Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-03-06

The sTimes" People Trying to Drag tn
Infamy still Further Along.

The ssTimess People Trying to Drag the
Infamy still Further Along.
LDNDon, March 1.-The Parnell commits.
sion reasssmbled this morning, but the OK
element has subsidized. The court refuses
TO allow Houston, secretary 81 the Irish
Loyal and Patriotic Union, to make 9
personal statemsnt. or hand the court 9
written document, on the ground that the
time is inconvenient.
O'Kslly, Davitt and Campbell. Parnell's
secretaries, swore they did not write the
letters ascribed to them by Pigott.
Mccarthy denied that he had an inter-
view with Pieott.
Lewis, solicitor Tor Parnell, testified that
he told Pigott that, the letters not being
negotiable, he could not be prosecuted Tor
forgery, but was liable to prosecution Tor
obtaining money under false pretenses.
Witness declared he had not promised
Pigott q farthing.
TESTIFIED
that he never offered Pigott $1,000 il he
would swear that the letters were forged.
as sworn to by Pigott. Before the com
mission opened somebody named O'Brien
offered him q packet of letters said to have
been written by EaRan mi Parnell. he
did not know O'Brien.
Soames, solicitor for the Times pro-
duced the documents on which Pigott's
evidence was based. He said that every
statement Pigott made had been submitted
to the court.
Lewis, recalled, testified that he was con-
WINGED that Pigott vas q forger before ne
saw him.
Houston announced his readiness to sub
init to q cross-examination and give secur-
ity for continued attendance before b
commission. Attorney-General Webster
examined to enable the commission to have
all the facts before them.
A NEwsPAPER's ATTACKS.
The STAR" "a. p. O'Connor's paper), in
a rampant attack on the government. to-
day, accuses the Rt. Hon. W. III. Smith
with sharing Pigott's guilt, and demands
his impeachment. The paper brands At
torney General Brewster az an lmpudent
and shameless liar, and advocates the
criminal prosecution OF Houston.
Sir Charles Russell applied to the court
o exercise it's discretion under the commits.
sion act, and make an interim report on
the g~enuineness OF the letters that had
been placed in evidence. Attorney General
Tor the 'sTimes,o urged that, as Russell had
stated that there was a foul conspiracy
behind Houston and Pigott, the cross-exam-
OF Houston should be finished be-
lore the report was formed.
Sir Charles Russell said: "But. we have
to do now with anything except
The gsnuineness OF the letters which the
attorney-general says that he cannot ius-
Presiding Justice Harmon: 1.-THE charge
the existence OF
"A FOUL CONSPIRACY
no bearing on the point now before rs.
Dur jurisdiction at the present is limited
charges and allegations against certain
It is a part Of our duty to deal
n the report with charges against other
That will be decided at our next
Meeting"
Attorney General Webster occupied the
emainder OF the day with reading ex-
from the ''Irish World" and Gree
mans Journal" regarding Davitt. Rus
finally protested that the attorney
only object was to have the
passages published, in order to arouse
prejudice against the Parnellites.
The commission adjourned.