Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1889-03-01
100000 DAMAGES.
x Is Said That Farnoll VIII Sue for
Tat amount.
EMPHATIO CONDEMNATION.
The Times Infamous Course Is Uniyers-
ally Looked Upon with Disgusting
otis Character Was Well Known in
Dublin-Newspaper Comments.

LONDON. March 1.-The Standard, in its
leading article, attempts to refute the insin-
uation that the government had anything to
do with the alleged conspiracy against Par
nell, and rather spoils The Times plea Of ut
ter ignorance Of Pigotts character. Its ar
gument on the innocence Of the government
in the matter is based ON ridicule OF the idea
that the ministry would have anything TO do
with man like Pigott, whose antecedents
were sufficient in themselves, and notorious
enough, 10 damn any cause that he might be
connected with.
The Standard proceeds to state that these
antecedents, if not perfectly known in Lon
don, were quite well known in Dublin, so that
there could have been no excuse for any one
In Office, or for newspaper, not knowing all
about the man at once. The Unionist news
papers throughout the country are unsparing
in their comments ON the inexcusable inn
prudence and folly Of The Times in publish
ing the forged letters without thoroughly
sitting the source from which they were OBJ
tanned. 1t is stated that Parnell win claim
100000 damages from the Times.
Mr.. William Henry Smith has withdrawn
bearing on the stParnellism and Crime ques-
ton. Air. Smiths position in the cabinet, al
though it has nothing 10 do directly with the
matter, viii naturally, in the mind of the
public, bring the government and The Times
even more closely together in their common
support Of the forged letters and the persistent
persecution of Mr.. Parnell
In a recent letter TO the shareholders of The
Times, announcing the interim in the divi-
dend, Mr.. Soames mentioned the probability
that parliament would contribute to the ex-
penses Of The Times in conducting its case
before the Parnell commission Mr. Cony-
beare, who is one Of the shareholders, will To-
night ask Mr.. Smith whether any ground has
been given for such expectation ON the part
OF The Times people.
Tho Times, IN its leading editorial quotes
in full the apology rendered by Attorney Gen
eral Webster before the Parnell commission
for the publication of the forged letters, and
continues:
eve desire to indorse MS appropriate every
word Of the foregoing statement 1t is our
wish as it is our duty to do so. Moreover, Mr..
Parnell having in the witness box stated that
the letters are forgeries, we accept in every
respect the truth of that statement In these
circumstances we deem it right to express our
regret, most fully and sincerely, at having
been induced to publish the letters as Mr..
Parnell's or 70 use them in evidence against
him. This expression of regret includes also
the letters falsely attributed TO Mr.. Egan, Mr..
Davitt and Mr. O'Kelly.
cit is scarcely fitting now to enter into the
circumstances under which we received and
published them. We are bound, however,
TO point cut that Pigott was not the person
with whom we communicated Moreover.
we must add that we firmly believed that the
letters were genuine until the disclosures
made by Pigott on cross examination. II
must be evident to all reasonable persons that
il conspiracy existed, The Times was vic
timized by, and not party to, It.
"EIrors in Judgment may have been com
mitted, and for them the penalty must be
paid. 1t must be clearly understood that
what we have done is altogether upon our
own motion and our own responsibility and
in the public interest alonen This withdrawal.
of course, refers exclusively to the letters OBJ
tanned from Pigott
The Daily News says: 'sThe Times tried 20
destroy Parnell Parnell has DESTROYED The
Times Never again shall any man who re-
spects himself read its bass accusations with
out a smile ef languid disgust The Times is
no representative of the English press We
do not hesitate to say that no other English
paper would have been capable of engaging
in the aboninable traffic which has led The
Times to such abysrnal depths of infamyn
The German and Austrian newspapers are
teeming with comments ON the Pigott case.
The exposure of the forgery is the sole topic
of conversation everywhere.
In the event of the commission making an
interim report on the forged letters the oppo-
sition leaders viii Immediately bring the mat
ter before the house of commons
Casey denies having had any dealings what
ever with Pigott beyond calling at the Hotel
do st. Petersburg. He is equally positive of
the entire falSity of the story of bag of let
ters of any description having been left by
Byrnes when he was arrested in Paris He
says that al Brynos' luggage was seized and
infinitely examined and iaventoried.
CaSey'S brother Joseph saw Pigott several
times but never asked him any questions
concerning the letter. This is not of much
Consequence now, since Pigott has confessed
the forgery of all the letters, but people are
not tired yet of sitting The evidence concern
ing this fraudulent transaction.