The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1889-03-08
Pigott The Infamous.
Like the Baseless Fabric of an
Odious Vision,
HE is GONE, LEAVING NO ADDRESS

hut He Leaves n Little More Evidence of
His Total Depravity and Couple Of
Sensations for the British PublIo-Also
Which She Promptly Obeys Egan's
Part In the Exposure.
LONDON, Feb. 27.--"Where is Pigottg
I'll was the question n the end OF every.
body's tongue shortly after tho Parne COM
p'ission res uined its sitting yesterday. The
nun of bad em;nence h d Disappeared
was sure But where he had Como nobody
seeiaed to know He had, however, left
sensation behind HMM fact two sensations.
One or both OF them were characteristic of
the man, for to put it mildly, they were very
unreliable. In any event one was lie. The
sensations were first q confession to Labou.
chere With witnesses present, one of them be
ing George Augustus Sala, and the second
was another confession written to Mr.. Shan
aon, the Dublin solicitor of The Times.
Confession No I was presented by Sir
Charles Russell, who asked for a warrant for
Pgott's arrest, and then stated what the con-
session was. In brief, it is to the effect that
Pigott's whole testimony was perjury and all
the letters forged.
The lettet to Shannon is dated later than
the confession, and, Ct course, coming from
Pigott necessarily differs from the first In
this letter he declares his statement to I.abou-
chere Saturday to be use, and then says he
believes the first batch Of letters 10 be genu-
,ne, but all the others he had forged; and this
he declares to be the truth. Other letters TO
Shannon complain that he Pigott, was put
on the stand, and asst rts that it was agreed
that he was not to be witness He also com
planned that The Times people had not paid
him what they had agr eed TO.
Mr. Shannon said thut in his conversation
with Pigott on Sunday the latter told him
referring to the second latch of letterS--that
no forged the body Of the Parnell lettcrs and
that Casey had forged the signatures. He
(Pigotb had been in diff culties and often in
great distress during the last twenty years.
II have,' he said, @been uilty Of many acts
that must disgrace men
Sir james Hammer said: ave seem to have
reached this point: Pigott states that he
forged two Parnell letters, ono of Davitt's
and one of O'KallyS
The counsel for The Times repudiated any
connection with the disar pearance of Pig
oft, saying that they expected him in court
yesterday morning. Sir Charles Russell in
sisted that there should be thorough in
vestigation of the matter, and intimated that
there was a foul conspiracy behind Pigott
and Houston. The written confession of
Pigott was presented and read and George
Augusta Sala was put on tho stand and
swore TO its authenticity.
The Times counsel then asked an adjourn
ment to to-day that they might determine
ynaN 10 Nalr fhA
granted.
Since the discovery OF Pigott's fight all
sorts OF rumors as to his whereabouts have
been in circulation What appears to be the
best founded Of all these reports is the one
alleging that the forger has gone to Ant
werp 1t is known thut he was penniless
Monday morning and where he obtained
money necessary for his journey abroad is a
mystery that no one yet has been able to
solve. Two private detectives, whose EN-
ployers are not definitely known, kept Pigott
under surveillance Monday morning and
Sunday, and these worthless have also d:sap-
peared. The Scotland Yard officials profess
the most profound ignorance not only of
Pigotts whereabouts, but of anything else
concerning him.
His housekecper ut Kingston received a
telegram ON Monday instructing her 10 "burn
oil the papers in the black box and in con-
formity to these instructions the papers were
destroyed.
There is intense interest to know the mean
ing of Justice HannenS remarks to Sir
Charles Russell wherein he said: There
have been more documents found than you
are aware off, and the public are prepared
for further surprises.
Parnell's progress 10 the Bow street court
to obtain a warrant for Pigott's arrest was
continuous ovation He was followed by an
ver-increasing crowd which checred him re-
peatly
In the house of commons last evening Tim
othy Healy asked Home Secretary Matthews
if any steps hatl% been taken by the govern
ment to prevent Pigott's escape from the
country. Matthews replied that no steps
had been taken as yet, as knowledge of his
disappearance had only just been received;
but tho government would do everything In
its power to capture him.
Maj. Saunderson, replying to Morley's
speech of Monday, said that freedom of
speech, which the Parnellites wanted was
not allowed them because they advocated
tho commission of crime. He was inter-
rupted by cries Of "Pigott" and retorted that
Pigott had amply qualified himself for a
member of the first home rule ministry.
Dillon said that the declarations of Glad
stone and his fu lowers had had more effect
in preventing crime than all of the govern
ment's coercion acts. Regarding the prison
garb, he said that the Irish political prison
ers objected to wearing any livery or garb
that associated them with forgers and
thieves.
The Telegraph, commenting ON the Par-
nellitc situation I'm view of the confession and
disappearance Of Pigott, says that to all In
tents and purposes the work of the commits
sion may be regarded as ended. The result,
it believes, must seriously affect the political
situation.
The Daily News offers its condolences to
tho great "Pigottist" party, which has lost its
leader and consequently has great difficulty
in forging ahead. The Standard I'm
an article based upon u declaration
that The Times case has been completely over
thrown, says that tho pomp and circum.
stances under which the publication OF the
alleged Parnel letters and TIE "Parnellism
and Crime" articles occurred make it inn
possible to absolve those answerable for it of
a great breach of public duty.
Neither the leader of The Times nor The
Chronicle makes any reference To- the com
miss