, and that Alexander Sullivan was not guilty.
Dr. Cronin, in order to prove that he was in possession of
information which, if they heard, or he was permitted to read,
would prove the guilt of Alexander Sullivan, stated that he had in
his possession at least three hundred pages of testimony which
would be produced at the coming convention, to prove that these men
were all the charges had specified they were. The executive ordered
him to send that 300 pages of testimony to the chairman of that
body, but he refused to hand them over."

"When was the convention to be?"

"The date of the convention was not decided on; it was to be at
some future time. Dr. Cronin said it would be necessary for him to
hold these documents, so that in the coming convention he would
have something to justify the verdict he had given of guilty."

"What was the verdict?"

"There were four verdicts. There were no majority or minority
reports. The vote of the jury was 3 to 3, a tie, as to the guilt or
innocence of Sullivan and the others. They heard all the evidence,
that is this evidence that Dr. Cronin was going to publish at the
coming convention."

CRONIN'S PRIVATE PAPERS IN EVIDENCE.

The taking of evidence came to an end on June 12, with the reading of
some of the notes and papers left behind by the murdered man. These,
although not entirely pertinent to the inquiry, were of absorbing
interest, and were listened to with breathless attention by the large
audience. They related largely to the notes of Mrs. Mackey Lomasney's
testimony before the New York commission--heretofore referred to--and
revealed a condition of affairs in the management of Irish secret
societies so callous, cruel, selfish, treacherous, and revolting that a
shudder passed through the auditors as page after page was read with
precision and emphasis by the coroner. It was a woman's story of her
husband's separation from her, and of the trials and tribulations
through which she had passed, which was calculated to melt the stoniest
heart, and served as a fitting finale to this historical inquiry.

CHAPTER XI.

CLOSING SCENES OF THE INQUEST--THE VERDICT--ALEXANDER SULLIVAN'S ARREST
ORDERED--MIDNIGHT VISIT TO HIS RESIDENCE--HIS COOL DEMEANOR AND CHEERFUL
ACQUIESENCE--TAKEN TO THE COUNTY JAIL--RELEASED ON HABEAS CORPUS.

The closing scenes of the coroner's inquest