New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-06-09
THE WITNESS YIELDED.
REFUSING AT FIRST TO ANSWER IN THE
CRoNIN INQUEST.
ING HIS TESTIMONY WAS ARRESTED AND
RELEASED
lBr TELEGRAPH TO The rR1BusEl

Dronln possesses cumuiatiV6 Interest. Day by day
the crowd grows in number and this morning whom
the Jury was poilod hundreds were struggling In the
corridors for a position whence they might hear
scrap Of tho testimony. AS predicted at the start,
tho inquest will continue into next weok and may
consume the whole Of It. Should 1t do so and the
c0rOncr's powers a. crOsseNamineT continue to
develop with the speed that has characterized them
in the past six days the most brilliant crossexamners
OF the Chicago bar viii have look to their laurels.
Bsfore the conclusion Of the inquest tho whole Of
mo much talked Of evidence be In the hands
of DR. CronIn's friends regarding Alexander Sullivan's
defalcaton will be introduced In full before the
Csronor's jury. THIS decided
last night At a conference held by Luke Dillon. the
coroner and the statns attorney At the Buffalo trial
Dr. Cronln introduced before the Committee OF Six
which tried Sullivan evidence prove The truth OF his
charges Of mlsappropration Of the Canna ae funds.
This evidence made public either to tho
members OF the order to the public. 1t was known
only tho members OF the committee and the eXecu
live and by sIl tess IL suppressed. Cronin had
preserved II, together with notes Of the testimony
taken at this trial. and had condensed Il into 400 pages
of evidence which he proposed to present to tho Clan
ma Gael convention, which will meet IN August.
The nrst witness to-day John Moss. who is said
b have made = speech IN Camp ~. In which he said
that Perhaps the executive had sufficient evidence TO
prove that Dr. Crnnn wAs spy, and had orderri his
REMOVAL and thero a sensAton when he WAS
called 10 tho stand. After stating that he was a
member Of Camp ~, Clan ma Gsel. he said:
AT a meeting Of Camp Al shout two wrecks ago.
4 r,soIutlun was offered that our camp appropriate
money 10 help hnd tho murdsrtrs Of Dr. Cronin.
sAd that Or Cronu's camp had a. yet, tahn
no action and in tho debate which Snowef said ::
'Sunposs the executive had sufficient evideuce to
prove u them ooncuSvsly that Dr. Cronin was
another 10 Caron. and had orderVd his removal
would not be proper for our camp .o take this Schoh
Tho motion was laid on the table"
Coroner Hsrtz asked the Of the ssnor guardian
Of Camp Al The witness said he would rather not
tell Tho Coroner instructed the witnnSs that he was
under oath to toll tho whole truth. and must answer
the question unless he would by answering cHmnate
himself Mr. Moss hesitAtsd long and painfully. Ills
face grrw nvld and swollen With the force Of the
emotions under which he laborcd. Tie braeod himself
In his s.at. and turning to tho Conner, said
HWhst will be the result II do not answerr
IL will send for tho sheriff a. once and have
you PLACED under arrest
Moss made ono final effort. IFS fare sOt reddrrJ
~ tia, vcrc possible, and In almost heroic biz
~ s"h ahnegAlI1n be said
Exercise your prerOgaiiv" S'nd for the sheriff.
Instantly thcre oDmm0.on
SIR sever~Ou' sAld the coronrr, ~ for the
sheriff ard tho chief OF potoe, and " ba IN 20
fnr the county attorney and have a commitments Tor
onnt~mpt matio OUT
EvrrythinE VIA quiet whio the Arrival ni tho
ge
Hubbard entered the court RON Moss turned ~ ne
TLAt is ths name Of the senior guardian of
Camp ~ on that nisb'r
The Wines hsa not 6 scoond to reoovrr his
cq,Anirmty before the coroner o"uaiH"od A' "rroA
Us yons opinnn that tho executive bad The
power and nEht 10 0ryisr The rruoval oS mefoerr
For what rAS1nP
Il lad not the slightest idea Of the powers and
rights of the Executive Committee
You are not answering tho question. Was II Al
that time your opinion, ou the krowlelgr you hal OF
tho order that the o1scn !vo could order the removal
don't think understand the question:
T4o DSs.F S%S.GR appo:cG So: OlS2,sd |. sSt know IT,
What prumPtrd you 10 make that argument1'
reason Was the exocu,tc had issued the order, wo
should not critc'se IL
Wcr those your feelings ihrnF
Are those your feelings Sowr'
II 10 Executive Committee ordered you to remove
a pei son would you do IT."
5s vs;; I'm s,,YT YSu:sa .s long before answering tho
pciSr Mcclellan was next called and this time he
Chicago since February The nrst tom weeks h9 bScs %Ss
sc .fayod uniII May Is. Then he Ueut to live with
friends in Elghrouths' untn last SATURDAY, when ne
81 was James Rawioy, superintendent Of tho street
Department lie hrst met KawlGJ on May ths the
uitD
United brotherhood, but had no, attended, meshns
In two months. In company With lawrence Buc5sy
sI em. SsA H. vlsa GS"s c.@Ps GaPp 90 S and ar
week following his visit TO CroninS camp: mIdS dS
spS spst met met buckley 81 an irs meeting Pueorad!
Hall on tho evening Of February 2; He was present
during the CnS sGS, mesns es ss out ne DR. n
August, 1888 at The Clanpa Gael convection ara 4ho
pS s,dr IpOSu USe him % " to cali the next night but the
witness did not know where tho Doctors ohloe we,
All All nos he Convention IN August when be saw the
ctor he tool no particular houoo OF nun sr i wv
not look upon him ~ man OF any p@rHo"'" p''n'
''pse Meoeehan ssld ho lor Phqadolpha on January
q. NsSHHsG &c ,as he ""f e o1h Intde p. 10 20 to Omaha
ton no one where he was going lie Snow VI Dr. yons: NC
Su ne nsvsP a' saa that MccsSy and 6onn should
he pnt Ht' out Of dc way. Ho never heard OF Cronn
0na pS SG GSS' yoS ever say that Crontn and MccAhoy
should 70 Be .Ir! killed"
-Nst6rr one should be kled''
~Dh any any one say tbSt you had said soi"
Yes br oroP9 told ne in Tho PTsseRSS" Rs SsI ., MT r
timer sGS.l'g AID Sr. to oSsS SSsnao aGs him told
rn' HIM whoever @ said nat had lied, He said he be
ieycd what he had been told
a Ga told hi him no was fool 70 say that and
might sfs M II he eyer S IESFo HoSr 20 BorS S sSia Sn
soc,vod circular nom him hssod is ,h tn' Soc'or Con
,BS Msy ny, Son1 % iaa @ tG4 mo that tho Doctor
yop seq onwTy HUss E3v May fay -, S,r found
was surprtsed that be was bound but don't renem'
her what ! said REORGANIZATION,
aWere YOU surprssd that ho was dead, or sur
priscd that he wAs tOpndP
A sron AZ MoGcehsn had finished tcstiiying and
he coroner had Announoed that tho inquest would
stAnd al ,ourneh until 10 a Monday, the witness
was taken into custody, and was taken to the Chiefs
n1vnSe once whore the CRrh0ns, Oman and Nm.
Eonkin verr allowed 30 take look at him. None
Of them, however identified him, and he allowed
10 90.
THE CLAN-NA-GAEL INVESTIGATION
Roth OF TIE MAJORITY REPORTS EXoEER,
hTING THE ACCUSED MEN MADE PUBLIC.
Rochester, n. Y, June tspecIaD-Tn editorial
Indh William