Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1889-10-30
PUSHING THE ICEMAN.
PLAN OF THR PROSECUTION IN THB CRONlN
CASE.
OSulli7sus Connection With The Murder TO Os
Shown Frst-ImPOrtant Testimony Taken
Ysstsrday-Camp Twenty and It's
Mysterious Councils.

CHICAGO, October ga local paper
ssys: The attorneys for the prosecution
determined last night after good deal OF
consideration to take up the subject OF Pat
rick O'Sullivan's bu iness card for the pur-
pose of proving that the particular form
stranger offered Dr.. CrOnin had been
printed only two days before the Doctor
was murdered.
Attorneys for the prosecution believe
this to be the strongest evidence against
O'Sullivsr, not even excepting the testi-
mopy of the Carlsons, who saw him In
daily communication with the murderers
who occupied the cottage on Ashland ave-
nue. Following the evidence on this line
will come evidence concerning the finding
of the bloody trunk on Evanston avenue,
and from this point the whole conspiracy
will be exposed in detail.
HE SAYS BURKE CONFESSED.
A dispalch from Winnipeg, Man, says:
Bob Heffer, the fellow prisoner of Burke,
who says the lstter confesssd to him, is
indignant at the doubts of authenticity OF
his story Of Burke's confession entertained
by some. He vigorously asserts thst every
statement be hss made is true. He says
Burke used tl, despite his protests that he
did nUt want to hear them, psisist in tell
ING him the details of the plot with its
murderous outcome. Burke would some
times burst out crying in the cell in speak
ing of the crime. He says he can give the
names OF every one who wss present when
DR.. CrOnin was murdered.
THE TESTIMONY YESTERDAY.
AZ the opening of Judge McConnelPs
Conrt this morning, Mrs. Winifred Dinan,
wife of Patrick DinaD, the liveryman, who
owus the famous white horse, took the
stand az witness. She testified 10 the
facis about the horse being taken and
driven north on the night Of Msy 4,h and
bis return at half-past nine o'clock, steam
ing with perspiratiOn as If he had been
hard driven.
John f. O'COnnor, a member OF the
famous Camp 20 of the Clan-na Gael, OF
which Beggs, Burke, Coughlin and the
other defendants were members, wac next
nlaced ON the stand. O'Oonnor was re-
cordipg secretary of the Camp when Beggs
was Senior Guardian. After numerous
details "a to their meetings and methods OF
transacting the business, he tea'iied that
Oh February 6th last. at meeting OF the
Camp, Thomas +. 0'OonDor ssked II we
had ever received the report of the trial
committee, now known as the Triangle.
| Mr.. Beggs said be had not.
CRoNIE READ THE REPORT
O'Conuor says it was strange that our
Camp never got the report, when he heard
it read in another Camp in the city; lie
heard man read It. and would state the
name of the Camp and the man who read
il if we demanded it, Somebody asked
who il was. ! did not not hear who he
saii read it, but there WAS tcme one there
who did hear and asked him What
did YOU ssy?n and / understood him to
say DR. Crcnin.
The witness said he had no recollection
that man named Foy had made a spsech
in which he said the Camp hsd better in
vestigate the Triangle, because be had
heard q report charging It's members with
wasting the funds Of the order. After a
long wranele between the lawyers, the
Court admitted the record OF the proceed
ings of Camp No 90 on February s.b,
made By the witness at the time, and be
proceeded 10 read it, subject to many in
te1ruptons in tie way Of questions and
objections.
SECRET COMMITTEE TO INVESTIGATE
CRONIN.
Coming down TO the matter Of the Camps
action on the supposed allegations against
Dr.. Cronin, in connection with the trial OF
the triangle in Buffalo. the witness read as
/ follows: Moved snd seconded that an i'm
perative demand be made on the txecu-
tive committee AZ once for the immediate
information OF the trisl committee. 1t
was amended that the Senior Guardin no
| tify the district member of the report that
is going around, regarding the report OF
trial committee read in one OF the Campo
/ in this city. Motion WAS carried. Motion
made and seconded that secret commit
tee be appointed by the Senior Guardian to
| investigate the rumors sfoat regarding The
| trial of the executive body. Motion car
ried" The Senior G1srdian mentioned,
the witr ess said, was John F. Bfggs, one
of tie men now on trial
THE AFTERNOON SESSION.
Andrew Fog, q member of Camp 20,
was called in the afternoon and test Ii I'd to
a speech that he hsd made when the re-
port of the Tdogle Trial Committee came
up. He said that Capt. O'Connor bad
said in the meeting that $2S. 900 OF $40, 600
of tie fands OF the organ zition had been
given to Le Caron, the spy, by the Trian-
gle Committee, 0nd that report 10 that
effect had b.en read in ore Of the Camps
by Dr.. Cronin This statement caused
great feeling and the witness, among 9TH
err, msde speeches denOunelng Cfonin.
NJ cbasl J. Kelly wss called and corrobo'
rated FoJ 4 testimony. Anthony J Ford,
Past Guardian Of Camp 20. told about q
meeting of th. Camp in which Patrick Nc