The Indianapolis journal., 1889-06-08
Cronin Believed the Ambitious Leader
Would Kill Him to Further His Ends.
lawyer Trude Denies an Interview, and Says
Egan Solicited Sullivan to Take the Funds
Out of France for Safe Keeping

of John +. Beggs, chief officer of the Clan
na-Gael, of which DR.. Cronin was a men,
Der, was called, but he did not respond. 1t
was subsequently found that his office was
closed, and there was a sign on tho door to
the effect that he had gone to Wisconsin, to
be gone several days. Mike Whalen, the
detective, and Peter McGeehan, who were
expected to testify to-day, were also con-
splcuous by their absence at the opening.
Policeman Daniel Brown, the man who
preferred the charges of treason against Dr..
Cronin IN Clan-na-Gael camp No. 90, took
the stand, and testified that he preferred
the charges on his own motion, and not at
anybody's instigation. At the close of his
testimony he was detained by the chief of
police and taken to the Central Station on
suspicion of being the man who decoyed
the Doctor away. Brown was afterwards
confronted with Mrs. Conklin, livery stable
keeper Dinan and others. but they all de-
clared he was not the man who drove the
white horse, and he was accordingly re-
leased from custody.
At the opening of the afternoon session
Luke Dillon, of Philadelphia, who has been
here for some time as the representative of
DIR. Cronin's Eastern friends took the wit
ness chair. He testified that Dr. Cronin
had frequently said to him that he believed
that to further his ambitions to rule Amer
lean and Irish politics Sullivan would mur-
der him. Dillon then told Of the trial at
Buffalo of the charges against Alexander
Sullivan. Michael Boland and Dennis
Feeley. These charges were made by John
Dewey. and were of misappropriating the
Clan-na-Gael funds. The witness said that
when Sullivan learned that Dr. Cronin was
to be member of the trial committee, he
denounced him in unmeasured terms. The
witness said that, after the trial, it was
voted to allow Mr.. Sullivan to circulate
with the finding of the trial committee a
protest which he had prepared.
Mr.. Dillon then proceeded to read the
protest. 1t was q very long document.
dated New York, Sept. Is. 1888, and was ad
dressed to P. O'Boyle, secretary. In it Mr..
Sullivan protested against the presence of
DR.. Cronin as member of the committee
at the investigation in New York and
Buffalo, on the grounds: First. that he was
his personal enemy; second. that he had
that he was a periurer and scOundrel
unfit to be placed on any jury. In support
of his first objection he appealed to the
members of the United Brotherhood organ
ization, of Chicago, from which DIR. Cronin
was expelled in a case where he alexander
Sullivan conducted the prosecution. There
was question in Chicago of DR.. Cronin's
hostility to him or any one who was pres
ent at the meeting of the National League
committee in 1886, when Dr. CrOnin assailed
him. In regard to this enmity. Mr.. Sullivan
| claimed in the circular that it was unnec-
essary for him to enlarge upon it. In re-
| gard to the second objection, he said 1T was
| only necessary for him to note the fact that
| he was member of the executive body of
| the United Brotherhood, who had formula
| ted charges against him, that he had ex-
| pressed an opinion in the case. and would
| not be accepted as Juror in any civil case
| in which MI. Sullivan had anything to do.
| In support of the third reason Mr.. Sullivan
went into long history of DR.. CrOnin's ca
| reer, accusing him of being perjurer and
a British spy, who had taken the oath OF al
| had sworn falsely in regard to the
| election of delegates at the Chicago dis
| tricts to the convention; that he had
| sworn falsely in regard to his American
| citizenship, his age and various other mat
| ters. The circular ended by reiterating the
| protest against Dr.. Cronin acting on the
| trial committee.
| The witness continued: 'In June, 1882,
| John Dewey said that $500. 900 and over was
| in the hands of the triangle. and over $780,
| coo had been spent in violation of the con-.
| stitution The $500 900 does not include the
| 100000 given to Sullivan by Patrick Egan.
| / know nothing about that. The funds of
| the organization we're supposed to be used
| in case of England getting into difficulty,
| and to assist Ireland in getting her liberty.
| There is nothing in the constitution re-
| quiring man to sacrifice his life for the
| order"
| The remainder of the session was given to
| the testimony of John +. O'Malley and
| Lawrence r: Buckley. who were members
| of the committee that tried and expelled
| Dr. CrOnin. Their testimony elected no
| new facts, being confined to such details
| concerning the composition Of the commit
| tee and its action as they chose to remem-
Der.
Why Sullivan Was Given the Funds.
CHICAGO, June THE Journal tonight
| says: Lawyer A. s. Trude. who was re-
| ported last night as speaking for Alexander
| Sullivan, and explaining the latter's bank
| ing operations stated to-day that the inter-
| view, as published, was mostly made up
In addition, Mr. Trude was not speaking as
the representative of Mr.. Sullivan. but upon
his own responsibility. Mr.. Trnde contin-
| ued: 1T is not true that / said that Mr..
| Sullivan operated on the Board of Trade
| for number of bucket-shop men. and that
Murphy & Co. were among them. The
one person. though that person may, or
may not, have had other parties back of
| him.
could you give the names of that single
| party and of the party back of himP
| " i would not do so now, of course. But
that interview also misrepresented me in
what said about Murphy d Co. / never
| said that Murphy & Co were among the
people that Sullivan dealt for. a. all.
| called the name of that firm but only cas-
| ually. and as a mere supposed case, and as
| an illustration. Then there is another
| gross Misrepresentation. which the inter-
view is not responsible for. but which has
obtained currency some way, and which
| ought to be corrected
"'What is that!
1T is said, so / am informed, that Mr..
Sullivan extorted that 100000 from Egan,
in Paris, by representing the urgent needs
of the cause in this country, and by bringing
over one of the Invincibles from Ireland TO
urge him TO comply with Sullivans demands.
Now, the truth is that Mr.. Sullivan was
solicited to go to Paris and take charge of
the funds. He did not go over there to ex-
tort them from Eean.'
"'What could have been the object in So
liclting him to accept so much money!
| MIR. Egan didn't want the money in
France. 1t was in Gambetta's time. and
public affairs in France were in troubled
condition. There was also considerable
activity against the Irish Nationalists in
Paris The money was not safe there and
Mr.. Sullivan was solicited to remove il ia
America. When the danger was over the
whole amount was transferred back ia