Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-11-24
HE WAS OUT ALL NIGHT.
And Came Home with Muddy and Stained
Ciothes-A Grave story.

And Came Home with Muddy and Stained
Ciothes-A Grave story.
Mrs. foy's story, as told to State After
ney Kern. is As follows: For "A long time
before the Cronin murder all the men who
were tried-eXcept John +. BegSs-were IN
the habit Of holding weekly meetings at
my house. They would so into room
with my husband, the door wolld be
locked. and there for two and three hours
al at time they would remain in earnest
consultation. AT first / did not pay much
attention TO these meetings, which . sup
posed were merely todiscuss routine lodge
matters. Finallyl became suspicious of
their object and asked my husband about
them He became violently agitated and
roughly advised me to mind my own
business Then became determined to
find out the object of these men. and found
! that il was the assassination of DIR. Cronin
But the men who We're convicted were
not the only men who were regular at.
tendants at these meetings. There were
two other men VINO We're prominent in
! these councils. but have hitherto escaped
suspicion. The right of MAY T. 1889. the
! date of the doctors murder, Andrew Foy
was absent' from his home all night, re-
turning in the early morning. His clothes
! were covered with mud and there were
stains on them in many places. His shoes,
also. looked as if he had been wadinS
through a swamp. / asked him how he
! had got his clothes in such a condition,
, but he told me 10: to be SO inquisitive
about matters that did not concern me. :"
| This is the story that Mrs. Foy told the
state attorney. and in addition she gave
the names OF the two men who were fire.
~ ha E1V
men are accessible at any time, and when
the proper chain n evidence is prepa red
will be taken into custody.
There is another story going the rounds
that looks somewhat ishy, but is declared
true by Captain Schuettler. of the police
force 1t is to the effect that two weeks
before Croniu was murdered a grave was
dug for his body and farmer tells the
story.
He says that he had wea.ied from long
walk and sat down in a quiet spot iu
the woods ncrth Of the city when buggy
containing a woman and two men stopped
about 100 yards east Of where he sat
One OF the men, described as thickset
stoop-shouldered and red-haired, leaped
from the buggy aud taking therefrom 9
spade and u hurdle disappeared in the
wood. The woman, who was driving
I t0eD tuTueu Tue ouRRy aTOtuo anu OION>
east with her companion. One hour late
the buggy with the man and woman i,
it returned, and the man with the spad
met il. minus, however. his bundle. HI
jumped into the buggy and it drove of.
Then the farmer began an exploration
| of the wood, and soon came across q newl,
dug grave, seven feet deep. and near it
blue blouse and overalls. He wondere,
what it all mean., but it soon faded from
his mind, and even when the Cronin mur
der occurred did not connect the inciden
with il, as the doctors body was found il
q catch basin. Shortly after the Croni
trial the farmer was fn Chicago. and whil
walking on Clark street with . friend sav
the woman who had driven the buggy
He asked his friend il he knew who th
woman was, and was surprised to hea
i, that she was woman whose name ha
frequently appeared In the Cronin case.