St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-11-17
whether it is in writing or what-what
brought it about"

whether it is in writing or what-what
brought it about"
II Joined the Irish Republican Bro
therhood in England. in 1862, | think it
was. was rather active in propagating
the principles of the Irish Repub-
lican brotherhood in London, and sub
sequently in the army. In 1868 re-
ceived notice from James Stephens.
who was then at the head Of the organl-
cation. to leave the army and come on
with what men could, go to ireland
and take part in
A PROJECTED lNsURRECTION.
My instructions were to 20 TO Lonuon
and wait for further orders. l went ~ ~
London and received orders uiieie -
wait still longer. Finally, r"t was ,ona m
formed that the rising would no r9S ;nnr,
place. Then again entered tinIJ ~, ! IVA, was
nalism and remained there un'A waS
arrested in 1898 as a Fenian: ar.
tried. Two policemen effected my Of
rest and we had tussle and l. sho' Nd
them, and that formed the grouinnst
work of the accusation agal"1d -
me. and upon that / was trieu
and convicted at the Old Bailey
in London i'm 1868. I'was sentenced for
panal sprvituhe for life. During the
trial. documents were handed to the
Judge relating to nv career in the lrISn
Republican brotherhood. Afterwards
he remarked that it was very had case
and i'm open court. he said YVES very
dangerous man. after looking over these
documents. and, therefore. gave me the
highest sentence of the law. short of
hanging. that he could. | remained in
prison. AS have stated. about ten years.
and in the meantime. friends OF mine IN
parliament had made efforts tn have me
liberated. Finally they succeeded. The
sentence of slife' was reduced to four
teen wears. hut four years were SuhSe-
uuentlv taken off for what they were
pleased to term rood conduct and l
was then liberated an
A TICKET OF LEAVE"
At the conclusion of Mr.. Claney's eX-
animation the state rested. and the de-
fpnsa moved on hehalf of Burke, Cough
lin. O'Sullivan and KnnZe that all evil
denre respecting what the prosecution
called "Camp 90 conspiracy" he strick-
en- from the record. The court over
rn'ed the motion. and the defense then
asked that the pagas of the United
brotherhood record. being minutes of
the proceedings Of camp 2n on the night
OF FAh 3 he excluded. After consider
able discussion and pending the writing
up of certain evidence. the court said he
would rule OH the motion later. Mr..
Forrest then moved that lot more tes-
timonv relating tO camp % he excluded,
bnt all his motions were pr0mntlv over
rnlpd. Next the defense moved to eX-
clnde certain portions of Spellman's teS-
timonv and the ecorresnnudence between
him and Beegs. and then takin~ up the
the testimony of Mrs. Conklin. Mr..
COnklin and nearly all the witnesses,
asked that certain portions of their testi-
mony be excluded. All the motions
were overrnled. Mr.. Forrest then
turned his attention toward the hair,
blood stains and other physical
EVIDENCES OF THE CRTME,
and moved for their exclusion. but the
m0tions were overruled. The first wit
mess for the defense was Frederick J.
Suuibb. the stenngranher who tnnk the
Testimony before the coroner He testi-
fed as tn certain differences between
the Testimony as given before the corO-
ner's iurv hv old man Carlson and
Frank Seaman. az eenfearea~With- h their
evidence during the trial proper. Mr..
Forrest then moved for the exclusion of
the proceedings of Camp %. Feb. s,
which fhe court took under considera-
ton. and the evidence of Can't. O'Con-
nor concerning the same proceedings,
which the court ovarruled.
The States A'tornev-We have not offered
that record Of the proceedings of Camp 20
in evidence. so far as am aware of.
Mr.. Foster (attorney for Beggs)-Well, if
you don't. shall.
Stenng-apher SQuibb then testified to
a number of contradictions in the testi-
monv of Maj Sampson before the cor
oner's jury and before the court. The
next witness was Police Captain
Setback. He testified TO the taking of
the white horse from Dinan's stable to
Mrs. Conklin's house on May 10. and to
the fact that Mrs. Conklin failed to
identify the animal as the one which
drew DIR. CrOnin on his death journey.
Police Lieutenant Koch testified as to
the same matter. He said that it was
raining at the time. and that when the
hnrse's hair became wet. it changed
from white to dun color. The court
then adjourned till Monday.