The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1889-03-04
THE QUEENS TIARA TORN OFF.

An Incident Rt u Court ReoeptIOn--W
Was Found on Pigotps Dody-No Doubt
of Ills Identity.
LONDON, March 3,-As n curions in-
stance OF how everything is made to re-
volve just now around the Parnell Com
mission and the Pigott affair, it is worthy
OF mention that one enthusiastic writer,
for the lack Of other matter, calls atten-
ton to the fact that the Queens tiara
was literally snatChed from her brow the
very day that Mr., Parnell practically
won his case before the Commission and
Pigott ran away.
The tiara incident was comiCal. The
Queen, while receiving the folk in the
drawingroom, wished to speak particular
ly to Salisbury, and moLioned him to one
side as he came In, The Mistress OF the
Robes stepped out Of the way, but some
OF her elaborate dress trimmings caught
in Her Majesty's veil, and tore of the
royal cap, veil, crown aud all, revealing
Her Majesty's gray hair to tho indiS-
criminate gaze OF her subjects for the
first time in long while.
Instead oil being angry, as every one
feared she would be, this struck the
Queen as very good joke, and she
laughed so much that the court ladies'
who gathered about, eagerly pulling out
their own hairpins to repair the dis
order, were a very long while getting
things fixed.
THE BEGGING 9ELEGRAM.
Pigott's telegram to MIR. Shannon read
thus:
Please ask Mr.. S. to send me what you
promised. Write.
ROLAND PoNsoSDY,
Hotel DIES Ambassadors, Madrid.
Immediately on receipt OF the tele.
gram Mr.. Soames telegraphcd to lnspec-
tor Littlechild, Of the police, notifying
him that Pigott was in Madrid, and al.
terward carried Pigott's telegram to him.
Mr.. Shannon, who was about to take
his departure for Ireland, wrote to Pig
OFT denying that he had promised him
money. The police induced Mr.. Soames
not to send Mr.. Shannons letter and n
clerk In Mr.. Soames' Office, in order to
detain Pigott in Madrid, wrote him
letter saying that Mr.. Shannon was in
Ireland, and that when he returned to
London the money he asked for would
be sent to him by telegraph.
FOUND ON PluoTT's HoDY,
Besides Plgotts check book, a letter
addressed to Mr.. Labouchere and n
license to carry arms in Ireland were
found on his body. The letter addressed
10 Mr.. Labouchere was closed and ready
for mailing. In 1t PigOtt says that tho
first batch OF letters was sold by him to
the Times was genuine, but that In the
second batch there were several forged
letters, including two ascribed 10 Sfr.
Parnell and one each 10 Mr.. Dayitt, Mr..
O'Kelly and Mr.. Egan. Pigott further
says:
~ am deeply sorry for all these l have
injured, and am ready to place at their
disposal Pll means In my power TO reme-
dy all that / have said that was false.
Everything written under oath was true"
Tho license TO carry revolver was
dated at Dublin. A checkbook of the
Ulster Bank was also found on tho body.
pig0tt tried TO negotiate n check at
Madrid bank, but in the absence of
proof Of his identity the bank refused 10
cash it. A notebook full OF interesting
notes was also found.
The body lies with four others in the
Southern Morgue. The dead mans
beard is stiff with blood. Tho bullet
entered the mouth and came out NJ tho
back Of the head, near the neck. ON The
right side. The body will be photo.
graphed tomorrow, and will bo buried
on Tuesday, after II has been identified
by British detective. Tho British en-
bassy at Madrid has given Orders ior n
decent burial. The Madrid authorities
to-day took the evidence Of tho hotel
people, regarding Pigotts movements.
Several religious medals were found