Show TRIM S isai FATHOMING THE TRIANGLE REPORT the secret committee of three appointed oct 29 in tho cronin caa today to day john F oconnor OCon noi secretary of camp no 20 clan na gael pi the record of the proceedings of tho camp on tha night of february ath when it is alleged the order was made for the appointment of a secret committal com mittel to try cronin the records show a resolution that senior guardian begga notify tho district officer it was understood that the report of the committee which tried sullivan boland and feely members of the triangle in buffalo in october 1888 had been given out in some of the camps but not received by this camp also ordered that a secret committee of three bo appointed by the senior guardian to investigate vesti gate tho rumors afloat regarding the trial of the executive board this action was the result of remarks made by captain thomas oconnor who said that ho had heard the report of the committee to try the triangle read in another camp and thought it that camp 20 did not get it at the afternoon session andrew fay member of camp 20 was put on the stand as a witness he was very noncommittal non committal and with the greatest pertinacity avoided giving positive answers to the most innocent questions finally he was brought to admit that he made aa peach at the meeting of camp 20 when the matter of the report of the triangle trial committee came up he made several attempts to explain the circumstances under which ho made the speech and got badly tangled up finally he said As far aag I 1 remember captain made the statement that le caron was a paid agent of the body of tho irish organization in this country he said I 1 thank there were 28 of tha funds of this organization gone to lie caron for some object in england or ireland fay also said oconnor apolo of having heard a report of trial committee received in another camp this caused much excitement and was the baase of witnesses speech his anger was caused he said by the thought that le caron got any of the clans funds for any purpose and also to learn that the reports of the trial committee had been given out in other camps sooner than camp 20 michael J kelly junior guardian of camp 20 told of the proceedings though his memory was deficient as to details he said the demand tor a report of the bilal committee grew out of statement to the effect that ho heard a report of the committee read in the camp of which cronin was a member by cronin himself this statement by the way ia in contradiction of the evidence on th 8 subject heretofore given and oe all published statements which ham agreed in saying oconnor did not mention creain s name the cross examination of kelloy brought out the fact that although he knew of the trial of the triangle ho did not know who constituted that body until their names were published in the newspapers anthony J ford past guardian of camp 20 testified that at a meeting of the camp february patrick mcgary and bichard powers made a speech denouncing the triangle and that senior guardian beggs replied defending alexander sullivan oue of tho triangle members it was a very warm discussion and beggs said it would have to be peace or war or words to that effect steven a laborer was the last witness an attempt was made to get a detailed statement of the proceedings of camp 20 on the night of february ath from him but with poor success he was questioned sharply by the prosecution as to what ho knew of the relations of the various defendants with each other it was developed that martin burke and calleran had gone to beggal office in january and once in february witness said they went there to secure begoss aid in getting work the fact that there is a division of interests in the defense in the cronin case and that senior guardian beggs is having his case conducted independently of the others was shown today to day when formost For rost on behalf of the defendants objected to the admission of OC onnora testimony mr forrest counsel for beggs said on the batters lat behalf he wanted the record to show that no objection is made on his part to the introduction of this he invites the fallest and clearest investigation vesti gation of djs connection with the cian na gael and objects to the introduction tro of no testimony that will forward such an investigation OTTAWA III oct 29 the application for a writ of habeas corpus by tho horsechief horse thief and cronin suspect woodruff druff was denied today to day by the state supreme court CHICAGO oct 30 at the opening of the cronin trial this morning the state attorney secured an attachment for edward manof peoria illinois district officer of the cian na gael the first witness was dennis oconnor who testified as to the proceedings ce of camp 20 on the night of february ath his memory was deficient patrick ablan financial secretary of camp 20 testified that at the meeting of iha camp the night before cronin was murdered thero was a call for a report of abo secret committee appointed in february and beggs senior guardian said the committee was to report to him personally the next witness was captain thomas F oconnor the man who created the excitement in camp 20 the night of february ath by saying be had heard read in another camp the report of the committee na the triangle captain oconnor said andrew fay made a speech saying the disclosures by lecaron showed there were four british spies in the cian na gael and it was necessary to reorganize in order to get them out oconnor then said the organization was run by a parcel of rogues as the executive body and had squandered over of the organizations funds and sent its best men into english prisons that lecaron was an agent of the executive body and paid by them oconnor then told of hearing in another camp a report of the committee to try the triangle and had seen the written report closely written pages then dan coughlin moved the appointment of a secret committee to find out the source of oconnor g information senior guardian beggs said he would appoint a committee on cross examination captain he did not say in his speech on february ath that dr crom n read his report of the trial committee nor did he say in what camp it was read he said that he had been to appear before the cronin coroners jury he met begga and asked him if he should disclose the secrets of the lion beggs told him to go ahead as they were already public property on redirect re direct examination the fact was brought out that there were five or six members of tho camp present when witness made his speech february ath who were in the other camp when tho report in regard to the triangle trial was given he explained it acs a verbal not a written report there were eighteen or twenty members of camp 20 in the other camp when the report was made that report he said was made by the late dr cronin in his croninn Cr onins camp subsequently dr cronin showed the witness a written report henry owen oconnor OO onnor member of camp 20 described the proceedings at the meeting february ath and without bringing oat any new points at a subsequent meeting however he said dan coughlin said to him information had been received in chicago to the effect that a confederate of cje caron was in the organization and that indications point to dr cronin as the man patrick mcgarry senior guardian of the clan na gael camp in rjake view instituted by dr cronin told of the visit he made to the house of the iceman the sunday following croninn Cr onins disappearance he questioned very closely about his contract with cronin and described the twitching of osul livanas livan ss face adjourned till tomorrow to morrow |