gh his
argument to the jury. He argued that proposition with the same
force that he did anything else that he talked about in the case.
Now gentlemen, if that is your notion of this case, if you believe
there is a conspiracy to murder Martin Burke, and those other men
on trial, then you ought to acquit, and you ought to recommend to
His Honor that the counsel representing the people of this great
State should be indicted and tried for murder. If I, as a
representative of the people, am guilty of coaching evidence
against Martin Burke and those other men on trial, I ought not to
have a trial, but ought to be taken by the citizens of your State
and hanged without court or jury. Do you believe, gentlemen, that
there is a conspiracy here to convict innocent men? Do you believe
that these men sitting by my side have crowded me out of my office
and concocted a conspiracy against innocent men, and called in a
jury of twelve men to assist them? You do not believe that they are
guilty of it. If they were guilty of if, do you suppose that they
could do it without my knowing it? If they did it without my
knowing it or finding it out, then I am unworthy of the position,
and should be prosecuted for criminal negligence and convicted.
Why, the gentleman tells you that it is done by the other branch of
the Clan-na-Gaels, and they are backing the prosecution; that as
soon as it gets out of the hands of the Coroner they bring up
witness after witness to swear falsehoods before you, and he states
it in that way.

[Illustration: LUTHER LAFLIN MILLS, ONE OF COUNSEL FOR PROSECUTION.]

"Every Clan-na-Gael witness that we have called to the stand
belonged to the triangle, part of the Clan-na-Gael organization,
Camp 96, from which Dr. Cronin left (I put it in that way). The
learned counsel for an hour talked about his organizing an
opposition camp, calling it 96, the same as old 96; Columbus Club
instead of Columbia Club. The whole of that camp stood by the
triangle; the very men who came here to testify from the camp were
in sympathy with the triangle and believed that they were right
until within the last year or so. We go right into their own camp,
among their own friends, and we get the truth from men who believed
that Dr. Cronin was not right in making the charg