The Portland daily press., 1889-10-30
a Lively passage at Arms In the cro-
rim Murder Trial.
Tho white Horse Again Trots Into
the Proceedings In Court.
Records O. the cIan-na-caei Read
as Evidence.

| pearance OF tle horse, saying he was such a
beautiful whit color. At 9.3O she saw the
man driving lack. The horse was very
much heated md breathing hard The rig
was driven hck from the north. Almost
Immediately ater the man drove into the
barn he disappeared. Her description Of the
man tailed closeY with those given by Pat
rick Oman, Maple Moreland, Mrs. Conklin
and Miss McInern.. On cross-examination.
| Attorney Forrest lsgan "Mrs. Dinan, can
| you describe the appearance of any man
and rig going out OF coming into your hus-
ming of May 4th?'
The question rather confused the witness,
who said she could MOI describe any rig go
| ing out or coming in IN number of dates
| mentioned by the cr0ssAxaminer.
| On redirect examination, Mrs. Dinan said
this particular rig and nan were impressed
| on her memory from tie fact that her hus-
band had spoken to he. of Coughlin's hav-
Ing engaged 1t, and tht her husband was
absent when the man ame. Also that in
quiry was made by officers about the rig the
following day but one
Mrs. Laura Hermann a milliner doing
business in the Windsor Theatre block, was
the I,e next witness! witness. Dr. Comm had been her
Inns rooms when O'Sulivan, in company
| with Detective Murray called on Sunday.
She told the detective the Conklins had gone +.
to OSulliyan,s ice house and the detective
now Witness then told O'sullivan he
would be pretty well advertised, and he re-
joined, "But | don't care to be advertised
that way" O'SullRan further told the wilt
ness that he had n0s known DIR. Cronin very
well until he had been introduced to him by
| Justice Mahoney. Soon afterward the
| Conklins returned and the conversation
took place to which Mrs. Conklin testified
| yesterday.
John F. O'Connor, on being sworn, said he
was a member iof the United Brotherhood
| commonly called the ClaG-na-Gael. He was
member of Camp 20, formerly numbered
Sc, and known publicly as the Columbia
| Club.
| saving the Clan-na-Gael was not on trial.
| The most dramatic situation Of the trial so
| FAR began Instantly when Attorney Foster
counsel for Beggs, formerly senior guardian
| for Camp 20, arose and said: "Mr. Forrest
| may object as much as he pleases, but wish
| 1t to appear on record that we made no OBJ
| lection to any testimony, material or imma-
terial, concerning the Clan ma Gael or
Beggs's connection with it.
| From the beginning he has c0urted, and
| he courts now, the fullest aud most COM
| plete investigation"
| For moment the irrepressible Forrest
| was stunned. The audience seemed frozen
in their chairs. There was absolutely no
oOuLo atlolhB llOA buO ClOWuCu GOulb
| The hostility between counsel for the de-
fense was then not feigned. To certain
extent, at least, it was each attorney for his
own client
| Witness O'Connor said his number in the
| camp was 156. He had been elected record
| log secretary last January. AT the same
meeting John F. Beggs, the defendant. and
| whose number bs, was 256. was elected senior
LIME u elected treasurer. Defendants Burke.
Ue%ibsi wSagibShs QSallIByag sB %. Witness remembered
| a meeting of Camp 20, when Capt. t. P.
| O'Connor made inquiry about some charges
made against DR.. Cronin. Senior Guardian
Beggs remarked it was strange the camp had
| Attorney Forrest at this point led to state
ment by Attorney Hynes. that the State had
to go into the company of the enemy. to get
this witness. "That's another grand stand
play" snapped Attorney Forrest
"But it makes the monkey Dance" in
stanty restored Mr.. Hynes, upon which in
terchange of professional amenities Judge
Mcconnell read the bellicose attorneys a
lecture OF harmony.
While O'Connor was on the stand, the
court admitted the record of the pro-
ceedngs of Camp 20, on February 8th,
made by the witness at the time.
He read it, subject to many Interrupt
tions in the way Of questions and objections
generally. In referring to individual MEM
bers of the Camp, numbers, instead OF
names were used. Coming down to the
matter of the camps action on the supposed
allegations against Dr.; Cronin, in connection
with the trial of the Triangle in Buffalo, the
witness read that sit was moved that an i'm
perative demand be made on the executive
committee at once fer immediate lnforma.
tion of the trial committee" This was
amended to read that the senior guardian
notify the district member OF the report that
is going around regarding the report OF the
trial committee" This motion was carried.
A motion was carried that secret commit
tee of three be appointed by the senior guar
dian to investigate the rumors afloat regard
ing the trial Of the executive body. The
senior guardian mentioned, the witness said,
was John F. Beggs, now on trial. The wit
ness said the trial of the Triangle, as he un-
derstood the matter, took place at Buffalo, in
October, 1883. The members of the Trian-
gle on trial were Sullivan, Feeley and Bo-
land.
At the opening of the afternoon session
Andrew Fay, q member of Camp 20, wa
put on the stand He was very non com
initial witness, and with the greatest per-
tinacity avoided giving positive answers,
even to the most innocent questions. lie
was brought to admit that he made speech
at meeting Of Camp 20 when the matter OF
the report Of the Triangle trial committee
came up, and gave mixed narrative Of the
attending circumstances.
The next witness was Michael j. Kelly
foreman of the metal department of the
Adams & Westlake Manufacturing Com
pany, junior guardian of Camp No; 20. a
the time of the meeting, Feb. s. He told
OF the proceedings, though his memory was
deficient as to the details. He remembered
that Fay called for the report of the commit
tee which tried the Triangle. This demand
grew out of statement by Capt. O'Connol
to the effect that O'Connor heard the report
of that committee read in the camp of which
pr. Cronin was member, ana Cronin wa!
the man who read it. This last statement
was In ngcontradiction OF she evidence on this
/ IN haw o+Af fOrmQr auf
CAPTAIN o'Oonnor did not mentor
Cronin's name The witness believed Dan
Coughlan, ,one of the defendants, was presen
Cross examination brought out the fact tina
although he knew of the trial of the Trian
gle. the witness did not know who constitu
ted that body and only learned their names
subsequently when published In newspa-
pers. ., NJ,
guardian of Camp No. 20, testified that at th
meeting of the camp on the Zzd OF February
Patrick McGarry and Richard Powers made
speeches denouncing the triangle. Senior
Guardian Beggs repeIb Of tbe TasSae
Repps said there would have to be peace O
war. or words to that effect: The witness
said that at the meeting. OF the camp il
March, he called the atteneiOn tSare . Oh the camp
that members of the opposition order, tn,
United Order of Deputies, might succeed il
getting some of their number initiated init
the Cian-na- Gael camps. He pointed to th
defendant. O'Sullivan, as his authority TO
! the Statement. O'Sullivan had been presen
when Cronin instituted the camp Of th
Clan-na.Gael in Lakeview.
Stenhen CuIleran, a laborer. was the las
witness. An attempt was made to get a
: detailed statement Of the proceedings O
Camp No. 20 on the night OF February fron
him but with poor success.
1olleran was questioned sharply by th
l prosecution as to what he knew of th
, ra,ations of the various defendants witt
aonh other and what he had seen of thei
| movements. Martin Burke and the witnes
had. it was developed. gone together to tn
) nfi;ce " of the defendant Beggs twice H
+ % January and once in February. The witnes
/ said he went TO secure Beggs aid in gettin
3 work The witness never saw Burke
5 Couahlan and Cooney together. Colleral
S was On the stand when court adjourned unit
! tomorrow.
o'suIIIvan's Business Gard.
1 Cu1oAeo. october pa local paper saw
. that the attorneys for the prosecution dete,
mined last night to take up the subject {
Patrick O'Suliivan's business card, for th
purpose of proving that the particular forl
the Stranger offered DR.. Cronin had bee
nrinted only two days before the doctor wa
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