The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1889-03-02
PARNHLL commission.
The Excitement Over the Pigott
Confession Subsiding,
MR., LABOUCHERE TEsTIFIES
That lie Did Not nrlbo PlGott to
Swear the Letters Wero False,
Ireland Wildly Enthusiastic,
Other Foreign News,

LONDON, March 1.-The Parnell Con
mission reassembled this morning, Th
excitement manifested for several day
past consequent upon the collapse @
Pigott on cross.examination and hi
flight had subsidized aud the proceeding
were conducted quietly,
Tho court refused 10 allow Mr., Hous
ton, Secretary Of the Irish Loyal ant
Patriotic Union, TO make a persona
statement or to hand to the court a writ
ten document, on the ground that the
time was inConyenient.
Messrs, O'Kelly, Davitt, and Camp,
bell, Mr., Parnells Secretary, swore that
they did not write the letters asCribed
TO them by Pigott. Mr.. Justin Mccarthy
also testified. Ho denied that ho had
had an interview with Pigott. Mr..
Lewis, solicitor for Mr., Parnell, testified
that he told Pigott that the letters not
being negotiable, lie could not be pro.
secuted for forgery, but was liable to
prosecution for obtaining money under
false pretenEes. Witness declared that
he had not promised pigott iarthing.
Mr.. Labouchere testified that he had
never offered Pigo.t Rl,00O il he would
swear that the letters were forged, us
sworn TO by Pigott, He said that before
the Commisslonopened somebody named
O'Brien had offered him a packet OF let
ters which were said to have been writ
ten by Messrs. Egan and Parnell. He
did not know 0'Brien,
Mr.. Soames, solicitor tor. the Times, pro-
du:ed the documents on which Pigott's
evidence was based. He said that every
statement Pigott made had been sub.
mitted to the court,
Mr.. Lewis was recalled. He testified
that he was convinced that Pigott was
iroger before ever he saw him. Mr..
Houston announced his readiness to
submit to cross.examlnation and To give
security for his continued attendance be-
fore the Commission. Attorney .Gener.
al Webster urged that Mr.. Houston be
Immediately cross.examined SO us to en-
able the Commission to have all the facts
before them.
Sir Charles Russell, on behalf OF the
Parnellites, applied TO the court to exer.
else Its discretion under the commission
act and make an interim report on the
genuineness OF the letters that had been
placed in evidence.
Attorney General Webster, for the
Times, urged that us Sir Charles Russell
had stated that there was q foul con.
spiracy behind Houston and Pigott, the
Cross.examination OF Houston should be
finished before the report was framed.
Sir Charles Russell-''But We have
nothing to do now with anything except
the genuineness OF the letters, which the
Attorney General says he cannot justify.t
Presiding Justice Hanen-The charge
OF the existence OF foul conspiracy has
no bearing on the point now before us.
Our jurisdiction at present is limited to
charges and allegations against certain
persons. 1t Is no part Of our duty to
deal in the report with charges against
certa In other persons. That will be de-
cided at the next sitting.
Attorney General Webster occupied
the remainder OF the day with the read.
ing OF extracts from the Irish World and
the Freeman'S Journal regarding Mr..
Davitt.
Sir Charles Russell finally protested
that the Attorney Generals only object
was to have the passages published in
order TO arouse prejudice against the
Parnellites. The commission then ad-
iOurncd.