minority report; that he had condemned this
executive body; that he had charged the funds of the organization
had been squandered; then, for what purpose, I ask again, was the
appointment of this committee proposed?"

The State's Attorney again impressed upon the jury the fact that
Daniel Coughlin had for years been a personal enemy of Dr. Cronin,
the man whom it was proposed to investigate, and that this same
Coughlin, who so hated Cronin, was the man who had called for the
appointment of a secret committee to find out just what it was
admitted they all knew at the time. It had been claimed by counsel
for the defense, and it no doubt would be claimed that this
committee was not appointed to try Dr. Cronin.

THE MURDER OF DR. CRONIN.

"Of course they were not appointed to try him, gentlemen,"
exclaimed Mr. Longenecker, vehemently, "and they never did try him,
for they never gave him a chance for his life. We don't contend
they even went through the formality of a trial, but that this
committee was appointed; that it acted; and that the result of its
action was the removal of Dr. Cronin, we have no doubt. Now
gentlemen," continued the State's Attorney, "the learned counsel
who has more exceptions, and 'I object,' and 'wait a minute' in the
record than he has evidence of the innocence of his clients, said
that I was very tenacious about dates. I am. He called your
attention to the fact that I had stated in my opening speech that
dates would cut a figure in this case. They will. This was on the
8th day of February that this committee was ordered, and this, mark
you, on the motion of a man who was an enemy of Dr. Cronin. The
records, as shown by Patrick Henry O'Connor, show that Martin Burke
was there, Patrick Cooney was there, John F. Beggs was there, and
all these defendants on trial except P. O'Sullivan and Kunze. The
record shows that. And now, before I forget it, remember, because I
don't want to neglect defendant Kunze in this case, remember that
if a conspiracy has been organized to do a certain thing--if there
is a conspiracy to do a certain crime--whoever shall have joined
that conspiracy has become a party to it, and they are bound by the
acts committed prior to their joining the conspiracy and are
involved in it as much going in the