Swansea and Glamorgan Herald, and South Wales Free Press. — 1889-06-12 (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 defunotTraders' Bank, which showed that  Alexander Srillivan's account was opened in 1882. The account, originally of 100,000 dole., was drawn upon by Sullivan by giving two cheques lof 40,000 dole each, one of 25,000 dole., and lanother of 10,000 dole., all in favour of the firm of John Lester and Co., with whom it is alleged Sullivan speculated immediately after he got hold of the Clan-na-Gael funds. These cheques were I made out in favour of Lester and Co • by Sullivan, and endorsed by that firm when deposited in the I bank. Lester's books with Sullivan's account will Ibe introduced next. They will show every stock andgrain transaction made by Sullivan. Cronin always maintained that Sullivan threw away the Clan -na Gael' money in @peculation instead of I !using it to send men to England to blow up buildings. The facts concerning the alleged I defalcation of the Clan-na-Gael funds which , Cronin ir said to have laid at the door of I lAlexander Sullivan are in the possession of al , committea. In the spring of 1882 Alexander I I Sullivan with, it is alleged, a wild plunger on I Ithe Board Trade, and lost 75,000 dole, in specuhstian. In Jauntily he had 100,000 dole. I I deposited in the Traders' Bank, the sum being I drawn upon by cheque to pay his Board Trade losses This 100,09:1 dole was Clan-na-Gael Ifunds. The failure of the Trader's Bank was I the means of placing this evidence in the hands lof Cronin. This knowledge he frequently boasted about. He wpm id 40,000 dole, of bankruptcy debts with interest within six I months after his selection as a dictator. I The Clan-na-Gael, he claimed, had paid 19,700 dole. to Dr. Gallagher, now serving I a life sentence in England, 25,000 dole. to John I Daly, also a British prisoner, and 25,000 dole. to Captain Lomaaney, who is alleged to have I perished in the Thames dynamite explosion. ' John Decoy produced evidence from England that Gallagher had not received the 9.700 dole. They claim that the doctor himself was given only 5,000 dole, just before he stepped aboard the steamer for Liverpool. It is also claimed I that Hovey 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 subscriptions to accomplish certain aims of the Clan-oxGaol. In Laflits possession are said tots' papers showing that Sullivan was a heavy speculator in grain and stocks. The Cronin faction claim that these documents show losses amount tug to 60,000 dole. in a single wheat corner. These figures are corroborated by the Board Trade Stock Office, Sullivan having been known to them as a speculator for years. In 1883 be made profits and losses running up to 100,000 dols. It was current gossip that he lost 30,000 dole. in Denver Rio Grande that year, and found it advantageous to pay a well-known broker 5,000 dole, just look after his trades for him. He is still occasionally seen about the stock offices. An autograph letter, dated April 22, signed by Beach and addressed to Cr.mn, is exhibited. It was written by the British spy Le Caron. The letter warns the murdered man of his impending doom, and urges him to make peace with his comics as the only means of miring himself from death. The books of the Traders' ' Bank show that Sullivan cashed two drafts. one of 90,000 dole, and the other of 10.000 dole, made by John Munroe and Co., the Paris I bankers. This was undoubtedly money sent _ _  by Patrick Egan to carry on the work of the physical force party in this country.