Christian Cynosure . ecuting attorney at 1(1 oclock that knives had been taken from the detectiveCoughlin by his Clan-na-(iael brother policemanwho arrested him. They were locked up and veryconveniently forgotten until fear discovered were identified in court by Cronins saloon-keeper friends as belonging to the murdered manamid great sensation. Coughlins friends sworethey had been in his possession long before themurder. Judge Longenecker, the States attor-ney, reviewed the evidence in a logical and forci-ble manner in a five hours speech and was fol-lowed by Judge Wing w
Christian Cynosure . ecuting attorney at 1(1 oclock that knives had been taken from the detectiveCoughlin by his Clan-na-(iael brother policemanwho arrested him. They were locked up and veryconveniently forgotten until fear discovered were identified in court by Cronins saloon-keeper friends as belonging to the murdered manamid great sensation. Coughlins friends sworethey had been in his possession long before themurder. Judge Longenecker, the States attor-ney, reviewed the evidence in a logical and forci-ble manner in a five hours speech and was fol-lowed by Judge Wing who did not conclude his very able plea for the defense till Tuesday. Asthere are yet three lawyers to speak on each sidethe jury may not have the case before the last ofnext week. It seems hardly possible to escapethe evidence of guilt on the part of three of theindicted men. Almost every day there has beensome reference to secret societies of one name oranother, but they are handled as if they werethin-shelled SWW! F. W. CAPWELL.[See page 8.] The late meeting of the Knights of Labor inAtlanta, Georgia, moved strongly for a unionwith the Farmers Alliance. The latter has beenrepresented as an open society in the NorthernStates, but as secret in the South. A union withan order which strenuously demands secrecyand obedience could hardly be brought aboutunless the Alliance is itself secret and accepts themethods of Powderlys order. The latter passeda strong resolution in favor of the Henry Georgeland theories. The Alliance, however, has latelycondemned the single tax system. So that theystep over the threshold of union with a quarrelbrewing. There is nothing in the secret and des-potic methods of the Knights of Labor to attractan honest farmer, or to gain for him any substan-tial victory in the reforms that are of especialimportance to American agriculture. Our able Chicago contemporary, America, slipswhen in reviewing the Catholic convention atBaltimore: The reason for the
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