Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-03-02
PARNELL PREVAILS.
PiggOtt's Infamy Still More
Clearly Shown.
o'CONNoR LETS HIMSELF LOOSE
Investigation by the Commission
Cannot Enter Into the Question
of Conspiracy.

Associated Press Dispatches to the HERALD. !
LONDON, March 1.-The Parnell Com
mission reassembled this morning. The
excitement has subsided. The court re-
fused to allow Houston, Secretary of the
Irish Loyal and Patriotic Union, to make
q personal statement or to hand to the
court written document.
O'Kelly, Davitt and Campbell, Par
nell's secretary, swore they did not write
the letters ascribed to them by Piggott
Mccarthy denied that he had an inter-
view with Piggott. Lewis, solicitor for
Parnell, testified that he told Piggott that
the letters not being negotiable he could
not be prosecuted for forgery, but was
liable to prosecution for obtaining money
under false pretenses. Witness declared
that he had not promised Piggott a
farthing.
Labouchere testified that he never
offered Piggott e1 900 il he would swear
Piggott. Before the commission opened,
somebody, named O'Brien, offered him
a packet of letters said to have been
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not know O'Brien.
Soames, solicitor for the Times, pro-
duced the documents on which Piggott's g
evidence was based. He said that every
statement which Piggott had made had
been submitted to the court.
Lewis was recalled and testified that
he was convinced Piggott was ferger
before be saw him. Houston announced
his readiness to submit to ocross-examina-
ton and give security for his continued
attendance before the commission. At
'torney.General Webster urged that
houston be Immediately croes-examined
to enable the commission to have all the
facts before them.
Sir Charles Rusrell applied to the
Court to exercise its discretion under the
Commission Act, and make an interim
report on the genuineness CT the letters
that had been placed in evidence. At
rney-General Webster, for the Times,
y. urged that as Russell had stated that
there was a foul conspiracy behind
Houston and Piggott, the cross-examina-
ton of Houston should be finished be-
fore 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 connot justi-
dy."
Presiding Justice Hannen: "The
charge of the existence of foul conspir-
acy has no bearing on the point now be-
fore US. Our jurisdiction, at present. is
limited to the charges and allegations
against certain persons. 1t is no part oil
our duty to deal in the report with
charges against other persons. That will
be decided at the next sitting of the
court"
Attorney-General Webster occupied
the remainder of the day with the read
ing of extracts from the Irish World and
Freemdn's Journal regarding Davitt.
Russell finally protested that the At
torney Generals only object was to have
the passages published in order to arouse
prejudice against the Parnellites. the
Commission adjourned.
POWER o'CoNNER's PLAN.
The Star IT. P. O'Connor's paper, in
a rampant attack on the Government to-
day, accuses Rt. Hon. W. II. Smith
with sharing Piggott's guilt, and de-
mands bis impeachment. The paper
brands Attorney-General Webster as an
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