Evening journal., 1889-12-14
THE CRONIN Jury IS OUT.
Waiting for the Verdict in the
Great Case.
"GUILTY OR NOT GUILTY." WHICH

CHICAGO Dec. 14-Attorney Luther Laf-
lin Mills was too III TO speak for the state in
the Cronin trial, and Judge Longenecker
summed up in his stead. The court room was
literally jammed full Of eager humanity,
and thousands outside Of the court room
camored for admittance in vain. Clan-na-
Gael men were excluded. A large part Of
the audience was Of the feminine persuasion.
Judge LongenecIer's Address
When the court room was quiet, Judge |
Longenecler began his speech to the jury; |
"In ordinary cases. he said, "the attorneys |
for the defense make a statement Of the tho |
ory for the grounds of defense Of the ac-
cused. The statement is made just after the |
opening for the state, or at the close Of the |
testimony for the state, and before the be-
ginning Of the testimony on behalf Of the
defense. This was not done IN this case.
From the time this case was opened until the
last days, when one Of the learned counsel !
for the defense made three days speech,
did you as jurors know whnt the theory Of
the defense was And when you did hear H.
what was iti Why, that there was a gigan-
tic conspiracy on tho part Of the state 70
hang these defendants
"And the attorney for the defense thought
so much Of this line Of argument for his
clients that he used II as thread through
his whole speech. He charged me, your
states attorney, and the people Of this great
state with conspiring to murder; to hang
innocent men. Do you believe III Do you
believe that / would consent 20 trump up
charges against these men, TO lead them 70
the gAllows, knowing they were false
chnrgesl Why, If | should do that | ought
to be dragged out by the citizens and
hanged to lamp post, without court or
jury.
The Warning Factions OF the Clan.
'erhe defense claim that back of the
prosecution stands the opposing faction Of
the Clan-na-tiael urging the conviction OF
. these men. Why, gentlemen, the very men
who belonged TO the camp which DR. Cronin
organized were against the prosecution, and
all the Cian-na-Gael witnesses We're from
/ the camp from which come these prisoners
"Do you think ] would put ON a witness
Z whose story didn't believer DO you believe
: would fix up a story to hang these meni
Gentlemen, before God, / had rather have
my arms torn from my body than to engage
in such villainy.n A juror murmured that
! he believed in the judges integrity, and the
\ states attorney cried
y You Must Believe Itr'
Il Eyes, you must believe il, because i'll
n Gods TRUTH Do you believe that this big
i. hearted Irishman,n pointing 70 Mr.. Hynes,
II whose voice and whose hand has always
n been ready TO help the down trodden, could
4 be guilty Of such deviltryp
4 He Said Nothing of BegEs.
A Referring to Mr.. Fosters statement that
" Mr.. George Ingham was too honest e
fs,
n the states attorney said: "Mr. Foster made
y a day-and-a-half speech, but in all Of it hs
q did not say one word in reference TO the
ii case against John Il. Beggs. He talked
nj about the smoke stacks and mills and loom
NJ of Ireland having been idle for cen turies
but nothing about his clients innocence.
Mr. Fosters remarks said the states at
torney, "were an indirect charge Of dis
h. honesty against myself and the other coun
N sci engaged to assist me.
~ "Mr. Fosters speech was mainly Mr.. Foster
Il and not much Mr.. Beggs. We are not try
~ ing these men as Irishmen nor as Clan-na
vs Gael men, We are trying them as men in
III dicted for murder Mr.. Foster said that DR.
- Cronin was not an angel while he was alive
r. at least and he said that this big heartei
he Irishman, Mr.. Hynes, was dynamiter. Tha
~ is not true This big hearted lrishman, lik
ss DR.. Cronin, has protested against the use o
~ dynamite. Cronin was not dynamiter, ant
al he was condemned only by the dynamite fac
an ton Of the Clan-na-Gael
Is. The Theory Of the State.
ar, 'The theory Of the state is, and always ha
been, that the murder Of Dr. Cronin wa
caused by a conspiracy which originated i
Camp 90 There has not been O particle Q
no evidence here to contradict this theory l
Ter Is claimed by the learned counsel that n
lte proof had been shown that a committee ha
he been appointed in Camp 20 to investigate Di
ol, Cronin. But Beggs had said that the con
70 mittee should report 10 him alone as senio
I've guardian Mr.. Longenecker then referre
ey TO the testimony regarding the meeting q
we Camp 20, Feb. g. "There wasno one else ou
ate side Of the Clan-na-Gael who had enmity q
be- ward DR.. Cronin. He was making troubl
es. for the men who were robbing the organic
he ton. Dr. Cronin was called spy the Clan
RS na-Gael had hatred Of spies they believe
an they had right to kill spies, and the
thought that any man who was traitor I
the cause should be killed
The Triangle's Alleged Dupes.
me 'slt was easy for the triangle to convinC
iai their dupes-if these men are dupes-thl
IA. Cronin was a spy, but even then it becam
oy necessary that some proceedings should
m taken in the camp to justify further con
mandS 10 remove Df. Ifoulna III DtEBb WI
9k- an educated man and no mans dupe, as M
ma Foster said, then he is awful guilty.
la1 started the machinery of this conspiracy
IN motion, and did his share just the same
Martin Burke.n
The Beggs-spellman Letters.
"a The letters between Beggs and Spellma
IN were commented ON by the States attorne
,hn who said that the letters referred plainl
~ and admittedly to Dr. Cronin as one wi
le1 was constantly opening old sores, and
nv whom punishment must come eventually.
vas Longeneclxer Gets Sarcastic.
er- Judge Longenecker referred briefly to Il
complaints of the defense about his emplo
ing valuable assistance, saying that he sa
no reason why the state of Illinois shou
ern not have the aid Of valuable counsel as we
ac- as the prisoners, and then again toe
md up the case Of Beggs The case against hi
on, was strong in the states attorneys min
en. The birth of the great conspiracy was in
rief by the appointment Of the secret committe
The The claim that no committee was appoints
was absurd, in view of the declaration
the senior guardian that the commit
would report TO him alone. This show
,bs. that a committee was appointed and ina
nal much as the defense had not introduced
her the case the members Of the committee
be- tell the purpose of their appointment, it W
fre self evident that the committee was not
set lawful one air. FOSTERS speech was G