The body of Dr. Cronin, a leading spirit among the
American Irish, has been found naked, save for an Agnus Dei round the neck, in a sewer near Chicago. He had been murdered, and it is suspected that he was killed because he threatened to expose an embezzlement of the Irish campaign funds amount- ing to £40,000. Mr. John Devoy, the Fenian, is strongly of this opinion, and it is probable that the crime will produce a furious quarrel between what may be called the reputable and disrepu- table sections of the Irish partyof action. The Attorney-General of the United States believes that a great conspiracy existed, which threatened Cronin; who had previously been warned, and it is hoped that some of the guilty will turn States evidence. A secret society to which the victim belonged is, it is said, determined to obtain justice on his murderers ; but it is to be noted that a policeman of Chicago who, it is alleged, tried to have him murdered, was entrusted with the investigation when he was first missed. The native Americans may, however, secure an investigation, and seem inclined to try.
