"Yes, sir."

"Is he considered such now?"

"Not at all; certainly not."

"Have you any other information, Mr. Dillon, which would be proper
for you to give this jury, sitting to inquire into the death of Dr.
Cronin, which would assist them in arriving at the cause of his
death?"

"Well, I believe his death is the result of the abuse heaped upon
him by the friends of Alexander Sullivan. He has been denominated a
spy and a traitor, perjurer, and in fact all the invectives have
been piled upon him that could be heaped upon the head of any man
by the friends of Sullivan, all because of Cronin's enmity to
Sullivan."

"Why did Cronin have any enmity toward Sullivan?"

"Because he believed, as I do, that he was a professional patriot,
sucking the life-blood out of the Irish organizations, and we tried
to purify the organization by removing from its head such men as
Alexander Sullivan."

"Do you know the reason why Alexander Sullivan left the order?"

"I can tell you the general opinion in the order on that question.
We believed that he left the order because he thought that his
crimes would find him out, and that Cronin, John Devoy, I and
others who were endeavoring to purify the organization would
finally bring them to judgment before the rank and file. I believe
that when he resigned he did not cease to rule. I have seen his
handwriting on circulars issued to the United Brotherhood a year
after his resignation was supposed to have taken place."

Continuing, Mr. Dillon said that immediately after hearing of the
disappearance of Dr. Cronin, he came to the conclusion that he had been
murdered and urged the Executive to appropriate $3,000 to hunt up the
murderers. The reply was made, however, that there was no proof that he
was dead. In reply to a question the witness said:

"I will give you facts that may show animus. Dr. Cronin saw that
the friends of Alexander Sullivan in Chicago were in the habit of
saying that the verdict, on the trial at which Dr. Cronin was one
of the jurors, was in favor of Alexander Sullivan. The verdict was
supposed to be kept secret, but it somehow leaked out through the
organization, unofficially, what the verdict really was, and the
two doctors were pointed out as the only two men who found Sullivan
guilty of any crime