--What family had he? A.--A wife and four children and an aged
father.
Q.--Who were with him? A.--His brother Jim and Mr. So-and-so.
Q.--Have they been seen since? [No answer to this.]
Q.--What was Mrs. Lomasney's condition before his going? A.--A most
outrageous case of neglect. Flemming's mother died in the
poorhouse.
Q.--Did you ask for help? A.--Yes; in 1885 I went to New Haven. We
had no directors. I called upon Dr. Wallace. He was D. Saw Mulvaney
and Condon. The latter went with me to Carroll. He professed utter
ignorance of the whole affair. I said: "By God, you must see her;"
her, Mrs. L. He decided to. Mulvaney said: "Why don't you see
Boland?" Found him on Fifth avenue. He denied all responsibility.
He would have nothing to do with it. Finally he claimed she had
received much money. I said she did not. He was non-committal. His
acknowledgment made him responsible.
Q.--Did you see Carroll at New York? A.--Yes. We met him at Vesey
street. He left me to go into the _Herald_ building and brought me
$100. I refused this. I told him I didn't come for money. I said:
"You know how to send this, as you have the others; if you respect
the memory of the dead and the widow and the orphan, made so by
your act, do your duty by all."
Q.--Until August, 1886, what was her condition?
A.--Poverty-stricken; no coal, no clothing; nothing left her but
misery and her pride. Our S. G. would not give the channel of
communication. He read our resolutions; whether he ever forwarded
them or not I did never know. He is dead. He told the committee of
D. that the organization was not responsible.
Mr. Rogers--You swear you called the attention of Boland and
Carroll to her condition? A.--Yes; and not until somebody came to
us with $1,025 did the poor woman have any adequate support.
By Dr. Cronin--Did Lomasney attend the district convention held in
Chicago in 1884? A.--No; he was not elected.
Q.--Was any one elected from your D.? A.--No; we noticed it much.
We could not account for our D. having no representation.
Q.--Would Lomasney tell you if he had been selected a delegate by
any one outside of D.? A.--Yes, and we would have been aware of his
absence.
Q.--Would he have gone there, if not elected a delegate?
A.--No; he was
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