Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-11-21

decided that that was not proper metho'
of procedure, and tbs whole matter wa
referred to the district officer, Spellman,
| Peoria. The calls in Camp 20 for the re
port of certain committee referred to tn
Buffalo committee and not to the com
mittee of Camp -.
Ex-Congressman John F. Finerty, edi
tor of the Citizen, was the next witness
Mr. Finerty said he had been member O
the Clan-na-Gael since 1872. and he be
of an inner circle in it. The witness was
member of the national convention of th,
Clan-na-Gael in this city in 1888, at which
DR.. Cronin was chosen a member of
committee to try the triangle.
Francis p. Gleason, constable. testified
that defendant Beggs was with him at 8
Republican club meeting at the GRAND
Pacific hotel from about : to 8 O'Clock on
the night of the murder.
John Dwyer, member of the Clan-na.
Gael, declared that he had never heard OF
an inner circle in the organization. On
the Characterization this passage occur
red: Were you ever permitted to know
order:'' "No, sir" 'Then you don't
know whether they had an inner circle OF
not'' No, SIR" The states attorney
That is all.
States Attorney Longnecker was at this
point called as witness on behalf of the
defendant Beggs, and being Immediately
sworn testified as follows: Q.-Were you
present at the coroner's inquest in this
case? Ayes. sir. Q.-Yon heard Beggs'
testimony on that occasion? Ayes, sir.
Odd you subsequently cause to be
brought before the grand jury the de-
| PENDANT Beggs as a witness? Al did.
Odd you examine him before the grand
jury?
Mr. Mills-We object
| ho RI n
mean by this line you are going on Mr..
Foster?
Mr.. Foster-I mean to show, if your
| honor please, what Mr.. Beggs voluntarily
| told the states attorney when a witness
before the grand jury in regard to this
| Cronin correspondence and action of Camp
| 20 in this matter. | propose to show that
the first information came from John T.
Beggs to Judge Longenecker of the matter
being referred to the district officer, Mr..
Spellman: that he informed Judge Longe-
| necker as to what correspondence they had
and further through Chlef-of-Poice Hub
bard presented to Judge Longenecker the
correspondence in his own behalf. fur
ther offer to prove that after the examlna-
ton and in pursuance of what Beggs
stated under oath Spellman was SUBJ
poenaed as witness before the grand
jury and Intercepted and furnished let
tiers which Beggs had written to him in
Oh The StdJelueuO u
Beggs in this matter, which the states at
torDey knew nothing about.
The COURT think you are entitled to
get that before the jury, but am little
sorry of the method that you have pursued
in getting it.
Mir. Foster-If your honor will suggest
any means of making him state it will
offer no objection.
The court-The only thing I comment
on is, it would have been little better il
you had asked Judge Lougenecker if he
was not willing to admit that fact before
you put him on him the stand.
Mr.. Foster, Ito Mr.. Longenecker)-You
are now a simple, plain every day witness,
and l don't ask you what Beggs told you
in detail, but whether or not he told you
with reference to the correspondence be-
tween him and Speliman?
Il will tell it all. y
The COURT will not allow him to
answer that question.
Mr., FOSter-You put him in the position
The COURT want him treated just the
same as any other witness.
The witness-In answer to your question
| say yes.
Q-Now in pursuance of this nforma-
ton did you cause to be examined and
subpoeaned Mr.. Spellman?
Witness-Yes, sir.
Q.-To produce the letters he had writ
ten to Beggs?
Witness-Yes; had that done down at
Peoria.
In pursuance of that you caused the let.
tiers to be brought into court which Beggs
had written?
Witness-Yes
B.-U2 TO that time you did not know
he had written any letters to Spellman?
Witness-i did not.
Q.-i will ask you whether or not you
sent to the station house by the chief of
police to obtain these letters from BeggS
after he was arrested?
Witness-I remember the chief got these
letters that had been received from Spell
man. He said there were letters there
that would explain the whole thing, |
think, or something to that effect.
Q.-Letters he had written to Spellman
and shown to him?
Ayes, to explain the secret committee
arrangement.
Q.-And did not he want you to obtain
the letters?
Ayes, sir.
Mr. Foster said chats all'' and Chief of |
Police Hubbard, who testified some days
ago for the prosecution, was recalled on
behalf of the defense. Chief Hubbard adj |
mitted that Beggs after being arrested had |
been visited by him and they had a con-
versation regarding letters written to
Beggs by Spellman. Beggs directed the !
chief to his office and to the particular
portion Of the desk in which large num-
Der of letters were to be found and ill.,
structed him to select out all the letters
that had been received from |
Peoria and take them to Judge Longe-
Adjourned until tomorrow,