Evening journal., 1889-02-18

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States, and took part in the invasion OF
Canada, and that the Parnellites secretly
continue their indictments to crime and
rebellion in Ireland, and that their public
movement is only cover for secret and
dangerous designs against the British
government. -
Some Irish Americans of great prom
inence are charged with completely, and
very naturally there is an eager desire
among them to get at the complete
record of Mr.. lie Caron. John BOYLE
O'Reily remembers meeting the man
about the time the friends of Ireland
held their noted meeting at Faneuil
hall, Boston, but denounces all the
witness statements as to their being
any secret meetings there, and calls
attention to the significant fact that
the Chicago convention. which lie Caron
describes as a gathering of dynamiters,
was presided over by the Rev. DR.. Belts, a
leading Episcopal clergyman of st. Louis.
Collector John Z. Fitzgerald, of Boston.
emphasizes the fact that in America
Irish political reformers of all shades of
opinion act together, hence the presence
at Chicago of a few Irishmen who advo-
cate physical force in no way committed
the parliamentary party to their views,
as lie Caron claims. 1.-The Irish national
league of America, says Mr. Fitzgerald,
is made up of all shades of politics, from
the extremists to men who do not even
believe IN separate parliament for Ire
land. -.
Careful inquiry in army records and
circles shows that LIE Caron served a year
asa bugler, and later became a ieuten-
ant in colored regiment, but he never
was major or held any commission in
the Army of the Potomac, as claimed on
his cross-examination. For few years
he was CDR. II. lie Caron," of Chicago.
and was for short time president of the
State Pharmaceutical association, but de-
veloped a remarkable faculty for making
enemies, and left there with the i'll viii
Of many other druggists. His title was
gained as druggist, and he did not
practice as a physician. They say his
real name is Beach, and that he acted as
druggist only to acquire some standing
among the Irish. Messrs. Patrick Egan
and Alexander Sullivan deny all his
statements in regard to them, adding
that he sought their acquaintance in
America but they did not encourage him.
1t appears, however, that he was grad
uated at the Detroit Medical college in
1879.
At one time he had some standing
among the Irish of Cincinnati, was ac-
tive in their organizations, and also in
the Grand Army of the Republic. AS
his story comes out bit by bit, it appears
that he was ION the inside of queer
doings in Paris was Fenian in Canada
in 1865, and a hospital steward in Joliet,
Ills, in 1866; an organizer" of various
kinds in 1870, and a Nationalist in 1884,
but through it all the same cool, eau
tious, smooth spoken, secret service man
in short, one of those mysterious charac-
ters developed in times of political con-
vulsion, a man who lives in an atmos-
phere of intrigue. The Parnellites are
confident of their ability to impeach his
testimony, but he has given them a hard
task.
A gentleman who used to know lie
Caron well in Chicago says that he was
popular with his social acquaintance.
He has a very agreeable family.