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قراءة كتاب The Crime of the Century; Or, The Assassination of Dr. Patrick Henry Cronin
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The Crime of the Century; Or, The Assassination of Dr. Patrick Henry Cronin
THE CRIME OF THE CENTURY
OR,
The Assassination of Dr. Patrick Henry Cronin.
A Complete and Authentic History of the
Greatest of Modern Conspiracies.
BY
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.
Copyright 1889,
BY
H. L. & D. H. KOCHERSPERGER.
PREFACE
This volume is not intended as an addition to the criminal literature of the country. It has not been published solely for the pleasure of those who delight in devouring morbid tales of crime and criminals. It rather owes its existence to a general demand from all parts of the United States, from the Canadas, from Great Britain, and from many points on the continent of Europe, for a complete, concise, and accurate story of one of the greatest of modern crimes and the events connected therewith. The reports of the public press, while of the most searching and elaborate character, have nevertheless been of necessity so disjointed, fragmentary and confusing, covering a period of over seven months, each day and week replete with new discoveries and new sensations, as to make it well-nigh impossible for even the most careful reader, with unlimited time at his disposal, to grasp or comprehend anything more than the barest outline of this remarkable case. The object of this volume therefore, is to present in consecutive form and as a complete narrative all the facts which have been brought to light from the day of the disappearance of Dr. Cronin, to the close of the trial of those accused of his murder. Many circumstances have combined to make the task a difficult and laborious one, but the results are submitted in the belief that as the only effort of its kind, it will prove not only a story of thrilling interest to the general reader, but also valuable, by its accuracy and continuity, as an historical work.
The Author.
CONTENTS.
| CHAPTER I. | |
| page. | |
| 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—Parting Words with a Friend—Dr. Cronin's Eventful Life—How He Worked His Way Upward on the Ladder of Honor and Fame, | 15 |
| CHAPTER II. | |
| 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 Bloody Trunk is Found—The Search Commenced—"It is His Hair," | 27 |
| CHAPTER III. | |
| 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—His Sensational Confession—The Police on a Wild-Goose Chase, | 46 |
| CHAPTER IV. | |
| "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 His Life for Years—Previous Attempts to Remove Him—The Trouble in the Clan-na-Gael—Charges and Counter Charges—The Buffalo Convention—Why His "Removal" became a Necessity to Certain People, | 57 |
| CHAPTER V. | |
| 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, This Time in Toronto—The Police and Public Satisfied, but His Friends Still Anxious—Efforts to Prove Him a British Spy—A Big Reward Offered | 101 |
| CHAPTER VI. | |
| 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—Evidences of a Foul Crime—The Corpse at the Morgue—Pitiable Scenes of Grief—The Official Autopsy—The Brutal Way in Which the Physician had been Done to Death | 126 |
| CHAPTER VII. | |
| 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 Stains and Broken Furniture—The Mysterious Tenants and Their Movements—The Furniture Bought and Carted to the Assassins' Den—What Milkman Mertes Saw—The Plot as Outlined by | |