CasT of CharaCTers

M. E. Ames Lawyer for the defense in the murder trial John F. Beggs Lawyer; Senior Guardian of Camp 20 Martin Burke Unskilled laborer; member of Camp 20 Theodore and Cordelia Conklin Friends of Dr. Cronin; Cronin lived with the Conklins Daniel Coughlin Detective; member of Camp 20 Patrick H. Cronin Physician; member of ; murder victim Founder of the “New Departure” and the Irish National Land League; friend of Alexander and Margaret Sullivan Senior figure in Clan na Gael and strong sup- porter of Cronin Luke Dillon Member of Clan na Gael; involved in the “Dyna- mite War”; supporter of Cronin Dan Donohoe Lawyer for the defense in the murder trial Maurice Dorney Catholic pastor of St. Gabriel’s Parish, Canary- ville; member of Clan na Gael; close friend of Alexander Sullivan Frederick Ebersold Police inspector at the time of Cronin’s murder; key member of the Cronin murder investigation Treasurer of the Irish National Land League who gave Alexander Sullivan $100,000 of league funds; later president of of America; ally of Sullivan Patrick A. Feehan First Catholic archbishop of Chicago; friend of Alexander Sullivan John Finerty Owner and editor of the Citizen; onetime con- gressman; member of Clan na Gael; supporter of Alexander Sullivan William S. Forrest Chief lawyer for the defense in the murder trial William Foster Lawyer for the defense in the murder trial Andy Foy Bricklayer; member of Camp 20; hostile to Cronin; friend of Daniel Coughlin

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Lizzie Foy Wife of Andy Foy; accused him of involvement in the Cronin murder Francis Hanford School principal; shot by Alexander Sullivan in 1876 George W. Hubbard Police chief in Chicago at the time of the Cronin murder William J. Hynes Lawyer; member of Clan na Gael; onetime sup- porter of Alexander Sullivan, but a lawyer for the prosecution in the Cronin murder trial George C. Ingham Lawyer for the prosecution in the murder trial William B. Kennedy Lawyer for the defense in the murder trial John Kunze Petty crook with links to Daniel Coughlin Henri Le Caron Member of Clan na Gael; knew both Alexander Sullivan and Patrick Cronin; testified at the Par- nell Commission Mackey Lomasney Member of Clan na Gael; involved in the “Dyna- mite War”; killed trying to set a bomb on Lon- don Bridge in December 1884 Joel Longnecker State’s Attorney for Illinois; chief prosecutor in the Cronin murder trial Luther Laflin Mills Lawyer for the prosecution in the murder trial Patrick O’Sullivan Iceman; member of Camp 20 Leader of the Irish Parliamentary Party; Member of the British Parliament; key figure in the Home Rule movement Colonel W. P. Rend Wealthy Irish American businessman; constitu- tional nationalist; supporter of Cronin Scanlan family Key figures in Irish Chicago; friends of Cronin Kickham Scanlan Lawyer for the prosecution in the murder trial Michael Schaack Captain in the police force; based at the East Chicago Avenue Police Station; led the investi- gation into Cronin’s disappearance Herman Schuettler Police officer who replaced Schaack as senior figure in the Cronin investigation Alexander Sullivan Controversial and influential Irish American; lawyer; leader of Clan na Gael in the 1880s; leader of the Irish National Land League in the mid- 1880s; member of Camp 20; enemy of Cronin Margaret Buchanan Sullivan Journalist; wife of Alexander Sullivan R. W. Wing Lawyer for the defense in the murder trial