St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-12-07
All the Alleged Alibis Taken
Up Separately and Eas-
lily Smashed.
Beggs Would Have Peace III It
Took War to Bring 1t
About.
His Defense of the Triangle
Is Lauded by His At
torney.


morning. when Mr.. Hynes took the
floor to finish his address to the jury in
the Cronin case. Mr.. Hynes stated that
he would use as little time as possible
i'll presenting his views of the evidence
against John f. Beggs and the position
taken by Mr.. Foster, Beggs' counsel,
regarding the evidence. Attorney Hynes
argued that Mr.. Beggs' position was
not that of man who desired peace and
harmony in the order, as would be
maintained by Mr.. Foster. ''Not only
did Beggs deprecate contention," said
the the attorney, "but he said he would
have peace, If it took war to bring il
about. Beggs defended the triangle,
and said that Alexander Sullivan, one
of the trniagle. had friends in the place,
and that he was one of them. He de-
nOunced the men who were opening
old sores" Mr.. Hynes then referred
to Beggs' letter to Spellman Feb. l6, in
which Beggs asked that a penalty be
inflicted on the men who were making
DISsENSIONS IN THE ORDER.
He advised that something be done"
said Mr.. HyneS, ''because he could nos
tell what trouble might come of it.n
"A hat was the trouble?' continued the
attorney. "W 10 was it whispered into
Beggs' ear that there was trouble? Was
it Dan Coughin. who later told man
that information had been received that
one of the spies alluded to by lie Caron
was here, and the indications are that
DR.. CrOnin is that man. or was it that
the plot had already been inaugurated?:'
That the attorney for suspect Beggs ap-
prrciated the terrible weight of the
aVinpnnn al otrIv
shown by his attempting in a way bar
ren OF results to prove for Beggs an
alibi for May 4. At this Attorney FOs-
ter interpoSed an objection, declaring
that he had not attempted to prove an
alibi, but simply to show the character
of his clients associates at that time.
Attorney Hynes dismissed the objection
by saying that the counsel could Ger
tainly not be serious in making such q
statement The alibi of the white horse
then came in for attention, The horse
was disposed of by Mr.. Hynes citing
the contradiction in the testimony Of
Budenbender, and then the inconsist-
encieS OF the
DRIVER OF THE WHITE HORSE,
with the actions of an innocent man.
The idea that Smith hired a horse way
up on the North side to take out riding
an aunt living way down at the stock
yards and making the trim in two hours
and half was absurd. The driver with
a heavy overcoat on and the collar
turned up OIL such warm evening as
the 4th of last May. and his desire for
side curtains on the buggy, together
with request for dark horse. was also
commented Oh. Mr.. Hynes referred to
the O'Sulliyan contract with DIR. CTonin.
and sail the reason the man who had
mol lad FOR. xtaT f11 r.lt
vans card was because he had been
coached by O'Syllvan. After rid
ding the testimony of Detective Crow
and dispoSing of the few remaining de-
tails in the case presented by the de-
fpnse, Attorney Hynes hastily reviewed
the State'e evidence. The only trace OF
the doctors destination on May was
O'Sullivan's card. a visit to the ice
man brought from him the statement
that he had not sent for the doctor. but
that a contract existed between them.
With a magnificent burst of orat0ry the
speaker then pictured the doctors ride
TO the cottage, his entering the door,
his heart throbbing with anticipated re-
lief of suffering. and
HIS HORRIBLE SLAUGHTER
Immediately following. The effect was
very noticeable upon the defendants.
Their faces were pale ands their eyes
had peculiar CLASSY stare. The other
prominent parts of the Testimony pre-
Sented Ivy the state were handled with
mastery skill. and new points brought
out from evidence already gone over,
There was frequently buzz of sup
pressed enthusiastic applause from the
audience. When the attorney finally
finished. he was surrounded by friends
with warm congratulations. Court then
Il II fES,. nHf
session. Attorney Foster began his ar
gument in behalf of his client BeggS.
He said that whoever believed DR..
Cronin was an angel in disguise was
mistaken. 1t had been charged that the
Cian-na-Gael society was dynamite
organization. but the fact that DR..
Cronin was an active member OF the So
cIety had been unthinkingly over
looked. This brought the states attor-
ney TO his feet with jump. II shall
object to the charge that DR.. Cronin
was dynamiter. He was opposed to
the dynamite policy, and for opposing it
was expelled" This disconnected Mr..
Foster. and for moment he, the states
attorney and the court all talked To-
gether. At last order was restored, and
the court ruled the statement out, on
the ground that no such testimony had
been admitted. The attorney then re-
ferred to Beggs' connection with the
Clan-ua-Gael. His clients connection
with the society, he said, was an open
book. He was
A CHAMPION OF PEACE.
The statement that Beggs had at one
time said that Dr.. Cronin was not fit
man to be on the committee that tried
Alexander Sullivan might be true.
What of it? Had not DR.. CrOnin, in a
convention of the national body, charged
Sullivan. B0land and Feeiey with rob-
berry and murder? Such being the case,
was it unreasonable to believe that any
one making such charge would be un-
fit to try and judge the ones accused.
land that statement" continued the
attorney, lis the only one that my
client Beggs has been accused in evil
dence of making. None other has he
ever made. In making that statement
he did right. Ii you are going to hang
him for that statement l might as well
stop here and let him be taken at once
to the narrow passage in the Jail and
strangled. The state desires to convict
my client because Burke went to his
office three timeS-twice in January and
once in February. Let the gentlemen
for the state look to their own nest: see
where they have been visited by fugl-
tiyes from Justice, and say if such facts