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
And thus was dismissed one of the most important Grand Juries ever
empaneled in Cook County or in the State of Illinois. For three weeks it
had been constantly engaged in probing into the mystery, and in that
period it had examined over 200 witnesses, a number unprecedented in a
criminal case. That its labors had been attended with good results, and
that it had performed its duty with fidelity and faithfulness, was
demonstrated by the document that had been entrusted to the Court. It
was an indictment charging the following persons with the murder of Dr.
P. H. Cronin:
JOHN F. BEGGS, Lawyer and Senior Guardian of Camp No. 20.
DANIEL COUGHLIN, Ex-detective.
PATRICK O'SULLIVAN, Iceman.
MARTIN BURKE, Laborer.
F. J. WOODRUFF, alias Black, the horse thief.
JOHN KUNZE, Laborer.
PATRICK COONEY, alias "The Fox."
The full text of the indictment was as follows:
The grand jurors aforesaid, chosen, selected, and sworn, in and for
the County of Cook in the State of Illinois, in the name and by the
authority of the people of the State of Illinois, upon their oaths
aforesaid, do present that one Martin Burke, otherwise called
Martin Delaney, otherwise called Frank Williams, one John F. Beggs,
one Daniel Coughlin, one Patrick O'Sullivan, one Frank J.
Woodruff, otherwise called Frank J. Black, one Patrick Cooney, one
John Kunze, and divers other persons, a more particular description
of which is to the said jurors unknown, late of the County of Cook,
March 1, in the year of our Lord 1889, in said County of Cook in
the State of Illinois aforesaid, did unlawfully, feloniously,
fraudulently, and deceitfully conspire and agree together with the
fraudulent and malicious intent then and there, feloniously,
wrongfully, and wickedly, and with malice aforethought, to kill and
murder one Patrick Henry Cronin, in the peace of the people of the
State of Illinois then and there being, and the jurors aforesaid,
upon their oaths aforesaid do further present that the said Martin
Burke, otherwise called Martin Delaney, otherwise called Frank
Williams, said John F. Beggs, said Daniel Coughlin, said Patrick
O'Sullivan, said Frank J. Woodruff, otherwise called Frank J.
Black, said Patrick Cooney, said John Kunze, and the said divers
persons whose names are to the said jurors unknown, in execution of
the said last mentioned premises and in pursuance of the said
conspiracy, combination, and agreement between and amongst them as
aforesaid, afterwards--to wit: May 4, in the year of our Lord 1889,
in said County of Cook, in the State of Illinois aforesaid, in and
upon the said Patrick Henry Cronin, in the peace of the people of
the said State of Illinois, then and there being unlawfully,
willfully, feloniously, and of their malice aforethought, did make
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