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
The State's Attorney then called the attention of the jurors to the
resolution passed on that occasion, and which had been read by the
secretary from the witness-stand. He also called attention to the
amendment proposed by Henry F. O'Connor to that resolution. The
motion called for an imperative demand for action by the district
officer, and the amendment was that the district officer's
attention be called to it and asking for instructions. The State's
Attorney, continuing, said, he would wish to direct the attention
of the jury to the evidence bearing upon the utterances of Patrick
O'Sullivan, a member of the Lake View camp.
They had it on the testimony of A. J. Ford that Patrick O'Sullivan
had charged that in Lake View they were taking in deputies. He had
charged that they had taken in men who belonged to what was called
the Union Order of Deputies, and in statements made that night in
Camp 20 to the same effect. Mr. Ford and others had given Patrick
O'Sullivan as authority on that subject. It was in evidence here
that Dr. Cronin had organized a camp in Lake View, to which this
man, O'Sullivan, also belonged, and in the organization of which he
had taken part; there was no evidence here that any other camp was
organized in Lake View except the Washington Literary Society, and
this was the camp, Cronin's camp, into which Patrick O'Sullivan had
charged that members of the United Order of Deputies were being
admitted. It was upon this statement of O'Sullivan's that Ford's
speech was founded, and that he made this statement that he feared
the organization would be broken up.
Mr. Longenecker then alluded to and read the resolution passed on
this subject.
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