Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-11-30

ayowed enemy of Cronin for a secret commit
tee 70 try him, and the record shows that Mar
tin burke was there; that Patrick Cooney was
there and that John F. Beggs was there. That
all these defendants on trial were there except
Patrick OSullivan and Kunze.
The record shows that and now, before L
forget remember, because want to include
the defendant Kunze in the case, desire You
to remember that If conspiracy has peen
formed to do thing II a conspiracy IS formed
to commit certain crime whoever Thereafter
Joined that conspiracy becomes party 70 II,
and Is bound BY the acts which have gone pc
fore his joining it In other words II ne Is IN
the conspiracy. he is in it just as much going
in at the last as he would be il he went in at
the first
AT THE BEGINNING.
On the 9Th DAY of February we had Martin
Burke, Daniel Coughlin and John F. Beggs at
this meeting. and on that Sth day Of February
Martin Burke was appointed committee. as
shown by the record Of the secretary, to pass
upon the qualification of Matt Danahy's bar
tender, who swears to the alibi that same night.
They were getting in their friends then, gentle
men. Now this was on the Sth day of Febru-
ary, and on the 1lth day of February John +.
Beggs, the senior guardian of the camp, wrote
letter to Edward Spelman, the District men,
ber.
On the 18th of February spelman answered
that letter, in which he says he does not know
OF any authority in the constitution that au-
gentlemen, they are now talking about penal
ties he says there is nothing in the const1tu-
ton authorizing to infllct penalty, and in this
letter OF Beggs to Spelman, the Senior GUARDIAN
directed his attention to Cronin's camp, show
ing conclusively that he knew where that re-
port was read and showing also that he knew
Mhere 1t emanated from. On the 18th Day Oh
February John F. Beggs writes to Spelman
that ne does not know of any authority unqer
the written law.
IMPORTANT LETTERS.
will read the letters to you, gentlemen, in
order that you may fully understand them.
Now what follows: On the 18th of February
Mr.. Simonds appears and rents the fat at No.
ns Clark street. the furniture is bought and
on the 10th the carpet is laid down in the Clark
street room. Yes, gentlemen, dates will cut
figure in this case. This was all done in Feb
ruary, you will remember, and on the night of
the I'D Of February this man who moved the
appointment of secret committee and who
had already begun his work as Chairman of the
committee, Daniel COughlin, tells Henry
OConner that there is an enemy in the camp,
and that he has it on good authority that it is
Dr. Cronin, and he is a spy among them.
OConner would not hear any more and left
him.
Take all these letters, and if that commit
tee was appointed to find why DR.. Cronin
had read that report, then there was nothing
to make fuss about, but ii these men there
they wanted to kill him, then there is lots in
it.
The correspondence between Senior Guar
dian Beggs and District Officer Spelman was
here read in full by the States Attorney.
Continuing, the States Attorney said:
DAY OF PUNISHMENT.
When Beggs writes to the district officer he
writes about Cronin's camp and Cronin. What
Se h hot IN y in
his letter that these men who are continually
stirring up agitation would find that day
would come to them of punishment? What
does he meanf What does Spelman mean
when he writes to him that he hoped there
Suits but that he was greatly disappointed and
disgusted, and thanked God that his time
would expire at the end of the month";
Why is it that Beggs stated that majority
of the members believed the executive inno-
cent of the chargesf Does it not show to you
that Spelman and Beggs IN these letters had
talked about Cronin and had talked about this
whole matter2 He says: THE majority of our
men believe the parties charged to be innocent
of any criminal wrong, and to have the charges
made continually that they are guilty creates
bitterness and i'll feeling, and that the man who
makes the charges, or the men, are not friends
of Irish unity" What means this talk about
infieting penalty on Cron1n, who had con-
tinually and persistently charged that these
men we're thieves, robbers and murderers by
sending Irish patriots from this country to
English pr1SonsY
MORE EVIDENCE.
Gentlemen, if you are not content with the
proof afforded by these letters, if you are not
satisfied from the evidence adduced as to what
took place on the Sth of February, direct your
attention to the speeches made on the 22d of
February when Patrick McGarry made the
same charges. and when Beggs stood there and
said he would not submit to such charges being
made in his camp, and he slapped his breast
and said he thanked God that Alexander Sui |
livan had friends, and that he was one of them.
This was the 18th of February John F.
Beggs wrote that letter to Edward Spelman, |
and on the 18th of February, Throckmorton |
says, a man under the name of Simonds came |
there and rented the fiat at 119 Clark street. |
Then we had the meating of the I'D of Febru- |
ary. In order that your recollection as to what |
McGarry said may be clear, and for the purpose |
of showing you just what he did say, I would |
like to read his evidence to you from the |
record.
At this point, the regular hour having az
rived, the court took recess until 10 o'clock |
tomorrow.