Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1889-11-01
NO. 13.

Was Andrew Foy?" asked Longe-
necker.
Il don't remember"
Have You forgotten since last night?"
asked the counsel sharply.
Il didn't acknowledge it last night.
retorted the witness with show of
temper.
He remembered the meeting of Feb. 5.
Capt. F. F. O'Connor madea speech. He
asked why ii was that they had not re
ceived report of the committee that tried
the triangle rs he had heard it read in
another camp. He said he would give the
name of the camp and who read il, if we
demanded It, Some one asked for it.
did not hear his reply, and turning to
someone, asked what he said. under
stood the man to say that Capt. O'Comnor
had named Or. Cronin.
Did not O'Connor say that there were
spies among You; that you had better in
veSugate the triangle; that they were
wasting or embeZZllng the funds of the
order?' asked Longenecker.
Forrest and Foster objected, saying that
Otonnor was being treated rs an hostile
witness. The fact was that O'Conuor was
a recaGcrant and disposed to be anything
but willing witness. He answered in
the negative. He was considerably rat
tied when book was handed t. him.
1t was the record of camp % with the min
uteS in his own handwriting. The minutes
for the night in question showed
that motions had been adopted calling for
the report of the committee ON the trian-
gle, to call the attention of the district of
hcer to the reports that We're floating
around regarding the trial of the triangle.
and that a special committee be appointed
by the senior guardian to investigate
these rumorS. Witness was asked in
dozen ways whether Foy did not make a
speech suggesting the necessity of looking
for spies in the order, but responded each
time that he di dn't recolect anything of
the kind.
CroSS-examined by Foster for BcggS. he
said 1t was a common thing to call ON the
senior guardians of camps for reports of
committees. The point of the cross exam
nation was that the motion to appoint a
secret committee became imperative hy
decision of BeggS. that no one camp
could investigate another one. but that the
district officer would have to act Reply
ing to MIR. DOnahue witness, after great
hesitation and in an embarrassed manner.
said he had never seen O Sullivan or kunze
at Il meeting of camp 20. The report
of the trial committee was the trial of the
executive by special committee APP
pointed by the convention to examine into
the misappropriation of funds by the ex-
triangle. Alex. Sullivan, Boland and
Feeley. On redirect examination O'Con-
nor admitted that he had seen man at
meeting of camp 20 who he afterwards
learned was Pat O'Sullivan A copy of
the constitution of the Clan-na-Gael was
offered in evidence, and recess was
taken
At the afternoon session, Andrew FOv, Il
member of Camp 20 was put ON the stand
as a witness. He was very non-commital.
and with the greatest pertinacity avoided
giving a positive answer even to the most
innocent question. Finally he was
brought to admit that he made speech
mt Il meeting of camp 20, when the report
of the triangle trial committee came up.
He made several attempts to explain the
circumstances under which he made the
speech, and got badly tangled up. Final
ly he said, AS far as | can remember
Capt. O'COnnOr made a statement that lie
Caron was the paid agent of the executive
body of Irish societies in this country.
Ilt Sfilh tIllilh llltIt NtIt C-tNsN'D VI tue
funds of this organization gone to lie
Caron for some object in England Foy
also said O'COnnOr spoke of having heard
the report of the trial committee received
in another camp. This caused much ex-
citement and was the cause of the wit
nesses speech His anger was caused he
said; by the thought that LeCaron got any
of the Clans funds for any purpose, and
also to learn that the report of the trial
committee had been given given out in
other camps sooner than camp 20
Michael J. Kelly, junior guardian of
camp 20, told of the proceedings, though
his memory was deficient as to details He
said that the demand for the report of the
trial committee grew out of O'COmners
statement to the effect that he had the re-
port OF the committee read in the camp of
which CrOnln was a member, by Cronm
himself. This statement. by the way is
in contradiction to the evidence of this
subject heretofore given, and of all the
published statements which have agreed
in saying that O'COnnOr did not mention
Cronin 5 name
The cross-eXamination of Kelley brought
out the fact that although he knew of the
trial of the triangle he did not know who
constituted that body until their names
were published in the newspapers.
Anthony J. Ford, past guardian of
camp 20, testified that at meeting of the
camp the 22nd of February, Patrick Me
Gary and Richard Powers made speeches
denouncing the triangle, and that Senior
Guardian Beggs replied, defending Alex.
Sullivan, one of the triangle's members.
1t was warm discussion and Beggs said
it would have to be peace or war, or words
to that effect.
Steven Colleran, iaborer, was the last
witness. An attempt was made to get a
detailed statement of the proceedings of
camp 20 on the night of Feb 9Th from him
but without success. He was questioned
sharply by the prosecution as to what he
knew of the relations Of the various de-
PENDANTS with each other and their move
ments. 1t was developed that Martin
Burke and Colleran had gone to Beggs
Office twice in January and once in Febru
ary. Witness said they went there to Sc
cure Beggs aid in getting work.
An application for a writ of habeas
corpus, made by the horse thief and Gro
min suspect Woodruff. was denied today by
tbp state SuprpTnp court