n. Mr. and Mrs. Conklin slept; the sun rose in the east
on the 5th of May. Dr. Cronin did not appear. Frank Scanlon, the
last friend that saw the Doctor when he rode away, mentioned that
the Doctor said when he was asked when he would come back, 'God
knows when I will get back.' God did not tell him when he would
come back, but God above stands ready to-day to direct this
prosecution aright, and to say that the men who destroyed the life
of that man shall be punished for this terrible crime."

DR. CRONIN IS FIRST MISSED.

"On that Sabbath day no Doctor returns. Dr. Cronin, who had gone to
administer to suffering humanity; Dr. Cronin, who had been full of
hope and ready at all times to stand by and help humanity, was not
returning to his home. Mr. Conklin, who picked up the card from the
mantel board, read upon it, 'P. O'Sullivan's ice house.' He started
for O'Sullivan's residence and asked, 'Did you send for Dr.
Cronin?' 'Why, no.' What would you have thought at that time? What
would you have thought if you had been a brother in the camp with
Dr. Cronin? Would you have stood there as a stone? 'No,' thought
Mr. Conklin, 'this is something wrong,' and he started out to see
what had occurred. Sitting there within 160 feet of where the
deadly blows were struck, sitting there where the wounds were made,
sitting there where the man called for God and Jesus, he never
lifted a finger or undertook to unravel the mystery; and yet do
you believe him innocent under this evidence? Mr. Conklin, who
thought something was wrong, went to Captain Schaack and showed him
this circular that Dr. Cronin had published in reference to the
conspiracy, and begged him to help him hunt for the Doctor, and the
Captain, like a great many others who did not understand Irish
troubles at the time, thought there was nothing in it at that time.
He told him he would look after it, but Mr. Conklin, not satisfied
with that, goes to Mr. Murray, of the Pinkerton agency, and gets
Frank Murray to go out and talk with this man privately about the
contract--why he had made the contract. Well, he did not know but
that there would be some accidents--his men might get drunk and run
over somebody--and his contract was made for that purpose, and he
referred to McGinnis' establishment. Finally Fr