int a
secret committee to investigate the reading of the report in
Cronin's camp.

THE MEETING OF FEB. 8.

The State's Attorney, resuming, said: "The next man we called to
the stand was John Collins. He, too, tells you that he remembers
Foy's speech and O'Connor's speech, and that a secret committee was
ordered appointed. On that point, gentlemen, we have ten witnesses,
all of whom have testified in regard to the call for the
appointment of a secret committee on the night of Feb. 8. That was
the night when this conspiracy began. Remember that Foy had made
his speech claiming that there were spies in the order, and
charging that there were other Le Carons in the country. Following
that O'Connor had made his speech on the other side, the two
factions had met. Thomas O'Connor had stated that the ex-executive
body had squandered the funds, that they had put patriotic men
behind prison bars, and that the camp had better give their
attention to the executive body than to any statements regarding
spies or Le Carons in the country. Denis O'Connor, Kelly, Ford and
others all agree in telling you that it was in Dr. Cronin's camp,
or in reference to Dr. Cronin's camp, that these remarks had been
made."

The State's Attorney then called the attention of the jurors to the
resolution passed on that occasion, and which had been read by the
secretary from the witness-stand. He also called attention to the
amendment proposed by Henry F. O'Connor to that resolution. The
motion called for an imperative demand for action by the district
officer, and the amendment was that the district officer's
attention be called to it and asking for instructions. The State's
Attorney, continuing, said, he would wish to direct the attention
of the jury to the evidence bearing upon the utterances of Patrick
O'Sullivan, a member of the Lake View camp.

They had it on the testimony of A. J. Ford that Patrick O'Sullivan
had charged that in Lake View they were taking in deputies. He had
charged that they had taken in men who belonged to what was called
the Union Order of Deputies, and in statements made that night in
Camp 20 to the same effect. Mr. Ford and others had given Patrick
O'Sullivan as authority on that subject. It was in evidence here
that Dr. Cronin had o