es against the
triangle, and yet it was fully believed that it was the other
faction. It is true that P. McGarry did belong to an opposing camp,
but Thomas O'Connor, John F. O'Connor, Henry Owen O'Connor, John
Collins--the whole of them, were members of Camp 20, that we
produced here as witnesses. Are they in a conspiracy with the other
associates, the members of the same camp as John F. Beggs, Daniel
Coughlin and Martin Burke? Why, they come as brothers from the same
camp so that won't do to charge it in that way. Now, gentlemen, the
only reason of that is to show you how far men will go in trying to
mislead a jury.

"Do you believe that I could have it in my heart to put a witness
on the stand that I did not believe, to swear the life away of
these men. If you do, recommend to His Honor that I be prosecuted
for the crime. Gentlemen, I would rather have my arms torn from my
body than to be guilty of such a crime as that.'

Mr. Forrest--"We believe that."

Judge Longenecker--"Yes, you must believe it. And yet one of your
lawyers wants you to believe that I was so ignorant, that I was so
unworthy of my position, that I was so incompetent as to sit here
like a mummy and let these men conspire to have a jury hang
innocent men.

"Gentlemen, you don't believe that. You don't believe that that
great big-hearted Irishman sitting there (Mr. Hynes), whose heart
has always gone out for poor humanity, would be guilty of it. Mr.
Foster says that he has known Mr. Ingham, and he knows him to be a
truthful man, a man that is worthy of belief, and for that reason
he says Ingham said nothing against Beggs, because he was such a
straight, truthful man. In that regard that gentleman, that legal
light of the bar, charged me with dishonesty, charged that
big-hearted Irishman with dishonesty.

"Gentlemen, I may be a little disconnected in my argument before
you and if I am, you will pardon me. But I wish to notice Foster's
argument for his client. If there is nothing against John F. Beggs,
I can not see why he said so much. It was understood, I may say,
that Mr. Ingham was not to talk about Camp 20 at all. That is the
truth of the matter. He was not to discuss that proposition. I had
gone over it, as you recollect, I thought I had tired you out by
t