The Crime of the Century; Or, The Assassination of Dr. Patrick Henry CroninHunt, Henry M.
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The Crime of the Century; Or, The Assassination of Dr. Patrick Henry Cronin
Hunt, Henry M.
Cronin, Patrick Henry, 1846-1889; Trials (Assassination) -- Illinois -- Chicago
"Yes" was the reply. "Beggs said that the visiting members should
not be coming in there violating the hospitality of that camp, and
that it would have to be stopped. He said that it was not right;
that it was cowardly. I wanted to interrupt him, but the presiding
officer, the chairman at the time, would not let me. I wanted to
interrupt him when he used the word cowardly. He said they came in
there attacking Alexander Sullivan, and it was cowardly to attack
any one behind his back. Why did they not say so to his face if
they had anything to say? He said Alexander Sullivan had strong
friends in the camp, and he slapped his breast, and said, "I am one
of them." That was about all that passed. I wanted to get the floor
to reply to him, and I did get the floor afterward. I said the
gentleman had said it was cowardly. I wanted him to understand that
I was no coward; that I would tell Alexander Sullivan, either there
or anywhere else, what my opinion of him was, and every man who
knew me knew what that was. I said, 'Why did you mention Alexander
Sullivan's name? I have not mentioned it. I have not heard it
mentioned here till the senior guardian of this camp mentioned it
here.' I stated and I repeated that the man who gave Le Caron his
credentials was a greater scoundrel than ever Le Caron pretended to
be. That was all I said, and I should not have mentioned his name
only it was brought out. I should say, that when Beggs said that
Alexander Sullivan had stout friends in this camp and that he was
one of them, he also said that he (Beggs) was for union and unity
among the Irish people if it took war to make it."
The witness went on to tell how, when he heard that Dr. Cronin was
missing, he had gone to O'Sullivan's house, and, in the presence of
several witnesses, told him that his association with the mystery looked
suspicious. One of the men suggested that perhaps the Ancient Order of
Deputies had made away with the missing man, but McGarry replied that
the crime was much nearer home, and that it would be found that his own
race had killed him. When the reference was made to the Deputies,
McGarry, suddenly turning his head, had seen O'Sullivan make a grimace
as a sort of admonition to the other man to say nothing more. In
concluding his testimony the witness told how Dr. Cronin, some time
before his death, had been called to attend the supposed victim of a
serious accident. He went up a flight of stairs, but upon entering the
room, did not like the appearance of the man in the bed and with the
remark, "My God, did you bring me here to murder me," went down the
stairs several steps at a time.
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