New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-07-07
MR.. PARNELES EXPLANAI ITON.
REPUDIATING "THE TIMES'S" LETTERS.
THE IRISH LEADER DENOUNCES THEM AS ABB
sURD FoRGERIEs-PUBLIC OPINION OF THE


THE IRISH LEADER DENoUNCEs THEM AS ABB
sURD NOTWITHSTANDING OPINION OF THE
CASE.
London, July 6.-The Parnclitcs dcnounce O'Donnell
for the he pursued in his action against The
Timcs.n They suspect that lyman the man known as
Number onc,' is the person from whom The Tines
got its information concerning the League
In the lobbles Of the House of Commons to-day mem
bers Of the Irish party denied that Mr. Painell ever
paid Byrne 100 pounds. They said the 100 pounds
given Byrne in the shape of check signed by
Mr.. Justin Mccarthy, and represented League sub
scrptlons
On the assembling Of the House Of Commons today
Mr.. Parncll rose TO make explanation concerning
certain statements made in connection with the
O'Donnell" Tines trial lie said tho uisho OF the
trial prevented his tcstfying on oath. and therefore
he would tender statement to the House He de-
cared that he never saw Patrick Exams letter OF
February "a, 1881, which read al the trial with
the view of showing thai the League instiga'ed the
Phoenix Park murders lie convinced that 1t was
a forgery. The mputaon against the O'Lcays was
false
In regard to his letter dated simply Tuesday, and
saying: objection to your giving the amount
asked for There Is the least likelihood of what
you apprchcnd happening" Mr. Panell said It might
be genuine but he could not recOcct It. As to Mr.
Egans letter Of october %, 1881 to Cary saying /
sent NJ. 600 pounds. When you get to work give us
the value of money! and which Attorney
Webster stated the police found in Cary's house, Mr.
Panc said that doubtless genuine letters from Mr. EgaI
found there, but Mr. Egan had never been legally
charged and he had a cable dispatch denying the
authorship of the letters attributed 10 him. Mr. Par
nell denounced as absolute forgery the letter which
II alleged he wrote and which, II was claimed,
was smuggled from Kilmanham jail to Egan. urging
him to immediate action and to make 1t hot for old
Forster lie never wrote, signed, saw or authorized
the communication.
Mr. ParncIl then reiterated HIS assertion THAT he
had neither signed authorized the letter dated May
15 1882, which bore what alleged to be his Sig
nature and which was published year ago lie
said he had used a signature similar to the one
attached TO this letter since 1870. lie had then
adopted different style of signature. {" OH" from
the Ministerial benchcs.) The letter of June 1G,
1882, was also forgery. The Byrne letter was
doubtless genuine, but he had never sent Byrne any
money lie had subscribed a small amount to the
Byrnc testimonial "Thc great majority of the letters
read at the trial" Mr. Parncll continued papabe
forgcries If they credited 1t must be supposed
that 1 deliberately put myself In the pow"r of a
murderer that accessory 10 tho Phoenix Park
murders before and after tho fact, and that entered
Klmainham Jail desiring TO assassinatc Mr.. Forster.
The absurdty Of the whole series of letters, with few
exceptions, shows them to be forcerics'
Mr.. Justin Mccarthy followed Mr.. Parnel with an
explanation of the statement that he had given Byrnc
a check for hundred pounds. lie acknOwlcdg ged
that he gave the check TO Byrne, but said that he had
never suspected Byrne to be anything but hard
working servant Of the societies devoted to winning
Home Rule for Ireland
The costs incurred by The Tines In defending
the suit brought by Mr. O'DOnnell, amount 10 $4,000
II Will try TO make Mr.. O'Donnell liable for tho
amount.
The general tone Of the English press is against
policy of silence of angry dcnals in the treat
by the Irish party of the revelations in the trial
Of tho O'Donnel" Tines suit. The papers say this
Will not suffice the revelations call for dsproof either
| through jury parliamentary committee The
| POST says If such investigation is not demanded
even the English allies of the Parnclitcs will share
! tlc ugly suspicion that the Irish party guilty OF
| the charges made against tacm The Daily News
| treats the arguments presented by "The Tmes'sr
counsel claptrap, and says IT is asonlshcd thc
| profound and eccentric gulliby splaycd by tn,
| court 1t expresses the hope that 1t has heard tht
| last of miserable fanatcism