The Portland daily press., 1889-11-04
lRISHMEN DESCRIBE THE TRIANGLE.
An Address to Ireland From the cro-
min Committee,
Presenting the American Side OF the
Great Murder case.
The Identification OF Martin Burke
Completed In Court.

CHICAGO, November ga long address
from James +. Boland and David p. Aheren.
respectively chairman and secretary Of the
Cronin committee, will be published In the
Celto-American, and 100000 copies Of 1t dis
tributed. The address Is to "The People OF
Ireland" and in substance Is as follows:
KINsMAN AND FRIENDs-For 90 years and
more goodly portion Of the wealth produced
across the Aut 10 relieve suffering Erin, un-
I'll Il can be counted up into hundreds OF millions
comes Imperative ON US as representative Of the
law-abiding Irish-Amerieans OF the city Of Chiea-
peal we eek not fhsneiaI aid, we ask only that
you let the clear current OF your judgement flow
6swn Il as rs y 81 Justice and
has In the past In asking you for this favor, We
beg 10 remind you that with all our love for Ire
Americans towards Ireland and her cause, we
are today, and have been In the past, citizens Of
THIS glorious land recognizing an the responsl,
honor Of which are our first and highest Obllga-
tlon. With the above preface permit us to state
The article then goes on to tell how DR.. Cronin
was lured TO his death and branded as traitor,
ian assertion which Is as false as hell"
10 says: Knowing well the utter detestatiOn
that the Irish people, as well as all honest men,
have for that outlaw Of all nations, "spy" you
teriy method could be :" accepted By
the murderers Of Dr. Cronin 10
their just punishment than By staining his TepI,
tation, by associatng his name with other agents
OF the British government. This, In ITSELF inn
and agents now on trial for his murder. In the
presence Of this outrageous crime against Ameri-
guished citizen. we are really informed thar some
Of the same influence IS at work In Ireland, pre-
venting the Irish press from placing the American
side Of this question before the people, withla
view Of still further njuring the race 6y prevent
ing these unfortunate dupes In Ireland and
America, who have knowledge OF this crime.
from performing their duly and giving the author
tiles Information that will aid In ringing the
gnity parties 70 Justice; & Think you c0gntrymen,
thizers?
are patient that they are incapable of angerP
What i the history OF the members Of the TRAN
s9ob 1ne M rrs ms ens,e youL ana
by Her Majestys government TO the Royal Irish
constabulaTy for his able services In despolng
ireland. and rObbing the Irish Of life, liberty and
happiness. He emlgrated just Ia time TO serve
Her Majesty In the held against General O'Neil
la Canada. Another tried all tha gutter methods
lucre. gong so far as 70 trade the faith OF his
father In his plratical foray to All his purse.
light In royal British barrack, his father du lug
his whole life has been British soldier, aud Is
now British penSiOner In his own lifetime he
has been before the American courts, charged
with incendiarlsm, emoezzlement aud murder,
and II you will investigate the facts, you VIII hnd
that crime, not innocence, gave hin his freedom.
You will ask, probably, how the Triangle got
prominence in irish affairs In this country. Come
into city and see their associates, investigate
| their audaeious methods, examine the dishonora-
BILE system employed aud the disreputabe char
| acters brought by them into Irish organ
men. and utilized through the
| agencies OF the lowest political methods, 10 get
control Of patriotic societies. Mixing American
| politics with Irish affairs IS not popular with the
honest people OF this country and bear Ia mind
tnat a, ,h ieei 6sepy tne attnde
| presence OF this Infamous crme. II you wish or
hope for eonLlnIance Of American sympathy for
the cause of Ireland, without which, IL would in
| deed be gloomy, show that you are worthy Of that
sympathy by giving voice 10 your law-abiding
4 spirit ana your utter detestation OF this crime
that has outraged American law You have had
| American sympathy in al the dark hours f Ire
ian t eIe AL row give your nearly syqPa tPa,
darkens the fair fame Of our adopted country.
| (Signed In behalf Of the law-abiding Irish
JAMEs BoLAND, Chairman.
DAVID P.sAHERENs, Secretary Cronin Com
| mittee. s..
There was only one prop under Martin
sumed this morning. His tenancy of the
| Carlson cottage before the. murder having
been proved by the prosecution and admitted
by the defence, the only link necessary to
| connect the young man with the big pack
| ing trunk and the mysterious j. 5. Sim0nds
was his Identification by Expressman Hax0m
Mortensen, who hauled the goods from the
| Clark street house to the slaughter house
| on North Ashland avenue. IL this identifca-
| tion were complete, IL not only branded
| Burke as one Of the c0nspirat0rs, but estab-
| lished the fact that there was conspiracy
| and that OSullivan had knowledge Of Ii.
| Mortensen was on the stand today, and posi-
lively Identified Burke as the man who hired
him In the latter part Of March to carry the
goods from Clark street to the cottage.
Senator Kennedy, who made such gal
liant fight to prevent Burke's extradition
from Winnipeg, and who was retained u de-
fend the prisoner In the present trial. today
abandoned the case and returned 10 his home
In Wisconsin, In an interview he said he
was prompted to take the step by the reyela-
tions OF the jury-bribing conspiracy and the
unfriendly attitude Of his associates. He
declared he was sick Of the whole thing, and
| wished to wash his hands of the case. Mr.
FORREST, 1t Is understood, will now look out
for Burke's interest.
CHICAGO, November 3.-An open meeting OF
Irishmen wasIheld at McCoy's hotel today at
which 1916 were collected for the purpose of
"seeing the prisoners now on trial for their
lives before Judge Mcconnell supplied with
means to make proper and legal defence" ="
About 100 men were present.
Saturdays dispatches tell the story Of the
murder of Cronin, as related by Hetfer, who
says he was given the facts in Winnipeg Jail
by Burke. According to this story, the kill.
ing was done by the use Of sandbags, with
which Cronin was struck down as soon as
he entered the Carlson cottage. Coughlar
was the instigator.