Telegram-herald., 1889-10-25
STATING HIS CASE.
The Trial OF TIE Cronin Suspects
BeeinS
LOycENECKERS OPENING ADDRESS.
CroniH's DsDonetatioR "a the slsth0ds "a
the Ct4a- a-n4-G4el TTiADgle Tie
Motive foF Hls Nurder ksi-
dsEes Ag@lRst fhs Rrls0ner.
THE csosN rElAL

speech for the prosecution The men on
trial are Copghlln, OSaliyan. beggs'
Burke and Kunze.
Mr.. LongeneekeF proceeded 20 denns
the murder Of Dr. CroAiR a. the unlaW-
fll killing Of the nah with malice
aforethoughL The material points ~
be proved. be said. are: The killing
OF Dr. CrOnins the fact that The
killing was done in this county
and state; and third, that these
defendants did the killing with
malice aforethought II we prove,
as Ne claim 20 be able, that the
doctor was killed. then IL viii not be
questioned that IL was murder and not
manslaughter." The States Attorney
went on 10 define ciroumstantial evil
dence, upon which the prosecution ex-
clustyely relies.
lie said that Dr. Cronin was decoyed
away from his home on the night OF
May last, and was never seen alive
again by his friends. His body was
found in Lake View catch-basin May
&c, where II had been placed by those
who had beaten out his life. There
speaker claimed that the State would
be able 70 show that the motive arose
from the fact that the unfortunate
doctor was an active member OF
an Irish organization known as the
Can-na-Gsel. This society sad had
the misfortune 70 allow its control 10
fall into the hands Of band Of un-
scrupulous men, who in secret plotted 70
use the order 10 enrich themselves and
further their own personal ends.
There were FIVE members Of the execu-
tive board. OF these Alexander Sulli-
van, Boland and Feely formed the
famous triangle. To these the members
were sworn TO yield obedience rising
above all law, all order and all pub
lie policy. From 1889 until 1881 great
deal Of money was raised. This had
been held sacred, but in 1881 the
dynamite policy Of blowing up build
ings and men at the discretion Of this
board was inaugurated. 1t was provided
in the constitution after these three mon
got control that every member must
obey the orders of the triangle without
question.
Men we're sent to England under as
sumed names. But they were captured
the instant they landed, and twenty or
more of them are now in English pris-
ons. This was done in order that GER
tain men might steal the funds of the
order. Then the triangle so scared the
order by the stories about English de-
tectives that no National convention
was held. A few of the friends Of the
triangle met and destroyed all books and
papers-burned them-leaving a state
ment that the order was $4,000 in debt,
although they had fund of over
$685. TO begin with. DIR. Cronin
and others, disgusted with this sort Of
thing, began TO organize other camps,
and Cronin was tried for treason by
committee Of which LeCaron was one
and Dan Coughlin was another. Alex
ander Sullivan prosecuted.
DR.. Cronin's inquiries into the meth
DDS of the trianglers resulted in the dis
covery of evidence which If given to the
order at Urge, as the doctor threatened
to do, would have resulted in the down.
fall OF the triangle. Fearful that
they would be proved 70 be embezzlers,
violators of the law Of both countries,
and traitors TO their cause, fearful that
it would be proved that instead of being
O benefit to poor old Ireland they would
be branded the worst men on earth,
they began 10 poison the minds of the
people with stories that Dr. Cronin
was another LeCaron. Dan Cougblin
whispered il about on the streets.
The real motive Of this murder
/ lies with those not on trial
| here. Dr. Cronin was ostensibly
/ removed for one purpose, but really for
/ another purpose. And John F. Beggs, a
personal friend Of Alexander Sullivan,
declared that this inquiry into the meth
DDS OF the triangle would have TO be
stopped If it took blood.
The States Attorney then took up the
doings Of Camp 90, Of which Coughlin,
/ Burke, O'Sullivan and Beggs were mem
bers, when John T. Beggs wrote to
Spellman, February IS last, declaring
that Or. Cronin's criticism OF the tri-
angles methods must be stopped. On
! February 10 Simons rented the fat
on Clark street. opposite the opera
house building, for his brother, who was
coming from the, East. The purchases
were described. Then, March 90, Mar
Tin Burke. as the State claimed 10
be able to prove, rented the Carlson
cottage AZ 1872 Ashland avenue Burke
was out 81 work a. the time and
hadn't cent. He was known 70 have
been in Beggs Office. He paid sl2 a
month. one month in advance. II was
about this time that the goods were
removed from III Clark street 20 Tho
Carlson cottage The expressman 8
Identification Of Burke vas mentioned,
and IL was said that II could
be proved that Burke bad
gone directly 20 T. O'Sulli-
vans house after renting the cottage
The p OSullivan's part was shown ia
his contract with Dr Cronin 20 treat hts
icemen. notwithstanding the fact that
there had never been an accident In bis
ice-house, and that there were plenty
of doctors between OSuliivsnl
house ard Dr Cronin's Office /
would be shown that OSal
livan "a sseen AZ a certain poin'
on tha night of the murder although ~
deeI ared he was not out 81 his house I!
would be shown that Dan Coughlin hire,
ths horse vhAh carried ir Cronin q
his death p would also Be show
that KanEs vas - en IA the Clarl
street faa and ras afterwsrd seer
in company with Coughlin At saloon
on the evening o. the murder. and thai
after the murder. when the papers ~er'