The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-10-30
The WHOLE TRUTH.
Testimony Of the Witnesses in
the CrOnin Case.
DAVITr AND THE CLAN-NA-GAEL.
What He has to Say About 1t Before the
Parnell Commission-The Outlaw War
in Kentucky.

CHICAGO, Oct. 29-The fact that there is
division of interests in the defense in the
Cronin case and that Senior Guardian
Beggs is having his case conducted indie
pendently of the others was shown to-day,
when Forrest, on behalf of the defendants
objected to the admission of O'Conhor' 5
testimony. Mr.. Forrest, counsel for
Beggs, said on the latter's behalf he
wanted the record to show that no objection
is made on his part to the introduction of
this testimony. Heinvites the fullest and
clearest investigation of his connection
with the Clan-naGael and objects not to
the introduction of testimony that will for
ward such investigation.
John j. O'Connor, secretary of Camp 20,
Clan-na- Gael, produced the records of the
proceedings of the camp on the night of
February s, when, it is alleged, an order
was made for the appointment of a secret
committee to try Cronin. The records
show a resolution that Senior Guardian
Beggs notified the district office. 1t was
understood that the report Of the commit
tee which tried Sullivan, Boland and
Feely, members of the Triangle, in. Buffalo,
in October, 1885, had been given out in
some of the camps, but was not received
secret committee of three be appointed by
the senior guardian to investigate the ru-
mors affoat regarding the trial of the exec
utive board This action was the result of
remarks made by Captain Thomas O'Con-
nor, who said that he had heard the report
of the committee to try the Triangle read
in another camp and thought it strange that
Camp 20 did not get it,
| In the afternoon session Andrew FOy,
member of Camp 20, was put on the stand
as witness. He was very non committal,
and with the greatest pertinacity avoided
/ giving a positive answer to the most in
nocent questions. Finally he was brought
| to admit that he made a speech at 4 meeting
of Camp 20 when the matter OF the report
of the Triangle trial committee came
up He made several attempts to plain
the circumstances under which he made
the speech and got badly Hanged up. Finally
he said: 80 far as | remember, Captain
O'Connor made the statement that LIE
Caron was a paid agent of the executive
body of the Irish organization in this cOun-
! try. He said, think, there were S2s, 900
! funds Of this organization gone to LIE Caron
for some object in England or Ireland
t'oy also said o Conner spoke of having
heard that the report Of the trial commit
tee had been received in another camp.
This caused much excitement and was the
CAUSE Ul WlluGSS' y speech. his anger Nd5
caused, he said, by the thought that LIE
Caron got any Of the Clans funds for any
purpose and also to learn that the report of
the trial committee had been gwen out to
| 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 the demand for the report of the trial
commit &c grew out of O'ConnOr's state
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of the committee read in the camp of which
Cronin was q member by Cronin himself.
This statement, by the way, is in contra
diCtion of the evidence on this subject here
tofOre given and of all the published state
mcntS, which have agreed in saying O'Con-
nor did not mention Cronin's 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 the meeting of the camp
February %, Patrick McGary and Richard
| Powers made speeches denouncing the
Triangle and that Senior Guardian Beggs
replied defending Alexander 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, Il laborer, was the last
witness. An attempt was made to get a
detailed statement of the proceedings OF
Camp 90 on the night of February s from
him with but poor success. He was ques-
/ toned sharply by the prosecution as to
what he knew of the relations of the var
ious defendants with each other and their
movements. 1t was developed that Mar
tin Burke and Colleran had gone to
Beggs' Office twice in January and once in
I ~. 1, ,,t1
there to secure Beggs' help in getting
work.