Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-11-01
THE TIMES-PARNELu CASE.

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the escape of the imperial family.
THE TlMES-PARNELl CASE.
| LONDON. Oct. 31.-At this afternoons
session of the Parnell commission Captain
| OShea testified When Mr.. Parnell was in
| Kiimainham Jail letter was written and
signed by Mr.. Parnell which witness took
| the next morning to Mr.. Forester, then
chief secretary for Ireland. The
letter was afterwards presented to the
cabinet. Attorney General Webster
here read the letter. 1t expressed
Mr. Parnells opinion that if the arrears
question were settled he and his colleagues
would be able TO suppress outrages. 1t
urged the Importance of agrarian legisla
ton and concluded by saying: IF the
program sketched was carried out it
would enable us to cooperate cordially in
in forwarding Liberal principles"
After the letter had been
written, continued Captain OShea,
Mr. Parnell said he would tell Dillon and
Kelly, letting them know as much as was
good for them. The day after the Phoenix
the anti-murder manifesto which it had
been decided to issue. 1t was
mistake, said the witness, to
say that Mr. Parnell was not in favor of
the manifesto. He only disliked the
amount of bombast in the document, but
he said that was necessary in order to sat
Mr.. Parnell and Mr.. Davitt joinedl
About this time went on the
witness, Mr.. Parnell told him that he had
been obliged to ask for police protection as
his life was in danger. Witness in sub
sequent interview with Mr.. Parnell
warned him that Sheridan was murderer
oyT IF rrs1a md ha lica
could not allow him to remain in the
country Mr.. Parnell replied that he did
not communicate with Sheridan person
ally but knew someone who did He ask
ed that a month be given him to communi-
cate with Sheridan.
Sir Charles Russell then proceeded to
eross-examination and Captain O'Shea in
reply to his question, said that Mr.. Buckle,
editor of the Times, had asked Mr..
Joseph Chamberlain to get him evidence.
Mr.. Cham berlain showed witness MIR
Buckles letter in July last. Witness did
not agree to give evidence however, until
he had been subpoened by Mr.. Parnell.
Mr.. Huston, the secretary of the Irish
loyal union, saw him take down in short
hand his statement for the Times. Mr..
Huston told him it was a state
secret how the Times got the letter it had
published. Mr.. Chamberlain told him
that Mr. Parnell accused him of procuring
fac-simile letters and of dining with Mr.
Buckle. Witness had heard Piggett and
Callen mentioned as men who had given
the letters to the Times. Witness knew
Patrick Casey but did not know him as a
dynamiter. He had heard through a Ma
tIonalist named Mulqueeny that the police
had found a letter on the Leagues room in
London in which Frank Byrne acknowl-
edged the receipt of a check from Mr.. Par
nell which had been sent to him to enable
him to escape from the country, but the
authorities had assured him that no such
letter had been seized. He did not know
that Mulqueeney was a member of
secret society. He knew him as
an advanced Nationalist, that is, an
old Fenian, whose views were different !
from those of the dynamiters and invinci- i
bies. Mulqueeny had been threatened by /
death by General Carroll Davis and Hayes. /
the civil engineer who was supposed TO |
have conceived the London bridge out |
rage, and Mulqueeny had given offense by |
joining other advanced Nationalist in |
signing a protest against witness exclu- |
sion from parliament by Mr. Parnell.
Sir Charles Russell-Did you ever threat |
en- Mr. Parnell2
The witness-Threaten him-how do you /
mean? l have been angry with him, and /
once l turned him out of my rooms in /
Dublin.
Sir Charles Russell-Why did you turn
him out2
The witness-I told him to get out, as | |
did not want TO see him again.
Sir Charles RussellHave you ever said |
you would be revenged on Mr.. Parnell?
The witness-I never remember saying |
so,
Sir Charles Russell-Have you ever said /
that you had a shell charged with dyna-
mite to blow him up?
The witness-No.
To further questions the witness replied 4
that be saw the original OF the fac-simile
of one of the Times letters last week. He |
believed the writing was Mr.. ParnelIs
He had not heard before that the Times
had published the fac-simile. There were
IN existence compromising letters and
documents and ii had been said he was
engaged in conspiracy to get those letters.
but he had never stabbed anyone in the
back. He had been anxious to give evil
dence in order to clear himself and 10 re
flute the ISLANDERS which had been circu-
lated by Mr. Parnell and his colleagues
Ndlqueeny had told him that Mr.. Parnell
had paid for the escape of Byrne He had
not known Muloueeny's address He saw
him last Sunday He could not recollect
paying MulQueeny's expenses TO Paris in
order TO get signatures TO the protest
against witness exclusion from the Par
nellite party Recurring 70 the kilaain
ham jail treaty negotiations, witness said
the chief conditions OF the negotiations
were that the League should be broken I'D
if the Irish landlords would reduce their
rants and receive compensation from the
exchequer. Many OF the memoranda
which ne had made were destroyed in 1888
when there was danger OF a select com
nlittee OF parliament being appointed 10
inquire into the Kilmainham treaty and IL
was intimated 10 him that the utmost re-
ticence ought TO he observed on the sub
ject-
Sir Charles Russell-1ntimated b.
whom
Witness-By Sir VIM Vernon Harcourt,
VINO said Il was the opinion o. another
person. namely Mr.. Gladstone.
This statement caused sensation N
court and Justice Hammer asked that
every body abstain from raniiessIng his
feelings during the proceedingS +,
Sir Charles RusseIl-Was IL you, then,
" no destroyed the memoranda
Witness-Yes Certain memoranda
which were in another box aud which in
Guided some Of Mr. ChaulberiAin's letter {
escaped destruction II was Mr.. Glad
stones wish that should be as res.ceuI as !