St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-10-23
Continuation of the Investi-
cation Of the Charges Of
the Thundeper.
The Attorney for the Times
Says Parnell Is a Dyna-
mitard.
Ireland's Honor Is Staked on
the Result Of This
Inquiry.
Soldiers Engaged in Recover
ing the Bodies Of Victims
Of the Landslide.

LONDON, Oct. 22.-The commission
appointed by parliament to inquire into
the charges made by the Times against
Mr.. Parnell and other Nationalist men,
bers of the house of commons opened
its session this morning in the probate
court. About month ago the commits
sion held short sitting, and the scope
of the inquiry was defined and appIica-
tioDs made for the release of certain
Parnellites from prison for the purpose
of obtaining their testimony. Since
then Mr.. Dillon has been released un-
conditionally on account of his
health. This morning, after JUS
tices Hannen, Day and Smith had taken
their seats, the session opened. Sir
Charles Russell, ,whoiwith Herbert Henry
Asquith, M. P, appears for Mr.. Parnell
piled for the release of William Red
mond, M. P, from prison, where he is
serving sentence under the crimes act.
Judge Hannen said that Mr.. Redmond
would be treated in manner similar TO
that which was proposed for Mr.. Dillon
when his release was asked for. He
tiOns. He would not be allowed to take
part in public life, and must hold him
self strictly as
A PRISONER ONPARoLE.
Sir Charles Russell said that until his
testimony was needed he would not in
sist upon applying for Mr.. Redmond's
release. The court decided to hold sit
tings on every day except Saturday,
and requested counsel for both sides to
expedite the proceedings as far as pos
sible. Attorney General Sir Richard
Webster opened the case for the Times.
The attorney general said he would
not treat the case as having anything to
do with home rule, or with any Irish
question. The inquiry would be made
strictly into the specific charges
against the Parnellites in the course
of the Times-O'Donnell libel suit.
1t would be shown, said Mr.. Webster,
that many of the men mentioned in the
Times particulars had personally taken
part in crimes of the worst kind. while,
with scarcely any exception, the per-
sons mentioned had never denounced
outrages or crimes. Owing to the fail
ure of the officers of the National
league to comply with the commissions
order regarding the discovery OF bank
books, the Times counsel had been un-
able to shape their case as they had eX-
pected to. Still, without the bank books
they would prove that money had been
paid by the league to men appointed for
the actual commission of
DEEDS OF VIOLENCE AND CRIME.
Some of the men thus appointed were
connected with the American league
and some were provided with money
from funds obtained i'll Ireland. From
the outset of the land leagues exist
ence and since the formation of the Ma
tiOnal league, Mr.. Parnell and his col
leagues had been intimately associated
with lrish-AmerlcanS who were advo-
Gates of dynamite. Remarkable evil
dence would be produced to prove this
connection, and to show also that an ex-
traOrdinary number of untraced crimes
were due to the Indictment of the league.
Referring to letters alleged to i'm
plicate Mr.. Parnell and others in crime,
Mr.. Webster promised to produce
before the commission all the letters
which had been mentioned in the trial
of the O'Donnell case. He then re-
counted the history of the leagues con-
nectiOn with the agrariaD agitations
and showed how they were related to
Fenianism. He recited instances where
Davitt, Dewey, Walsh, EgaH, Brennan
and Matthew Harris had held communi-
cations with the Parneliite party and
declared that they were linked to that
party by common aims and interests.
The attorney general quoted from
speeches of Nationalist leaders made
from the year 1879 onwards. When the
court adjourned for the day Mr.. Web
ster was apparently only small way
advanced in the presentation Of his case.
The vaguenesS and general character of
his statement left an impression that
the Times has
NO ABSOLUTE LEGAL PROOF
of the truth of it's charges. Instead of
producing evidence that Mr.. Parnell
and his associates were accOmplices, be-
fore or after the fact, with the Phoenix
Park murderers, he will attempt to
justify the Times accusations by raking
up outrageS attributed to members of
the league and trying to connect them
with the Parnelites. Mr.. Webster
seemed to be hampered by dread of
committing himself beyond the most
cautious statement. He spoke in his
worst form, pressing along in a dreary
monotone, without the least display of
rhetoric. There was an utter absence
of points in his statement, and his ex-
position of the Times case was a gem
orally disconnected one. Mr.. Parnell
and many Nationalist members of par
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