St. Paul daily globe., 1889-06-25
fhe Clan Sentenced DR.. Cro-
min to Death for Being a
British Spy.
States Attorney Longenecker
Receives a Startling Com
munieation.
It Gives Full Particulars OF
the Plot of the Celtic
Brotherhood.
He Is Moving Heaven and
Earth to Ferret Out the
Writer.

CHICAGO. June 24.-Despite his vigor-
Gus denialS tonight it is positively
known that States Attorney Long
necker has received important informa-
tion regarding the plot of which DR..
Cronin was the victim. This informa-
tion came to him in letter unsigned.
but which contained many statements
outside of the main issue, which con-
vinced the official that it could be
relied upon. 1t states in effect that
Cronin was tried in February by the in
ner circle of Camp 20, Clan-na-Gael.
John F. Beggs presiding, found guilty
of being British spy. and sentenced to
death. The charge was that Cronln,
under the guise of endeavoring
to expose alleged malfeasance of
Alexander Sullivan. Michael Boland
and Dennis Feely, was in reality at
tempting to bring about a public in
vestigation of the work and the ac-
counts of the order for the information
of the British government and the Lon
don Times commission.
1t was shown that the exposure of the
workings of the order which would be
necessary in order to refute Cronin's
charges would furnish to the London
Times all the information which
it had despaired Of obtaining
by the appointment of gov
ernment subcommission in America.
CIonin'S maneuvers, it was also
pointed ut.whatever his motives, could
hardly help but insure the extraditien
of every man who had gone across the
M, ,, The Story
is that two trials of Cronin were held.
The first was in January. but when it
came to rendering a decision on the
evidence, one man weakened. The
trial committee was dissolved, but SUBJ
sequently reorganized in secret. the
place of the man who weakened being
filled by another man. The man who
retired from the first meeting became
aware OF the reorganization since
Cronin's disappearance, so it
is claimed. and has been the
source from which information has
come to the authorities. The trial COM
mittee consisted of seven persons, each
of whom it is said is now under surveil-
lance. They did not have any knowl-
edge or anything to do with Turing Gro
min from his office or the
SCENES IN THE CARLSON COTTAGE.
Instead of calling for volunteer ''re-
movers" lots were drawn, the name of
every man present being written on
slips of paper. The names of those
selected were not made known at the
meeting The only one of the partici-
pants who had definite knowledge on
this point was the man whose duty it be-
came 10 notify those upon whom the
choice had fallen. This man, according
to the letter, is John F. Beggs. The
states attorney is moving heaven and
earth tonight to discover the writer,
and is willing to promise him immunity
and ample protection if he will come
forward. The grand jury this after
noon suddenly took up the CrOnin case
and issued an order for Beggs' appear
once. Officers searched for him high
and low. but he could not be found. 1t
is said late tonight that the police are
on the track of some OF the in
dividuals that attended the trial
and that Beggs will be arrested if
found. tomorrow. Luke Dillon is
quoted as saying that the police have
another suspect under surveillance, of
whom nothing yet has been said. He
is Californian, has a lucrative busi-
ness, and enjoys an excellent reputa-
ton. This man, who he believes is the
original ''Simonds," is. he says. the last
man IN the world that would be sus-
pected of such a crime. The dispatch
from Rome. via London, to the effect
that Archbishop Feehan had made re-
port on the Clan-na-Gael to the Vatican
is characterized as sheer nonsense by
Vicar-General MuldOon. The church,
he says, does not act as quickly as thus
indicated,