St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-07-07
Neither Himself or the League
Guilty Of Any Wrong
Doing.
Partisan Police Spoil an Or
leanist Plot of Comte
de Paris.
Servia's Ruler Will Live
Apart from His Royal
COnSort.

nounce OD0nnell for the course he pur
sued in his action against the Times.
The suspect that Tiernan, the man
known as Number One" is the person
from whom the Times got its information
concerning the league. In the Hobbies
OF the house OF commons to-day men,
bers of the Irish party denied that Mr..
Parnell ever paid Byrne a1OO. They
said the 91O0 given Byrne was in the
shape of check, signed by Justin
Mccarthy, and represented league sub
scriptions.
On the assembling of the house of
commons to-day Mr.. ParneI rose to
make an explanation concerning GER
tain statements made in connection with
the ODOnnell-Times trial. He said the
upshot of the trial prevented his testi-
flying on oath, and therefore he would
tender statement to the house. He
said he never saw Patsy Egan's letter
of Feb. IL, 1881, which was read at the
trial with view of showing that the
league instigated
THE PHOENIX PARK MURDERS.
He was convinced that it was forgery.
The imputations against the O'Learys
was false. In regard to his letter, dated
simply Tuesday, and saying 81 see no
objection to you giving the amount
asked for. There is not the least llkeli-
hood of what you apprehend happen
ing" Mr., Parnell said it might be genu-
inc, but he could not recollect it. As to
Mr.. Egan'S letter of Oct. 25,. 1881, to
Cary, saying; Il sent M. EGO. When
you get to work, give us the value
of our money" and which At
torney General Webster stated the
police found in Cary's house, Mr.. Par
nell stated that doubtless genuine
letters from Mr.. Egan were found there,
but Mr.. Egan had never been legally
charged, and he had sent a cablegram
denouncing the authorship of the letters
attributed to him. Mr.. Parnell de-
nounced as
AN ABSOLUTE FORGERY
the letter which it was alleged he wrote
and which was smuggled from Kill
mainham Jail to Egan, urging him to
immediate action, and to make it hot
for old Forster. He never wrote,
signed, saw or authorized the communi-
cation.
Mr.. Parnell then reiterated his asser-
ton that he had neither signed nor au-
thoriZed the letter dated May Is, 1882,
which bore what was alleged to be his
year ago. He said he had not used.a
signature similar to the one attached to
this letter since 1879. He had then
adopted different style of signature.
The letter of June 16, 1882, was also
forgery. The Byrne letter was doubt
less genuine, but he had never sent
Byrne any money. He had subscribed
small amount to the Byrne testimonial.
1.-THE great majority of the letters read at
the trial." Mr.. Parnell continued" "are
palpable forgeries. If they are cred
tied, it must be supposed that deliber-
ately put myself in the power of muir
derer; that l was an accessory to the
Phoenix Park murders before and after
ham jail desiring to assasSinate Mr..
Forster. The absurdity of the whole
series of letters, with few exceptions,
shows them to be forgeries."
Mr.. Justin Mccarthy admitted that
he had given Byrne check for 91OO,
but never suspected that he was any
thing but Woodworking servant of
societies devoted to winning home rule
or Ireland.
In the Hobbies after the adjournment
of the sitting the Liberal members
were unanimous In declaring their be-
lief that the Parnell-Egan letters were
fOrgeries, and the Tory members were
Unexpectedly quiet on the subject.
Whether the letters are forgeraSor not,
it is quite plain that they and VIE mat
tiers connected with them have been too
thoroughly discounted to be of any
further effect, unless the government
should intervene to keep them alive. The
cost incurred by the Times in defend
ing the suit brought by Mr.. O'Donnell
amounts to $4,000. 1t will try to make
Mr.. O'Donnell liable for the amount.
The Daily Telegraph, discussing the
question whether Mr.. Parnell would be
able to obtain heavy damages if libel
were proven, says: "Those who think
money of more value than character
will be unable to understand Mr..
Parnell's attitude as those who
set character above money. Both
alike. perceiying that Mr.. Parnell
alone of libeled men refuses steadfastly
to take the course which no other IL
beled man at the combined instance of
honor and interest has refused to take,
will be forced to the conclusion that the
charges under which he is content to
rest, dreadful as they are, must be ac-