The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-10-30
when the matter of the report Of the Trian-
gle trial committee came up.
LIE CARON PAID AGENT

After making several attempts to explain
the circumstances under which he made the
speech, and getting the narrative mixed
up with statements as to his himself so that
it was impossible to understand what it
was all about, Foy said:
"As far as l remember, Capt O'Connor
made certain statement that this LeCaron,
wuo was a witness, it seemed, before the
FarneH commission at the time, was paid
agent 4 the executive body of the Irish Or
ganlzation in this country"
GOT SOME OF THE MONEY.
What, also, did he say about the fundY"
Answer-He said, ST think l remember
very strong when / heard it-that there
was $2S,000-I am not positive whether
there was $28,000 or s40000-there was
1000 of the funds of this organization
gone to LeCaron for some object in Eng
land or Ireland" He did not specify where
it was spent exactly. but I have got gen.
eral impression that it was spent in Eng
land.
Question-Did he speak then Of having
heard the report of the trial committee re-
oeived in another camp2
Answer-Yes.
THE CAMP EXCITED.
This speech, the witness said, caused
much excitement in Camp 90, and was
caused by the speech which the witness made
after it he went down stairs and took a
drink. What made the witness angry
('hot," as he expressed it, was the thought
that LeCaron got any OF the clans funds
for any purpose whatever; and it also made
him shot" to learn that the report of the
trial committee had been given out in other
camps sooner than in Camp 90. He sup
posed that others felt the same way, for
they also got up and spoke.
SAYS CRoNIN WAS NAMED.
The next witness was Michael J. Kelly,
foreman of the metal department of the
Adams and West Lake Manufacturing
Company, and junior guardian of Camp
20 at the time of the meeting in February
last. He talked of the proceedings, though
his memory was deficient as to the details.
He remembered that Foy had called for
the report of the committee which tried
the Triangle, and tnat this demand grew
out of statement by Capt O'Connor to
the effect that he (O'Connor) had heard tn Q
report Of that committee read in a camp of
which DR.. Cronin was q member and that DIR.
Cronin was the man who read il. This
last statement is in contradiction of evidence
on this subject heretofore given, and of all
the published statements heretofore made.
They agree in saying that Capt. OConnor
did not mention Cronin's name, but said he
would give the name of the man and num-
ber of the camp if the senior guardian de-
manded them.l
DIDN'T NOTICE ANY EXCITEMENT.
The witness then went on to say that it
did not seem to him that any excitement
resulted from Capt. O'Connor's speech,
though he believed a couple of men de-
manded the appointment of committee to
investigate the matter of the reading
OF the report in the other
camp. The witness believed that
Dan Coughlin, one of the defendants, was
present The cross-examination of Kelly
brought out the fact that though he knew
of the trial Of the Triangle, he did not know
who constituted that body, and only learned
their names subsequently when published
in the newspapers.
BEGGS DEFENDED SULLIVAN.
The next witness was Anthony j. Ford
past guardian of Camp 20. He testified
that at the meeting of the camp on Feb. %,
Patrick McGarry and Richard Powers
made speeches denouncing the Triangle.
and that Senior Guardian Beggs replied.
defending Alexander Sullivan, one of the
members of Triangle. 1t was a pretty
warm discussion, and Beggs said it would
to that effect. The witness said
that at the meeting Of the camp in
March he (the witness) had called the at
tention of the camp to the statement that
there was danger that the members of the
opposition order-the United Order of Dep
uties-might succeed In getting some of
their number iniuiated in The Clan-na- Gael
camps, and pointed to the defendant O'Sul-
livan as his authority for the statement.
This was after the talk with O'Sullivan.
who had been present when DIR. Cronin in
stituted a camp of the Clan-na-Gael in Lake
View.
THE LAST WITNESS.
Stephen Colleran, laborer, was the last
witness. An attempt was made to get
detailed statement of the proceedings of
Camp No. 20 on the night of Feb. s from
him, but with poor success.
The fact that there is division of interest
in the defense In the Cronin trial, and that
Senior Guardian Beggs of Camp 20is having
his case conducted independently of the
others, was shown to-day. 1t was when
Witness O'Connor was called 10 testify in
regard to the proceedings in Camp 20 of the
Can-na-Gael that Mr.. Forrest, on behalf Of
the other defendants, objected to the admis-
sion of OConnor's testimony.
HAS BEGGs soUEALED?
Mr.. Foster, of the counsel for Beggs,
said: "On behalf of defendant Beggs we
want the record to show that no objection
is made on his part to the introduction of
this testimony. Beggs does not wish to i'm
pair or infringe the rights of the other de-
PENDANTS, but his position is that he invites
the fullest and cleares5 investigation of his
connection with the Clan-na-Gael, and he
does not object to the introduction of any
testimony, material or immaterial, that
will forward such investigation. He made
this assertion when this charge was first
made, and he repeats il now"
"What does all this mean9 Has Beggs
squealedp was asked of Mr.. Mills The
counsel for the people smiled To the same
question Mr.. Ames replied; 'We will wait
and see whether the state brings any charge
of gravity against him We claim they
can't. If they try it we will put Beggs on
the stand.n
NO HABEAs CORPUS FOR WOODRUFF.
OTTAWA, ILL, Oct. 29.-Apphcation for
habeas corpus by the horse thief and Cronin
suspect Woodruff, was denied to-day by
the supreme court here. The court holds
that the delay in giving him trial is
due to his own acts in agreeing to continu-
aOcog