Telegram-herald., 1889-10-22
CRONIyS DEATH.
pROBsBLE IHEoRf OF TIE DEFENSE.
indieatisns That an Atts0Pt WI BE
a4sde 20 sk~~ That the Doetor aeS
his hate Dartns a ko~ slIA
Sszas of Hs EneLaies.
ANorHER WITNESS.


CHICAGO. Oct. q Despite the unusual
efforts made by the state 70 keep
the present work OF the prosecution
within the narrow limits Of the state
Attorneys 0f5ce, IL has leaked out that
one more witness o. the work 0f Camp
20 In c0ndemning Dr. CrOnin % death
has been found. This man, whose
name Is suppressed By request, told
Judge LongeneekeF this story Saturday
night
I have been member of Camp - for years,
bat have been very unusual attendant a. The
meetings happened however 10 % present
on tne uiZnt when Tom OConnor brought into
the camp The story that TIE SElliy a. inSeszl-
gatirg committee report had been read ~ sn-
other camp. There Vas good deal " excite
meat IN the camp. and several speeches &c
nouncing Cronin very bitterly we're made
what was the immediate occasion ~ this
denancistionf p the witness Vas asked
Why. II wss Cronin who had read the report
IA the other camp and they were charging HIN
With treason some said that he was Ia the
employ of the British Government aud others
that u be we're not q spy be was AZ least dis
organizer aud frebrard and that he ought 20
be expelled from The order"
Was there 10 more serious threat than that
m4dei"
Well. there was good deal Of loud talk aud
some of the men were very angry Dut couldn't
swear 90 the exact language II all ended with
a motion that = committee De appointed 20 try
the charges against CrOnin and that Senior
Guardian Beggs vas 70 appoint the committee
secretly and that II would report at suose-
Quent neetisg.'
What aid you understand we're the charges
which the trial committee were 70 Investigate"
That Cronin was an associate and fellow spy
with lie Caron, and that in the interests Of the
enemies OF the Irish revolution he was trying
10 break up the l. X. r."
"WhO stated these chargesg
"Oh. they were common talk all about. /
don't know that anybody put them in definite
shape that night"
Did you hear what Coughln said that
nights"
II did I didn't pay much attention.
didn't attach any importance 20 what most OF
them said. thought IL was largely wind, ana
that even II they made case against Cronin
they 1would publicly expel him. l don't be
lieve this minute that any one there had muir
der in his heart. That came afterward"
THE LINE OF DEFENSE.
In the testimony of this witness it will
be noted that hint is given as 10 one
of the possible lines of defense which
the prisoners counsel may take--an ef-
fort, that is, to escape out of final
and fatal corner by attempting to show
that Cronin's death was not deliber-
ately planned and coldly executed muir
der, but the unexpected result of pas
sionate dispute between the trapped doc
tor and some of his self-constituted
judges.
The MYSTERIOUS PRISONER.
James Burnes, the mysterious prison
er whom Captain Schuettler brought be-
fore the States Attorney Friday night,
and whom he afterward took to the
East Chicago Avenue station, has been
released. He was thought to be the
man who drove the white horse that car
ried DR.. Cronin TO his doom, but Conklin
and Frank Scanlan failed 10 identify
him and he was sent away free.
ONE MORE JUROR WANTED.
10 looked as if the weary labor of jury
hunting would end Saturday. but the
entire venire was exhausted when the
court adjourned 10 SIS, the practical re-
suit so far being that eleven are accepted
on both sides.