The Crime of the Century; Or, The Assassination of Dr. Patrick Henry Cronin. A Complete and Authentic History of the Greatest of Modern Conspiracies. [Illustrated]

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CONTENTS (abridged list)
CHAPTER I.
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,
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,"
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,
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,
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
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
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 the Surroundings — Iceman O'Sullivan Under Surveillance
CHAPTER VIII.
The White Horse and Buggy — Detective Coughlin Hires It for a "Friend" — The Trouble in the Stable — Dinan Goes to Schaack — The Captain's Peculiar Movements — Scanlan Identifies the Horse — The Detective and O'Sullivan are Jailed — The Grand Jury Indicts Them with Woodruff — The Accused Arraigned in Court
CHAPTER IX.
The Lying in State — An Impressive Scene — The Imposing Procession — At the Cathedral — An Eloquent Voice from the Pulpit — Clerical Denunciation of the Crime — Laid to Rest in Calvary Cemetery
CHAPTER X.
The Coroner's Inquest Opens — A Model Jury — Visiting the Scene of the Tragedy — Taking the Evidence — Captain Schaack's Compromising Admissions — Prominent Clan-na-Gael Men put on the Stand — Alexander Sullivan's Threats — Luke Dillon Tells What He Knows — The Documents Left by the Murdered Man Read by the Coroner — A Sensational Inquiry
CHAPTER XI.
Closing Scenes of the Inquest — The Verdict — Alexander Sullivan's Arrest Ordered — Midnight Visit to His Residence — His Cool Demeanor and Cheerful Acquiescence — Taken to the County Jail — Incidents of the Arrest
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CHAPTER XXIV.
All the Testimony Before the Jury — Judge McConnell's Lucid Charge — The Jury Retires — A Period of Anxiety — Popular Excitement at its Height — Demeanor of the Prisoners — Suspense at Last Ended — The Verdict