The Crime of the Century; Or, The Assassination of Dr. Patrick Henry CroninHunt, Henry M.
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The Crime of the Century; Or, The Assassination of Dr. Patrick Henry Cronin
Hunt, Henry M.
Cronin, Patrick Henry, 1846-1889; Trials (Assassination) -- Illinois -- Chicago
Ten o'clock came and the doors were closed on the multitude that still
craved admittance. The honorary pall bearers, their heads bared, marched
out of the officer's room and took their stations beside the catafalque,
in the following order: J. P. South, High Council of Illinois Catholic
Order of Foresters; Leopold Rohrer, Cathedral Court of Illinois Catholic
Order of Foresters; Dr. D. G. Moore, High Court of Independent Order of
Foresters; E. E. Connery, Court Friendship, Independent Order of
Foresters; C. S. Commour, Alcyone Council, Royal Arcanum; John F. Begg,
Hancock Lodge, Ancient Order of United Workmen; C. D. Shoemaker, Ætna
Lodge, Ancient Order of United Workmen; J. C. Brayden, Royal League;
John O'Callaghan and P. M. Carmody, Ancient Order of Hibernians. Next
came the active pall bearers, Captain O'Meagher Condon, New York; Luke
Dillon, Philadelphia; O. McGarry, Thomas P. Tinte, Detroit; Frank T.
Scanlan, Dan Sullivan, Charles Barry, and M. J. Kelly. A moment later
the doors were thrown open, the police cleared a passage way through the
multitude, and the casket was borne out and placed in the hearse. The
latter was drawn by four black horses. Ten thousand men were already in
line, Grand Marshal P. J. Cahill gave the signal, and the procession,
eight thousand strong, moved north on Michigan Avenue in the following
order:
Grand Marshall, P. J. Cahill--Chief of Staff, Col. M. C. Hickey.
Platoon of Police, Twenty-five Men, Sergt. Gibbons Commanding.
Reed's Drum Corps.
Hibernian Rifles, 100 Men, Capt. Ford Commanding.
Hearse, with Guard of Honor of Hibernian Rifles, Consisting of Lieuts.
Sullivan, O'Neil, Monohan, Sullivan, Kennedy, Monohan.
Uniform Order Royal Arcanum, 110 Men.
Royal Arcanum, 315 Men.
Ancient Order Hibernians, 1,000 Men, State Delegate P. M. Cormody
Commanding; County Delegate M. Dowling, Aide.
Mourners in Carriages.
Mr. and Mrs. Carroll (Dr. Cronin's Sister), of St. Catherine's, Ont.,
Mr. Cronin of Arkansas, Mr. and Mrs. T. T. Conklin, Mr. and Mrs. J. F.
Scanlan.
Clan-na-Gael Guards, 175 Men, Capt. Buckley Commanding.
Lake Side Cornet Band.
I. O. Foresters, Uniformed Rank, Fifty Men, High Marshal Frank Boden
Commanding.
I. O. Foresters, 1,200 Men, Wm. Kilpatrick Commanding.
Drum Corps.
Royal League, 250 Men.
Catholic Benevolent Legion, 200 Men.
The Illinois Catholic Order Foresters, 2,700 Men, representing the
following Courts:
St. Bernard, St. John, McMullen, St. Nicholas, Sheridan, Conway,
St. Leo, St. Charles, St. Agnes, All Saints, Pius, St. Francis, St.
Patrick, St. Stephen, St. Lawrence, Immaculate Conception, St. Joseph,
St. Henry, St. Alphonsus, Blessed Virgin, Holy Name, St. Cornelius, St.
Vincent, St. Benedict, Sacred Heart, Ascension, St. Michael, St.
Aloysius, American, Dearborn, Excelsior, Columbia, Sedgwick, Superior,
Independence, Industry, Jefferson, Amity, Cavour, Paterson, Fidelity,
Unity.
Cornet Band.
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