The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1888-11-17
THEPARNELLCOMMISSON
Evidence Against the Land
League Adduced Yesterday.
LADY MOUNT MORRES FAINTS
In the Court while Being Cross-Ex-
amined, aud Her Testimony is
suspcnded-The Murder of
Her Husband Investigated.

LONDON, Nov. l6.-The proceedings oi
the Parnell Commission to-day were
made interesting by the appearance on
the witness stand Of Lady Mount MoHes,
whose husband, Lord Mount Morres, was
murdered at Cionbar, county Galway, in
1880. Lady Mount Morres testified that
afriendly feeling had existed between her
husband and his tenants on the estates ut
Clonbar, until the Land League began
to hold meetings there. In July, 1880,
her husband obtained writ Of eject
ment against a tenant. In the following
September, while witness was in Scot
land, her husband was shot. She went
to ireland to attend the funeral. She
heard that men refused to assist in put
ting the coffin in the hearsc. Witness
left Eber Hill in October. Whileon her
way to the steamer the people laughed
at and hooted her, aud q stone was
thrown at her eight year old son. Her
husband received threatening notices
only after League meetings had been
held.
Sir Charles Russell, counsel for the
Parnellites, was proceeding TO cross.ex-
anime Lady Mount Morres upon the
exact dates Of the League meetings al-
luded to, when the witness tainted, and
would have fallen to the floor had not n
court officer caught her. Sir Charles
thereupon intimated that he would not
proceed any further in the ecross.examin-
tion.
Constable Drummond, Of CIonbar, was
then called. He testified that during the
inquiry into the murder OF Lord Mount
Morres, he could not get any assistance
from the people. After the formation OF
the Land League he had noticed de-
cided change in the manner Of the peo-
pie towards the landlords. On cross.ex-
animation he said lie attributed the hos
tility OF the people towards Lord Mount
Morres partly ia. his lordship's conduct
in his capacity as. magistrate, and partly
to his attitude on the land question.
Mr.. DaviLt then cross-eXlmined the
witness and ELECTED the statement that
Lord Mount Morres had led the people
TO believe that he held secret communi-
cations with the Dublin Castle author
tiles.
Sergeant o'Connor testified that ho
saw a number OF men with ndsjoined,
dancing around the marks OF blood on
the spot where Lord Mount Mores was
murdered.
Sir Henry James, of the Times counsel,
then announced that it was now pro-
posed to give evidence in relation to
outrages committed in County Kerry.
Sir Charles Russell protested. He said
It would very difficult to follow the case
il the prosecutors moved from one cou-
ty to another without touching evidence
connecting outrages with the persons
accused. Presiding Justice Hammer
agreed with Sir Charles Russell that the
Commission could follow the evidence
by the method in which it was proposed |
to give it only with enormous difficulty,
but when assured by counsel that there
was no other means to shorten the case
than the one proposed, the court was
bound to assent.
Sir Charles Russell, thereupon, said,
warmly: "All / can do then, is TO pro.
test against q course which certainly will |
not conduce to facilitate tho inquiry"
Giles Reay, another Kerry farmer, tes-
titled that disguised men came to his
house, blindfolded his wife and cut off |
one OF his ears. On DISCRIMINATION
witness denied that he Ind called on tho |
treasurer Of the local League the next
day and asked him to get check cashed
made by Bennett Stewart to the order OF
Arthur Blennerhassett! Witness had
attended meeting at Tralee at which
Mr.. Timothy Harrington made speech
and discussed among other subjects tho
non-payment OF rent. Gross examined
by MIR. Harrington the witnesses aid the
meeting was called to consider the case
Of the eviction of man named 0'Shea,
the Government valuation OF whose
holding was one pound.