xperts. The evidence shows
that it was blood; we prove that by chemistry; we called to the
stand Professor Haynes, and he says that it was human blood. Now,
Gentlemen, do you believe there was a dog killed in that cottage?
Do you believe there was an ox killed in that cottage? Do you
believe there was a guinea pig killed in that cottage? Do you
believe it was a guinea pig's blood that was on that cake of soap
or in the trunk or in the cottage? If you do, very well, but the
evidence all tends to show that it was human blood, and not only
that it was human blood, but that it was the blood of Dr. Cronin
that was found in the cottage and in the trunk. The evidence tends
to show and must convince you that it was the hair and the blood of
Dr. Cronin that was in the cottage and in the trunk.

"Why do I say this? Because the evidence in this case must convince
you that there was a conspiracy to take his life; that he was
driven to this cottage; that he was seen alive entering this
cottage; that he was last seen there; and within a half mile the
trunk with that hair and that blood. That it was the hair and the
blood of Dr. Cronin, I think can not be disputed.

"But, gentlemen, why was this floor painted, if there was an ox
killed there, or if a dog were killed in there, or if a guinea pig
were killed there? If these blood corpuscles which they talk about
in this case were the corpuscles of an ox, or any other animal, why
did this man who rented the cottage desire to paint the floor to
conceal the blood of a dog--to cover it up? I shall not take up
your time to argue that proposition--that it was anything else than
the blood of Dr. Cronin."

THE EXISTENCE OF AN INNER CIRCLE.

"Well, we find Martin Burke when the body is discovered. He takes a
leave of absence. Now, remember what Martin Burke did in this
matter, and what Kunze did in this matter, and what Coughlin did
and what Beggs did. First, we find Beggs, a week after the murder,
telling O'Burne and Maurice Morris that 'Cronin was all right. He
will turn up all right; we are in the inner circle.' Now, the
learned gentlemen brought men here to show that there are no inner
circles. Men who belong to inner circles do not advertise that fact
to the world. We speak of inner circles; there are inner c