New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-12-01
THE COMMITTEE ON MURDER.
nypGE LoNGENECKER LAYING BARE THE
CRoNIN CONSPIRACY.
,raes HAD EVERYTHING AMIoABLY AR
RANGED" AS SOON AS THE PLOT FOR AssAs-
INArIoN WAS PERFECTED-KUNzE

RANGED AS SOON AS THE PLOT FOR AssAs-
s1NAr1oN WAS PERFEcTED-KUNzE
FEELS THE HALTER DRAW ~
| chicago Nov. 8o-In the Cronin trial this morning
s,ato Attorney Tongenecker resumed his address to %
| jury.
yesterday evening wanted to call your attention
TO what was said and done the meeting on February
o. that is the reunion. You VIII remember yRat
Mr. Beggs spoke OF It In bis letter TO SpellmanF Al
that meeting speeches made by different persons
Patrick McGarry made a speech and John f. Beggs,
senior guardian Of Camp 20, answered that speech.
McGarry said That It all very we'll 10 talk OF
| unity and that myself wanted TO see unity among
the Irish people; but that there could not be unity
while the members of this organization were meeting
In back alleys and dark corners vlllfyng and abus'
ing that had the courage TO stand up and attack
| the treachery and the robbery Of the triangle
told them that they ought be about getting members
| into the organization, that I had been inquirng
! into Le Caron's record, and / said now that there
were ia this organization that were worse than
lie Caron said that the who got 10 Caron
his credentials that got him into tho convention was
worse scoundrel than lie Csron ever pretended
| to be-
| "Now, did Beggs make a speech following this
Yes. What did he sayl Hear McGarry's testimony
Il remember that Alexander Sullivan's name had rot
been mentioned. The triangle had not been men
| toned Beggs said that visiting members were
/ coming IN there, and they WOULD SPEAK. IL WISH
| right, he said, It wasn't fair He said they came
| in there talking about Alexander Sullivan, and II
| was cowardly, he said, to talk about man behind
his back. Why didn't they say 1t TO his face, and
then he slapped his breas. and said Alexander Sull-
had plenty Of friends, and he was ono Of them
"Then you find that the 22d day OF February
| this same Senior Guardian called upon 10 ap
| point a secret committee TO investigate the action
of Dr. Cronin in charging Alexander Sullivan with EN-
bezzlement OF funds OF the order, rather the execu
five better known the triangle with that offence Now
| gentlemen, remember that this on February %,
two days after the carpet had been nailed Gown In
| the fat in Nc. III Cllrk-st, five days after the
notorious letter the senior guardian had written
to s1elman under the prcteXt of finding out some
thing he knew all about. What else We find that
in the following meeting. March l, is In evidence
from Henry owen O'COnnor that as he was leaving
the hail. Daniel CoughlIn, chairman OF
the committee followed him into the ante
room and said TO Henry Owen OConnor that there were
other Le Carons there. Singular, IS 1t NOT, that Oh
the sth day OF February the motion was made for the
committee in Camp 20 ths 10th of February Senior
Guardian Beggs Is writing ABOUT the matter to EDWARD
Spelman the 18th he again writes about Ii. IN
the 10th the fat Is rented at No III ClarlLst; on
the goth the carpet nailed down; on the I'D OF
February Beggs defends the triangle, and on tho Isl
day OF March this Coughln, who IS Oh trial now
for his life, denounces Dr. Cronn as spy. On the
10th of April testified by BeGgs friend Slelman
the district member ii Is conclusiVely shown 10 "ha'
this committee had reference which was to report
to Beggs alone. What did Beggs say on that date
He said to spe!lman That matter has all been amicably
settled How settled Gentlemel, at the hour he
spoke the cottage had been rented, at the hour he
spoke the final arrangements had been made, at the
hour he s&oke the sentence haa been MAJ bat RRa
been done in the camp. what steps had been taken
to investigate the matter! No one knows except tne
senior Guardian and his committee 40 70 Just WIFI
thPyd
The STATE Attorney then read the law Of conspiracy
As developed in The spies In simple language
and with telling force ne again traced every move in
the conspiracy from the proceelgS IN amp ~ 5,eP
cottage and the Turing OF The victim there Sgclhlns
Of Burkes renting the cottage ne asked; " nat eA
tage? II Burke was working at the stock Yards why
20 to Lake View to keep house Well We WIZ see II
evidence in This case, we will give you good eason
fon Marin BurLeS not heepng house Ny OPINION tb Is
that he ought to be compelled to live there all me
avs OF his life he ought to be compiled 10 waloW
there In blood that was drawn from the veins OF
Going back to what was done in the E Ca tx ms at
that first zee at No. III south ClarAst'' klume,
The little German, and Burke, the lrlshman' hun1c
| had been sleeping there -,
The Attomey-As l say. kunze had been
sleeping there Now. Burke was helping to move me
here that Runze helped 10 move the furniture.
Nobody would ever contend that he would I'LL any
At this point Kunzc made motion as Il again in to
interrupt the speaker, but he was checEc ro Ny
bsf behind him, who laid his hand on me prisoner
shoulder and stcrnly cautioned him TO silence.
Judge Loneenecker continued to trace me story oi
the crime, dwelling upon the various links III ule
chain of evidence which connected each OF th5 pr pr
onels with the crime osullyan apd MS So en,n,y
with the Doctor Coughlins known ana avowea EMMY
to him. the driving away TO the Carlson cottage anu
the part the different prisoners bore In ne 'ragGd b
enacted there. wiz the subsequent disposition Oh the
| body. lie coE,.,.Gcd as follows: . -.
But you want to get at THIS case Il you wan an tho 70
case, you want 10 write: i contract tof the neuNdi
ract for cottage Martin Burke. i contract for
horse and buggy for my friend. Daniel Coughlln:
Draw your line now and write Commse Of p nne5
OSuvan L contract for horse and buggy ID drive
to death Daniel Coughln rent bnr cottage E,e
again. The committee reports to the Senior Guardian
alone John +. Beggs. When you come to consider the
| gathering his little vallse and his instruments think
him clasping 10 his bosom the cotton WIZ wlGh 20
pnts in the box thnb Of hi. rushing our 10 me
north TO relieve the suffering man thnA Oh hn III
the cottage and when you think of him there may
man, who in his last moments called uIon his Goa
and his Jesus (sensauon think OF these men,, who,
Tis e v h h tn thee the or %h sT dSah bows
Think of the wounds in his head think OF the grave In
You're yfH ve ere Et' and the end there viii be such
verdict as when His Honor pronounces his judgment
say: May the Lord have mercy on Your souls
Judge Wing then addressed the jury on behalf OF
| the defence. lie DobdH D'L' NOubiiAi
| fence He began By stating the vast amount and the
numerous kinds of evidence produced in the case. and
ali Of IL circumstantal He explained the different
| light In which such evidence must be considered
| from that accorded TO direct evidence. mass Of
mere suspicion must not be taken proof but each
circumstance must be weighed separately. de said
| II was On trial for my life, no Juror who values
his future peace Of mind dare against me the fact
that IN the heighborhood OF the homicide some hours
before, or some days after, unknown men we're seen;
\ Juror that would do that violates his oath, because
here is NO known and visible connection between the
| tTo After the question is settled that there Is
| connection between the Circumstance and the tact
that You are looking intO,' and trying TO md out,
ritbo;tt n doubt: then you are sim Inquire IL that
| circumstance may not be true and yet the man be
| innocent. That is the great test'