rder for
twenty-one years, testified that at a meeting on May 3d, he had heard
somebody ask the Senior Guardian if "that secret committee had
reported," although he could not recollect the reply. This deficiency of
memory was supplied by the next witness, Financial Secretary Patrick
Henry Nolan, who had heard Beggs reply that the committee would report
to him alone.

Nolan had also met Burke and Cooney at a saloon on the day following the
murder and noticed that both were well supplied with funds. There was a
straining of necks in the Court room when the name of Patrick McGarry
was called, and the athletic opponent of the triangle stalked past the
jurors and up the steps leading to the witness stand. He was asked what
he had said in Camp 20 when he made his bitter attack on the triangle
and turning his honest face toward the jurors below, he replied:

"I referred to the unity that ought so exist among members of the
organization and the members of the Irish race altogether, and the
other gentleman had referred to it also. It was about the time that
Le Caron had testified before the forgery commission in England and
had referred to spies getting into the organization, and the other
gentleman had referred to Irishmen coming to this country and the
coming American citizens ought to educate their children, educate
them first in the principles of American constitution, also educate
them to have a love for their forefathers' home, as there was
nothing in the Irish race--nothing in Irish history--that Irishmen
ought to be ashamed of in America. I said it was all very well to
talk of unity and I wanted to see unity among the Irish people, but
there could not be unity while members of this organization would
meet in back alleys and in dark corners and villify and abuse the
man who had the courage to stand out and take traitorism and
robbery by the throat and strangle it. I said I was raising
children and educating children, and as long as God allowed me to
be over them I would educate them first as Americans and also
educate them that if ever there should come an opportunity to
strike a blow for Ireland's freedom they should do so. I said they
could not be too particular about getting members in the
organization, and that I had been investigating Le Caron's record,
and I said there were men in this organization tha