River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-10-24
NEWS FROM CAMP TWENTY.

NEWS FROM CAMP TWENTY.
Testimony of Man Present When DR..
Cronin Was Accused-The Murder the
Result of a Row-Indications That This
VIII BE the Theory of the Defense
The Twelfth Juror Still Undiscovered.
CHICAGO, Ocs. 2l.-Despite the unusual
efforts made by the State to keep
the present work Of the prosecution
within the narrow limits of the States
Attorneys office. il has leaked out that
one more witness to the work of Camp
20 in condemning DR.. Cronin TO death
has been found. This man, whose
name is suppressed by request, told
Judge Longenecker this story Saturday
night:
Il have been member Of Camp 90 for years
but have been very uBpsual attendant at the
meetings happened however to be present
on the night when Tom O'ConnOr brought into
the camp the story that the Sullivan investi-
eating committees report had been read in an
other camp. There was good deal OF excite
ment IN the camp, and several speeches do
nouncing Croniu very bitterly were made
What was the immediate occasion Of this
denunciation?" the witness was asked.
why, it was Cronin who had read the report
in the other camp and they were charging him
with I. aason. Some said that he was in the
employ OF the British Government and others
that il he were not a spy he was al least a dis
organizer and a ilrebrand and that he ought TO
be expelled from the order
Was there no more serious threat than that
nader"
''Well, there was good deal of loud talk and
some OF the men were very angry, but couldn't
swear to the exact language. IL all ended with
motion that committee be appointed to try
the charges against Cronin and that Senior
Guardian Beggs was TO appoint the committee
secretly and that it would report at subse
quent meeting"
What did you understand were the charges
which the trial committee We're 10 investigator
That Cronin was an associate and fellow-spy
with lie Caron, and that in the interests Of the
enemies Of the Irish revolution he was trying
TO break up the /. r. b."
Who stated these chargesy'
"Oh, they were common talk all about
don't know that anybody put them in definite
shape that night"
Did you hear what Coughlin said that
nightg'
III I did 1 didn't pay much attention 1
DIDN'T attach any Importance TO what most OF
them said. thought II was largely wind, and
that even If they made case against Cronin
they would publicly expel him. l don't be-
heve this minute that any ono there had muir
der in his heart That came afterward"
TIE LINE or DEFENSE.
In the testimony Of this witness it will
be noted that a hint il given as to one
of the possible lines of defense which
the prisoners counsel may take-an ef-
fort, that is. to escape out of final
and fatal corner by attempting to show
that Cronins death was not a deliber-
ately planned and coldly executed muir
der. but the unexpected result of pas
sionate dispute between the trapped doc
tor and some of his self-cOnstituted
judges.
THE MYSTERIOUS PRISONER.
James Burnes, the mysterious prison.
er whom Captain Schuettler brought be-
fore the States Attorney Friday night,
and whom he afterward took TO the
East Chicago Avenue station, has been
released. He was thought to be the
man who drove the white horse that car
ried Dr. Cronin to his doom, but Conklin
and Frank Seaman failed to identify
him ana he was sent away free.
ONE MORE JUEoR WANTED.
II looked as if the weary labor OF jury
hunting would end Saturday, but the
entire venire was exhausted when the
court adjourned to 5:15, the practical re-
suit so far being that eleven are accepted
on both sides.
GREAT TRIAL.
The attorneys said Saturday night
they expected the jury would be sworn
in some time Monday, and on Tuesday
the State would outline its case before
the jury. The States Attorney himself
will make the only opening address fer
the prosecution, and the defense will
probably waive their opening address
till the States case is all in. Every thing
indicates that this viii be one Of
the greatest trials known TO the Ameri-
can bar Over 200 witnesses will be
called by the State, and nearly that
many, probably, by the defense. Many
of the points upon which the State de-
ponds to make out its case will occupy
days, even weeks, in their development
and calculation.
WHAT AN EX-MAYoR THINKS
ST. PAUL. Mimi, Oct 21.-A local pa
per Saturday published long commune
cation from ex-Mavor c. D. 0'Brien upon
the Cronin case. Mr.. O'Brien is we'll
known criminal lawyer. and is also
noted for his efforts in the Irish cause.
He says:
II IS Nerf peculiar lndL IlOnln 3 murder was
announced and an Irish society blamed even be.
fore the body was found. Had a society desired
TO remove Crouin il could have done so with less
trouble and more safety. II is not certain
that The body found that OF DR.. Cronin,
ana IL has never been proved that the man
found came to his death by violence, the wound
discovered not having been sufEcieat to
cause death. The blood found in the Carlson
cottage was also too copious to have come from
the wound AT the time Of the alleged murder
the Irish cause was receiving aid from the
American people, and the British Government
would therefore have been glad TO pay for such
q sensation. as in the case OF the forged Par
nell letters The interest shown by Messrs.
Hyncs and Mills in the prosecu-
ton Is suspicious and the claims
about jury bribing and the free use OF telegraph
wires TO all parts of the country evidences
Of desire to create political prejudice The
whole tenor Of the case appears to be that Lord
Salisbury knows a good deal more about the
case than do the Chicago detectives
WHAT LONDON THINKS.
LONDON Oct. 2l.-The Tory organs are max.
ing the most OF the scandal from Chicago about
the attempted jury bribing in the Cronin case
Without waiting for any proof OF the assertions
made the Saturday Review prctends to fear
that some. II not all Of the large cities OF the
United States are under the sway OF . class as
blOodthirsty and far more cunning than the
Rulers Of Crete, not TO speak Of Dahomey."
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Two Persons Perish in Flames.
VAN VERT, o.. Oct. 2l.-The residence
of George Kessler, six miles south Of