Show cr w woodruff once more IMES mi FRONT a calculated contradictory and COWED confession alexander SuII iian maronee ind kc AD H ink arrest this linit in llin nies caught ia a photograph other arcs to THE STANDARD WW hop hopt t inter still bailer june ag the pro ioui of woodruff the hosa ho sa thief alio has been indicted for complicity in the cronin tragedy were eclipsed thia morning an entirely new story was published in an extra edition of the times he contradicts and discredits die credits every other statement heretofore attributed to liim and now appears in tho role of an ex member of the canada militia claiming that be was trusted by the murderers because he furnished the feniane with valuable information during one of the military raids into canada woodruff bays he arrived in chichon Chi caon march cili and that lie obtained work from gardner on southward aanna after three or four dais for gardner he woodruffs was taken eick his narrative aas with the prospect of going to alie county hoa ital I 1 drifted anto vana place I 1 made up my mind bo was a reman and ic minded him of certain raids during the fenian riot in canada Ca I 1 went during that raid as a volunteer in the li alth kent battalion choso whoso headquarters were at chattanooga we went as far as niagara at that time I 1 was assigned to tie department and gave borne boine points ai I 1 learned them while in that place alint was my first connection with the clau na gael csullivan told me he would pet me work if possible from there 1 came down to work at deans avory iiii TO BE A anier woodruff how he met detective coughlan Coughl ln jooa after and had a drink with him ue conveyed coni eyed the impression that the detective knew him to be a thief and that he believed the detective to be a fence while walling together they met csullivan and the latter mentioned woodruffs request for employment caughlia Cough lia quizzed Woodruff that a man in iiii line should want work woodruff then told of the meeting early in april with one melville whom he had kaohn in california iio said he was a great friend of desmond and S inglot kearney during the labor troubles melville and detective cough lia were drinking together in a saloon and woodruff woodi joined them coughlin soon left and the other ano made a round of disreputable houses tor achile after which mchille took his jea e sa ing he w aa at mccols mccoys hotel melville gave woodruff a small amount of money saying be wanted to see him again A few days afterward woodruff met on the south bide mcdonald told him hia name was now williams wood lad known mcdonaldsr McDon aldor williams as an old dorler na gael after a private talk beta een coughlin and williams the latter took woodruff to bide and talked with him A JOB when woodruff told williama ho was busted tho latter said why dont you go down and see alexander sullivan woodruff replied that he was not ready to go to Iu surope rope the pair then proceeded to clark street this was alie place where aa has been frequently published the furniture for the carleon cottage was first stored williams would not tell what he wanted him to do but urged him a few daya later to eo over and cee alexander sullivan lie finally did so and told him mcdonald Mf Donald sent him over sullivan said to mcdonald oh you mean williama dont you woodruff said yes and sullivan said he had to say that be had never met woodruff before woodruff told him ho asas looking for a job and on sullivan asking him what kind of work he would like he replied 1 anything if there is any money in st sullivan looked at him fihar ply and replied it I 1 hear ol 01 anything lor you ill let williams know of it next day when in the company of williams they met sulli nn I 1 to took williams ankle and handed him some monay baying now pay that rent then aeling woodruff sullivan told him he must not take oll enee at hia mannar on the previous day as he was very busy and had a preat many applications for a job the wednesday before alio murder woodruff met coughlin who licked him to take a noto over to sul this note waa in cipher the paine as had lean used by the feniane fen ians fl lien woodruff was at niagara lie looked at it and eaas it read gorut urton ahe remainder of the confession deals hilti the night of the murder coughlin BO woodruff allebes al lenes paid him 25 to drive to lincoln avenue from deans the conveyance in which tho trunk could alx lx carried near Af liland and lincoln avenues melville and a inai named Of chea alias alike manon gall joined woodruff the latter rab thia nan w a or blacksmith black emith from philadelphia hut that he lidd known liim in he baid he lad also met before in beoria in connection hatli irish affairs they dhoti out to alio llio cailton cottage there about 2 a in two doeu went la and boon alter 1 Al elville and williams came out carrying the trunk which they placed in the wagon EW W TUB arror hera a new ot the and of alie body in lit fewer woodruff says now that his intention was to lime the trunk beinli in lake oil lincoln park but thinking they wera pursued the plan was abandoned that Cron ioa instrument case was bably buried or thrown in the lake probably Ero y delullo or williams when they left the wagon lie does not know what has made of the clothing woodruff concludes with the assertion that lie lias recently lieen approached by a lawyer who offered to take his rase gratuitously and eliat lira lawyer biad told him to keep strict silence as alexander sullivans attorney mould work in union and aliat one of boni lainen had agreed to pay for woodruffs defence BUSINESS CONCERNS among tho witnesses examined before the grand jury was harry brown clerk and junior partner of alexander sullivan the same questions as those propounded to mr indea on saturday were put to him ilia testimony was of ery negative character but clearly established the fact eliat sullivans relations as a lawyer and aa an irish leader were distinct and separate and that liis duties in the latter capacity cap acty were never allowed to interfere with or become merged in the business transactions of the firm andrew J duggan testified at length to his alleged know ledge of lawyer baggs enmity to cronin beges is senior guardian of the clan nagel na gel camp which is said to have tried cronin for treason beggs laica aek testified next lie disavowed all to cronin and insisted while lie biad regarded the doctor as visionary and somewhat fanatical at throes they were really on terms of personal fri T I 1 oconnor active member of the clan na hicl and one of croninn Cronin 8 intimate friends testified that he was at one time approached by an the triangle and notified to prepare himself for a secret mission to great britain in behalf of the physical force societies oconnor aoa warned by cronin not to obey the mandate intimations being given that it was a snare to get him oat of the way and betray lam aito the hands of tho british government two of the members of the firm of lear co brokers testified again as to alexander sullivans speculations george beckwith of lake view testified eliat about april ath a man giving his name us walked into ln a store at lake view and engaged in a conversation he corresponded to the description of tho man who lifred the carleon cottage he told Beek wilh he was an odd ellow and a belati e of i van the iceman borrow ed tle on the strength of his odd fellowship lie claimed to hail from fond iowa beckwith saw him some time later on one of ice wagons mul calcey was arrested today to day and aleck with identified him he was afterwards released but is under surveillance after the discovery ot Cr onina body ice bouso and atio carlson cottage were photographed martau burke who was standing near the ico elioue at the time was inadvertently photographed I 1 his burke is now said to be under airest at winnipeg on a charge of being one of the williams brothers who rented the carlson cottage and the man who hired the to move the furniture from street flat to the colage co tage the photograph was shown this afternoon to the carlsone Carl sons old man cadlaon thought lie recognized burke but his wian and BOH were not sure tho photograph is imperfect and hat clouded Llou ded the jury debated for some time upon the advisability of inducting indicting indic ting burko at once in order that f be taken promptly tor his extradition it was finally resolved however to defer the action until the who was sent to new york to identify maroney and return and seo tho photographs juni ac woodruff was visited in jill this afternoon and found deeply engrossed in the preparation of another confession which he says is to be much more sensational than any of the he has reiterated the confession published aliis morning but on celoso examination it is altered in anany important particulars ho said he was only 23 years old but insisted that lie took an active part in the benian rebellion which he states occurred in 1873 his date do s not agree with history hi atory he that lie visited the flat at dark street when the fact is that the flat was vacated by the mysterious baranger bt ranger on march and 2nd woodruffs statement that he met hina on april ad and that the latter was stopping at mccols mccoys hotel is met by the hotel register which shows that mell villa left there on march 28 woodruff further said this afternoon that he was with dr cronin and sullivan on the night of and previous to the murder of the doctor this conflicts with this mornings confession in which he says he played cards ell that evening when asked why he told that story after having given so many others woodruff replied well I 1 was promised the influence of a great paper in my behalf paully alie baloon keeper mentioned in hie says lie has been in the pay of rolace lieutenant for tho past ano weeks to aid in the search for the murderers lie says his easter told him eliat fl was called out of the saloon one day when he caully Ia ully was absent and paid some money by a anan w horn flie is satisfied was alexander sullivan this revealed another apparent discrepancy in the confession after leaving with williams sullivan met them and paid tho monsy to williams the police to day dag an acre of ground near tho foot of braceland Ura celand avenue in the tor crucini Cru uini medical instrument bat found nothing the lima people to night deny hat any improper promises ann ever made to woodruff ho wan told they aay aliat they would do whatever they could fur him if he truth to ilia reporter li asked woodruff to explain the discrepancy in hia statements state menta about his nap woodruff explained eliat it VM a proposed geniau raid in 1875 eliat lie had reter ence to 1 he climax of alie whole concepsion Is an assertion b woodruff tha t all his previous alleged are hocus and that hia in the and oily I 1 biava inada inco my arrest the intimation being hat other alien circulation by interested to cooata croata the impression that lio woodruff wag bad woodruff gave his age when arrested as 20 icare ahe last fenian invasion occurred abelt ibis would make him about three years old when according to hia own atory ho waa a member of the canadian militia and drat became anti inti mate uh alie evians en ians arbeen june 17 baat night tin cac of police arrested marjii burke alias belaney Ue laney wanted or coin in the Cronin murder ire was boarding at the eastern express conj had a ticket for liverpool june 17 when chiel hubbard was asked for an tinn of the of at winnipeg lia caul arrett anil it w ill ho followed by on kotlier in this city din MT NEW june 17 three men alio cailin from chicago for lie purpose of identifying maroney and mcdonald aa iho print apals or accomplices in the murder 0 dr visited the tombs this morning the suspects wern placed with a wore of other prisoners alie chicago men failed to identify bliem man sune 17 all alio marks on burkes brooks and papers found on his person hae been obliterated A namo on the hand of liis hat and in his valise resembling that of cronan biad been smeared over with ink today to day miss boully sister of a saloon keeper quoted last night as corroborating goodrunn Wood runn latest statement denied emphatically the interview attributed to her she rayfl she knon s nothing of alexander sullivan and never saw any onn answering his description with woodruff her brother also denies the important features of I 1 ha interview represented BS coming from bin jane ac the B IX days ladies bicycle race between helen baldwin ofner york jessie woods philadelphia kittie brown pittsburg jessie oakes london england and louis armianto Armi anJo of canada was concluded at the athletic bark at 1030 tonight to night mies brown won by only eight feet making miles feet baldwin miles 5 0 feet Arini ando miles two laps woods miles 3 laps while on alio track on tuesday oakes took a header winch rendered ren Jered lier insensible for to hours and forcing her to retire from the race on thursday she mide a five anlo race against alie doilda record making it in 17 minutes and one feitli seconds and beating the boRt time by four fifths seconds the ladies leao or omaha to morrow where oakes and woods have a match race with stanley and williams 0 new boik tor 1500 rural hurria ST june 16 alio grand duko and the princess alexandria of grecco were married in tle of the winter palace this afternoon there was a brilliant gathering of officials and diplomats and ladies was followed by a state dinner at which the czar toasted the couple neb june 17 last night elizabeth and caroline leavitt aged 16 and 8 years of fige were found at their home at Gres liam seward county with their throats cut from carlo ear their parents were away from home no clue to the murderers the anny ST june 17 the russian army will soon be provided with breech loading rifles which bill carry a distance 0 ezet nois less powder will also be used in the future by alie army aliese improvements involve immediate expenditures ht lh cabat SAN june 17 the biml today to day states eliat one million dollars has been subscribed for the proposed cable between honolulu and san francisco and eliat die work of laying the cable will be commented eighteen months fatal coal oil diaze june 17 mrs elizabeth tyler aged 25 poured coal oil on a fire while breakfast this mornine thecil can exploded and sirs tyler and a eight months old boy were burned BO beverly they died forest fires W T june ac heavy forest fires are raging on the cast side of abe cascade mountains destroying vast of limber airone winds prevail and the fire is extending the northern pacific lino and its bridges are in danger and senia LONDON june 10 alie belgrade correspondent of the daily aws up holdi the accuracy of his statement that liaa proposed an immediate of the military contention with servia 1 allain col junn 17 A afir special from lake city colorado says new ton G moore an old time freighter murdered his young wife and then blew his own brains out the cause is supposed to be jealousy ST lons anne 17 Frank L woodruff late assistant postmaster at lawrence kansas liaa been arrested on a charge ot embezzling between and town KANSAS crry mo june 10 meagre reports have been received here of th alood and in kansas is leJ swept away stanley h juna 10 lettera from dated march buy eliat stanley is february and hag bent a number 0 ank fellows back by way of the congo adl from a ild bythe lallona eca irold in one of alio houses ot the cable car afternoon a workman was killed and four others seriously injured bj a tas Ei pa june 17 three injured by an exi lonion of gas at lie I 1 colliery today to day aln acro cawi ginaj NY june 17 rev wm a conspicuous figare ill alio binti slavery agitation and ono of alio arst temperance tempe ranco advocated died morning aged 79 jubo acad june 17 john gilberti the well known actor died ahia alter noon |