o treat my men.' And
Mahoney said he'd do so.

"Why did that wretch want to employ Dr. Cronin? Why was it he
wanted all at once to have Dr. Cronin attend to his men, when by
his own admission he had never had occasion within the last five
years for a doctor to treat one of his men. By his own admission he
never had an accident during all his ice seasons, except when a
piece of ice once fell on a little girl, but he never had a charge
or a damage suit against him in regard to it. This was on the 29th
of March. Do you think I am stretching it too far when I conclude
that he and Coughlin had talked the matter over and considered what
inducements they could make to get the Doctor out there? Could you,
as sensible men, come to any other conclusion than that this man,
on the pay roll of the city, was then telling O'Sullivan, 'You must
get some scheme by which Cronin will be brought to the cottage or
you will never kill him there?' Why didn't O'Sullivan step up to
the Doctor that night and make his contract? Simply because he
wanted to get the Doctor off his guard. He knew that Dr. Cronin
would at once begin to figure the matter out. He would say, Dan
Coughlin and P. O'Sullivan are great friends, but if Mahoney is
there he would be all right and he would never suspect a thing."

JUSTICE MAHONEY'S PART IN THE PLOT.

"Mahoney said they didn't go down the next day. Then the election
came on, and Dan Coughlin, having been in the habit of running the
election, I suppose, so far as the Clan-na-Gael part is concerned,
was busy. Patrick O'Sullivan, being something of a politician
himself in his neighborhood, had also to attend the election. The
rent was paid for a month any way, so they ran along until the 19th
of April. If you figure that out, you will find it was soon after
another meeting of the Clan-na-Gael Camp--soon after the committee
had a chance to get together. You will find that on the 18th
O'Sullivan left word with Mahoney that he would like him to go down
with him to see Dr. Cronin. Mahoney, acting in good faith, met him,
and they went down to Dr. Cronin's office. Now, we have the object.
We have one of the members of Camp 20 renting the cottage; we have
another member of Camp 20 going to make a contract with the
Doctor. He goes to the offic