St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-10-30

Caror for some object in England or Ireland.
He did not specify where 1t was spent eX-
actly but have got II general impression 1t
was spent in England.
@. Did he speak then OF having heard the
report of the trial committee received I'D
another camp?
A Yes
This speech, the witness said, caused
much excitement in the camp, and was
the cause of the speech which witness
made. After it he went down stairs
and took Il drink. What made the wit
ness angry (''hOt," as he expressed it,)
was the thought that LIE CarOn got any
of the Clans funds for any purpose
whatever; and it also made him hot"
to learn that the report of the trial conf
mlttee had been given out in other
camps. sooner than III Camp 90. He
supposed that others felt in the same
way, for they also got up and spoke.
The next witness was Michael j. Kelly,
foreman OF tho metal department of the
Adams aud Westlake Manufacturing
company, and junior guardian of Camp
20 at the time of the meeting of Feb. 8
last. He told of the proceedings, though
his memory was deficient as to details.
He remembered that FOy had called for
the report of the committee which tried
the triangle, and this demand grew out
effect that he (O'Connor) had heard the
report of that committee read in the
camp of which DIR. Cronin was mem-
Der, and that DR.. Cronin was
THE MAN WHO READ IT.
This last statement Is in contradiction
of the evidence on this subject hereto
fore given. and of all published state
ments heretofore made. They agree in
saying that Capt. O'Connor did not men,
ton DR.. CrOnin'S name. but said that he
would give the name of the man and
the number of the camp if the senior
guardian demanded them). The wit
ness then went on to say that it did not
seem to him that any excitement re-
suited from Capt. O'COnnOr's speech,
though he believed a couple of men de-
m anded the appointment of a committee
to investigate the matter of the reading
of the report i'll the other camp. The
The witness believed that Dan Cough
lin, one of the defendants, was present.
The crUSS-examinatiOn of MIR. Kelly
brought out the fact that, though he
knew of the trial of the triangle. he did
not know who constituted that body,
and only learned their names subse-
quently when they were published in
the newspapers. The next witness was
Anthony j. Ford, past guardian Camp
20, who testified that at meeting
of the camp on the 22d OF Febru-
airy, Patrick McGarry and Richard
Powers made speeches denOunc-
ing the triangle, and that Senior
Guardian Beggs replied, defending
Alexander Sullivan, one of the men,
bers of the triangle. 1t was a pretty
warm discussion and Beggs said it
would have to he peace or war, or
words to that effect. Witness said that
at a meeting of the camp in March he
(the witneSs) had called the attention of
the camp to statement that there was
danger that members of the opposition
order, the United Order of Deputies.
might succeed in getting some OF their
number initiated into Clan-na-Gael
camps, and pointed TO the defendant
O'SulliVan, as his authority for the
O'Sullivan. who had been present
when DR.. CrOnin instituted camp of
the Clan-na-Gael in Lakeview. Stephen
COlleran, laborer. was the last wit
ness An attempt was made to get
detailed statement of the proceedings
of Camp 20 on the night of Feb s from
him, but with DOOR success.
States Attorney LOngenecker has re-
ce1ved a dispatch from Frank Baker,
his assistant, who went to Winnipeg to
investigate the report that Bourke had
made important admissions TO fellow
prisoner, and says it is of an encourag-
ing nature.
CoIleran was questioned sharply by
the prosecution as to what he knew OF
the relations of the various defendants
with each other, and as to what he had
seen of their movements. The defend
ant. Martin Burke, and the witness
had, 1t Was developed. gone to the Office
of the Defendant Beggs twice in Janu
airy and once in early February. Wit
ness said they went there to secure
BeggS' aid in getting work. In March
COlleran and Burke met Coughlin on
the street. 1t was a casual meeting.
Witness never saw Burke, COughlin
and COoney together. COlleran was
still on the witness stand when court
adjourned until tomorrow.