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Newspaper
Dixon Sun
Location
Dixon, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jul 24, 1889
Page
8
A detailed account of the 1889 Cronin murder in Chicago, its deep plotted network, and the lasting controversy it stirred. The piece notes ongoing discussion and recrimination on both sides of the Atlantic and its claimed impact on the Irish cause for years.
The narrative outlines a political murder organized by a brainy conspiracy with strong Irish society ties and press and police influence. It follows a decoy call to Dr. Cronin, the staged life or death tale, and Cronin’s subsequent disappearance linked to the Carlson cottage killing.
Dr Cronin, an unmarried man without relatives in Chicago, lived with the Conklin family in a Windsor Theater Building flat on North Clark. He ran an office there and saw patients, and maintained a second office on the fifth floor of the Opera House Building at South Clark and Washington streets, rooms 501 and 503.
The narrative links the Carlson cottage Lake View to 117 Clark street with J B Simonds renting rooms and buying furniture. A Swedish express man Martinsen moved goods to Carlson cottage after Cronin's murder. Frank Williams and a supposed brother, plus P O Sullivan the iceman, appear in timing and alibi details.
A physician named Dr Cronin was with a patient at his home on Saturday when a lethal incident occurred. Local authorities are investigating the scene and reviewing details surrounding the event.
Chronicling a surge of phony reports after Dr. Cronin's disappearance, the piece tracks wild tales of murder, embezzled suspects, and spy plots. It reveals anonymous Chicago authors fueling Bogus interviews and networks that spread false leads across Canada and the United States, ultimately linking the attacks to Cronin’s enemies.
The Chicago police faced scrutiny as Patrick Dinan revealed that detective Daniel Coughlin hired his livery crew to drive Cronin to the slaughter. Captain Schaack ordered Coughlin's pursuit before Whalen was assigned to work from Lake View. No body progress followed as public opinion split along clan lines and charges focus on Clan-na-Gael factions.
A decomposed male body tied with a towel was pulled from a sewer catch-basin near Evanston avenue and North Fifty ninth street. The corpse, identified by dental records as Dr Cronin, shows five head wounds likely from a sharp instrument. Police report arrest ramping and a funeral follows, while stamp-collecting notes appear in the same report.
The coroner's inquest and special Grand Jury tied to the Daniel Coughlin case indict seven men for murder. Included are John Beggs P O Sullivan Frank Woodruff Patrick Cooney John Kunze and Frank Burke with Woodruff and Kunze overseas at large. Burke awaiting extradition in Winnipeg.
A wealthy old bachelor groom aged seventy five marries a twenty five year old blonde in New York. The lover is the groom's great uncle and becomes husband to his niece, creating an intricate web where the wife becomes aunt and great aunt through multiple generational ties.
In a courtroom style dialogue a tailor refuses信用 on a wedding suit, insisting on cash on delivery. Mr Goodheart protests years of prompt payment, but the tailor notes the change from bachelor to married finances and the need for immediate payment.
A Boston Courier note discusses the annual rise of tipping in English hospitality, arguing it prices moderate visitors out of large establishments. A traveler recounts avoiding seeing his sister’s husband’s staff to avoid tipping, calling American hospitality a point of honor not paid by guests.
A west country farmer attempted to terrify his wife by sending a note threatening death. The wife, oddly calm, found him alive but looking poorly in the stable. She freed him, hacked at the rope with a sturdy stick until exhausted, then declared the act a lesson for future mischief.
A terse saying notes a division of time where a woman spends two hours crafting a match and a bare minute to snatch a bald headed husband. It reflects a wry view of courtship and domestic mischief in historical gossip.
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