Rensselaer Republican, Volume 21, Number 40, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 June 1889 — THE CRONIN MURDER. [ARTICLE]
THE CRONIN MURDER.
Chicago Police Locate the Place of the Tragedy.—An Accomplice Coutessea. The myst erv of Dr. Cronin’s murder was unraveled Tuesday by the confes sion of Frank Woodruff, alias Frank Block, the driver of the wagon. He, took the officers over the route driven on the night the crime was committed, and the scene of every incident connected with the tragedy was pointed out. Coughlin, Sullivan and Woodiuff have been indictei for the murder by the Grand Jury. The police are said to Lave discovered evidence implicating many prominent Irishmen.
