Dr. Cronin, "was to introduce me to Le
Caron under the name of Beach, in order that he might pump me and
damage me in any way that he could. Beach was introduced to me by a
reporter named Conwell, a man whom I had always considered my
friend, but since the recent developments in the London _Times_
case I know he was against me and that Le Caron was introduced to
me for no good purpose. He got little out of me, however, and that
means failed. I have been warned several times to get out of the
country, and assured that my life was in danger. But up to last
Saturday I felt that I could hold my own. Last Saturday, however, I
was put in possession of unquestionable proof that the Clan-na-Gael
Society had decided that my life should be taken. A man was
appointed as my executioner and preparations were in active
progress to accomplish the deed. Enough to say I made up my mind at
once to fly. You know the rest. The lady who accompanied me
yesterday to Hamilton was quite unknown to me, as was also the
gentleman, until I met them on the train between Ottawa and
Toronto. Neither of them knew who I was until you met me on Yonge
street Friday morning. They happened to be going to Buffalo on the
train I took out of Toronto, and I left them at Hamilton."

This part of the story proved to be true.

"Did you plan for a man to call at your office and request you to
go out to the ice-house and attend a patient?" he was asked.

"That I will not answer."

When asked what move he intended making next the Doctor stated that
he would go to France as soon as possible. "I left some important
documents behind in Chicago," he said, "and only hope that I can
get to a country where I will be safe; then I will make some
disclosures which will open the eyes of the public generally and
make the hair stand on the heads of several Chicago and New York
gentlemen. This talk about my having been seen in a cable-car
Saturday night is entirely false. The Conklins have made fools of
themselves over the whole matter. According to the instructions I
left with them they should not have opened their mouths until I was
safely out of the country; but it is the same old story--tell a
woman anything and you are sure to get the worst of it."

The Doctor intimated that a certain Methodist