Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1889-03-04
THO FATAL TELEGRAM
Pigott Asked fer Money and Received
a Warrant.
THE GOVERNMENTS DUPE.
How He Evaded It-Papers Found
On His Person-His Body at
the Morgue.

sol dsant "Rowland Ponsonby,n who blew
ont his blighted brains at the Hotel dies Ar1
bassadeurs at Madrid was the arch perjursi
and forger-continues TO be the sensation Of
the day
Pigott arrived in Madrid on Friday. II
appears that be left the Hotel dies Deux
Mondes in Paris, on Tuesday. Oddly
enough, Mr.. r. Ponsonby, an Englishman,
secretary TO an American gentleman, had
lately been staying at the same hotel, and
il Is possible that Pigott knew of this and,
their initials being the same, borrowed the
secretarys name.
pigott arrived in Madrid in the early
morning and registered his name as Grow
land Ponsonbyr at the Hote: des Ambassa.
deurs. Shortly after his arrival he sent the
following telegram to Mr.. Shannon, the
Dublin solicitor Of The Times:
Please ask Mr.. $. fsoames The Times London
socitorl 10 send me what was promised. Write,
ROWLAND PoNsoHBY,
Hotel des Ambassadeurs Madrid.
Mr. Shannon forwarded the telegram &c
Mr.. Soames, who Immediately informed
Scotland Yard of its contents In order that
Pigott might be detained in Madrid, a clerk
Of Mr.. Soames' office telegraphed TO the per-
jurer that Shannon had gone TO Ireland, but
as soon as he could be communicated with
the money would be sent.
The Times people were evidently ready
enough TO bring their informer to iustice-as
scapegoat, if nothing else. As soon as the
officials at Scotland Yard received Mr.. Shan.
mons communication they telegraphed te
police headquarters in Madrid to watch Mr..
''Rowland Ponsonby, y and police agent was
detailed for this duty.
"Ponsonby," accompanied by a hotel in
terpreter, visited the sights of Madrid after
luncheon When he returned at about {
o'clock to the hotel the police agent, who had
been joined by another detective said tc
"Pcnsonby:n Il have to arrest you under
. suspicion Of being Richard Pigott, the forger,
whose extradition is demanded by the gov.
eminent of her British majesty" This wa
said in Spanish. 1t was interpreted to "Pon.
sonby,' who took the arrest quite calmly
Without losing his self possession for a mo
ment the bald headed man of nearly CO. with
a long gray beard, said there must be some
mistake, and politely asked to be excused
while he fetched his overcoat
lie then walked up to his bedroom, threw
himself ON the bed in the alcove, drew a re
volver from his coat pocket and putting the
muzzle down his throat pulled the trigger
The horrible spectacle of life spent in black
mailing was over. The sound of the shot wa.
heard in the hotel hall and the detective
rushed upstairs, but their prey was dead be
fore they reached him.
A notebook containing addresses of many
persons in Ireland was found in one of the
suicides pockets A letter was also found ad
dressed TO Mr.. Henry Labouchere. 1t reac
as Follows:
"The first batch of letters / sold to tn,
Times were genuine OF the second batch
several were forged, including two of Par
nells and one each of Davitt's, OKelly's and
Egans l am deeply sorry for all that ]
have injured, and am ready to place at Their
disposal all the means in my power to remedy
the wrong have done. All that / said was
false, but everything written under oath is
true
Among the documents found was a icensa
authorizing Pigott go carry a pistol, datec
from Dublin, and a check book of the Ulster
bank. Pigott tried to negotiate a check at
bank in Madrid, but payment was refused be
cause of the absence of proof of his identity
A note book found in his pocket was fillet
with interesting iottings
His body was taken TO the southern morgue
where it lies with four other corpseS Hi
beard and clothing were stiffened with driec
blood when he was removed to the morgue, al
was also a scapular which he wore ON hi
breast The bullet entered the middle anC
came out at the back of the head near tn
right side of the neck A photograph of hi
features has been taken. The hody viii b.
buried after the British detective has identi
fed it ON Tuesday The British embassy ha
ordered that he receive decent burial
The interim report of the judges with Ne
gard to the letters in favor of MIR. Parnell
expected during the week. Meanwhile mu
tual recriminations are going ON between tbs
members of The Times staff. ''Who was tn,
most guilty of the laundering haste viii
which the letters were acceptedw Every on,
ON the staff is accusing every one else of the
crime. Economy is now tho rule of the day
in the big red building in Printing Hous
square. Salaries have been cut down and tn,
expenses of kilograms curtailed to meet The
cost of the commission and the heavy dam
ages that Mr.. Parnell and other Irish mem
hers now intend to extort from John Walter
a. Co.
The appointment Of Sir Julian Pauncefote
rs British minister TO the United States is
very well received. Blue blood does not rur
in sin J4slSax veins as it dill in those of LORI
Sac 8sit he is a good business man anc
fhf5S ny reliable. His wife is a grand.
daughter of Cubitt, twice lord mayor of Lon
don, and first cousin of Lady Lascelles
whose husband, Frank Lascelles, was second
secretary at Washington about twelve year
ago
DR.. Tanner belize his arrest announced hi
intention of s-->lng Balfour' sentence quietly
He wcS offer no resistance to prison disci
pine He is to-day the popular hero among
lrishnaen, owing to his dextarity in evadine
the police and the gallent work he has done
u the plan Of campaign
3Er Gladstone has promised to be present
at the bapquet to be given to Mr.. Parnel
tho National Liberal club.
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