EL COUGHLIN, the detective, and
FRANK WOODRUFF, _alias_ Black,

be held to the grand jury as principals in or accessories to the foul
crime, there was considerable stir, coupled with exclamations of
satisfaction, and no little confusion was caused by a number of those
present scampering from the room to spread the news around the city. The
verdict, as taken from the official document, was word for word as
follows:

We, the undersigned, a jury appointed to make inquiry according to
law as to how the body viewed by us came to his death, state from
the evidence:

First--That the body is that of Patrick H. Cronin, known as Dr.
Cronin.

Second--That his death was not from natural causes but from violent
results.

Third--That the said P. H. Cronin was decoyed from his home on
North Clark street the evening of May 4, 1889, by some person or
persons, to the Carlson cottage, situated at No. 1872 North Ashland
avenue, in Lake View, Cook County, Ill.

Fourth--That at said cottage the said Cronin was murdered by being
beaten on his head with some blunt instrument in the hands of some
person or persons to us unknown, the night of the said May 4, or
between May 4 and May 5, 1889.

Fifth--That the body, after the said murder was committed, was
placed in a trunk and carried to Edgewater on a wagon by several
persons, and by them placed in a catch-basin at the corner of
Evanston avenue and Fifty-ninth street, Lake View, where it was
discovered May 22, 1889.

Sixth--That the evidence shows conclusively to our minds that a
plot or conspiracy was formed by a number of persons for the
purpose of murdering said Cronin and concealing his body. Said plot
or conspiracy was deliberately contrived and cruelly executed.

Seventh--We have had careful inquiry into the relations sustained
by said Cronin to other persons while alive to ascertain if he had
any enemy or enemies sufficient to cause his murder.

Eighth--It is our judgment that no other person or persons except
some of those who are or have been members of a certain secret
society, known as the United Brotherhood or "Clan-na-Gael," had any
cause to be the instigators or executors of such plot and
conspiracy to murder the said Cronin.

Ninth--Many of the witnesses testifying in the case have done so
with