Morning journal and courier., 1883-03-14
News by Telegraph
 FROM ALL QUARTERS. .ECAN IN AMERICA. His Visit Professedly One
 of Business. A REVIEW OF IRISH MATTERS, No Truth in Lady Dixie's
 Charges. THE STAR ROUTE JURY DOSED With n Batch of Feather
 Weight Papers.
THE STAR ROUTE JURY DOSEI
THE OLD WORLD.
Ireland.

Egan i'm New York-Interviewed By a United Press AssOciatiOn's Reporter His View of the Irish Situation.
 NEW YORK, March 13.-Patrick Egan, the treasurer of the land league in Ireland, has
 arrived in this city and is located at the Grand Central Hotel MT. Egan was visited
 this evening by representative of the Unit
 ed Press association. Regarding the motive
 of his visit he said that as 3 member of the large flour firm of Egan & Rourke, Dublin,
 he had intended for ten years to make trip
 to this country to witness the operations of the flour trade and allied industries in Amer ica and this would be the principal thing that
 would occupy his time while here. He had
 hastened his visit, however, because he thought that if the question of MT. Sheri- dan's extradition came to trial here he could give evidence that would materially help his case regarding his movements between Paris and Ireland. Mir. Sheridan he said had been grossly misrepresented by the Castle aathori- ties, who alleged that he had been 8 great factor in organizing agrarian outrages, etc., and had been supplied with funds by the treasurer of the land league. AS matter of
 
 only once. On that occasion he was fur nished with e10O to be applied to the relief of certain specified cases of distress and star vation. Every pound of that money was so applied and was properly accounted for and not one penny of it was used to promote agi- tation or assassination. In regard to the re- gently published charge of Lady Florence Dixie that the land league funds had been misappropriated, MT. Egan said it was 8 re- vival of an old islander that had it's origin in blackmail. It originated with Richard Pig gott, formerly editor of the Dublin Iris7tnan. That paper had been purchased some years ago by Parnell and Egan and Mir. Piggott was dissatisfied be- cause he was not continued as the editor. About two years ago he wrote to Mr- Egan saying that he had been approached by two Castle officials who had offered him $500 if he would publish statement that the land league fund had been misspent. He further said that he was in great need of money and if MT. Egan would send him e30O he would suppress the publication. If Mir. Egan refused to send the money Mir. Piggott said that he would comply with the request from the Castle and MT. Egan must accept the consequences. This document, which plainly shows the blackmailing scheme, is now in MT. Egan's possession. His reply to it was that MT. Piggott was well come to accept the Castle terms and if any false statement appeared the land league would know how to meet it. No more was heard of the charges until recently, when the manuscript of 8 pamphlet making leng statement of the misuse of league funds was taken to a print CT. The copy was in Mir. .Piggott's handwriting. It was set up and few copies printed at T,odr oh read it in type, however, she became alarmed and suppressed the pamphlet. Regarding Lady Dixie herself MT. Egan said he did not care to speak, because she was 8 woman. 'But," he added, 'I suppose you all know that to say the least she is a woman who craves notoriety." MT. Egan added that the funds of the land league had recently been audited to the satisfaction of all concerned and that no complaints have ever been made by a subscriber. They had now between e25, 1000 and e26, 900 on hand, all of which is invested in good American securities such as United States bonds and New York Central first mortgage bonds. Carey's testimony, Mir. Egan said that he had it on good authority that part of the contract by which he had been &C., cepted as an informer was that he was to give such testimony as would implicate him (Egan). That, however, was no part of the reason of Mir. Egan's visit to this country, and he did not, as had been alleged, come in disguise or secretly, but on the contrary he took passage openly and registered his own name without any attempt at disguise on the steamers passenger list. The charge about the land league funds having been used to foment agitation he said could be easily met It was capable of easy proof that the league funds had been freely used to suppress agitation, notably in the case of Lord Ardilnan, formerly Sir Arthur Guin- ness. Whenever the land league found that outrages were contemplated it sent men among the people to check their impulses toward the commission of lawless acts.
 When asked about the breach of promise suit recently decided against MT. Joseph Big gar, M. P, he admitted that he had intro duced Mir. Biggar to Miss Hyland, but said that he was not an old friend of the lady, but only recent acquaintance. He did not care to speak of the merits of the case, but said with laugh, in reply to the reporters ques- tion: ''Yes, am afraid Joe is a gay de- ceiver"