Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1889-10-30
Those Celebrated Proceedings OF the
CIan-na-GaeI Detailed.

Those Celebrated Proceedings OF the
Gamma Gael Detailed.
CHICAGO, October 29sh.-The ante-room
of the State Attorneys Office resembied the
box Office of theater during popular
opera, so great was the crowd trying TO get
admission to the Croain trial.
The State will, after gathering Up few
threads of the white-horse story, go into
the part which Camp 90 has played in the
conspiracy.
The fact that there is division of inter
ests in the defense in the Cronin case, and
fiat Senior Guardian Beggs is having Ills
case conducted independently of Others
was shown when Forrest. on behalf of the
: defendants, objected to the admission of
O'Connors testimony. Mr.. Foster, com
sci for Beegs. said in the latter's behalf that
he wanted the record to show that no OBJ
lection is made on his part TO the introduc
ton of this testimony. Heinvites the full
est and clearest investigation of his con-
nection with the Clan-na-Gael, and objects
TO the introduction of no testimony that
will forward such investigation.
The most important witness at the trial
in the morning was John 0'Connor, Secre-
tary of Camp 20 of the Clsn-naGael. Mr..
O'Connor identified the records of the
meeting of Camp No. 30. on February Sth,
at which Senior Guardian Beggs presided
aud the celebrated trial committee was ap-
pointed.
At the afternoon session Andrew Foy, q
member of Camp 20, was put on the stand
as witness He was very non-committal
and with the greatest pertinacity avoided
giving positive answers even to the most
innocent questions Finally he was brought
to admit that he made speech at a meet
ing of Camp 20 when the matter of the re.
port of the Triangle Trial Com mittee came
up. He made several attempts to explain
the circumstances under which be made
the speech, and got badly tangled up. He
said:
80 far as l can remember, Captain
O'Connor made statement that LIE Caron
was paid agent of the executive body OF
the Irish organization in this country. He
said, think, that there were 500 600 of the
funds of this organization gone to LIE
Caron for some object in England and Ire
land"
Foy also said that O'Connor spoke of
having heard of the report of the trial
committee received in another camp. This
caused much excitement, and was the
cause of the witness speech. His anger
was caused, ne said, by the thought that LIE
Caron had got any of the Clans funds for
any purpose, and also to learn that the re-
port of the trial committee had been given
out in other camps sooner than Camp 20.
Michael J. Kelly. Junior Guardian OF
Camp 20, told of the proceedings, though
his memory was deficient as to details He
said the demand for a report of the trial
committee grew out of O'Conners state
ment, to the effect that he heard the report
of the committee read in the camp
of which Oronin was a member
by Cronin himself. This statement,
by the way, is in contradiction
of the evidence on this subject heretofore
given, and of all the published statements,
which have agreed in saying that 0'Con-
nor did not mention Cronin's name. The
cross examination of Kelly brought out the
fact that, although he knew of the trial of
the Triangle, he did not know who con-
stituted that body until their names were
published in the newspapers.
AnthonyJ. Ford, Past Guardian of Camp
20, testified that at the meeting of the Camp
in February. Patrick McGary and Richard
Powers made speeches denouncing the
Triangle, and that Senior Guardian Beggs
replied, defending Alexander Sullivan. one
of the TriaDgles members. 1t was a warm
discussion. and Beggs said it would have to
be peace or war, or words TO that effect.
Steven Colleran, a laborer, was the last
witness. An attempt was made to get a
detailed statement of the proceedings of
Camp 20 on thenight of February Sth from
him, but it was with poor success. He
was questioned sharply By the prosecution
as to what he knew of the relations of the
various defendants with each other. and
their movements. 1t was developed that
Martin Burke and Colleran had gone to
Beggs Office twice in January and once in
February. The witness said they went
there to secure Beggs' aid in getting work.
NO ESCAPE FOR WOODRUFF.
OTTAWA (Ill) October 29th.-The appli
cation for habeas corpus by horsethief and
CroDin-suspect Woodruff was denied to-
day by the State Supreme Court.