Telegram-herald., 1889-10-31
Clan=nsn Reluctantly Disclose Sc
crsts OF Camp 20.
IMPORTANT FACTS BROUGHT OCT.
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II tie oliect of calling 81 spe-msn 3 70
i1sElfy certain lsltegs beIweea Beggs and
speLaal II s1u not be nscezsafy 70 summon
h.U. We sLl aduit a. lAcss letters. sd
Mr Foster.
Judge Mcconnell ordered the attachment &C
issue.
stephen Colleran rot being present 2n ofncei
was sent foI him- In The moanIine Dennis
q Cou-or q member % the Clan naliael ioi
twenty one years, testified he heard Capt4iuT.
r. OCoEuor's speech in which be said De nae
becl ll DR. Crolll's camp and heard read there
TIE minority report OF the committee which
Lrled the executive 5ody Witness dld not kno~
Who were members ~ The executive. 10 beins
rule 0f the order that The personnel o. that boas
should rot De known 0y members After
Captain q Connors speech d motion " as made
and adopted 10 appoint secret committee 10
iaves.ig4te The matter ALLUDED 20 by The cap
tain Witness supposed the senior guardian y as
% appoint LAis committee as Nas
usual Tor him 10 90 50. He could
uot tell VINO composed the secret com
Uittee. He could Lot recOiiect having
heard Captain Connor say that the funds had
been embezzied by the ex executive, and
instead q looking for spies ~ The
camp The ex executive ought 10 De IN
yestigafet could not remember what
Toy SAID in his speech. On cross-eH2mlnA-
ton witness said DC was a matter of common
occurrence FOR some member 20 ask regarding
the report II the trial committee. lie under
stood thNt The duty of the committee appointed
az t3e meeting OF February was 10 visit
Or. Cronln's camp and tHd out about
this minority report that was read there and
report back 20 The camp. He did not hear
Senior Guardian Beggs say that one camp could
not try a member OF another camp; that moth
ing could be done in this way; that the only
h.
district ofncer lie might have sad so, how
ever.
Mr Foster tried 10y every mode OF question
ing 10 refresh Mt O'ConnOr's memory so as 10
recall the remarks said 70 have been made by
Mr.. Beggs on the point OF referring the matter
20 the district members, but the witness would
rot positively swear 70 this.
AZ Z subsequent meeting witness heard the
question asked Il a report had been made by
the special committee. He was interested be
cause he thought IL very important that the
camp should have the report OF that Buffalo
committee. The minority report was read IN
DR.. Cronin's camp. and he thought Camp ~
ought 10 know what il was.
stephen Colleran. having appeared, took the
witness stand aul resumed his testimony. He
met Burke on the sunday before the finding OF
DR.. Cronin's body, and the latter said he had
been working az the stock-yards for few
weeks.
EOn crOss-examination Mr.. Foster drew from
COlleran the statement that the wit
ness and Burke had been working for the
city. They were discharged last DecembeT.
They knew Beggs from meeting him az Camp
20 and they knew that he was president Of the
Irish American Republican Club and had
pull" The three visits paid by Burke and
Colleran 10 Beggs' once were for the purpose OF
securing Bergs' influence in getting them rcin.
stated in their Jobs IN the sewer department
Nothing was said about Clan-na-Gael or Irish
affairs nor was DR.. Cronin's name mentioned.
Patrick Henry Nolan book keeper for Lynch
Bros, testified that he was financial secretary
OF Camp 20 having beeen elected in February
Important and valuable testimony was expected
from him by the state. Judge LOngenecker
showed witness the cash ledger Of the camn
and Nolan read from il that Coughlin' number
was 50, Beggs' 255, COoneys 2I1, O'SuIivan' S SO
and Burke 332 in the camp.
Nolan was not az the meeting Of February g.
bat was at the reunion meeting Of February 22
and heard some OF the remarks made by Mr..
Beggs in reply 20 McGarry's and Powers re-
marks. he was also at a meeting on
the night OF May g. John F. Beggs presided
Some one asked IL the report Of the committee
appointed at the meeting OF February had
been made. and Mr Beggs said that the com
mittee was 10 report 10 him alone. The
answer OF the witness was the first
positive evidence given the jury that a
secret committee had been appointed.
Other witnesses had, with great reluc-
tance, admitted that a motion TO appoint such a
committee had been made, but none had any
recollection OF the motions having been acted
upon.
On May 3 witness mot Burke and Cconey Al
Patrick Dolan's saloon an Clark street near
Chicago avenue. The two men, witness ond a
friend OF the latter drank together He and hia
f.rt hc~
On oss-examination by Mr.. Foster witness
said he had taken no deeper interest In this
prosecution than any other Irishman should
take He had only been a member Of the Clan.
uaIfaeI FOR year. AS a rule whenever any in
vestigation Is 20 take place ia regard 10 the
character OF the members or any other kind Of
a. investigation in which a special COMMITTEES
o. private committee is appointed that that
committee reports TO the camp II there is any
private matter 90 DC Investigated. and not "a
the senior guardian. He never knew of a com
mittoe that did not report 20 the camp. Never
knew o. BeVgs appointing secret committee
for any purpose.
CHIEF M'RAE WONT TESTIFY
CHICAGO oct. a0.-Asslsfanf States Attorney
Baker. who Is now in Winnipeg working up evi
dence FOR The prosecution in the Cronia case
has as q portion OF his mission the task of per
s-ading chief NcRae tho man who arrested
Burke isst az the latter was about "a
leave Wilnrif Tot Moalffai. 70 come
o Chicago and take the stand for tie
state 70 rs q well known fact that Burke
made important admission 70 McRae whils
he was i- that of7cor's custody. Within an houi
/ a'ter he was arrested be bad confessed 20 Sic
! Rae that be left CHICAGO because he had talzer
( ahand fn the assassination q DR. Cronin. Nc
Rae had promised The attorneys for Tho state q
/ come 20 CHICAGO and tell what Pc knew from 90.
/ witness stand ard when several lav@ aT0
I rrcnest vas sent him 90 come and bring wiz
( him ar other witnesses Vho live in W nn'pez
7 arepJ was received indicating bis Intention Cd
I remaining iu Canada Upon Invest rHf' 'on n
Chfaf MeRae's tsfi ION II hs,i heen iearnedthat ui
I less ed Influence tlan fhf British NoFrrnwr7
I fs varsf1e to prevent the Winnipeg ornrers from
I f-rq fheIr dufr Fnoarh evidence has be~i
7 srfe5 20 show Chat orders from London "a
I Ottawa were sent t1 Wul.pfg. and that ttr'
-o--n7an1ed chief NrRae ana bis sub0rlinats
I e. have ...t a.rE snafrfrr fn az rif1 fhr rase
! wrRpa aesref tha 0r1er fo fhe letter ana BE- a
+ .tt--rraIe doubtful 70 fs erIfelre aeslIa
I per.s xui ever 0e heard nj Baker - eu
4 faaurrina ~ persuade t.- chief to rec0H- es
+ ht. fltarr aat.0n naf sH fsr Frh .rtir pros
r.rtrf success lf NeRea does nos come to Ch|
e.e. the lawyers rr fae prosecution r a
v-rs ul.ea e ssrna.atet for Gee -iml. reaeo
mathis 81 lr..r Ias none re0f tearlae ID
frr a--4--t.sf.na rhsn ans other fhrF N.I I'd
trfrre
woanHTFF MUST STAND THTAr.
OTTAWA. ilL. Ost. 80 The supIira
zion for crit of habea- corpus hr
Frank J. woodruff defendant in th,
Cranin case. has been denied by sh'
Supreme Court