If it
had been intended to do anything in an honorable way--in a way that
they must, to be honorable to themselves and the society, and
appointed that committee as Denis O'Connor said, to go up and find
out about the matter and report back--then it might be considered
as of nothing. But they didn't do it. Tell me that it was 'amicably
settled!' What had they done in the camp? What report had been
made? What steps had been taken to investigate the matter? No one
knows except the senior guardian and his committee just what was
said or done."

THE LAW OF CONSPIRACY.

"Now, gentlemen, I shall not bother you by reading much law at this
time. As I stated, I want to go over the evidence, but at this
point I want to call your attention, before entering upon the other
evidence, to the Spies case. I will only read from the syllabus,
and leave the case for others who may wish to refer to it, either
on the side of the people or on the side of the defense. I want to
call your attention to the law of conspiracy as laid down in that
case." [Here Judge Longenecker read a long extract bearing on the
point that where two or more persons combine to do an illegal act,
they are all guilty, whether they are all present at the
consummation of the crime or not.] He then proceeded: "That is all
I desire to read you upon the law of conspiracy. We have talked
about Camp 20 and actions of this order, and we now come up to
another part of the case. You will remember that Throckmorton, of
the real estate agency of Marshall & Knight, on Clark Street, told
you that a man by the name of Simonds appeared there on the 18th of
March and inquired in reference to a flat. He wanted to rent two
rooms on the upper floor of 117 Clark street. The agent told him
they had two rooms on the floor below, and he said he didn't want
them--that he preferred to have those on the upper floor, fronting
on Clark street. You will remember that he stated that they could
not rent two rooms in that flat and he would have to rent the
entire flat, and the man said he would see Mr. Marshall concerning
it. Next day, the 19th, the man appeared again at the office, and
Throckmorton saw Mr. Marshall, who would not rent two rooms and
said he would have to take the entire flat. The fellow said all
rig