uld like to read from the record, but,
after glancing through the papers on the table, I fear I have
neglected to bring it from my office."
Judge Longenecker had now spoken for over four hours, and a recess was
ordered until ten o'clock on the following morning (November 30), and at
that hour the State's Attorney resumed his speech, as follows:
"If the Court please, and Gentlemen, Mr. Foster was right in regard
to my statement about Spelman. It had reference to the circular
letter which he said was not addressed originally to Beggs, and
that evidence had nothing to do with this case.
"On yesterday evening I wanted to call your attention to what was
said and done on the meeting of the 22d of February--this reunion.
You remember that Mr. Beggs spoke of it in his letter to Spelman;
not to forget their reunion. At that meeting speeches were made by
different parties, and among them Patrick McGarry made a speech,
and John F. Beggs, the senior guardian of Camp 20, answered that
speech. You may not remember just what was said on that occasion. I
will now read just what Patrick McGarry said about it."
Judge Longenecker proceeded to read from a typewritten manuscript
the testimony of Patrick McGarry as to what occurred at the meeting
of Camp 20 on Feb. 22.
"'Four gentlemen had spoken,' Mr. McGarry testified, and referred
to the unity that ought to exist in the organization. It was about
the time that Le Caron had testified before the Parnell commission
in England and the other gentlemen had referred to spies getting
into the organization. On the 8th day of February, on the occasion
of moving the appointment of the committee, Foy talked about spies
in the organization. Mr. McGarry spoke of how Irishmen coming to
this country and becoming American citizens ought to educate their
children. That was good talk. How they should educate them first in
the principles of American institutions; that was good. How they
should educate them also to have love for their mothers and fathers
and forefathers' homes; that there was nothing in the Irish race
and nothing in Irish history that Irishmen should be ashamed of in
America; that is true."
The State's Attorney proceeded to recite the testimony of McGarry,
as before published, in regard to the speech that he had made at
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