s to the English prison,
on which the triangle was to be tried, and would you, gentlemen,
like to be tried by a man you knew to be your enemy, whether it
might be for your life, your liberty or your property? You must
remember, gentlemen, that these facts complained of by Dr. Cronin
took place two years before Beggs was a member of the Clan-na-Gael,
and he spoke as he felt, and if the foundation on which he based
his remarks was true then his deduction was true, and you,
gentlemen, know that having made the charges of embezzlement and of
worse than murder against Alexander Sullivan and the triangle, he
was perfectly justified in saying that the Doctor was not a proper
man to sit on the investigating committee. It is charged by one
witness that Beggs is alleged to have said that Dr. Cronin was not
a fit man to belong to any Irish society. Why? Because Coughlin had
told him, and offered to make an affidavit to the effect, that Dr.
Cronin had admitted him to the secrets of the organization without
initiating him. It is claimed that Dr. Cronin was expelled from
Columbia Camp. Suppose he were, was he justified because he knew
all passwords and the grip and the ritual of the organization in
starting hostile organizations without any authority? It is in
proof here that one of his first acts after his expulsion was to
start a hostile camp with the same number and a name calculated to
mislead, for while he was expelled from Columbia Club, No. 98, he
organized Columbus Club, No. 96.

"How often do you hear the expression that a man is not fit to
belong to a church, or is not fit to belong to a political body?
Some of you gentlemen of the jury are Masons, others Odd Fellows,
and what would you think of a Mason, if in the judgment of the
lodge he was deemed a fit subject for expulsion, and who, after
being expelled and put out of the organization, went right across
the street and started a lodge of his own? He would have the
password, he would have the ritual. He would have all the necessary
forms and ceremonies and grips to enable him to start such a lodge,
and what would you say of such a man, especially if he named the
new lodge the same name as you gave yours? Counsel then referred to
the trial by the Presbyterian church of Professor Swing, and his
su