The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-12-02
DR. CRONANS MURDBRBRS
The Wife of One of the Con-
spirators Tells of the
Crime.
DAN CoUGHLIN THE LEADER.
He Planned The Murder While
Others Did the Work More
Arrests to Follow.

CHICAGO. Dec. 2, 1898 The Post this
afternoon prints n detail the testimony
which will be givea by Mrs. Andrew Foy
who will be the nrst witness presented
by the State in the Conghlin trial. The
facts. Mrs. Foy AYERS. were told her by
her husband at times when remorss fer
his part in the crime would overcome
him. The evidence. while mes ad missabl
as against Foy. is competenr against
either of the other men mentioned in her
story. In substance. according TO the
Post, Mrs. Foy's evidence will be as fol-
lOws:-
MRS. FoYs STORY.
''Dr. p. H. Cronan was killed in the
Carlson cottage by repeated. blows ou.the
head with heavy carpenter's chisel. in
the hands of Patrick Cooney, while Mar
tin Burke held the struggling victim help-
less in his strong grasp, aud Michael
now member OF Cnicago's police force
stood guard at the door. No one but
Cooney struck the doctor aud only Burke.
cottage. Patrick OSulliyan ssosd
outside at the rear of the
cottage. watc hing and guarding
against possible interference. Dan
Coughlin did not reach the cottage until
after the murder when he came accom-
panied by Andrew Foy. The man
man who called at the Conklin resi-.
dence with Dinan's white horse for DR..
Cronin was Martin Dawn OF HANCOCK.
Mich. 81. b. Simonds." who bought at
Revell's the furniture found in the cot-
tage and who rented the fat at No. IL
Clark street. WAS James Cunnes. thea
clerk In Gillsspis's grocsrv story on
Twenty-second street and Indiana avs
nue. and now fugitive.
Burke and Coaaey were the persons who
rented the Carlson cottage. Dan Cough
lin was the head and front OF the con-
spirscy. which Included the following
men, who held aecret meetings almost
nightly for some time prior 60 the
murder.
THOSE IN THE CONSPIRACY.
Daniel Coughlin, detective. to whom all
the others reported for instructions. who
hired the white horse from Dinan. aud
who was Que of the three men on the
wagon that carried the trunk containing
the doctors mutilated remains.
Andrew Fov at whose house the con-
spirators met aud planned their work
and who accompanied Coughlin to the
Carlson cottage the night of the murder
aud was mistaken for John Kunzs by
mlikman Mertes.
Martin Burke, Iabore-, vino rented the
Carlson cottage. and of the three men to
whom Ioll tn6 Iot OIL kttlluS CFoulHs auI
who held the doctor while Co0ney beat
out his life with the chisei. ---ss--s@
Patrick O'Sulliyan, icsman. who. ac-
cordiug to instructions given. made the
agreement with the physician regarding
the presentation of the caro- which
was used successfully as a means 60 get
DR.. Cronin to the place of the murdsr.
James Cunuea, grocery clerk, who as
IS. B. Simonds, ~ rented the place at No.
III Clark street. and bought the furni-
rure and trunk.
Patrick Cooney. brlcklayer, the actual
slayer Of DIR. Cronin.
Martin Down, 1aborer. OF Hancock
Mich, brought 10 Chicago TO decoy the
doctor from home, aud selected because
no one who might see him with Cronin
would recognize him.
Joseph McKenna. who drove 10 the
Carlson cottage from the south side the
wagon used to haul away the corpse in
the trunk.
Michael -. now city policeman.
Burke in the killing. and who opened the
door of the Gotta ge to admit the Doctor
and held IL closed while the murder was
being done.
This mans name is suppressed here as
his early arrest Is probable.
Two other men, one In Chicago and one
In Hancock. Mich. were spoken of by the
SoAsplr dto1S us uAmes autl III SuCu
way as Co leave no doubt that
they were parties to the plot.
The story above outlined is practi cally
that related TO the police by Mrs. Poy.
THE STATE ADMITS THE STORY.
When questioned about it the States
representatives declined TO talk about
the matter, but virtually admitted the
correctness of the Eveniflg Posts In
formation by requesting that the name
of the policeman referred TO as Michael
- be NOT q ublisbed ....,g1,