The Herald of Wales. — 1889-06-15 (Swansea, West Glamorgan, Wales)

THE MURDER OF DR. CRONIN,  The great sensation in connection with the Cronin inquest was the production of the books of the defunetTraders' Bank, which showed that Alexander Sullivan' s account was opened in 1882. The account, originally of 100,000 dole., was Idrawn upon by Sullivan by giving two cheques of 40,000 dole each, one of 26,000 dole., and !another of 10,000 dole., all in favour of the firm of John Lester and Co., with whom it is alleged Sullivan speculatedimmediately after he got hold of the Clan-ma-Gael funds. Thwe cheques were made out in favour of Lester and Co. by Sullivan, and endorsed by that firm, when deposited in the bank. Leeter' s books with Sullivan's amount will be introduced next. They will show every stock and grain transaction made by Sullivan. Cronin always maintained that Sullivan threw away the Clan- na Gael's money in speonialioninstead of uoin it to send men to England to 111314 gs. b The facts co • the defalcation of the Clan- funds which Cronin is *aid to have laid at the door of Alexander Sullivan arc in the possession of a committee. In the spring of 1882 Alexander Sullivan was, it is alleged, a wild plunger on the Board Trade, and lost '75,000 dole. in speculatian. In January he had 100,000 dole. deposited in the Traders' Bank, the sans beieg drawn upon by cheque to pay his Board Trade looses. This 100,000 dole was Clan-na-Gael funds. The failure of the Trader's Bank was the means of placate; this evidence in the hands of Cronin. This knowledge he frequently boasted about. He repaid 40,000 dels, of bankruptcy debts with interest within six months after his melectien as a dictator. The Clan-na-Gael, he claimed, had paid 9,700 dots. to Dr. Gallagher, now serving a life sentence in England, 26,000 dole. to John Daly, also a British prisoner, and 26,000 &h. to Captain Lamas:ley, who is alleged to bare ptsjidied in the Thames dynamite explosion. Jolnei Davey produced evidence from England that Gallagher had not received the 9,700 dole. IThey claim that the doctor hans.lf weetza only 6,000 dde. • before he step a the rtr,oree.r for Liverpool. It is also claimed that Devoy made arrangements to procure from' Gallagher an affidavit relating to the amount of money he carried away from America with him. An additional 85,000 dole, was raised by snbecripdons to accomplish certain aims of the Clan-naGaul i In m IT' Hill's pnceay.gion are said to be papers showing that Sullivan was a heavy spoon. later in grain and stocks. The Cronin faction claim that those documents show loam:Remounting to 60,000 dole, in a single wheat corner. These figures are corroborated by the Board Trade Stook Office, Sullivan having been known to them as a speculator for years. In 1883 he made profits and losses running tip to 100,000 dole. It was current gossip that he lost 30,000 dots. in Denver Rio Grande that year, tind found it advantageous to pay a well-known broker 6,000 dole, just to look after his trades for him. Ile is still occasionally seen about the stock offices.  An autogrsph letter, dated April 22, signed by Beach and addressed to Cronm, is exhibited. It was written by the British spy Le Caron. The letter as the murdered man of his impending doom, and urges him to make peace with his enraies as the only means of saving himself from death. The books of the Traders' Bank show that flullivan cashed two drafta, one of 90,000 dole. and the other of 10,000 dole. made by John Munroe and Co., the Paris bankers. This was undoubtedly money sent by Patrick Egan to c.,m-y on the work of the physical force party in this country.  IiORE RE7,L4TIONS AT