San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-03-13
FORGER AND SUICIDE.

The sensational developments Of
the special commission sitting in
London eliminate in the flight, and
death by his own hand, at Madrid, of
Richard Pigott, who according to a
statement made by himself, forged
the letters made to implicate Mr..
Parnell in the Phoenix park murders.
What is known of Pigott's career
shows that early in life he was a
newspaper man in Dublin. Twenty
five years ago he owned the Irishman
and the Flag of Ireland, two revolu-
tionary journals, and a periodical
family paper. He continued to pub
fish the Irishman. the Flag of Ireland
had been dead a long time-until the
appearance of United Ireland, edited
by William O'Brien and the organ of
the movement headed by Mr.. Parnell.
Pigott had been going down hill for a
good many years previous to that
time, financially and in,his relations
with the Irish leaders. Suspicion
rested upon him with the first produc-
ton of the forged letters.
The man whose miserable ending is
chronicled had good ability, writing
with facility and force. His friends,
if he has any, will be able to find no
better excuse for his treachery than
the temptation involved in the finan-
cial misfortunes which overlook him.
BEE COUNTY claims the banner for
solvency on the ground that only two
pieces of land in that county were ad-
vertised for sale, for delinquent
taxes, by the sheriff this year. Bee
county is buzzing and making honey
right straight along for fact. She
will probably find her record in this,
and in some other matters as we'll I'M
challenged.
CLEVELAND was more successful as
a candidate before the New York Bar
association than before the country,
and was elected member of the Bar
association in the empire city last
night. The LIGHT wishes him all
the success possible in his older, and
no doubt more congenial field of
labor.
THE redoubtablea and not very savo-
ry Riddleberger returns to the shades
Of private life. He was not popular at
home and even less so abroad, and
the democrats found him more I'M
certain and fully as troublesome as
the republicans ever found Malone.
He lacks the essential qualities of
statesmans ship and some of the hith-
erto supposed to be essenti qualities
of manhood. His remonstrance
against expunging from the record
his insane actions on a recent occasion
is characteristic of the man. His
seat in the United States senate will
be filled with another, to the great
relief of that body.
1t is still the law of Scotland that
any one convicted of high treason
shall be drawn on a hurdle to the
place of execution, and there be
| hanged by the neck until he is dead
and chat afterward his head shall be
severed from his body, and his body
| divided into four quarters, to be dis
| posed of as the crown shall think fit;
it is, however, within the power of
the crown to modify the entence.
In England beheading and quarter
ing have been abolished. The last
man beheaded in Scotland was Will
son, the reformer, August 30, 1920.
The late Horatio G. Onderdonk's
will provides that if any of his heirs
maUries before the age of 25 without
the consent of his parents, or habitu
ally uses tobacco, or Omits rising by
8 o'clock in the morning, the one sc
offending is to be debarred from re-
ceiving any of the money. The es
tate is valued at S4,OOO,OOO.
The Christian Leader, of Edinburg
calls DR.. Amelia B. Edwards the
most learned woman in the world.