Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-10-30
THE CLAN-NA-GAEL.
The Lawyers Have Hard Time Getting
at its Secrets.


Five witnesses were examined in the Cronin
case yesterday in Chicago. FROM none of
them was anything very material gained. All
were apparently unwilling witnesses, and some
mixed their statements up and were so uncer-
tain in them that their evidence could have no
effect on an average jury. John, O'Connor's
testimony was given in yesterday STAB. After
him Andrew Foy, member Of camp 20, was
put on the stand as o witness. Mr. Foy was a
very con committal witness, and with the
greatest pertinacity avoided the giving of a
positive answer even to the most innocent
question. II suppose So" II guess so;" 81
can't say" were favorite forms of reply with
him. Finally he was brought to admit that he
made a speech q. the meeting of camp 2C
when the matter of the report of the triangle
trial committee came up. After making several
which he made the speech, and, getting the
narrative mixed up with statements as to him
self 30 that it was impossible to understand
what it was all about. he said:
''As far as I remember Capt O'Connor made
a certain statement that this LeCaron, who was
witness, it seemed, before the Parnell COM
mission at the time. was q paid agent of the
executive body OF the Irish organization in
this country"
The examination proceeded:
". w nat, dtsO, ulu ne say ABOUT the 1unu!
A. He said, thlnk-I remember very strong
when heard it-that there was S2S. 900; I am
not positive whether there was 900 or $40
600; there was S28 900 of the funds of this or
ganizatlon gone to LIE Caron for some object in
England or Ireland. He did not specify where
1t was spent exactly. but have got general
impression 1T was spent in England.
The next witness was Michael j. Kelly, fore
man of the metal department of the Adams and
Westiake manufacturing company and junior
guardian of camp 20 at the time of the meeting
or February last. He remembered that Foy
had called for the report of the committee
which tried the triangle and that this demand
grew out OF statement by Capt. o Conner to
the effect that he (O'Connor) had heard the re-
port OF that committee read in the camp OF
which MIR. Cronln was member and that DIR.
CronIn was the man who read it.
This last statement is in contradiction Of the
evidence on this subject heretofore given and
all published statements heretofore made.
They agree in saying that Capt. O'Connor did
not mention DIR. Cronins name, but said that
he would give the name of the man and the
number of the camp if the senior guardian de-
manded them.
The next witness, Anthony J. Ford, past
guardian of camp 20, testified that at meet
ing OF the camp on the 22d of February
Patrick McGarry and Richard Powers made
speeches denouncing the triangle, and that
Senior Guardian Beggs replied, defending Al
exander Sullivan, one of the members Of the
triangle. 1t was a pretty warm discussion
and Beggs said it would have to be peace or
war.
Witness said that at q meeting of the camp
in March he (the witness) had called the at
tention 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 in
itiated in Clan-na-Gael camps and pointed to
the defendant O'Sullivan as his authority for
the statement.
stephen Colleran, laborer, was the last wit.
ness. He was questioned sharply by the prose
cution to what he knew of the relations OF
the various defendants with each other and as
to what lie had seen of their movements. The
defendant Martin Burke aud the witness had
ii was developed. gone together to the Office Of
the defendant Beggs twice in January and once
early IN February
Witness said they went there to secure Beggs
aid in getting work. In March Colleran and
Burke met Coughlin in the street. 1t was
casual meeting. Witness never saw Burke
Coughlin and Cooney together. Colleran was
| still on the witness stand when court adjourned
until TODAY