ls O'Connor that Cronin was a spy, but Henry Owen
O'Connor turned on his heel and would not have it and said: 'I
don't believe it,' and walked away. Now, what do we find? We find
this: That a conspiracy began in Camp 20 on the 8th of February.
Following that, as I stated, were the remarks made by this man
Coughlin, and remarks by Beggs. Now, we go on to another meeting in
this camp. Was that committee appointed? I stated on yesterday that
we did not contend that it was a trial committee. We never have
contended that it was wanted for the purpose of trying Dr. Cronin
or any one else; no such statement has been made, but that there
was a request for a secret committee, is undisputed.

"Now was it appointed? We find that either on the 3d of May or on
the 10th--that does not matter--one of the witnesses, I think Henry
Owen O'Connor, states that it was on the 3d of May, soon after he
came home from the East, there was a meeting. On cross-examination
by Mr. Foster, his attention was called to the matter that he was
investigating as a committee-man in regard to auditing the books,
and by that he thinks probably it might have been the 10th--the
following meeting. That does not matter; but Nolan, the other
secretary, the one who keeps the names and numbers of the different
members and their accounts--the financial secretary--states that it
was on the night of the 3d. Here are two undisputed witnesses
uncontradicted by any man in Camp 20; not a man that dare lift up
his hand to God and say that these men have sworn falsely. Here
they come into court and make a statement that is undisputed. Was
the committee appointed?

"On the night of the 3d or the 10th--I do not care which night it
was--some one in the crowd asked the senior guardian if the secret
or private committee had reported. The senior guardian, with his
hand uplifted, said: 'That committee reports to me alone.' That was
John F. Beggs! 'Has that committee reported?' 'That committee
reports to the senior guardian alone.'

THE PLOT TO MURDER CRONIN.

"Had he reference to the trial committee? Why, no. They contended
they had been urging for that committee's report; would he have
made such a remark as that if it had reference to the trial
committee that tried the triangle? No, gentlemen, it ha