The Crime of the Century

About this eBook

Author

Hunt, Henry M.

Title

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

Credits

E-text prepared by Juliet Sutherland and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team

Language

English

LoC Class

HV: Social sciences: Social pathology, Social and Public Welfare

Subject

Trials (Assassination) -- Illinois -- Chicago

Category

Text

eBook-No.

32533

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/32533

Release Date

May 25, 2010

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.THE CRIME OF THE CENTURY — OR,
2. 2.The Assassination of Dr. Patrick Henry Cronin. — A Complete and Authentic History of the Greatest of Modern Conspiracies. — BY
3. 3.HENRY M. HUNT, — THE NOTED JOURNALIST. — PROFUSELY ILLUSTRATED WITH ORIGINAL ENGRAVINGS. — APART FROM ITS VALUE AS A HISTORY OF A CELEBRATED CASE, THE STORY ITSELF IS OF THRILLING AND FASCINATING INTEREST.
4. 4.PREFACE
5. 5.CONTENTS.
6. 6.LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
7. 7.CHAPTER I. — THE DISAPPEARANCE. — THE STORY OF HIS LIFE.
8. 8.CHAPTER II. — A STARTLING DISCOVERY. — FINDING THE BLOODY TRUNK. — SEARCHING FOR CLUES. — "JUST LIKE HIS HAIR." — WAGON TRACKS LEAD TO THE WATER'S EDGE. — THE SEARCH REVEALS NOTHING.
9. 9.CHAPTER III. — WOODRUFF'S LURID STORY. — WOODRUFF GOES OVER THE ROUTE.
10. 10.CHAPTER IV. — DR. CRONIN AS A PROPHET. — CRONIN AND THE CLAN-NA-GAEL. — THE "TRIANGLE" IN POWER. — VICTIMS OF A "PHYSICAL FORCE" POLICY. — CRONIN TO THE FRONT. — THE "TREASONABLE" LETTER. — CHARGES AGAINST THE TRIANGLE. — SULLIVAN ON TRIAL. — SULLIVAN'S CELEBRATED PROTEST.
11. 11.CHAPTER V. — A STREET CAR "CLUE." — CONDUCTOR DWYER ADDS A "LINK." — BOGUS "INTERVIEWS" FROM CANADA. — A CHAPTER OF INFAMY. — CRONIN'S ENEMIES IN HIGH GLEE. — STAUNCH FRIENDS TO THE FRONT. — A BIG REWARD OFFERED.
12. 12.CHAPTER VI. — WHERE THE BODY WAS FOUND. — "MURDER WILL OUT." — THE BODY AT THE MORGUE. — FRIENDS IDENTIFY THE REMAINS. — THE STORY OF THE AUTOPSY. — A SISTER'S GRIEF.
13. 13.CHAPTER VII. — THE LONELY SCENE OF THE MURDER. — "BLOOD, BLOOD, EVERYWHERE!" — FORMING A THEORY. — THE BLOOD EXAMINED BY EXPERTS. — THE CARLSONS TELL THEIR STORY. — O'SULLIVAN AND "FRANK WILLIAMS." — THE FURNITURE TRACED. — IN THE CLARK STREET FLAT. — WHEN THE FLAT WAS RENTED. — MILKMAN MERTES' STORY. — THE EXPRESSMAN IS FOUND. — ICEMAN O'SULLIVAN SUSPECTED.
14. 14.CHAPTER VIII. — COUGHLIN HIRES THE RIG. — DINAN GOES TO SCHAACK. — SCHAACK'S PECULIAR MOVEMENTS. — COUGHLIN UNDER ARREST. — THE SMITH STORY DISPROVED. — THE CASE AGAINST O'SULLIVAN. — INDICTED BY THE GRAND JURY.
15. 15.CHAPTER IX. — LYING IN STATE. — A GREAT PROCESSION. — A SOLEMN CATHEDRAL SCENE. — A VOICE FROM THE PULPIT. — AT REST IN CALVARY.
16. 16.CHAPTER X. — ALEXANDER SULLIVAN AND DR. CRONIN. — SELECTED FOR A FOREIGN MISSION. — ALEXANDER SULLIVAN'S SPECULATIONS. — LUKE DILLON'S PLAIN WORDS. — CRONIN'S PRIVATE PAPERS IN EVIDENCE.
17. 17.CHAPTER XI. — THE VERDICT. — ARREST OF ALEXANDER SULLIVAN. — ALEXANDER SULLIVAN'S EVENTFUL LIFE. — THE OTHER ACCUSED MEN.
18. 18.CHAPTER XII. — STARKEY'S SUSPICIOUS MOVEMENTS. — A CHAPTER OF COINCIDENCES. — WOODRUFF'S SECOND CONFESSION.
19. 19.CHAPTER XIII. — ARGUING ON THE PETITION. — SULLIVAN RELEASED ON BAIL. — TWO ARRESTS IN NEW YORK.
20. 20.CHAPTER XIV. — BURKE'S PICTURE IDENTIFIED. — THE FLIGHT AND CAPTURE. — HOW BURKE WAS CAPTURED. — BURKE IN COURT. — THE IDENTIFICATION COMPLETE. — THE PRESIDENT ACTS. — FIGHTING TO THE LAST. — CANADIAN JUSTICE TRIUMPHS. — BURKE'S JOURNEY TO CHICAGO. — PREPARING FOR THE TRIAL.
21. 21.CHAPTER XV. — A STARTLING DISCOVERY. — IDENTIFYING THE CLOTHING. — A MURDERER'S SHIRT. — A PIECE OF CARPET FOUND. — THE CONSPIRATOR'S PLANS THWARTED.
22. 22.CHAPTER XVI. — JUDGE SHEPARD'S PLAIN WORDS. — THE GRAND JURY'S INQUIRY. — PAT COONEY UNDER SUSPICION. — THE TRIAL IN CAMP 20. — SEVEN SUSPECTS INDICTED. — KUNZE'S SUPPOSED PART IN THE CRIME.
23. 23.CHAPTER XVII. — THE PROMINENT CITIZENS PRESENT. — JUDGE PRENDERGAST'S VIGOROUS SPEECH. — THE GATHERING AT CHELTENHAM BEACH. — DENOUNCED AT OGDEN'S GROVE.
24. 24.CHAPTER XVIII. — "THE STATE IS READY." — HOT WORDS FROM LAWYERS.
25. 25.CHAPTER XIX. — SENSATIONAL TURN IN THE CASE. — A JURY-BRIBING PLOT. — WHEELS WITHIN WHEELS.
26. 26.CHAPTER XX. — THE SCENE IN COURT. — LONGENECKER'S MASTERLY EFFORT. — THE LAW IN THE CASE. — THE EVIDENCE MAINLY CIRCUMSTANTIAL. — ALL ARE GUILTY. — AN APPEAL FOR JUSTICE.
27. 27.CHAPTER XXI. — A DRAMATIC SCENE. — INSIDE OF CAMP TWENTY. — THE BLOODY TRUNK PRODUCED. — THRILLING SCENES IN COURT. — SURPRISES FOR THE DEFENSE. — HEARD HIS DEATH CRY. — THE STATE RESTS ITS CASE.
28. 28.CHAPTER XXII. — THE STATE ON REBUTTAL. — CRONIN'S KNIVES FOUND.
29. 29.CHAPTER XXIII. — REVIEWING THE EVIDENCE. — CAMP 20'S MYSTERIOUS MEETINGS. — PURPOSE OF THE SECRET COMMITTEE. — THE MEETING OF FEB. 8. — THE MURDER OF DR. CRONIN. — HISTORY OF THE CONSPIRACY. — THE BEGGS-SPELMAN LETTERS. — VIOLATIONS OF CAMP RULES. — THE CONNECTION WITH THE MURDER. — THE PLOT TO MURDER CRONIN. — THE LAW OF CONSPIRACY. — THE PURCHASE OF THE FURNITURE. — THE MEETINGS IN CAMP 20. — RENTING THE CARLSON COTTAGE. — KUNZE MAKES AN OBJECTION. — ENTICING CRONIN TO HIS DEATH. — JUSTICE MAHONEY'S PART IN THE PLOT. — ALL ARRANGEMENTS COMPLETED. — BEGGS' ENMITY TOWARD CRONIN. — MAJOR SAMPSON'S PART IN THE SCHEME. — TRUE TO THE IRISH CAUSE. — THE FATAL 4TH OF MAY. — THE MAN WHO DROVE THE WHITE HORSE. — THE IDENTIFICATION OF THE HORSE. — THE MURDER IN THE COTTAGE. — DISPOSING OF THE BODY. — DR. CRONIN IS FIRST MISSED. — COUGHLIN SEARCHES FOR THE BODY. — THE FINDING OF THE BODY. — THE DISCOVERY OF THE COTTAGE. — THE EXISTENCE OF AN INNER CIRCLE. — THE GREAT CONSPIRACY. — JUDGE LONGENECKER CLOSES. — An Appeal for Coughlin. — Counselor Ingham's Speech. — Counselor Donahoe Talks. — Hynes' Great Effort. — Foster's Plea for Beggs. — Forrest's able Plea on Behalf of his Clients. — Longenecker's Closing.
30. 30.CHAPTER XXIV. — THE JURY RETIRES. — A VERDICT AT LAST.

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