The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1888-11-21
! THE INVESTIGATION.
The Parnell Commission at
Work Again.
THE LEAGUE AND OUTRAGEs
The Slow Work Being Done-Edward
HarringtOn's Acousatlons-The
Witnesses Examined.
The ParnelI Commission.

LONDON, November 20.-The Parnell
commission resumed its sitting. Attor-
ney General Webster, counsel for the
Times, complained Of the difficulty ex-
perienced of bringing witnesses from
County Kerry. He called the judges
attention to an article in the Kerry Sen
tialeL edward Harrington's paper),
which stated: THE judges composing
the Parnell commission are showing
signs of corruption, although at the
opening OF the inquiry they appeared to
be spotless. The judges were the
creatures of conspiracy entered into
py government and the Times, and were
manifestly united. We veil their pre-
JUDGES"
The encouragement appealed to the
court to take action in the matter. as
such publications tended to defeat
justice and amounted to the grossest
contempt.
Reid. in behalf of Harrington. COM
planned that no notice of charge of
this character had been given them,
and it was absolutely impossible to
make an answer at present. He asked
that the matter be adjourned until to-
morrow.
Presiding Justice Hammer and the
attorney general agreed to this. and the
matter stood over. The examination
of witnesses was resumed.
Farmer Culloty, of Castle Islmand,
County Kerry, testified that because he
served notices on tenants, in 1882, two
men visited him; one of them struck
him with spade and the other shot
him in the leg. His leg had to be am
putated. He was afterwards boycotted.
On cross examination, he said the
headquarters of the nearest branch of
the league was six miles distant from
his farm. He considered the rents
throughout Kerry too high. He denied
that the two men who attacked him
were relatives of the servant girl whom
he had wronged.
Constable Mccarthy testified he
searched the house OF Dannie Mcmahon,
who was treasurer of branch of the
League, ant. found a number of papers.
OTHER WITNESSES FROM KERRY
were then examined. all of whom at
tributed the outrages in that county to
the instigation of the League. A
laborer named Williams stated he had
been fired at by Moonlighters, and said
that placard had been placed in yari-
GUS places offering $500 to anyone who
would shoot him and his employer,
who had taken an evicted farm. On
cross-examination, however, none of the
witnesses succeeded in connecting the
League with any OF the outrages they
had referred to.
Sir Charles Russell then read an Er-
ticle from the Kerry Sen tineL
DENoUNCINe THE oUTRAGEs.
Lydia Curtin was next called, and
described the boycotting of her family
aud the murder of Ter father by the
League.
Counsel for the Parnellites read cir
cular issued by the League, denouncing
the treatment of the Curtins.
Near the hour of adjournment Mr..
Reid, in the absence of SIR Charles Rus
sell, appealed to the opposing counsel
to bulk the outrages to WEIGH they
wished to refer and to cease giving such
evidence in detail. The inquiry threat
ened to last long enough to ruin any
body if the present method was con-
tinued.
Sir Henry James declared the Times
was equally anxious to limit the time
and expenditure.
Justice Hsnnen said there must be
an earnest effort to shorten the work OF
the commission. He considered there
had been enough detail of the outrsges.
and the other branches of the inquiry
ought to be proceeded with.