The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1889-10-25
THE CRONIN TRlALBEGUN
What the State Win Prove Against the
Clan-na-Gael lssassils.


"A small army Of bailifrs tn keep at hay the
eager ones who demanded to- bc passed.
At 10 o'clock court was called tn order.
and States Attorney Longenccker began
his opening Address tn the jury. He re-
viewed i'm brief manner the long contin-
ued sitting of venircmcn, which resulted
i'm the selection of the II men before him,
defined the duties of jurymcn and defined
the meaning of presumption OF Innocence.
Ii was, he said, u mere negative which
stood i'm the way of conviction i'm the alb
sence OF evidence, hut must not be al
lowed to weaken the force OF evil
deuce given. He next defined the mean
ing of reasonable doubt, which lie said
must not be 80 stretched to permit ~
juror tn avoid doing his duty. The states
attorney then proceeded tai define murSicr
and set forth what were the material allie
cations i'm the indictment which IL will he
necessary to prove. They were that DIR.
Cronin was killed, that the killing was
done nm tins state. that II WAS done with
out adequate Provocation. and that these
and circ,,mstnntia, evidence. He spoke OF
the disappearance OF DIR. Cronin and the
finding OF his body eighteen days after
prove il "a murder as the result Of con-
spiIacy.
speak of the motive for "a crime and said
i'm order to show what the motive was, II
became necessary to examine into the
known as u brotherhood, and commonly
called the Clan-na-Gaei. Before doing
this he reminded the jury they were : not
at the bar. He then proceeded To sketch
the history of the Clan-na-(sael, and said
OF members made their commands sIpt,-
rior to the laws of the nation.
Forrest objected to this line of the state
meut AS inadnissible i'm advance OF proof.
Judge Mcconnell said hc did not know
| what would IKE proved, but warmed the
t.atxa IT, 10 SnNAy
The states attorney then went on-ao say
| that the membership did not know who
constituted the triangle, so secret was IL !;
hut. nevertheless. they obeyesi it's orders
| and were sent on various missions i'm Eng
land in the way OF active work anu ,,,r mn.irr
said he would prove what he had said and
accepted the responsibility. He proceeded
| to SAY that when Sullivan, Fcely and Boil
| and got control of the executive board
| they changed the plan of the work of the
| organization, inaugurated "a dynamite
| policy aud implanted in the constitution n
| Cl;l,iss. commanding perfect and unrssIuit-
ting obedience to the commands of the
| Notwithstanding this secrecy. these
| men were betrayed by the board to the
English authorities and twenty of them
| arr, now i'm prison. This was. he declared
to enable the board to steal funds and al
the last showing made the board claime.
the order was owing them slauo, though
At this point the states attorney intro
| IT,
order and proceeded to sketch the histor.
of his fight against the triangle. He told
of Cronin's expulsion, the sutseq,,en
union convention and the trial of Sulli
| van. Fceley and Boland by the secret com
mittee, of which DIR. Cronin was "a mem
| The states attorney went on tn say tn.
committee was i'm session three days hear
ing evidence which he stated would be ia,
| tro(luced during the trial.
| Cronin wanted this evidence p,Iblishes
to all the camps Of the order with the n
.d ma'e 1 10 the % camps % iii a day or % TWO af,e
| Cronin's death, and even then Cronin'
part was suppressed; IL was sent out i
would never be found. IL was not suiil
cient to make way with DIR. Cronin but TN
same unseen hand that regulated the con
| spiracy from it's inception had to make
appear also that Cronin was a traitor, fo
if Cronin had published his evislenc
il meant the ruin of the triangle with tn
TO have it published to all the camp
| was to convict those of embczzling thes
funds that have been accumulated Ia
years. 1t would have proved them traitor
embezaiers 9 be- @ but violators OF the laws OF III
, | countries, and traitors to the cause i
which these people had enlisted; and iI
| stead of doing that which was to benef
poor old Ireland, II would brand them a
the worst men ON earth among the Iris
Se'' ssste's attorney % then s wen, @ on 10 show ho'
| CouRhlin begun denouncing Cronin as
| spy away back In February, and ho'
| Beggs at a certain meeting of Camp
. | said Crouin's denunciation of Sulliva
and the Triangle had to be stopped IL
| took blood.
The states attorney then went on
talk about the charges made against Cr'
| min i'm camp %. On the 18TH OF Febrslar
!. | Senior Guard Be9Rs wrote to District On
Ger Shellman, Of Peoria. that he was d
rected to investigate the matter an
| wanted the district officer to do I'll
latter. on the 18th Of February, wrote I
= BeRRs that he knew of no La
or provision of the constitutio
requiring him to investigate al
less charges were made directly tn hin
/ BeRRs on the 18th wrote hack that whi
there was no written Law for this, theI
was a law, and the matter had to tie u
vestigats.ti or there would he trouble.
the following day man giving the nan
OF Simons rented the fiat at IL. Clai
street. opposite DIR. Cronin's Office, boug
furniture and q large trunk. and NOV.
in. On the 3Oth Of March Martin B,Irl
appeared at the Carlson cottage under Il
name OF Frank Williams, rented Il
cottage, and then, after tai
ing with O'Sullivan. went tn
le Clark street and moved the furnitu
to the cottage. Sometime in April OS,
livan made arrangements with Cronin
| which, IL the latter received one OF O'S,
II fvan's cards, he was to accompany q
messenger in order to attend profcssio