"Alexander Sullivan, Dennis C. Feeley and Michael Boland." "Have you ever heard from any of the members that Dr. Cronin, in conversation, has charged that Alexander Sullivan had anything to do with betraying the members?" "No; I don't think the doctor has ever charged that against Sullivan. He has told me that he believed men had been betrayed through the intimacy of Alexander Sullivan with Le Caron." "Was Le Caron a member of a camp in Illinois?" "Yes, sir; in Braidwood, Ill." "Who is Le Caron?" "Well," the witness said, smiling, "I wish they had tackled him instead of Dr. Cronin. I didn't know him personally." "What position did he hold?" "He held the position of chief officer--what would be the same as president in an ordinary society." "Was he once considered a good member of the order?" "Yes, sir." "Is he considered such now?" "Not at all; certainly not." "Have you any other information, Mr. Dillon, which would be proper for you to give this jury, sitting to inquire into the death of Dr. Cronin, which would assist them in arriving at the cause of his death?" "Well, I believe his death is the result of the abuse heaped upon him by the friends of Alexander Sullivan. He has been denominated a spy and a traitor, perjurer, and in fact all the invectives have been piled upon him that could be heaped upon the head of any man by the friends of Sullivan, all because of Cronin's enmity to Sullivan." "Why did Cronin have any enmity toward Sullivan?" "Because he believed, as I do, that he was a professional patriot, sucking the life-blood out of the Irish organizations, and we tried to purify the organization by removing from its head such men as Alexander Sullivan." "Do you know the reason why Alexander Sullivan left the order?" "I can tell you the general opinion in the order on that question. We believed that he left the order because he thought that his crimes would find him out, and that Cronin, John Devoy, I and others who were endeavoring to purify the organization would finally bring them to judgment before the rank and file. I believe that when he resigned he did not cease to rule. I have seen his handwriting on circulars issued to the United Brotherhood a year after his resignation was supposed to have taken place." Continuing, Mr. Dillon said that immediately after hearing of the disappearance of Dr. Cronin, he came to the conclusion that he had been murdered and urged the Executive to appropriate $3,000 to hunt up the murderers. The reply was made, however, that there was no proof that he was dead. In reply to a question the witness said: