Omaha daily bee., 1889-06-08
TIE CRONIN INVESTIGATION
Some Sensational Papers Brought
to Light.
ONE OF SuLLlvANS LETTERS
A Document IN Which the Irish Law
yer Denounces the Doctor as
Proven Perjursr and
Traitor.
Cronin's Alleged Perjury.

Cronin's Alleged Perjury.
CHrcAGo, June T. When the Cronin in
| quest was resumed this morning, the name OF
John +. Beggs, chief officer of the Clan-na-
| Gael camp of which DIR. Cronin was mem
| Der, was called, but he did not respond. II
| was subsequently found he had gone to WIS
| consin, to be gone several days, rs a sign on
| his Office announced,
| Policeman Daniel Brown, the man who
| preferred charges of treason against DR..
| Cronin in Clan-na-Ciael camp No. 20, testi-.
| fled that he preferred the charges on his own
| motion and not at anybody's instigation. AT
| the close of his testimony he was taken to
| the central station and confronted with Mrs.
Conklin Livery Stable Keeper Dnan and
others, but they all declared that he was not
| the man who drove the white horse, and he
| was accordingly released.
This was day of sensations at the inquest
| of DIR. Cronin. Luke Dillon, the highest or
| one of the highest of the executive officers OF
| the Clan ma Gael, took the witness stand,
| and in the course of the testimony read from
| the archives of the association a document
| penned under extraordinary circumstances
by one of his own predecessors in the high
| est council OF the Clan-na. Gael, Alexander
Sullivan, OF Chicago. The document was
| dated New York, September 15 1888; is ad-
dressed to p. A. O'Boyle, secretary, and is a
| protest by Sullivan against the presence of
| DR.. Cronn as a member of the committee to
| investigate the charges against Sullivan,
which held its sessions in Buffalo. MIR. Sui
Ivan protests against Cronin ON three
| grounds:
First. that Cronin is his personal enemy.
Second, that he has expressed opinions in
| the case.
Third. that he is a periurer and scoun-
| drel unfit to be placed on any jury"
To the first objection, Sullivan cites Gro
| Minis well known and evident personal hos
| tility toward the writer in many acts. His
| writings on the subject, etc. In regard to
the second objection, Sullivan said it was
only necessary for him to notice the fact that
| Cronln was a member of the executive body
| Of the United Brotherhood. who had fornu-
| lated the charges against him; that he had
| expressed decided opinions in the case and
would not be accepted as juror IN any civil
| case in which Sullivan had anything TO do.
AS to the third objection Sullivan says:
81 charge that the brand of perjury is so
burnt into the scoundrel's brow that all the
waters of the earth would not remove the
| brand. He was a delegate TO the dis
| trict convention of Chicago, March %,
1884, to which two delegates
were elected from each district, yet Cronn
| after officially reporting the election circu-
lated report that only one delegate had
been elected. and added that he would not
be permitted to speak or present any sug-
| gestion from his district. Every other deie-
| gate testified that every delegate not only
could speak, but was actually called upon,
aiS and tnat n,, every one including Cronin
| convicted liar who had added perjury to
| his SANDER" adds Sullivan. Sullivan's pro-
test then went on to show that Gro min was
perjurer in civil matters as we'll. The rec
ord obtained from Ireland showed that
Cronin was baptized at Buttervant, April 90
1874 He has sworn that he lived at ST.
GATHERINGS, Canada, until after the assassi-
nation of President l. lincoln, April IA, 1865.
The records of Company 9, Ninth battalion,
Canadian militia show that Cronin joined
that company at time Of its organization in
1862 or 1868, and took the oath of allegiance
to the queen. The official records show that
Cronin, up to the time he left Canada, was a
British subject, and if, as he stated, his
father was naturalized in the United States
before going to Canada, he voluntarily aban-
doned his American citizenship, just as his
son swore allegiance and became loyal
British militiaman. "Yet," adds Sullivan,
this creature swore in his name as
legal voter in ST. LOUIS and voted. After
coming to Chicago and residing there one
year, he sneaked down to Macoupin county,
United States minor under the age
of twenty-one and secured his papers
on this minor petition, thus falsely sworn
to. This much of Cronin's character l sub
with any report his malice and prejudice
may dictate"
Dillon told of the trial at Buffalo, Of the
charges against Sullivan, Boland and Feeley.
Clan-na Gael funds and were made by John
Devoy. The witness said that when Sulli-
van learned that Cronin was to be mem
ber of the trial committee he denounced
him in unmeasured terms, and after the trial
it was voted to allow Sullivan to circulate
with the finding of the trial committee, Il
protest, the substance of which is given
above. Witness continued: SIN June,
and over was in the hands of
the treasurer and that over
800, 900 had been spent in violation of the
constitution. This does not include the
100000 given to Sullivan by Patrick Esan.
l know nothing about that. The funds of the
organization were supposed to be used
to assist Ireland in gaining her liberty
There is nothing in the constitution requir-
ing man to sacrifice his life for the order"
Dillon said there was nothing in the consti-
tuition OF the Clan-na.Gael to interfere
with members duty as an
American citizen, except that an occasion
might arise when he would have to Violate
the neutrality laws. Dillon stated that a
member, was practically a jury. Besides
the secretary, two Of The commit
tee took notes of the proceedings
These were DR.. Cronin and McCahey After
the trial, Cronin refused to turn in his notes
when requested by the executive committee
He boasted in Chicago of having the docu-
ments and of intending to bring them out IN
full convention of the Clan-na-Gael.
Witness had advised him not
to make such boasts as he believed they
jeopardized the DOCTORS safety.
Captain Lawrence Buckley, of the Chicago
Clan-na-Gael guards was member OF the
committee that expelled Cronin as traitor
in 1885. He testified that Dan Conghlin was
on the committee, too, but that lie Caron
was not He said the attaching of Sullivan's
protest to the report OF the trial committee
was approved by all of the executive commit
tee except Patrick Egan, who was not
present.
The coroner asked Buckley ii tho execu-
tive committee ever ordered Cronin's re-
moval, and the witness answered emphat-
ically In the negative.
The inquest was here adjourned for the
day. The suspects, ex-Detectiye Whalen
and Peter McGeehan, of Philadelphia, were
in the court room the latter part Of the after
noon.