Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1889-10-24
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ties.
lander thereupon sought out Chief Hub
bard, who sent him In company with ON
Ger Frederick TO the States Attorney. He
Is certain Coughlin and O'Sullivan are the
men who discussed the Cronin murder and
that they talked about burke. 1t is now
five weeks since he told the story. and vet
the officers have not been able to trace
Coughlin and O'Sullivan to tho Gage farm.
few minutes after o'clock Friday
evening Detective Palmer In company
with two women, walked quietly into the
Central station and disappeared in the off,
GERS ROOM One of the women was middle
aged the other young, willis both were
well dressed and intelligent looking
Palmer when seen later was not inclined
TO say much about the women except that
he wished to talk to them
From other sources it was learned that
the women We're taken into custody be-
cause OF what they are supposed to know
about the Cronin case.
CHICAGO, Oct. 81 Despite the unusual
efforts made by the State to keen
the present work of the prosecution
within the narrow limits of tho States
Attorneys Office, it has leaked out that
one more witness to the work of Camp
20 in condemning DIR. Cronin 10 death
has been found. This man, whose
name is suppressed by request, told
Judge Longenecler this story Saturday
night:
"Ihave been a member OF Camp 20 for years
but have been very unusual attendant al the
meetings. happened. however to be present
on the night when Tom O'COnnor brought into
the camp the story that the Sullivan investi
eating committees report had been read in an
other camp. There was good deal of excite.
ment in the lamp, and several speeches de-
nouneing Croltn very bitterly were made
what was the immediate occasion of this
denunciationy the witness was asked
why, IL was Cronin who had read the report
in the other camp and they were charging him
with treason. Some said that he was in the
employ Of the British Government and Others
that II he were not spy he was al least "a dis.
organizer and firebrand and that he ought to
be expelled from the ORDER
Was there no more serious threat than that
mades"
We'll, there was a good deal of loud talk and
some OF the men were very angry, but couldn't
swear to the exact language. IL all ended with
a motion thai "A committee be appointed TO try
the charges against Croniu and that Senior
Guardian Bcggs was to appoint the committee
secretly and that II would report at subse-
Quent meetiEg
What did you understand were the charges
which the trial committee were to investigator
That Cronn was an associate and fellow spy
with lie Caron, and that in the interests of the
eaemies of the Irish revolution he was trying
10 break up the !. h. 81
who stated these charges
"Oh they common talk all about I
don't know that anybody put them in definite
shape that night
Did you hear what Coughliu said that
nighttn
"If ! did 1 didn't pay much attention l
didn't attach any Importance to what most OF
them said. thought il was largely wind, and
that even If they made case against Cronin
they nwould publicly expel him. / don't be-
iieve this minute that any one there had muir.
der In his heart. That came afterward."
In the testimony of this witness il will
be noted that a hint is given as to ono
of the possible lines of defense which
the prisoners counsel may take-an eff
fort, that is. to escape out of a final
and fatal corner by attempting to show
that Cronin's death was not a 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 attorneys said Saturday night
they expected the jury would be sworn
in some time Monday, and on Tuesday
the State would outline its case before
the jury. The States Attorney himself
will make the only opening address for
the prosecution, and the defense will
probably waive their opening address
till the States case is all in. Every thing
indicates that this will he one of
the greatest trials known to the Ameri-
can bar Over 200 witnesses will be
called by the State, and nearly that
many, probably, by the defense Many
of the points upon which the State de-
ponds to make ont it's case will occupy
days, even weeks. in their development
and elncidation