The Crime of the Century; Or, The Assassination of Dr. Patrick Henry Cronin

OPENING FOR THE STATE.--THE EVIDENCE REVIEWED--A MASTERLY ARGUMENT BY STATE'S ATTORNEY LONGENECKER--TRACING THE PLOT FROM ITS INCEPTION TO THE MURDER--AN APPEAL FOR JUSTICE--ARG...

"IT IS A CONSPIRACY"--DR. CRONIN'S FRIENDS CLAIM THE MURDER WAS A POLITICAL ASSASSINATION--THE PUBLIC SCEPTICAL UNTIL STARTLING DEVELOPMENTS ARE MADE--THE PHYSICIAN IN DANGER OF...

THE CRIME CREATES AN INTERNATIONAL SENSATION--DISCOVERY OF THE LONELY COTTAGE WHERE THE IRISH NATIONALIST MET HIS DEATH--EVIDENCES OF A TERRIBLE STRUGGLE--THE TELLTALE BLOOD STA...

STRANGE INFLUENCES AT WORK--MISS ANNIE MURPHY THINKS SHE SAW THE DOCTOR ON A STREET CAR--HIS LONG AND MYSTERIOUS RIDE WITH CONDUCTOR DWYER-- REPORTER LONG ALSO ENCOUNTERS HIM, T...

Breathless silence prevailed as the State's Attorney concluded his argument. Attention was now directed to Judge McConnell. Every eye in the court-room, including that of the pr...

OFFICER COLLIN'S SUSPICIONS--MARTIN BURKE AND HIS RECORD--FORTUNATE DISCOVERY OF THE PHOTOGRAPH OF A CLAN-NA-GAEL GROUP--THE CARLSONS AND OTHERS IDENTIFY BURKE--HIS PECULIAR MOV...

Just as soon as the State's Attorney had resumed his seat, and the announcement had been made that the defense would postpone its reply until the end of the trial, the task of e...

HOPING AGAINST HOPE--THE STENCH IN THE SEWER--"MURDER WILL OUT"--A GHASTLY DISCOVERY--WHERE THE BODY WAS FOUND--THE RECOGNITION BY CAPTAIN WING--ITS HORRIBLE APPEARANCE--EVIDENC...

THE WHITE HORSE AND BUGGY--DETECTIVE COUGHLIN HIRES IT FOR A "FRIEND"-- THE TROUBLE IN THE STABLE--DINAN GOES TO SCHAACK--THE CAPTAIN'S PECULIAR MOVEMENTS--SCANLAN IDENTIFIES TH...

PUBLIC ABHORRENCE AT THE CRIME--A GREAT OUT-POURING OF THE PEOPLE-- COSMOPOLITAN ASSEMBLAGE AT CENTRAL MUSIC HALL--A JUDGE'S VIGOROUS SPEECH--CONGRESSMEN DENOUNCE THE CRIME--THE...

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...

THE CORONER'S INQUEST OPENS--A MODEL JURY--VISITING THE SCENE OF THE TRAGEDY--TAKING THE EVIDENCE--CAPTAIN SCHAACK'S COMPROMISING ADMISSIONS--PROMINENT CLAN-NA-GAEL MEN PUT ON T...

Four days after the discovery of the body, all that was mortal of the murdered physician was laid to rest in Calvary Cemetery. To the old residents that witnessed the procession...

A JURY SECURED AT LAST--NAMES AND SKETCHES OF THE TWELVE MEN SELECTED TO DETERMINE THE GUILT OF THE ACCUSED--THE TRIAL UNDER WAY--OPENING SPEECHES FOR THE STATE--SCENES IN THE C...

The morning session had been replete with sensational testimony. At the noon recess word went around that the jury had heard enough upon which to frame a verdict, and that the p...

DR. CRONIN FAILS TO RETURN HOME--ANXIETY OF HIS FRIENDS--THE EARLY MORNING RIDE TO THE ICE HOUSE--O'SULLIVAN'S SURPRISE AND IGNORANCE--THE MYSTERIOUS WAGON AND ITS OCCUPANTS--A...

IN COURT AT LAST--THE STATE'S ATTORNEY POINTS OUT THE ACCUSED, MAN BY MAN--A FORMIDABLE ARRAY OF LEGAL TALENT--OBJECTIONS TO LUTHER LAFLIN MILLS AND HIS ASSOCIATES OVER-RULED BY...

AT THE TORONTO END OF THE CONSPIRACY--INVESTIGATING LONG'S CIRCUMSTANTIAL STORIES, AND HIS INTERVIEWS WITH DR. CRONIN--A CHICAGO FUGITIVE CONCERNED--HIS SUSPICIOUS MOVEMENTS--A...

THEORIES REGARDING THE DISAPPEARANCE OF THE MURDERED MAN'S CLOTHING--THE HAND OF PROVIDENCE MANIFESTS ITSELF--FORTUNATE DISCOVERY OF THE LAST BLOODY EVIDENCES OF THE CRIME--DR....

STARTLING INTERRUPTION TO THE TRIAL--VILLAINOUS ATTEMPT TO FRUSTRATE THE ENDS OF JUSTICE--BOLD EFFORTS TO BRIBE THE SPECIAL VENIRESMEN IN THE INTEREST OF THE PRISONERS--A "HUNG"...

THE DEFENSE TAKES ITS TURN--UNSUCCESSFUL EFFORTS TO EXCLUDE THE BULK OF THE EVIDENCE GIVEN FOR THE STATE--ALIBIS FOR THE PRISONERS AND THE WHITE HORSE--A GENERAL DENIAL OF COMPL...

AN ACCIDENTAL CLUE--FRANK WOODRUFF'S ARREST--HOW HE WAS HIRED TO GET A WAGON TO CARRY THE MYSTERIOUS TRUNK TO LAKE VIEW--A CORPSE IS DUMPED OUT--HE THINKS IT WAS THAT OF A WOMAN...

A CRIME THAT SHOCKED THE CIVILIZED WORLD--THE MYSTERIOUS STRANGER--A SUDDEN SUMMONS--THE INSTINCTS OF HUMANITY TRIUMPH OVER PERSONAL CONSIDERATIONS--LAST MOMENTS AT HOME--PARTIN...

SULLIVAN'S ARREST CREATES A SENSATION--HIS FRIENDS STAND BY HIM--THE NOTED IRISH LEADER IN COURT--EFFORTS TO SECURE HIS RELEASE--JUDGE TULEY GIVES HIM HIS LIBERTY--ARREST OF MAR...

Theories Regarding the Disappearance of the Murdered Man's Clothing--The Hand of Providence Manifests Itself--Fortunate Discovery of the Last Bloody Evidences of the Crime--Dr....

Officer Collin's Suspicions--Martin Burke and His Record-- Fortunate Discovery of the Photograph of a Clan-na-Gael Group--The Carlsons and Others Identify Burke--His Peculiar Mo...

The Crime Creates An International Sensation--Discovery of the Lonely Cottage Where the Irish Nationalist Met His Death--Evidences of a Terrible Struggle--The Tell-Tale Blood St...

Startling Interruption to the Trial--Villainous Attempt to Frustrate the Ends of Justice--Bold Efforts to Bribe the Special Veniresmen in the Interest of the Prisoners--A "Hung"...

"It is a Conspiracy"--Dr. Cronin's Friends Claim the Murder was a Political Assassination--The Public Skeptical until Startling Developments Are Made--The Physician in Danger of...

Strange Influences at Work--Miss Anna Murphy Thinks She Saw the Doctor on a Street Car--His Long and Mysterious Ride with Conductor Dwyer--Reporter Long also Encounters Him, Thi...

At the Toronto End of the Conspiracy--Investigating Long's Circumstantial Stories, and His Interviews with Dr. Cronin-- A Chicago Fugitive Concerned--His Suspicious Movements--A...

Hoping against Hope--The Stench in the Sewer--"Murder Will Out"--A Ghastly Discovery--Where the Body was Found--The Recognition by Captain Wing--Its Horrible Appearance--Evidenc...

Opening for the State--The Evidence Reviewed--A Masterly Argument by State's Attorney Longenecker--Tracing the Plot from its Inception to the Murder--An Appeal for Justice-- Arg...

The Coroner's Inquest Opens--A Model Jury--Visiting the Scene of the Tragedy--Taking the Evidence--Captain Schaack's Compromising Admissions--Prominent Clan-na-Gael Men put on t...

In Court at Last--The State's Attorney Points Out the Accused, Man by Man--A Formidable Array of Legal Talent-- Objections to Luther Laflin Mills and his Associates-- Over-ruled...

A Crime That Shocked the Civilized World--The Mysterious Stranger--A Sudden Summons--The Instincts of Humanity Triumph over Personal Considerations--Last Moments at Home--Partin...

The White Horse and Buggy--Detective Coughlin Hires It for a "Friend"--The Trouble in the Stable--Dinan Goes to Schaack--The Captain's Peculiar Movements--Scanlan Identifies the...

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...

An Accidental Clue--Frank Woodruff's Arrest--How He Was Hired to Get a Wagon to Carry the Mysterious Trunk to Lake View--A Corpse is Dumped Out--He Thinks It was That of a Woman...

Evidence for the State--The Story of the Crime Retold--A Long Line of Witnesses--Sensational Disclosures and Missing Links Supplied--Mrs. Hoertel's Graphic Story--Dr. Cronin's K...

Dr. Cronin Fails to Return Home--Anxiety of His Friends-- The Early Morning Ride to the Ice House--O'Sullivan's Surprise and Ignorance--The Mysterious Wagon and Its Occupants--A...

The Defense Takes its Turn--Unsuccessful Efforts to Exclude the Bulk of the Evidence Given for the State--Alibis for the Prisoners and the White Horse--A General Denial of Compl...

Sullivan's Arrest Creates a Sensation--His Friends Stand by Him--The Noted ex-Irish Leader in Court--Efforts to Secure His Release--Judge Tuley Gives Him His Liberty--Arrest of...

Public Abhorrence at the Crime--A Great Out-pouring of the People--Cosmopolitan Assemblage at Central Music Hall--A Judge's Vigorous Speech--Congressmen Denounce the Crime-- The...

A Jury Secured at Last--Names and Sketches of the Twelve Men Selected to Determine the Guilt of the Accused--The Trial Under Way--Opening Speeches for the State--Scenes in the C...