Telegram-herald., 1889-06-26
CRONIN'S "REMOVAL"
The Theory Thst u Was Ordered
py Camp 2Os Iaaer Circ.a
ALLEGED DETAILS OF TEE PLOT.
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1a1p p Qr tae tlsa- ns-iiael as gani sstt..,.
aaa tee aotaoEities s1s ~ possession III
lass satca - r4i Ia prove taal tha uar
de- a br en1a ~as e-rrflaiasd upon
sn1 p-Allzl q TIE lnsal1 1aIs o. t4is ln1sl
elrc-e
4ae Proot + aot yet comp sle bls 51eta
i efI'ls sflee t-aL goes taE te iueac4t1 81
les s4s asa ID lhs crine Ih.s inIo4-.-z
Z arsr ante -as a.5esiooa of t-s
JorueY thfo-gl ta- ai5dl4ln Vi ~
@s letter blt altsraald more Goa
fActs we're or lled Prom Lae
has been the ghsor} of lae pfosecu-
ti that Or OIouIu ~a4 tred az s.
a. lsmnsd To death by s0iue ealnB D.
CO aittee OF tie ClAu-na Gael on i4s
c- OF being a Brit "a spy IL Was not.
hoe ser unt very recsnGly that coun--
Inai ot these suspicion ~es ob.aiu-a
- ater the BODY was found tts
ane 1ss letter vas receive by
So -torney detalilng tie mann-l
WAC Cr0nin "as Iried and conderi4 E..
The rial a. said 10 have been condu lec
In camp - IN the early part OF februarg
but only one name OF those who acted ar
the fia committees was given aud TIA.
was John l. beggs who w@s already sus-
pcctsd Or cOmpilcIty In the affair
Later Oh, however &C Was ascertained
that committee consisting or seven men.
SCI appointed undertook 70 try Cronin on
the charge OF treachery The police have
tn names o. these seven men I'm their pos
session. aud Ia al probability such OF the IL
A. not already indicted viii be indicted
by present grand jury
o. of the seven men who sat on thai
committee Is now under arrest on the
charge or murder The second Is said To be
member OF the chief executive board OF
tho organization, the third All ex bartender,
the fourth an old man who has held an
ot!ce OF trust both in the Land League
and the Clan ma Gael, the fifth Is a North
side mechanic. and tho sixth WAS John
Beggs. the senior guardian of the camp No
intimation ss To the identity OF tho seventh
man could be obtained The charge was
that Cronin was a British spy, and that he.
under the guise OF endeayoring to expose
the malfe asance In Office of Alexander Sui
liyan, Michael Boiand and Denis Feely was
in reality endeavoring to bring about
public investigation OF the work and the
accounts of the order for the Information
of the British Government and the London
Times commission
There was not IL is claimed a single man
OF the soven friendly 10 the unfortunate
doctor, upon whose fitness 10 live they were
about To pass Only three men present at
that trial knew the real source from which
the charge originated Those three men
are said to have been the chairman of the
committee, John 7. Becgs. the member of
the executive In whose name the charges
were brought, and the man who prosecuted
them. This sst-mentioned individuals
name Is also In the nands or Ine ponce He
Is "A lawyer and at one JIme neio n position
In the employ of the county
Cronin was found guilty of the cnarge py
the committee. IDe doctor was -iven no
chance TO defend himself, but was sen
fenced to death forthwith. There was no
drawing of lots for the men who were To do
the deed, nor did any member of the com
mittee take part in the actual murder.
Three men, 1t Is said. were appointed TO
plan the murder aud hire the as
sassins Two OF these are under ar
rest, but the third mans name is not
known. In all active work" undertaken
by the members OF the Gamma Gael the
men who do the work are met by man
with whom they are as a rule unacouainted
and In the most laconic way told what they
are expected to do The assassins were
hired and the plans laid by the three men
appointed TO carry out the sentence OF the
committee, and we're told that at
a certain time and Z acc they would
be met by man who would tell !
them what was required of them Burke
and Cooney, 1t Is believed were hired by
those men, and the story is that they were
met by John L. Beggs at the appointed time
and place The assassils were simply told |
TO be at the Carlson cot age at certain |
hour on the night of May l. and that they /
would there meet DR.. Cronin- They were |
then informed that "Cronin was i British |
spy" and told TO DO their duty"
Mr. LoDgenecker. speaking OF the above
piece OF news, said To a reporter: The 1
Camp ~ business Is only theory which | 1
am trying to work out / have, AS yet no
evidence which would warrant me in lock /
ing up John t. Beggs | can not say as to
whether the grand jury viii return indict-
meuts against the trial committee OF .
Camp -. -
In regar TO one of the letters received bv
Judge Longenecker Purporting to give the
names of the trial committee that con
demned Or. Cronln IL has been ascertained
that the names contained In 1t are: Dan
Coughlin, who was afterward selected tp
work out the execution and to carry ous 4
Harry Jordan. L. 4 Buckley. John O'Malie
1homas Murphy and Dennis O'Connor ~
it is said had not gone
when Dennis OConnor was looked upon 81
q weak member and dropped. Iceman
O'Sullivan IL IL alleged taking his place
Bcggs said 10 . reporter Monday evening
In reply 70 question about tho alleged
trial OK Or Cronin before the inner circle
Of Camp ~:
i : losb. There is 10 such thing IS an
sinner circle There used e. ce ln the Feulsa
Brotherhood bgt never = tbe Clar-na-1sseI (
Any body can prefer charge against auy ne n
eer q the order I'D ihs member vi he fr.cd
oefrrs com mitiee o. eeten. thrce members
10 De spDo-o - ~ the camp and the other
four by tne d street ficer TIE mza charged I
= always notified aud Is given The benefit =
counsel To e0adUct tr al N any other vav
would D. impossible There never vas aav
tral - Croain IN Camp -. II is true that
CooHsY. Burxe. Coughlin aud sullivan were
men oers of the camp, a 20 thai three % them
are ben nd The bsr.. ~niie the other rsa avav
from town. TNo-;s rds Of the members o. fhs
camp s~re rasm friends o. Dr. Cr0a.n. aud 7
vas slwavs : r. nd. -
The Dispatch from Rome VIA London -
The effect that Archb ssop Feehsn had
made report on the Clsn-na-fiael 20 tbs
Vatican is characterized 50 sheer nonsenss
eY Vicar General Naado0n The church.
be ssys does not act ~ qulcsly as IS tbus
Indicated
FssHINoroV. June = -Tle Fresiient ou
ais return from cape MsV Ihorsiar even
ng signed the warrant Scr tie exJradIton
- Martin Bike
Evfdenos of a Disaster AZ So
TrsETsaD HArsx Nasz 4une - Among
.he ~recSs0e coming ashore 8o-es7 was
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