Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1889-11-09
CRONIN MURDER TRIAL.
Who Supplied the Carlson Cottage
With Furniture2
.na who Was 1t That Purchased the
Mysterious Trunk Weaving the wen
Around the Suspects.

CHICAGO Oct S0-At the opening OF the
Court in the Cronin trial this morning state
Attorney Longenecler asked for an attachHeh'
for Edward Speliman OF Peoria III. the DIS
trict oncer of tho Cl9nna Gael. the attacn'
ment was ordered issued The first witness
sworn was Dennis Connor. He testified
that he was a member OF Camp ~
Clanna Gael AT meeting OF the camp
on February last tho witness saiu ,
he heard Thomas O'Connor state that he nae
heard read in DR. Cronin's camp lhc minority
rcpor, of tho committee 10 try the executive
body OF the order The uames OF the fncihuers
OF the executive body we're not mentioned anu
the witness said he never knew VINO composed
The Triangle Then il was voted TO appoint
committee TO go up 10 Dr. Cronins 5 camp anu
investigate the matter oil lhe minority fePoi'
which Or. Cronin had read
Patrick Nolan, Financial Secretary OF camp
on testified that he was present at n meeting oil
the camp on the night OF May 3, the day prcceed
,ny DR. Cronin's death that Begga presidel'
that there was call for the report OF the secret
committee appointed on February g. ana lhat
Reups replied that the committee was 10 report
10 MIN alone The witness said mat on inc
Sunday following D.. CronIns disappearance
bc met Burke and Cooney about J clock IN 'he
afternoon in "a saloon This was before 'he
witness knew OF Cronin's disappearance
InntAn L.
created the excitement in Camp 20 on the m8h' |
ot Fchruarv g. sad that he had heard read IN
| Dr. Cronin's camp o report OF the committee |
| +bot tried the Triangle Captain OConror saiu
| chat Andrew Foy was the first man TO speaN
| that night Foy arose in his place in inc camp
and addressed the Senior GUARDIAN slalNhs
that he arose under terrible strain; that allcr
the disclosures OF LeCaron in London INC or
eanizatioh, as an organization was no Hlor''
| tha, there were four British spies IN the otga"
,zation and that 1t should be feorganlzeu' anu
every one who was in the organization "ho n'u
the slightest taint or suspicion alldShr" W "''
name should be expe led.
When he got through arose to my iee' anu @ !
stated that was not at all surprised at near.
,no tho gentleman talk as he had done 'ha'
lpew NV rositivc information that the orBahI'
cation was run by a parcel OF roSnes known
as our Executive Body; than they hau
,ounndcrcd our funds even TO the extent u
siol 600 md not alone that but they sent our
hn,t men across 10 England to have them pu'
5 behind the bars; and sta pos"NeiS
c that LeCaron was an agent oil our EAceutNe
pody and received pay from it. Al that
t rnoment was interrupted by TWO or tnrcc
brothers with demand TO tell where gov
i my incarnation | did not Ike the first brother
II who smoke 10 me aud | said: You ueulahl
r, nothinp' Then there were two or three olhe'
nro,hers that demanded TO know where go
4. my information and there was genera up
=. roar at the time. So turned arouhu 10 Wv
T. Senior Guardian and said " MN II III
Senior Guardian demands OF me Whcre ! ~
nv information | viii tell him. lie ulu Nv
,ay any thing Then there was sohlc hio'
uproar I turned second time ana u tnn
time and said II the Senior GUARDIAN "ouu Wv
lc ,,ond of me where got my Information
rl,pI I ct |
terrible report of the entire Triul commute
u" IN Runalo and that | had also scena write
"a renort 100 pages Of close written long nan
~ about the trial and tina, was posilNe o "
-, statement. A, that instant Daniel Cousn!L,l;
Oo ,neroher Of the camp, arose 10 et~ - % ''s ~,
o. mir. Guardian, move you thut secIc' 'O' ~
e" mittec of three be appo'h'eu o,rn
out the source oil CaP'a'n
uor's information Iho'e "e' ,
I'D nv Then tterc was some one else on !
his loot md the Senior Guardian rapI ed ihe caD m
ate "a order MS IL was such iumultuous u'l
nty ,rch turmoil, and somebody spoke ana ne '"'
&C. "a viii hear 10 more Of this subject anu
s'e appoint committee ,,..,,,t.,ir
not q Who was The Senior Gnarol'h "' '"'' '"
ua A. John i. Beggs. ,..,s., NJ,
tie Captain OConner was elose!S Uo9a w. w.
uu- toned but adhered to his testimony un,
'ble Two other witnesses we're examined VIII"
nan bringing out any new points ,,.,o
f'u1cACO. Oct 8l--George kellly p'' NJ
rr was called to the witness ch"'i 80 Nv
fed that, in the latter part OF March toue''
un- n sullivan and others were IN 'he s'''V"
i.R0 werc talking politics, when CouShlh sa," y"
who cert,in North side Catholic was talking
der ,nncb aud that il he did not keep MS NV
heir shut he would get the worst OF II.
but lanes Quinn was the next witness ANU
use .1o.tiored about the same matter as inc
'ver. noss who preceded him. II developed no"
TWO new - ,,.ou &
last w T. Hatfield. salesman I"i Nv,
5 Il was then called and told Of scllhe W ="
in OF c,uino himself J. B Simonds the pi'l oI +"
pub. ,ure which wns taken to the nat "' N'
iuai. clark street and was subsequently, v~ol,, ~
pub the Carlson cottage, the scene o' NV ,an mr
ei't said hc furniture was for tempo
use, ,,..aoa ,bo f,rn
pun| aid 20 Simonds ms hat subsequently seer
- ~, him I'm the Carlson cottage, the ruhN III
- NJ Cronin's S body was carried AWAY "u' ~ .
were ~ ,o court Hatfield, after examining H.
.,ah fed that IL was Identical WIN Wv o"e ~
ra'cu, cin,ords ON cross.eIamiuatton no sulu
result Slmohus' "" ser ,hnt /, was the dcI
- y ~ trunk. because the firm kept such on ""
'"''' WAYS. and perhaps other oca'crs ",u ",s ,s
samc that MT. fOEEcS'' Va NO'
aof.rse had bought Just such trunk Ho
,,,ss 7, could not be sworn to posi-
t.Gov- ,ho, the furniture in the Carlson co'"s
Rus ,he same furniture sold 10 Siiho""''
cs 49, prccisely Hike It, however. ,,
ty.nve Iobn w Sampson, generally known az
Brack- ,r" Sampson was next Called an" "
ckng. Ma, about two years rgo Cousn"" u
ic plu- nre him to slug" Dr. Cronin'
ase in r,bn witness on cross'examlha'lon' ""'
500. ,hn, CoughIin had arrested HIM three
,imes. once for robbery; that he nau w,
y,c,ed for passing counterfeit hlo".s y.
m pes was A gambler by profession ou, uv".
, State he followed MT Blaihe VI, All n
Of the no was making speeches there last ian, U
ommit' OF Governor Hll OF och"'o'
figures nurposc of picking pockets. ,.,a
,st one Ito said he went TO some OF thesc pI'
N Gains emo burmese OF securing sporting pr'Vi'g
Many raiycly explained that he was pay
1d gone shells" which Is VARIATION VI """'
,ngly TO AS three card monte, Goo.
William Lynn, who was WIN H","p''
he met Coughlin and was asNcu w
Cronin testified to the fact tha' wv" ''i'
,,o on. conyersation the purport oi "h''" "'
- S,a,e hear at the time mentioned. .,p.
y. y 80 .no Josc,h c okeee, Or. Cronin laa o
" IA Wv that he attended u meeting oil oau'p ~
temher 1883 After the meeting ne nav
Is now r,rso,ion with defendant Begss about
one or Ncrsa''o" ',an sullivan Said I
carried mn anu H'N"
,,.,,,,, | ness: =, ,,rarco
'c ue"o' ave were speaking first in reference
,r,on of the two rival factions oil the UT
Iohr + Begcs said he did not have hu'
dopco in the new executive that was
Then the trial committee came unu'r
d bach sion and he sta ed that Dr. Ir"n,m .nmm,,,
N lady proper man TO pn. o" W.. .o,d Dr. Cronin
ask iii Alexander su.,,''a record as James II
prooklyn another one OF the 't'h' 'o'
,;- Jobn F. Beggs then told me NAV "
hi"' admitted Coughn as memoer VI
nent OF ,,t,nor, formal initiation, and had
D be as him with passwords, told MN i m u
- he Ia Ncve IL, told h IN that Crohin was w,
,,,riot 10 do amy thing of that KIM
n,n n,r,hermorc that would ASK
ircusesP reference TO it, and give the an'horl'S,
jack he sli Crcnn was no. "' '""''
but the lrsh soc'euss ,s,0,n,,,on it was brourh
Us takeS Heees objected TO being on nv 'on
try the Triangle because ne was d"
a, opr Alexander sullivan. ,,, ii
Oh our Gnrncl,us Flynn, who was with u
el shirt o'Ean,o ,H.nu" when they had the above i
hite vest conversation, eorroboratcd U hee'
,Sing It's mony. .., ,,srt
go on,cc testified TO the rcnti
,ower! l rooms at No III Clark sree'
land out s!mcnds." ,,o
,yer seen Aaron Goiamsn, sv n, II, c,ar,
pe Aoen occupied on the 10Th OF Marc" las"
y" the s,st they were vacant