Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1889-12-08
STILL WOUND UP.
The OrOnin Lawyers Talking Against
Time

The orOnin Lawyers Talking Against
Time
CHICAGO, December THE usual crowd
waited in impatient patience in front of
the Criminal Court building this morning
for the doors to open on the Cronin trial.
Mr.. Foster began the second division of
of his speech by an allusion to 'that meet
ing, which has now become history, that
held in Camp 20 February sth." Refer
ring to the notorious Camp, Mr.. Foster
said: where is the argument, where is
the assumption to establish in your minds
the conclusion that this was a conspiracy
which originated in and was carried
on by Camp 90. Not one thing in
all the evidence, not one thing in
this case, except that four of these de-
PENDANTS were members of that camp,
nothing. Do you believe, gentlemen, that
a society composed of $50 members in the
city of Chicago, competed of such men as
have appeared before you, such men as
Michsel Brady, the lawyer; such men as
John F. Finneriy, the journalist; such
men as have been present, or have been
compelled to come here by process of this
Court, and who testified that they were
members of Camp20. Do you believe that
such an organization was corrupt? Do
You believe that such an organization as
that Camp has adopted and carried out q
concocted scheme for murder? Individu-
ais may be dishonest, but societies never
can be. The gentlemen are met with this
proposition rs reply to every fgment
that they can make up on the theory that
that Camp as a Camp resolved upon the
killing of DR.. Cronin. 1t is false, it is
unreasonable, it is unsupported by q syl-
liable Of the testimony. 1t is untrue"
NO MURDER COMMITTEE APPOINTED.
Mr.. Foster, with much feeling, declared
the statement that Mr.. Beggs appointed
committee to murder DR.. Cronin, was a
lie. "The witness is yet to be bOrn," he
said, who will come into court and
swear that the object of such committee,
or the appointment of such a committee
was made. 1t is false as hell, unsupport-
ed by scintills of evidence, and / chal-
lenge the world record" Mr.. Foster con-
tinued to argue at length that Beggs,
as Senior Guardian, had always
counseled in favor of peace
and amity and then said: Hang him, be-
cause he is friend of Alexander Sullivan.
I do not know whether be is friend Of
Alexander Sullivan or not. do know that
Alexander Sullivan has been arrested in
this case. l know that he has been dis
charged under the evidence by one OF the
ablest and oldest jurists that sits on the
bench in this State l do know that his
case has been presented to the grand jury
and the bill ignored. do know that the
bonds which he was required to onswer
have been cancelled and he is free man.
Now in the name of conscience, and in
the name of heaven, will they ask you to
convict my client because he is the friend
of another man whom they despise, but
against whom they can prove no criminal
acl?
FORESTS GUNS OPENgD.
This was followed by an argument as to
the evidence.
Mr.. Forest then began the closing argu-
ment on behalf of all the accused. He
began by contrasting the methods used by
the orators for the prosecution and those
for the defense in treating of circumstan-
tial evidence. The prosecution treated it
as a bundle Of sticks, bat he proceeded to
analyzs each circumstance. The latter was
the right method and WAS according to
law, logic and reason.