Indiana State Sentinel, Volume 35, Number 15, Indianapolis, Marion County, 29 May 1889 — Page 1

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TOL. XXXY-NO. 15. INDIANAPOLIS, WEDNESDAY, MAY 29, 1889. ONE DOLLAR PER YEAR.

IX HONOR OF CLEVELIND.

EXTENDED A BANQUET OF WELCOME By the Tonne Men's Democratic Club of w Tork City All Faction of the De moeracy Represented Mr. Cleveland's Address Letters of Regret New York, May 27. The Young Men's democratic club of this city extended a banquet of welcome to ex-President Cleveland, at the Fifth-ave. hotel this evening. Nearly five hundred of the leaders of the democratic party were present. The enthusiasm evoked by the presence of Mr. Cleveland was enthusiastic. The cheers were long and loud when the exTresident entered the banquet halt lie submitted to the handshaking of the many guests for an hour before taking his seat at the table. Mr. Cleveland was dressed in somber black. There was wore of the glow of health on his face than at tbe time he retired from the presidency. He appeared in the best of spirits. All factious of the democracy were represented at the banquet, Tammany, the county democracy, officers of the Reform club, and of Tarious other democratic clubs of this city and Brooklyn. A charm was lent to the occasion by the beautiful decorations of the hall. Tie inarch into the banquet hall about 8 o'clcck was led by President Arnold alone. ITe vaj followed by ex-President Cleveland, Got. Hill and Mayor Grant in the order named, each escorted by a member of the club under whose auspices tbe banquet was given. At the main table was the guest of the evening; on his right the club president, J. II. V. Arnold. Others in places of honor were Gov. Hill, Mayor Grant, ex-Minister to England Phelps, the lion. W. L. Scott, the Hon. C. F. Black, the Hon. J. E. Russell, the Hon. William E. Bourke Cochran, the lion. A. P. Fitch, ex-Secy, cf the Treasury Fairchili. Fred II. Coudert, the Hon. W. C. P. Breckenridge, ev-Gov. Hoadhr of Ohio, the Hon. P. A. Collins, CoL I). S. Lamont and W. D. Garrison. Before the guest took their seats Mr. Cleveland was tendered an impromptu ovation, in which not only those in the banquet-room joined, but also those who crowded the parlors outside. When the dinner had been fairly started an orchestra, which was stationed in a recess, began the rendition of selections of music, which continued at intervals during the banquet. Letters of regret were receifed from Don M. Dickinson, Senator Daniel and ex-Secretary of State Bayard. It was nearly 11 o'clock before the cigars were lighted and the long list of speeches were begun. When the presiding officer introduced Mr. Cleveland there was a furore of applause, and Mr. Cleveland himself arose. Then it w that the enthusiasm of the assembled democracy arose to a point that at one time threatened to overstep all bounds. Men stood on top of the tables. Cheers became yells of delight, and the stamping of feet upon the glass-strewn tables raised a jingle fiat must have been music to the ears of the very few, who, like the conscious cause of all this tumult, listened end waited for a lull to come. But would it come at all? Just as one salvo of applause seemed about to subside some one else would fropose three more cheers for Grover Cleveand. and ere these had ceased to echo another call would be made, until the tumalt ceased for lack of force. Mr. Cleveland stood cnlmly awaiting the pleasure of his friends. His imperturbability was remarked by all who watched his face. He began his spevch in a clear, ringing tone, and kept it up till he finished. He said: "Many incidents of my short -residence in this good city have served to fill my enp of gratitude and to arouse my appreciation of the kindness and consideration of those with whom I have made my home. The hospitality for which the citizens of New York have been distinguished has outdone itself in my welcome. The members of my profession have, npon my return to its activities, received me with fraternal greetings, and personal friends have not permitted me to feel like a stranger in a strange city. And yet I can truly say that none of these things will be more vividly or gratefully remembered than the opportunity afiorded me by this occasion to greet the political friends I pee abont me. While I believe that no one is more susceptible than I of every personal kindness, and whjle I am sure that no one values more his personal friendship, it certainly should cause no surprise when I say that these things are not more cherished than my attachment and loyalty to true democratic faith and toy obligations to the cardinal principles of its party organization. "I have been honored by my party far be yond my deserts. Indeed, no man can deserve its highest honors. After six years of public servife, I return to you, my party friend?. fcix years have I stood as your representative in the state and nation, and now I take my place again in tbe ranks, wore convinced than ever that the cause of true democracy is the cause cf the people their safeguard and their hope. 1 cotae to you with no exenses or apologies and with no confession of disloyalty. It is not given to man to meet til the various and conflicting views of party duty and policy which prevail in an organization where individual opinion is so freely tolerated as in the democratic party. Because these views are various and conflicting, some of them must be wrong. And yet when they are honestly held and advocated, they should prcvoke no bitterness nor conden. nation ; but when they are dishonestly proclaimed, as a mere cover and pretext for personal resentment and disappointment, they should be met by the exposure and contempt which they deserve. "If with sincere design and intent one charged with party representation has. kept the party faith, that raut answer his party obligation. No man can lay down the trust which he has held in behalf of a generous and confiding people and feel that at all times he has met in the best possible way the requirements of his trust; but he is cot derelict in duty if he has conscientiously devoted his efforts and his judgment to the people's service. Ihavedeiberately placed in close connection loyalty to democratic principles and devotion to the interests of the people for in my view they belong together and should mean the same thing. But it. this day of partisan feeling and attachment, it is well for us to pause and recall tbe truta, that the only justiiication for the existence of any party is the claim that in principle and performance its object and purposes are the promotion of the public rood and the advancement of the welfare and prosperity of our entire country. There never was a party platform or declaration of principles which did not profess these thing and make them tbe foundations of party creed; and any body of men who should openly proclaim that they were associated together for the express purpose of gaining supremacy in the government with the sole intention of distributing offices and the spoils of victory among their associates, would be treated with ridicule and scorn. Thun are we brought face to face with the proposition that parties should, no more than individual, be untruthful and dishonest. Of course, in the supremacy of party there are advantages to iss members and this is not amis. But when high party aims and professions are lost sight of or abandoned, and the benefit of oce-ho!ding and personal pelf are II that remain to inspire party activity, not only is the confidence of those relied on for patriotic support forfeited, but the elements of cohesion and of eCective and lasting political strength are gone. The honest differences of opinion that most always exist npon questions of principle and public policy should furnish abundant occasion fcr the existence of parties, and point out their fit-Id of usefulness. The study and discussion of these questions cannot fail to result in more valuable citizenship and core intelligent and better equipped partisans. "When we seek for the cause of the perpetuity of tbe democratic party and its survival through every crisis and emergency, and in the face of all opposition, we find it in the fact that if corner-stone is laid in devotion to the rights of the people and sympathy with all things which tend to the advancement of their welfare and happiness. Thoogh heresy may aoraetimes hare crept Into its organization, and though party conduct may at times have been influenced by the" shiftiness which is the habitual device d its cpponenU, there has

always remained, deeply imbedded in its patnre and character, that spirit of true Americanism and that love of popular right which has made it indestructible in disaster and defeat, and has constituted it a boon to the country in its time of triumph and supremacy. "The great founder of our party, as he consecrated himself by a solemn oath to the faithful performance of the duties of the presidential office, and pledged himself to the preservation, protection and defense of the constitution, after presenting to his assembled fellow-countrymen the causes of congratulation found in the condition of our country and the character of our people, impressively added: 'With all these blessings what more is necessary to make us a happy and prosperous people? Still one thing more, fellow-citizens. A wise and frugal governmeut,which shall restrain men from injuring one another shall leave them otherwise free to regulate their own pursuits of industry and improvement and 6hall not take from the mouth of labor the bread it has earned. This is the sum of good povernment, and this is neoessary to close the circle ot our felicities.' "In the lexicon of true democracy these words are not obsolete, but they still furnish the inspiration of our ertorta and interpretation of our political faith. Happily, the party creed which we profess is not within such narrow lines as that obedience does not permit us to move abreast with the advanced thought of the country and to meet and test every question and apply a principle to every situation. True democracy, stanch in its adhesion to fundamental doctrine, is at the same time, in a proper sense progressive. It recognized our growth and expansion and the birth of new thought and sentiment. It will judge them all by safe standards, and in nil phases of national development it will be prepared to answer, as they arise, every need of the people and every popular want. "True democracy honestly advocates national brotherhood to the end that all oor fel-low-couutrynien may aid in the achievement of the grand destiny which awaits us in a nation, and it condemns that pretext of liberality ami harmony which, when partisan advantage is to be gained, gives way for inflammatory appeals to sectional hate and passion. It insists upon that equality before the law which concedes the care and protection of the government to simple manhood and citizenship. It does not favor the multiplication of offices and salaries merely to make partisans, nor use the promise and bestowul of place for the purpose of stilling the press and bribine the people. It seeks to lighten the burden of life in every home, and to take from the citizen for the cost of government the lowest possible tribute. "We know that we have espoused the cause of right and iustice. We know that we have not permitted duty to country to wait npon expediency. We know that we have not trafficked our principles for success. We know that we have not deceived the people with false promises and pretenses; and we know that we have not corrupted nor bctraved the poor with the money of the rich. Who shall say that these things promise no reward, and that triumph shall not follow the eulighlened judgment and the sober, second-thought of our countrymen. "There are to-day no weak, weary and despondent members of the true democracy and there should be none. Thoughtful attention to political topics is thoroughly aroused. Events are day by day leading men to re view the reasons for their party affiliations and tbe supporters of the principles we profess are constantly recruited by intelligent, voang and sturdy adherents. "Let us deserve their eonfideice ".nd, shunnin? all iznoble practices, let us remain steadfast to democratic faith and to the cause of our country. If we are true and loyal to those, the day of our triumph will surely and quickly come and our victory shall be fairly, nobly won through the invincible spirit of true democracy.' Gov. Hill, in his response to the democracy of the state, spoke in high terms of the guest, and in the course of his talk related how he had become acquainted with Mr. Cleveland.

MAY GET INTO TROUBLE. England Sending; Vessels to Protect Her Canadian SVfl Fisheries. WASniNGTOX, May 27. The sending of the English flag ship, Swifture, and the Amphion to Sitka with orders to cruise in Behring sea has caused quite a stir in official circles here. The treasury department has time and azain called the attention of the government to the fact that ships flying the English flag are engaged in illicit sealing in Behring sea. In most cases these vessels arc well armed and our revenue cuttert), which carry only howitzers, are no match for them. The government decided that its interests in Alaska shall be protected. The U. S. steamer Adams, which was under sailing orders for Honolulu, expected to leave ou Tuesday, but a teleeram has been sent to the commandant of the Mare Island navy yard to detain her. She will go north in company with the Irofjuois, and both vessels will leave early in the week for .Sitka. The state department has decided that Behring sea is a mnrr elaiisum, and intends to assert dominion over the whole North Pacific within the limit defined by our treaty with Russia. What constitutes the waters of Alaska has long been a complicated question; and if, as appears, the English government is sending warships to protect Canadian vessels engaged in taking seal north of the Aleutian islands, our government will be confronted with an enternational question of the gravest importance. The revenue cutters Rush and Bear, and the warships Thetis. Adams and Iroquois, will be on hand to enforce the law of the country, a defined by the treasury department, so far as depredation of the seal fishing is concerned. Our government takes the ground that when we acquired Alaska by purchase in 1567 we also acquired all of its vested rights, one of which was Uehring sea. This question was settled in 1829, when England attempted the same tactics she is now engaged in. Russia showed fight, and sent a large fleet to those waters to uphold her position. The question was finally settled by arbitration against England. Secy. Blaine is determined in this matter. He maintains that we have exclusive dominion over all that portion of the Pacific oceau known as Behring sea, excepting such as lies east of the treaty line, bordering on the Siberian const. The matter has been discussed in the cabinet, and the determination of the administration is to enforce all our rights in the matter. If England persists in seuding ships of war to protect the Canadian vessels in taking these young seals this government will take vigorous measures to stop it. The first conflict of authority within this immense area of water claimed and owned by the United States may mean war. It is believed that England, seeing that this government is determined to enforce its rights, even if recourse to force is necessary, will withdraw and submit the question to arbitration, as was done with Russia in 182?. Minor Washington News. Samuel J. Rubey of Iowa has been appointed U. S. consul at Belfast, Ireland. Tbe president and party returned Monday from a cruise down the Potomac. Capt. Farquhar, who commanded the illfated Trenton at Apia, Samoa, has arrived in Washington. Sucy. Proctor has been summoned to his home in Vermont on1 account of the illness of his twtlve-year-old son. A rriiaser Ue-Capt ureel. Fea5KI.iv, May 27. Special. -List Trady, who broke jail last Sunday week, was captured at Columbus when about to board a train for St. Louis, where he intended enlisting in the regular army. He was taken to the southern prison to-day. When captured he was dressed in a new suit of clothe, and evidently had prospered at somebody's expense during his week s trip. Troops Called Oat. SPRINGFIELD, 111., May 27. Gor. Fifer received a telegram from the sheriff of Will county this morning saying he was unable to keep the pace, and asking military protection at the Braid wood mines. The governor ordered the adjutant-general to send sufficient military. Adj. Vance ordered one regiment to the scene, and has gone to take charge of the troops. Twenty-ßve Policemen Injured. DrnLi.T, May 23. There was another conflict at Falcarragh to-day between evictori and tenants, during which twenty-five policemen were Injured.

FOUND IN A CATCH-BASIN.

THE EODY OF THE MISSING DOCTOR City Laborers In Chicago's Suburb, Lake View, Accidentally Discover the Remains of the Mysteriously 3IisslDg Dr. Cr-ain. Chicago, May 22. The dead body of Dr. V. H. Cronin, the Irish-American who strangely disappeared from his home in Chicago two weeks ago, was found this evening some distance north of the city in a sewer on Evanstonave. A bloody towel was wrapped about the bead. The rest of the body was stark naked. A catholic emblem, which the doctor always wore next hiä skin suspended about his neck, was untouched. On the dead man's head were a d ven deep cuts, which had severed the scalp and indented the skull. It is the opinion of the police that Cronin was foully murdered, and by some man who could not bring himself to disturb a catholic trinket. Much excitement was 6hown at detectivt headquarters when doubt as to the identity of the body was finally removed by definite messages from Lake View. It was evident from the expressions of the officials that one of the first objects of the police will be to have a number of suspicious assertions explained assertions made by supposed friends of dronin. Lieut. Elliott will have these people at the inquest and demand an cxplamvion full and complete. The detectives claim that they have been handicapped from the start by a lack of assistance from those who claimed to know all concerning the doctor's disappearance. Lieut. Elliott said soon after the finding of the body: "I will have this information now or there will be a number of prompt arrests." Wholly accidental circumstances brought the corpse to light. A eang of laborers in the employ of the Lake View suburban government have been cleaning the ditches along Evanston-ave. daring the week. To-day Foreman Henry Rose and two men were working north on the east side of Evanston-ave. toward Fifty-ninth-st. As they neared the catch-basin at the corner, they noticed a strong smell of putrefying flesh, and Rose pried off the top of the catch-basin with his spade and uncovered the body of Dr. Cronin. It bad apparently been hastily pitched into the basin, for the head was underneath and the feet and legs were up in the opening. The place where the corpse was discovered is about three hundred yards from Argyll Park station of the Chicago & Evanston branch of the Chicago, Milwaukee fc .St. Paul railroad. It is but two or three blocks from the lake and nearly a mile north from the corner of Su'zerst. and Evanston-ave., where the raysteriou; blood-stained trunk, empty, was found on the day after Cronin' disappearance. There are four catch-basins at the intersection of the street, and the body was found in the one on the southeast corner. It seems altogether remarkable that it was not sooner discovered, for the Lake View po lice started out to search all the catch-basins-in the big suburb the week after the trunk was found. Alderman Maxwell of the Lake View council, who was one of the searching committee, said to-nifdit: "We started out two days after Cronin's disappearance to search every catch-basin along Evanston-ave. There were fifteen men under Captain Wing and a ball dozen volunteers engaged in the hunt for the body. "e looked first through all the catch-basins in the neighborhood of Sulzer-st. and Evanston-ave., where the trunk was found, and east and west from that corner. Then we looked through the basins north and south along Bvanston-ave., but finally came to the conclusion that the trunk bad been left for a blind and that in all likelihood the body had been hidden some distance away. We then went to Graceland and looked through the basins for half a mile up and down the avenue and along the cross streets and worked five or six days before giving up the search. By more bad lack we stopped two blocks north of Fiity-ninth-st and consequently missed the catchbasin where the body was hid." Immediately upon taking the body out of the basin. Foreman Rose notified the Lake View police-station, and summoned a patrolwagon. The body was stretched out in the Lake View morgue, which occupies the front room on the basement under the station. Telephone messages were 6ent to the city police, and an hour after the finding of the body a dozen of Cronin's friends were at the station. The three Scanlan brothers, who have been intimate with Dr. Cronin, were among the first who arrived. They all but positively identified the body as that of Cronin upon first Hght. Later, it was unqualifiedly identified by T. T. Conklin, the saloon-keeper with whom Cronin lived, and by James Boland and Patrick McCarty. During the evening Dr. J. R. Brandt, president of the Cook county hospital staff", who was an acquaintance of Cronin's, carefully examined the body and positively identified it as that of the missing man. Dr. Brandt's examination showed that upon the head were the following cuts and bruises: Over the left temple, the cut four inches long, through the scalp and into the skull; over the left pariatal bone, a cut one and a half inches long, which also marked the skull: also a cut one and a half inches long over the frontal bone at the junction of the left pariatal bone; a cut three inches long. Among many others, the dentist who last worked on Cronin's teeth reached the station late in the evening, and positively identified the body, as did the man who for years has been Cronin's tailor. A great hubbub was caused in the suburb by the finding of the corpse. Shortly after the body had been removed to the police station the street was jammed with vehicles, and scores of people were crowding for admission to the basement, where lay the remains. Officers were stationed on the stairway and at the basement door, and were once or twice obliged to use their clubs in forcing the crowds back. The tumult continued far into the nizht Long betöre midnight at least forty men who had known Cronin had identified the body. The suburban police will keep the body and the towel at Lake View until the coroner orders otherwise. The man Woodruff, or Black, who, after arrest a fortnight ago, confessed to having helped carry olf a trunk containing a corpse of a woman from a barn in the city the night of Cronin's disappearance, was interviewed tonight in jail. He manifested no surprise or discomposure when told that the body of Dr. Cronin had heen found north of where the trunk was found. But, while he apparently talked freely about the matter, he seemed careful not to go outside the story he had originally told. He repeatedly said that if he had not been locked up in jaii he could and would have cleared up the trunk mystery before this time. STILL AN UNREVEALED MYSTERY. Important Clews Claimed to Have Bern Ite. reived by the Police. Chicago. May 23. State's Atty. Longnecker says that the police received Important clews this morning, and that they expect to have Dr. Cronin's murderer under arrest within a short time. What these clews are, or in what direction they turn suspicion, the state's attorney declined to indicate. Considerable excitement was caused this morning by the fact that Capt. Yfl'iers, of the Lake View police force, and Lieut, Schuelter, of the E. Chicago-ave. station, marched into the former's private office this morning with P. O. Sullivan, the Lake View ice man, between them. It was rumored that an important arrest in the Cronin murder case had been made. Sullivan, it will be remembered, is the ice dealer who is said to have made a contract with Dr. Cronin shortly before the disappearance to look after any of his men who might be inI'ured for the consideration of $."0 a year. It las been the theory of some that Su.'livan might have mentioned to his employes the fact of his having made this contract and that one of them was concerned in the disappearance of Dr. Cronin on tbe night of May 4. Sullivan, however, succeeded in squaring himself with the police and taAi that none of his cien knew

anything of the contract or could have used that circumstance to decoy tbe doctor to his death. Snliivan was allowed to go. There are wild rumors to the ellect that the police have made arrests of one or more persons in connection with the murder, but the officers at work on the case deny this. Judge Longnecker, in an interview to-day. said: "Woodruff s story mystifies me. I think that the fellow is lying or at least has told lots of lies but there is one statement of his that shows a connection with the murder of Cronin that interests me. WoodruS says that when he was at the stables a man, who he thinks was the doctor, was there. The roan, so Woodruff savs, bad a mustache and imperial and had a badly bruised eye. Well, v'.en I saw the body to-day I noticed that tbe doctor's right eye was badly bruised, having received a severe blow and it is not at all nnlikely that the doctor was murdered after he received that black eye. Woodruff may be telling some mighty big falsehoods, but what he does say , will bear looking iutn." The state's attorney, being pressed for something more definite, at lat said: "From all the information the police have we are convinced that there was a great conspiracy. Right at this moment officers are on, the track of a man whom we know, almost beyond doubt, was a principal in the crime. In twenty-four hours I hope and believe he will be behind the bars, and then the whole hellibh business will come out." Further examination this morning goe9 to strengthen the theory that it was the body of Cronin and not that of a woman which was carried in the trunk. Iu addition to establishing the facts that the hair found in the trunk corresponded with that of Cronin, and that the cotton batting found in the trunk and that found with the body correspond, it has been shown that the towel fonnd wrapped arouud the head corresponds with a shred of stuff found in the trunk. It still remains to connect the fragment of cloth clutched in the dead man's hand with the piece from which it was torn. During the forenoon CoL W. P. Rend arrived at the station and was taken into the morgue. The moment Mr. Reud saw the corpse he exclaimed: "That is Cronin!" lie closely examined the body and said: "There is no doubt about it now. -There is the body of Dr. Cronin the victiu o'a most foul murder. I can lay my hand npon, the head of the man who instigated the crime.- 1 can point him out and make no mistake." Mr. Rend was questioned about this statement but would only say that all he knew he would tell the state s attorney. Half an hour later States Atty. Longnecker and two of his assistants arrived. Judge Longnecker first examined the bloody trunk and the corpse of Dr. Cronin, and was then closeted for an hour with Mr. Rend. After the consultation the gentlemen would say no more than that several arrests would surely be made soon. By noon to-day over two hundred persons had identified the body as that of Croni-t,', The coroner this afternoon impaneled a jury to make an investigation into the cause of the death and then adjourned the hearing till next Tuesday, pending the result of an investigation by the police. To-night, thirty hours after the discovery of Dr. Cronin's corpse, tbe mystery of his death had deepened, not cleared. Ihe manner of his death is now the darkest ecret of all. It has been almost conclusively khown that, contrary to appearances, his skull was not cloven, or even fractured. There is absolute certainty that the man was not strangled. Tbe doctors are completely purzled. The beginning of the post-mortem took place early this eveninc. In preparation the morgue was cleared of idlers and curiosity-seekers and the physicians began the post-mortem examination. This examination was most carefully made and kept half a dozen doctors at work nearly thre8 hours. Dr. Todd, tbe county physician, and his assistant. Dr. Egbert, directed the examination. The skull was cut open and the brain removed. After the scalp had been taken off, the physicians discovered that the bor.;s composing the skull hal scarcely 1 4:1!. 'marked by the claws of the sharp instrument which it was thought caused the doctor's death. There was no sign of congestion about the brain, but the lungs and pulmonary cavity were filled with blood. The physicians said that this might have resulted from the fact that Cronin's body was placed head downward in the catchbasin. A cut one-half inch deep was found npon the neck, and several bruises upon the limbs. The theory that he was choked to death was easily exploded. The doctors found no signs of suffocation, and discovered no bruises about the neck such as would result from strangling a man with a towel or rope. The passage through the windpipe was unobstructed. The doctors present were taken aback on finding there was no fracture of any of the skull bones or small bones about the face. Dr. Todd was of the opinion that the cuts in the scalp must have been made by a knife or some lighter weapon than an ice-pick or a hatchet, but could not account for the cause of death except from the contusions resulting from ßevere blows. The other physicians could not agree as to the cause of death, although all were of the opinion that Cronin might have been killed by the blow at the outer corner of his left eye. Even this blow was not hard enough to fracture the bones under the skin. The teeth were carefully examined hy Dentist Shay. He Eaid there was no mistake in the identification of the body because the plate found in the lower jaw was one he made for Cronin over a year ago. When the post-mortem was finished the physicians left the station without concluding the written statement which they will hand io the coroner at the inquest. Meanwhile a uumber of gentlemen and friends of Cronin met in the front of the station to arrange the details of the funeral. It was decided to hold the funeral services Sunday and bury Dr. Cronin in Calvary cemetery. An undertaker took charge of tha body when the post-mortem was finished. John Cronin, tbe brother of Dr. Cronin, arrived from Arkansas, and reacned the station in time to see the remains before the physicians commenced their work. He positively identified the body. Mr. Conklin and Mrs. Conklin, with whom Cronin resided for years, alighted in front of the station this afternoon and pushed through the crowd. Mrs. Conklin took a seat within the wire railing surrounding the sergeant's desk, and for over an hour looked steadily out of the window without moving her head. She sat with her back to the people in the room and did not speak to any one except ier husband. Permission was not aked lor her to see the body. It was her first visit to the station since the finding of the body. BONFIELD'S IDEA.

Thinks Woodruff Elther Knows Nothing of the Crime or Knows All. Chicago, May 24. In the course of an interview on the Cronin case, ex-Police Inspector John Bcnfield said: "From all we now know of the case it is safe to say that it was either a political assassination or the result of some private cause. Xow, if he was a member of a society that was split up into two factions and the leaders of one faction wanted him removed, does it seem probable that they would dare attempt such a thing while he had so many close friends who would be supposed to know all that he knows? Killing him would not bury the truth. His companions would have to be in possession of the information which he is supposed to possess. Then again, suppose the entire society had become convinced that it was for the good of all that he be put out of the way, would they have intrusted the deed to such a tough as this man Black or Woodruff? "Now, is it reasonable," he asked, "that a number of prominent men would place themselves in a position to be hanged by procuring the assistance of a cheap jail bird to do the work? No, sir. It would be well to go to work and discover where each one of the suspected persons were upon the night of May 4. "Then there is still another idea. Suppose persons who wanted him removed should go to work to convince the other members of the society that after all Cronin was an English spy; that all of his bluster about the misappropriation of Irish relief funds was nothing more nor lees than part of his scheme to create a disturbance, cause an investigation and thus learn the true disposal of the Irish funds here. What would not the English government give to know just what funds bare been raised here and for what purpose? "I am an Irish-American, and have nevtr belonged to any of these societies. I cannot tell anything about the workings of any of them.

but everything seems to point to the trouble which has occurred in one of them as a rort of explanation. However, this theory can hardly be entertained if you connect WoodruS' with the crime, unless, of course, you can rhow that he was imported for some such purpose. He is a man unknown to me, but if his story is believed, then 1 should judge that Cronin's assas

sination was tbe result of some private feud rather than the culmination of a political plot. If Woodruff had been employed to assist in the deed, is it probable that he would have been in such straits for money that within four days thereafter he would have been forced to steal a horse and buggy to raise money? That does not look right to me, I think he must be a great liar. Either he knows nothing whatever of the crime, or he was connected with it and knows everything. I would rather be inclined to believe the former. You know there never has been any great crime committed that some jailbird behind the bars did not claim to know all about it That is one of the tricks of a thief." Inspector Ebersold holds the same view that Bon field does. A POLICEMAN IMPLICATED. Detective Daniel Counlin of the Chicago Police Force Said to Re Involved. Cuicaoo, May 25. A morning paper publishes a story which implicates a member of the Chicago police force in the taking off of Dr. Cronin. The officer in question is Detective Daniel Coughlin. The story published is to the effect that on the morning of the date which Dr. Cronin disappeared Coughlin engaged at a livery stable, not fa,r from where Dr. Cronin lived, a horse and buggy which he said a friend of his would call for that evening; that the man did call and was given a white horse similar to the one attached to the buggy in which Cronin was decoyed away; that the time of going and the description of the man correspond minutely with the time when the man came for Dr. Cronin, and with the ap. pearance of the man himself; that Coughlin subsequently cautioned the livery stable keeper to say nothing about the matter. Force is added to these revelations from the fact that Coughlin was a member of one or more societies of which Cronin was a member, and that they were enemies. The matter was finally brought to the attention of Chief of Police Hubbard, who seems inclined to take a serious view of the matter, and promises to probe it to the bottom. Further investigation to-day into the matter only adds to the evidence of the stupidity, if nothing worse, with which the case has been bandied by 6ome of the police officials. Capt. Schaack, under whose orders Detective Coughlin acts, says that when the livery-stable keeper told him the story, he at once called Coughlin to account; that Coughlin told him that he had hired the rig for a friend of his who lived in northern Michigan, near where Coughlin's peo ple live, and who had come to Chicago to see the sights. Capt, Schaack says that he then directed Detectives Coughlin and Whalen to go out and find this man; that they went out and soon ftCrward Ported they had lound himand that he had given a 8atisfactory account ot hiniself The ia 8dmits that ne acceptej tni8 statement as sufficient and did not require that the man be Drought before him. Capt. Schaak goes on to sav that he took the white horse and drove to Conklin's house under conditions similar to those under which Dr. Cronin was decoyed away, and that Mrs. Conklin said it was not the same animal. Mrs. Conklin contradicts this statement, and says that she told Capt. Schaack that it resembled the animal behind which Dr. Cronin drove away, but it appeared to be used up from hard .'driving. Mr. Dinan, the livery-staole keeper, says that the horse was driven very hard that night, and has not recovered frcm the etfects of It since then. Dinan further says that Coughlin told him that he had walked his shoes ott in the search of his Michigan friend, but has been unable to find him. This directly contradicts the statement attributed to him by Capt. Schaack. Detective Coughlin declines to make any statement about the matter. Police Supt. Hubbard to-day gave the substance of a talk be had with Detective Coughlin in regard to his connection with hiring a white horse from Livery Stable Keeper Dinan on the day on which Dr. Cronin disappeared. The chiei said that the following was substantially the explanation which Coughlin gave: A few days before May 4 a man called at the E. Chicago-ave. station, and inquiring for C oughlin, introduced himself as Thomas mith of Hancock, Mich., and a friend of Coughlin's brother who keeps a livery stable iu that town, lie was on his way to Xew Mexico, he said, and before leaving Hancock, Mr. Coughlin of that place asked him to look up his brother Dan who was on the police force in Chicago, as Mr. Smith had 6aia he intended to remain a few days in this city. Detective Coughlin was glad to meet his brother's friend and played the host to the best of his ability. He showed Mr. Smith the central station, the board of trade and other poinu of interest and took in the town generally. Saturday Mr. Smith 6aid he would like to take a buggy ride that evening, but he did not know whether the livery stable keepers would trust a stranger with a horse. He had an aunt living on S. Halsted-st., and he would drive down there in the afternoon if he could get a ric. Coughlin eaid ho would fix the livery stable business, and told Mr. Smith to go to Dinan's place whenever he wanted a horse, and that he himself would see Dinan during the day and make it all right. Mr. Smith got the white horse and rig and Coughlin did not see him again for a week or more, when Coughlin met him on the street and wanted to know why he did not pay for the use of the rig, Dinan having come to him for the money. Smith gave Coughlin $3 and said he would give him the other ?2 later. Coughlin met him for the last time one day last week, and Smith said he would start for New Mexico the next day. Dr. Cronin's friends met this afternoon and completed the arrangements for his funeral tomorrow. It is believed that at least four thousand men will march in the procession. The catholic order of foresters has announced that 2,0(K) of its members will turn out: there will be forty of the uniformed rank of the royal arcanum, 200 of the hibernian rifles, 100 of the royal league and O0 of the ancient order of hibernians. The procession will start from the First cavalry armory about 10 o'clock to-morrow morning. The funeral services will be at the Cathedral of the Holy Name at 11:30 o'clock, where requiem mass will be celebrated. It is estimated that if the day is fair at least ten thousand persons will go by train to Calvary cemetery, where the interment will take place. It is denied that Dr. Cronin's clothes were found in the Carlson cottage, as was stated yesterday. Au evening paper says that the letter which was turned over to the police by the Carlsons yesterday was from one of the mysterious tenants of the nlood-stained cottage. The police refuse to allow the epistle to be copied, but give out enough to indicate that it is of great importance. The letter is postmarked Hammond, Ind., and was received May 20. Inclosed was found 12, another month's rent. It was signed by one of the tenants, Frank Williams, lie attempted to explain away their hasty exit from the building and the paint daubs on the parlor floor. He said that the floor was painted 60 as to save his sister the trouble of scrubbing the boards. Mr. Williams was silent about the fact of there being foot-prints in the paint. He also neglected to say anything about the blood stains. INSIDE THE CARLSON COTTAGE. Only Vftgae Hints of the Horrors Ilave Heretofore lteen Made Public. Chicago, May 25. A free examination of the Carlson cottage was permitted to-day for the first time. Only vague hints of the horrors ; have heretofore been made public. On the ' south wall of the coUage parlor great splotches I of blood and hair adhering thereto could be seen. A terrible struggle had taken place in the rooms. One caster on the front leg of the wash-stand and one on tbe front leg of the dressing-case had been brcken olf aud are missing. The arm-rest on the ordinary cane-bottomed rocker was also broken and the pieces left strewn all over the floor. Blood spattered about the floor shows plain

ly, notwithstanding the bungling paint, that Dr. Cronin was not killed or even rendered helpless by the first blow be received. There

1 is every indication that the doctor was struck first as he endeavored to cross the parlor floor to the next room, vhcre stood the bed. This blow threw the doctor to the floor, it would seem and forced his head against the wall. The greatest splotch of blood, as large and shaped something like a palm-leaf tsn, is but an inch above the baseboard. Above this about a foot are a number of squares of dried blood and hair, resulting, perhaps from a second blow, or came from the concussion of the wounded head against the base-board. That the doctor had succeeded in getting to his feet in some manner is evidenced by the appearance of the floor and the broken furniture. The bed in the house was apparently never used to any extent The quilts are brand-new and have the peculiar stiff rustling common to cheap comforters. No sheets, it would seem, were-ever on the mattress, and no pillow cases ever on the pillows. The quilts and pillows are piled on the bed as they might have been when thrown there at the time the bed was put up. The few footprints of paint and blood inside the bed-roon are near the door, as though the person making them stepped in for but a moment. The china water pitcher 1 and bowl are still dusty, as if but just uroucnt trom tlie store where purchased. On the sides of the bowl there are bloody finger prints made when the bowl was shoved to one side by the red-handed assassin. The murderer or murderers wushed themselves at a sink in the kitchen on the same floor. The blood on the front steps resembles the leakage from the trunk as it was being dragged out to the vehicle in waiting. There are also Nome finger-marks on the pickets of the fence. These marks seem to hare been the result of rubbing the fingers on them to take off the blood got in handling the trunk, or else when lifting the trunk out of the yard the person grabbed hold to steady himself under the horrible burden. THE FUNERAL, An Immense Crowd, and Some Sensational Incidents. CHICAGO, May 26. In all its details the funeral of Dr. P. H. Cronin to-day was a most remarkable affair. From one end of the big procession to the other, through the endless crowds on the streets, among the throng in the great cathedral, aboard train after train that, passing the fatal cottage tped toward Calvary cemetery, the dead man's fearful fate was present in every mind. The corpse had been lying in state in the Calvary armony on the lake front, the most central point in the city, and there early this morning the morbid and curious with the dead man's friends mado their pilgrimage. Armed sentinels from the Hibernian rifles stood, arms at rest, at each corner of the raised platform on which reposed the catafalque and coffin. A crayon portrait of the dead man, draped in black, stood near tbe coffin. A huge cross of white pinks aad raagueri'es, woven in with smilax, was at the head of the bier, and a harp and smaller cross 6tood at the f o?t. A candelabrum with seven tapers flickered in front cf the eross; ropes of green 6milax and white roses were looped from the cotfin and about the catafalque, and potted plants were grouped at the corners of the platform. A canopy of American flags hung above the bier, and festoons of black and white twined the bars above it. A crowd that thronged Michigan-ave. stood before the armory. The police kept a passageway open for those who wished to enter the funeral hall, and two uniformed riflemen, leaning on bayoneted weapons, lent the glamour of their accoutrements to the military air of .the place. For three hours the procession, in double file, marched across the platform. Only the picture and the big silver plate on the coffin lid testified that ad that was mortal of Dr. P. IL Cronin was within the casket The apparently unending line of sight-seers was turned out at the south door and a few people remained within the building. At last the procession stopped and the pall-bearers entered. At their head was Luke Dillon of Philadelphia and Edward O'Meagher Condon and John Devoy of New York, and Thomas P. Tuite of Detroit The first three are well-known Irish nationalists and the latter a school-mate of the doctor. Following them came Frank T. Scanlan, P. McGarry, Charles Bary, Michael Kelly, Daniel Sullivan, Thomas McEnnery, Dudley Solon. John T. Golden, Maurice Morris, Dr. John Guerin, exAlderman McCasley. John T. Ryan, John F. Scanlan and W. P. Rend of Chicago. They represented the friends of the dead man and societies to which he belonged. "Leaving the armory, the casket was placed in a hearse, drawn by four black horses, and the procession was forjied. At its head was a platoon of police, with Lient Wilson in command. Through the dense crowds on Miehiganave, the procession pushed its way. Marshal P. J. Cahill and his aids rode at the bead of the line. A drum corps preceded the Hibernian rilles with arms reversed, and them came the cortege, with its hearse in a panoply of black, and guard of honor from the rifles, and the pall-bearers. The Clan-na-Gael guards, in gray uniforms and tricolored plumes, the uniformed rank of the royal arcanum, in its olive-colored suits, and thousands of members of the ancient order of united workmen, without uniforms, came next. Theancientorderof llibernians,l,000 strong, several courts of the independent order of foresterR, 1,200 in all, and 2.70O catholic foresters were iu line. The uniformed members of the royal arcanum, the royal league, the Sheridan rifles, the catholic benevolent legion and fragments of a number of other orders swelled the line. Marshal Cahill said that 7,170 men were in the procession. The liue was thirty-five minutes passing the corner of Indiana and Rush-sts., four abreast Four bands and half a dozen drum corps played dirges or marked the slow time of the funeral march. Scores of furled flags draped in blacfc and society banners edged with crape were carried by the standard bearers. The regalia and badges with emblems of mourning, the green of Ireland and the red, white and blue, the slow tread of the marching hosts, the sable pall and plumes, the bands and drums with their solemn strains made a deep impression upon the thousands of people that crowded the sidewalks and windows, that climbed on stoops and boxes, that eat on roofs and the tops of unfinished buildings. Reaching the cathedral of the holy name an immense crowd was encountered. The vast edifice was packed two hours before the ceremonies began. On the approach of the procession the bell in the cathedral tower tolled in measured strokes the presence of the dead. A few moments later the organ pealed slowly a funeral march. The pall-bearers with their burden moved up the center aisle and lowered the casket and catafalque in ebony trimmings. The candles of the luneral service were placed beside it and the ceremonies of high requinm mass began. The space reserved for marching societies was inadequate for the half of their members, though nearly one half of the church was set aside for them. Only an escort of the Hibernian rifles, and detachments representing the different societies, entered the cathedral. Schmidt's requiem mass was snng. The Rev. Father Agnew was the celebrant of the mass, with the Rev. Father Perry as assistant The dirges of the binds outside and the roll of the drums that came in through the windows from the yet moving procession threw a shadow of the crime over the funeral vestments of the priests and into the solemn intoning of the requiem services and the deep responses cf the organ. The church was not draped in mourning emblems further than usual at funerals, and no display was made beyond the customary church ceremonials, except that requiem high mass was celebrated, a rare occurrence on Sunday. The sermon was by the Rev. Father P. J. Muldoon. The preacher spoke in general terms of death and its uncertainty, lie told his hearers that death might come as suddenly and with as little warning to each of them as to the man who, lay before them, but he hoped in not so barbarous a manner. He spoke at length of Dr. Cronin's kindness of heart, of his generous nature, and said he died while doing an errand of mercy. The reverend father approached no nearer the tragedy than these few general allusions. , Tbe friends of Dr. Cronin, it is said, asked that the preacher pronounce, among other things, against the methods of assassination by which the doctor was killed, but the preacher feared such a coarse might create a publio excitement that

would not he beneficial. He did cot desire to introduce extraneous sentiments into the pul pit. Among the persons who followed the bier from the armory to the church and out to the cemetery were Dr. Cronin's sister and brother-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Carroll of fct Catharines, Canada, and his brother, John K. Cronin of Arkansas, and Mr. and ilrs. Conkl'n. with whom the doctor had resided while io Chicago. Dr. Cronin's body will be left in a vault at Calvary until his friends purchase a lot and arrange for a public interment COUGHLIN UNDER ARREST.

I. O. Sullivan, the Ice-Man, Also Flaeed liehtnd the Rar. Chicago, May 27. Extraordinary e Sorts are apparently being made to extort a statement from the detective, Daniel Conghlin, the iraprisoned suspect of the Cronin mystery. His jailers said to-night that no person whatever I except bis wife had been allowed to com' ruunicnte with the imprisoned officer since I his incarceration. The statement as to his wife, even, is probably somewhat to be qualified. No one questions that he Is being treated to a taste of the "sweat-box" theory and other arts of which he was so long I himself a distinguished disciple. The outcome of pitting such an expert against others of tried ability is awaited with keen interest. Coughlin at times at leaet is treated better than ordinary unfortunates who find lodgment in the Armory station, end doubtless for a purpose. His regula- -ell is large and airy, with a bed and other furnishings, and he is served with meals from a caterer's establishment, convenient and respectable. Capt Bartram was asked: "Has Coughlin been allowed to sec a lawyer?'' "He has no lawyer and bays he does not want any," was the reply. In spite of thi3, Mr. W. S. Forrest has been retained in Coughliu's behalf, and called at the station early this evening, aud demanded to see his client He was refused. Mr. Forrest stated that Coughlin's wife informed him that she had not been allowed to see her husband when the called at the fetation Sunday. The police cflicials gave to the reporters a very touching account of an interview they had, tender-heartedly, allowed between husband and wife. To-night at 10:45 Daniel Coughlin was formally arrested in tbe police station cell, wher he ha3 been detained on suspicion. An examination by a justice was hei-1 at on within tbe ftOO wall rit' t hp rfllflitprm A feur Tr.-mierta i later tlie magistrate ordered a commitment and Coughlin was hurried out on the way to the county jail. The warrant was sworn ont by John Cronin, the brother of the dead doctor. Coughlin is charged directly with the murder. The unusuil procedure becomes explicable when it is known that at 10 p. m. Lawyer Torrest had put in an appearance acain, end this time persisted in his e Sorts f see his client An immediate resort to habeas corpus was imminent, when the police took actiou, as already told, and Coughlin was soon safely immured in the county jail, and & delay secured for the prosecution before Coughlin could see a friend. Capt Schaack, Capt Wing and Lieut. Wing were in conference several hours this afternoon at the Lake View station, and when the conference was finished, Capt Schaack announced that the police had P. O. Sullivan, the ice man. under arrest lie would not state whether he was in custody at the Central station, at the Armory, or in Lake View, and refused to state whether any new facts had been secured which seemed to be evidence against him. The young man, King, who was arretted lait night on the strength of the prisoner Wodru.t 's story, was releaied to-dsy. after the prlie had received a visit from J. S & I. K. MacDonald, attorneys, who had interested themselves in his behalf. It is announced now that the police believe King is all right Contrary to many positive assertions, reter MeGehan of Philadelphia is apparently not the man who drove Cronin away to his doom. Frank T. Scanlan, a friend of Cronin's who knew MeGehan and who saw Cronin driven away, says MeGehan is not the man. Liveryman Dinan also says MeGehan is not the man who took the rig from the stable and started for Cronin's office. STARTLING CHARGES. A Very Sensational Story Implicating th .Clan-na-Gael Society. Chicago, May 27. The police have been put in possession of facts which, if true, are far more startling than was ever expected concerning Dr. Cronin's murder. It has been dearly shown by the dead man's friends that his removal was ordered by a committee io some way representing the Clan-na-Gacl society. Charges of traitorous conduct were preferred against him at a meeting of a Clan-na-Gael camp; he was found guilty, and his removal was ordered. The charge was based on the statement of the British ?py, Le Caron, that there were four more spies in America. When Le Caron made that statement on the Mand before the rarnell commission he was ordered to state the names of the spies. He said lie dared not do it, because if they were known they would be murdered. Presiding Justice Hannen theo took him into a closed ante-room, and in the presence of Mr. Richard Webster, the attorneygeneral who is conducting the prosecution, and Sir Charles Russell, Parnell's attorney, La Caron stated the names. Within forty-eight hours after this news was cabled across from Europe nearly ever Clan-na-Gael camp in America had met and passed resolutions declaring in favor of a riid hunt for the four spies. The finger of suspicion, justly or unjustly, was pointed, among others, at Cronin. A committee was appointed to try him. He was convicted without being given a chance to make a defense, and his assassins were brought here from outside points to carry out the mandate of the committee. The latter was chosen by secret ballot. It is claimed that the mnrdcr conspiracy would not have ended with Dr. Cronin had not his body been found so opportunely iu the Evanston-ave. man-hole. There were other Irishmen on the executioner's list, and they would have all shared Cronin's fate had tbe chance to dispose of them safely arisen. It is claimed that V. J. Hynes, an attorney; Father Twohy, a prominent catholic clergyman; Capt. Daniel Gleason. Capt T. P. O'Connor, John Devoy, and one or two others had been tried and convicted of certain charges and orders for their "removal" 6i'ened. In the case of Hyncs and Ievoy St was alleged that they were careless in letting Le Caron make away with the Clan-na-Gael records, which formed the basis of his testimony before the Parnell commission. Le Caron, Hynes and Devoy were tbe recognized leaders of the order, and to them was intrusted the care of all its records. The records disappeared the day Le Caron started for England. For a time suspicion pointed at Hynes and Devoy, and though they clearly established their innocence, their "re- ! moval" was ordered as a warning to futara generations of officers. The report that Tierney, one of the employes of Sullivan, the ice man, had disappeared is denied. The man, W. L. King, who is under arrest does not anwer the description of the man of that name whom Woodru i says took part in the removal of the trunk from a bam on the night of Dr. Crouin's disappearance, and, though he is something of a sport and has consorted with disreputable persons, the police do not believe that he is the maa wanted. They will hold him for a day or two, however, pending developments. Luke Dillon, who came here from Philadelphia to as.st in ferreting out the murderers of Dr. Cronin, says that he has received a telegram saying that the Clan-na-Gael of Philadelphia has sent him $1,000 to forward tbe work. All sorts of rumors of developments and arrests were flying about during the day? but owing to the extreme reticence of the police it is next to impossible to confirm or disprove them. Warden Howard's liills. Warden Patten of tbe southern peuiteatiary was allowed $17,820 yesterday by the state auditor to pay old claims of ex-Warden How&rdk

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