SPECIAL GRAND JURY SUMMONED--PERSONNEL OF ITS MEMBERS--JUDGE SHEPARD'S
VIGOROUS CHARGE--THE TESTIMONY TAKEN--SEVENTEEN DAYS' INVESTIGATION
RESULTS IN THE INDICTMENT OF SEVEN MEN--FULL TEXT OF THE INDICTMENT.
Sheriff Matson, tall and commanding, appeared in that branch of the
Criminal Court presided over by Judge Shepard, at ten o'clock on the
morning of June 12, at the head of such a procession of prominent
business men as is seldom seen in the precincts of a court room, save on
occasions that stir the entire community. For the third time during his
term of office as sheriff--once in the Anarchist case, then in the
celebrated "boodler" trial, and again on this occasion, the Sheriff had
been ordered to summon a special venire of grand jurors. That he had
taken pains to get good material, and at the same time avoid selecting
any of those that had served on either of the two former occasions, was
apparent when he presented the twenty-three men to the Court. Their
names were called out as follows:
D. B. Dewey,
H. P. Kellogg,
D. A. Peirce,
W. K. Forsythe,
John H. Clough,
J. McGregor Adams,
Jacob Gross,
Francis B. Peabody,
W. H. Beebe,
A. G. Lundberg,
John F. Wollensack,
Isaac Jackson,
H. S. Peck,
W. J. Quan,
John O'Neill,
Louis Hasbrook,
Henry Greenebaum,
C. Gilbert Wheeler,
J. C. W. Rhode,
A. P. Johnson,
George W. Waite,
Henry A. Knott,
W. D. Kerfoot.
JUDGE SHEPARD'S PLAIN WORDS.
The Judge looked approvingly over the double row of intelligent faces
before him, and appointed John H. Clough as foreman. The customary oath
usually administered in cases of special grand juries, where some of
those summoned may be disposed to avoid service, was omitted, and the
regular grand jury oath was clinched with the statement, "so help you
God." After this the excuses of half a dozen of those who considered
themselves entitled to exemption came too late. Commencing his charge by
reading the section of the statute defining the duties of grand jurors,
and fixing the punishment for disclosing grand jury proceedings, Judge
Shepard went on to say:
"The prime matter which will come before you will be the murder of
the late Dr. Cronin. This appalling murder demands a most rigorous
investigation. Dr. Cronin, an American citizen, has been struck
down and killed under circumstances so horribly indicative of
conspiracy, premeditated design and malice, as to warrant the most
searching inquiry. Fortunately the power of a grand jury is fully
equal to the emergency.
"Men who can tell of facts and circumstances that will lead you to
the discovery of the guilty parties can be made to tell. It is just
as much perjury to falsely deny knowledge of a fact as to affirm
its existence. Nothing short of a refusal to testify before you on
the ground that his testimony will tend to criminate himself will
excuse any witness, and he cannot falsely employ that personal
privilege as a protection for another without subjecting himself to
the pains and penalties of perjury.
"It is not the policy of the law that it is better that one or any
number of guilty men should escape rather than that an innocent
person should suffer; the law has no policy in such matters except
that every guilty man shall be punished. With all the information
already in the possession of the law officers of the county at
hand, it will be a blot on the commonwealth, a severe blow to the
administration of justice, and a frightful menace to the safety of
the individual citizen, if every man engaged in this shocking
crime, or having guilty knowledge of it, shall not be discovered.
"The whole power of the county is at your disposal. Employ your
resources, use the power invested in you without fear or favor, and
the result cannot be uncertain. You will now retire to the jury
room and make your own arrangements for the transaction of the
business for which you have been called together."
At the conclusion of this address the grand jury retired, in charge of
Bailiff Hamilton. An organization was quickly effected, and soon the
twenty-three men were at work, with the assistance of State's Attorney
Longenecker and his assistant, Jampolis. Acting Captain Schuettler was
also called in, and from these officials the body received an outline of
the case, very much from the same material which came before the
coroner's jury, with the exception that the State's Attorney had
prepared a connected narrative that, step by step, was to be
corroborated by witnesses. At each of the stairways leading to the
floor where the grand jury quarters were located bailiffs were
stationed, and none but grand jurors and witnesses were permitted to
pass.
THE GRAND JURY'S INQUIRY.
Beginning with the testimony of Mrs. Conklin, the liveryman Dinan, the
furniture salesmen, and the agents of the Clark street flat, the Grand
Jury traced the movements of the murderers, step by step. Daniel Brown,
the police officer attached to the Stanton avenue station, and who had
preferred the charges of treason against Dr. Cronin in a camp of the
Clan-na-gael, was subjected to an exhaustive examination. He was kept on
the stand for nearly two hours, and was not permitted to refuse to
answer questions, or to avoid answering by saying that he did not
recollect, or that he had forgotten. He was closely questioned
concerning his connection with the order and his reasons for preferring
the charge against the physician.
[Illustration: OFFICER BROWN.]
Another witness was Thomas G. Windes, the law partner of Alexander
Sullivan, and at that time a Master in Chancery of the Circuit Court. He
told the jury that he knew absolutely nothing about the check for
$99,000, drawn in favor of Windes & Co., and which had been deposited in
the Traders' Bank to the credit of Alexander Sullivan. In fact he had
never even seen the check. When questioned by the State's Attorney, he
said without hesitation, that he had seen Detective Coughlin at the
office of Alexander Sullivan at least six or seven times at different
periods preceding the murder, and that they seemed to be quite intimate.
Corroborative testimony was given by Henry Brown, a clerk in Sullivan's
office. On the fifth day of the investigation an indictment was found
against Martin Burke, in order that the record upon which his
extradition from Winnipeg was sought should be complete. The
speculations of Alexander Sullivan on the Board of Trade, his relations
with the Clan-na-gael, and the alleged misappropriation of funds, were
investigated at length. Incidentally, Frank B. Johnson, confidential
clerk of John T. Lester & Co., told of a speculation which he had
engineered for Sullivan in 1882. In that year Sullivan, upon a "tip"
from Johnson, purchased 200 shares of Chicago, Burlington & Quincy
railroad stock, putting up several thousand dollars as margin. The
transaction lasted for some time, and in the end Sullivan's gains
amounted to $50,000, out of which he made Johnson a present of $5,000.
This, while interesting, was not material to the purpose of the
investigation. Rev. Father Dorney was another witness, but, although
closely questioned, he told nothing of importance. The indictment
against Burke was returned into Judge Shepherd's court, on June 19th.
There were two counts, one charging him with the murder of Dr. Cronin by
means and weapons to the jury unknown, and abetted and aided by persons
unknown, while the other charged him, under the name of Burke, otherwise
known as Martin Delaney, otherwise known as Frank Williams, with
conspiring with certain other unknown persons to murder the physician.
The names of fifty witnesses were on the back of the indictment.
Mortimer F. Scanlan told a lengthy story regarding the enmity toward Dr.
Cronin that existed in Chicago, and which was fomented by a faction of
the camp to which Coughlin belonged. He also said that the physician
carried important papers regarding the alleged embezzlement of
Clan-na-gael funds, either in his inside pocket or in his instrument
case, about the time of his death.
PAT COONEY UNDER SUSPICION.
Just about this time the police began an active search for a man named
Pat Cooney, better known to his associates by the sobriquet of "the
Fox," and who answered in every particular to the description given of
the man Simonds, who had purchased the furniture from the Revells and
had rented the flat on Clark street. He was a bricklayer by trade, and
had come from the west of Ireland, somewhere in the same region from
which Burke hailed. Some time prior to the murder he had been a boon
friend and companion of Coughlin and Burke, and had been frequently
heard to denounce Dr. Cronin as a British spy. He commenced to drink
steadily during the week following the physician's disappearance, and
although not working, had an abundance of money. The police authorities
were satisfied that Cooney was the man they wanted, but a thorough
search of the city resulted in the discovery that he had left for parts
unknown. Detectives were sent to several points where men answering to
his description had been shadowed by the authorities, but their labors
were without result. A man supposed to be "The Fox" was arrested at
Frankfort, Indiana, on June 23d, but proved to be an entirely different
individual. The search was continued for months, and finally it was
concluded that Cooney had left the country.
THE TRIAL IN CAMP 20.
Startling information was brought to the attention of the Grand Jury, at
its session on June 24th, which established to the satisfaction of the
prosecuting officials, that there was an "inner circle" in the notorious
Camp Number 20 of the Clan-na-gael, and that a trial of Dr. Cronin was
ordered by this inner circle within two months of his death. For a year
or more the physician had been denounced in this camp as a British spy,
by Coughlin, O'Sullivan, Cooney, Burke and others of that ilk. Members
of other camps, who were friendly to the "triangle," helped to spread
the story in some quarters by innuendo, and in others by direct
assertion, testifying before the Parnell commission, in London, in the
spring of 1889. Le Caron had said that there were in the United States
three other spies like unto himself, but at the instance of the Court
their names were suppressed. Hardly, however, had this evidence been
cabled across the water, than it began to be hinted about in Chicago
that Dr. Cronin was one of the three referred to. It was also falsely
asserted that Le Caron had testified that Dr. Cronin was his friend, and
a man eminent in his profession. This, for the purposes of the "inner
circle," was proof positive that Cronin was a British spy. Le Caron's
testimony was given during the first week in February. About the third
week of that month it was alleged that Alexander Sullivan had received
advices from abroad, to be re-directed to Patrick Egan, at Lincoln,
Nebraska, setting at rest all doubt as to the fact that there was at
least one spy in the United States. The rumor that these advices existed
had its effect. Charges, so it was claimed, were preferred against Dr.
Cronin for giving secrets to the enemy, for seeking to obtain
information prejudicial to the cause in order to sell it to England, and
for general betrayal of the secrets of the order. In accordance with the
rules of the organization, these charges should have been lodged with a
member of the executive. A member friendly to the inner circle was
induced to order a trial. This trial was directed to be held in Camp 20,
because the person preferring the charges belonged to that camp. Under
the rules of the order this process was irregular, as the charges should
have been heard in Cronin's own camp. His enemies, however cared
nothing for law. What they wanted was vengeance. John F. Beggs, a
well-known lawyer, and president of the Irish-American Club, was Senior
Guardian of Camp 20. He selected a trial committee. It held several
meetings, the last about the middle of February. At this meeting the
death of the physician must have been decreed.
[Illustration: JOHN F. BEGGS.]
This was the story in outline as it reached the State's Attorney. Lawyer
Beggs, who had already been several times summoned before the Grand
Jury, was again recalled. His answers were evasive and unsatisfactory,
although he denied that any committee had been appointed, that any
secret trial had taken place, or that, so far as his knowledge went, Dr.
Cronin had been condemned to death as the result of any action of that
particular camp. Many admissions, were wrung from him when he was
confronted with the facts, but his entire demeanor was so uncertain, and
he made so many contradictory and inconsistent statements, that the
members of the Grand Jury were convinced that he possessed a guilty
knowledge of the murder, or of the circumstances which resulted in the
perpetration of the crime. The result was that, at the conclusion of his
examination, he was placed under arrest and incarcerated with the other
suspects in the county jail.
SEVEN SUSPECTS INDICTED.
Enough testimony had now been heard to enable the Grand Jury to act
intelligently, and the inquiry was closed. One entire day was devoted to
the sifting of the evidence as it related to each individual who had
been mentioned in connection with the crime, and at five o'clock of the
afternoon of Saturday, June 29th, seventeen days from the inauguration
of the inquiry, the jurors again filed into Judge Shepherd's court.
"Have you any report to make Mr. Foreman?" asked the Judge.
"We have, your honor," promptly answered Mr. John H. Clough, and
stepping forward he handed a bulky document to Clerk Lee, who, in turn,
handed it to Judge Shepherd. The Court glanced over the contents and
then inquired:
"Have you any further business to transact, gentlemen?"
"I think we have finished what we had to do," answered Mr. Clough.
"Then," said the Court, "you may be excused from further service."
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
an assault, and that they, 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 said divers other persons, with certain means,
weapons, and instruments, a more particular description of which is
to the said jurors unknown, unlawfully, willfully, feloniously, and
of their malice aforethought, did strike, penetrate, and wound the
body, limbs, head, and face of him, the said Patrick Henry Cronin,
with the means, weapons, and instruments aforesaid, and upon divers
parts of the head, face, limbs, and body of him, the said Patrick
Henry Cronin, did inflict divers mortal wounds, bruises,
lacerations, and contusions, of which said mortal wounds, bruises,
lacerations, and contusions he, the said Patrick Henry Cronin, then
and there instantly died.
CHARGED WITH MURDER.
And so the jurors aforesaid, upon their oaths aforesaid, do say
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 said divers other persons, him, the said Patrick Henry
Cronin, then and there in manner and form aforesaid, unlawfully,
willfully, feloniously, and of their malice aforethought, did kill
and murder, contrary to the statute and against the peace and
dignity of the same people of the State of Illinois.
The grand jurors aforesaid chosen, selected, and sworn in in the
name of and by the authority of the State of Illinois, and through
the County of Cook in the State of Illinois, upon their oaths
aforesaid, do further 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, and
one John Kunze, late of the County of Cook, May 4, in the year of
our Lord 1889, in said County of Cook, in the State of Illinois
aforesaid, in and upon one Patrick Henry Cronin, in the peace of
the people of the State of Illinois then and there being,
unlawfully, willfully, feloniously and of their malice
aforethought, did make an assault, and that they, 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, with certain means,
instruments, and weapons, a more particular description of which is
to the said jurors unknown, unlawfully, willfully, feloniously, and
of their malice aforethought, did then and there strike, penetrate,
and wound the body, limbs, head, and face of him, the said Patrick
Henry Cronin, then and there giving to him, the said Patrick Henry
Cronin, with the means, weapons and instruments, aforesaid in and
upon divers parts of the head, face, limbs and body of him, the
said Patrick Henry Cronin, divers mortal wounds, bruises,
lacerations, and contusions, of which said mortal wounds, bruises,
lacerations, and contusions he, the said Patrick Henry Cronin, then
and there instantly died. And so the jurors aforesaid upon their
oaths aforesaid do say 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, and
said John Kunze, him, the said Patrick Henry Cronin, then and
there, in manner and form aforesaid, unlawfully, willfully,
feloniously, and of their malice aforethought, did kill and
murder, contrary to the statute and against the peace and dignity
of the same people of the State of Illinois.
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 State of Illinois, upon their oaths aforesaid,
do further 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, and one John
Kunze, late of the County of Cook, May 4, in the year of our Lord
1889, in said County of Cook, in the State of Illinois aforesaid,
in and upon one Patrick Henry Cronin, in the peace of the people of
the State of Illinois, then and there being, unlawfully, willfully,
feloniously and of their malice aforethought, did make an assault;
and 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, and said John Kunze, with certain
blunt instruments, a more particular description of which is to the
said jurors unknown, which they, 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
Woodruff, otherwise called Frank J. Black said Patrick Cooney, and
said John Kunze, in both of the hands of each of them, 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 and said John Kunze, then and there,
had and held the said Patrick Henry Cronin, in and upon the head,
face, and body of him, the said Patrick Henry Cronin, then and
there unlawfully, willfully, feloniously, and of their malice
aforethought, did push, shove, strike, thrust, and penetrate,
giving to the said Patrick Henry Cronin then and there, with the
said blunt instruments aforesaid, in and upon the head, face, and
body of him, the said Patrick Henry Cronin, divers mortal wounds,
contusions, and lacerations, each of the length of two inches and
of the depth of one inch, of which said mortal wounds, contusions,
and lacerations the said Patrick Henry Cronin then and there
instantly died. And so the jurors aforesaid upon their oaths
aforesaid do say 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, and
said John Kunze, him, the said Patrick Henry Cronin, then and there
in manner and form aforesaid, unlawfully, willfully, feloniously,
and of their malice aforethought, did kill and murder, contrary to
the statute and against the peace and dignity of the said people of
the State of Illinois.
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 further 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, and
one John Kunze, late of the County of Cook, May 4, in the year of
our Lord 1889, in the said County of Cook, in the State of Illinois
aforesaid, in and upon one Patrick Henry Cronin in the peace of the
people of the State of Illinois, then and there being, unlawfully,
willfully, feloniously, and of their malice aforethought, did make
an assault, and 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, and said John
Kunze, with certain sharp instruments, a more particular
description of which is to the said jurors unknown, which they, the
said Martin Burke, otherwise called Martin Delaney, otherwise
called Frank Williams, said John F. Beggs, said Daniel Coughlin,
said Frank J. Woodruff, otherwise called Frank J. Black, said
Patrick Cooney, and said John Kunze, in both of the hands of each
of them 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, and said John
Kunze, then and there had and held the said Patrick Henry Cronin,
in and upon the face, head, and body of him, the said Patrick Henry
Cronin, then and there willfully, unlawfully, feloniously, and of
their malice aforethought did push, shove, strike, thrust, and
penetrate, giving to the said Patrick Henry Cronin then and there
with the said sharp instruments as aforesaid in and upon the head,
face, and body of him, the said Patrick Henry Cronin, divers mortal
wounds, contusions, and lacerations, each of the length of two
inches and of the depth of one inch, of which said mortal wounds,
contusions and lacerations the said Patrick Henry Cronin then and
there instantly died. And so the jurors aforesaid, upon their oaths
aforesaid, do say 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, and
said John Kunze, him, the said Patrick Henry Cronin, then and there
in manner aforesaid, unlawfully, feloniously, and of their malice
aforethought, did kill and murder.
KUNZE'S SUPPOSED PART IN THE CRIME.
Considerable surprise was occasioned by the appearance of the name of
John Kunze in the indictment. Nobody had supposed that a German was
connected with the conspiracy, while it was regarded as remarkable that
the police should have been able to keep the fact that there was another
suspect so complete a secret. Now, however, the facts came out. Kunze
had come from Germany a few years before, representing that he was the
heir to a large estate in Luxemburg, and had worked at various places
and at anything he could get to do. For some reason or other he was
taken under the protecting wing of Dan Coughlin, of whom he came to be
regarded as a protege. The two men were together almost daily, and could
scarcely have been on more intimate terms. Before the Grand Jury,
Mertes, the milkman, had identified Kunze's picture as that of one of
the two men whom he had seen drive up in a buggy to the Carlson cottage
between eight and nine o'clock on the night of the murder.
[Illustration: JOHN KUNZE.]
"He was the man who staid in the buggy and held the horse while the
other man ran up the steps and entered the door," were the milkman's own
words.
In addition to this, a young man named James had positively identified
the German as one of the tenants of the flat on Clark street, saying
that he had seen him, coming and going, and at the windows, for nearly a
month. More than this, he had seen him washing his feet before the
window. The Grand Jury had considered this evidence as conclusive. Kunze
was arrested in Chicago on July 1st, and slept that night, with his
fellow suspects, five in number, in a cell in "Murderers' row."