kern admitted a
much this morning but refused to dis
close the name Of the suspected juror
Promptly at 10 O'Clock the work Of Sc
curing three jurors to fill the vacancie
caused by the dismissal of Gates, Wi
son and Rehm was begun on behalf o
the state by Attorney Bottum and wa
continued all day without result.
RESERVE STILL INCREASES.
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