The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1888-11-01
THE "TIMES" CASE
The Investigation Still Drags
Slowly On.
A VERY POWERFUL EXPLOSIVE,
Criminal Cslendar-The Fire Record
Thanksgiving Proclamation
General News Items.
The ParneII Commission.

LONDON, October 31.-The Parnell
commission resumed the investigation
to-day. Acknowledgement Webster
for the Times, asked leave to interpose
Captain O'Shea as a witness as he
wanted to go Immediately to Spain.
Witness testified he had been on good
terms with Parnell until June, 1888,
At Parnell's request. in June 1888, he
communicated with Gladstone. Wit
ness did not know Patrick Egan.
Parnell told him (Egan) that he did not
know about the negotiations with gov
eminent until after Gladstone's
speech in the Commons on May 10Th,
1882. Parnell then spoke to him of the
AWKWARD POSITION he WAS PLACED IN
by Gladstone's speech, and told how
the speech annoyed Egan and others.
Negotiations then ceased until 1882,
when Parnell and Dillon were in Jail.
Egan was then in Paris. The first pro-
posal witness made to government in
1882, was offered without authority of
Parnell. He received communications
from certain members of government,
replying to the proposals. When Par
nell was released from Kilmainham,
witness told him of the position of the
negotiations. He had written Glad
stone, and it was arranged that any
answer he mighU make should be
SENT TO PARNELL AT PARIS.
Gladstone's reply was sent to Par
nell, who responded in April, 1882.
Parnell, on returning from Paris, saw
Gladstone. Parnell was anxious for
the release from prison of Michael
Davitt, but he objected to Brennan's
release. Parnell authorized witness to
communicate with government. Par
nell undertook to do his utmost for the
suppression of boycotting and out
RACES. He promised if government
would settle the arrears rent question
satisfactorily, he would
ADVISE TENANTS TO PAY RENTS,
and would denounce outrages, resist
ance to law and all kinds of intimidas
ton. Witness asked Psrnell if he was
sure he would be able to carry out his
guarantee to suppress outrages. Par
nell gave him assurances he had.
Sir Charles Russell, counsel for the
Parnellites, declined to cross-eXamiue
O'ehea at present. He said witness
must return for cross-eXaminstion,
ParnelI has said Sheridan would be
most useful man in the work of putting
down boycotting, if he could only see
and converse with him, Boynton and
Egan would also be useful. When
Parnell was in Kilmainham Jail. let
ter was written and signed by Parnell,
which witness took to Foster, then
Chief Secretary of Ireland. The letter
expressed Parnell's opinion that if
TIE ARREARS QUESTION WERE SETTLED
he and his colleagues would be able to
suppress the outrages. The day after
the Phoenix Park murder, Parnell
showed witness a murder manifesto.
1t was a mistake, said witness, to say
Parnell was not in favor of the mani
festO. Seven letters were here shown
witness, who declared with certainty,
the signatures attached were those of
Parnell.
Captain O'Shea, in the cross-exami-
nation, said Buckle, editor OF the
Times, had asked Joseph Chamberlain
to get hin give evidence as wit
ness, all, u I'D ever having threat
ened Par. i, though he had once
turned him out of his rooms in Dub
lin. There was in existence
COMPROMISING LETTERS AND DOCUMENTS,
and it had been said he was engaged in
the conspiracy to get these letters. He
had been anxious 10 give evidence in
order to clear himself and refute the
SANDERS circulated by FARRELL and his
colleagues. Mulguiny, a Nationalist,
told him Parnell paid for the escape OF
Byrne. The memorandum ne made
was destroyed in 1888, when there was
dai ar c a select committee of Parlia-
mem i-g appointed to look into the
kilma.r lam treaty, and it was intim-
ated to him the utmost reticence ought
to be observed On the subject.
Sir Charles Russell Intimated by
whom?"
Wltness-"By Sir William Vernon
Harcourt. who said it was the opinion
of another person-namely, Glad
stone"
TINS statement caused sensation in
the court.
O'Shea added: III was Gladstone S
wishes that l should be as reticent as
possible for motives of political ex-
pediency."
Witness said he never had a doubt
about the signature of the Times letters.
He had numerous letters from Parnell
of about the same date as the letter re-
ferred to, and could not mistake the
writing.
N--4
More Powerful than Dynamite.
New BRITAIN, Conn, October 31.-A