it. It is not right to make such an
assertion against a dead man, and, for one, I will not sit here and
listen to it. So far from Dr. Cronin ever taking a dynamite policy,
so far from his being an active member in furthering such a
purpose, we wished to prove that he wrote a circular bitterly
opposing the dynamite policy, for which he was expelled from his
camp. It is not right, it is not manly to charge upon a dead man
something that is entirely without foundation and opposed to the
truth."

"I claim that I have the right to argue that he was an active
member in that project," retorted Mr. Foster, "because the
gentleman shows that he organized camp after camp in this city and
organized them on one basis."

"And that basis was diametrically opposed to any dynamite policy
and also opposed to the triangle, which dictated that policy," said
Judge Longenecker. "If Cronin were here and could defend himself it
would be a different matter."

"I do not know of any testimony from which you can argue that there
was any dynamite policy, Mr. Foster," said the court. "I certainly
do not know of any such testimony, and therefore I do not think I
can permit you to proceed on that ground."

"It is in testimony that the dynamite policy of the organization
was approved, because they were all reunited," said Mr. Foster. "I
know what Hynes has said and I claim the right to reply to him
unless the gentleman for the prosecution particularly desires to
interrupt me. He does not disturb me at all but simply interrupts
me."

"I shall interrupt you just as long as you unjustly attack a dead
man who can not defend himself," said Judge Longenecker.

"There is evidence in this case, gentlemen, to the effect that
Cronin, in lifetime, did organize certain societies, and what that
evidence is I will read by and by. If I go beyond that evidence at
all, and state what I can not prove, I shall suffer by it, because
if I depart from the facts as you know them to be, any remarks I
may make will have no effect whatever upon you. I do say this, that
if it were not a dynamite policy, and the question was not whether
it was wrong to send dynamite to England, that it was wrong to
steal a hundred thousand dollars to keep in this country which
ought to have been spent i