The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-02-20

The witness inquired as to the Irish-Ameri-
can organizations and instructed P1gg0tt
to try to substantiate his statement regard
ing the Parnellites and crime. The pam
pil1et entitled "Parnellism Unmasked" was
based upon Piggotts information regarding
Dewey. In December, 1885,, the witness
asked Piggott to supply. further Informa,,
tion for newspaper publication Heagreed
to pay Piggott guinea daily for hotel and
travelling expenses. Later. Piggott said it
was useless to confine his attention to Dub
lin. and asked that his expenses be paid to
Paris. Piggott wrote to Eugene DAVIS
who, Piggott said, could assist In the IN,
Davis at Lausanne. and wrote
to the witness that he found Davis very
bitter against the Parnellites. Afterward
Piggott handed the witness notes OF con-
yeTsatiOns which he had had with DAVIS.
These notes the witness handed to MIR.
SOames. In the notes reference was made
to letter, and the witness instructed P1g-
gott, 1T possible, TO procure that letter;
Plggott repeatedly went to Paris, ana
finally told the witness that none of the
letters could be given UP without the con,
sent OF a person in New York. Piggott said
the letters were left in bag in the room III
Paris in which Egan was arrested, and that
or schoolmaster Kelly. Piggott supplied
copies of five Parnell letters and six Egan
letters. The witness, not having sufiicient
money to send Piggott to America, as;aN saw
IN mr. ss BSske bu edfSS B%ekls OF declined fes to
take up the matter. The witness. then
borrowed the necessary amount. Piggott
returned from America with sealed letter,
which he said he had obtained from Bres-
lin. and which contained instructions to
person in Paris to give up the letters on
certain conditions: Piggott went to PARIS
repeatedly before he obtained the letters.
The witness showed the letters to Buckle,
who advised him to see Macdonald. The
fIlAc ra1 oil f<n foc "a n
lneness of the letters, and said that IL they
were used he expected to be reimbursed for
his expenditures. Up to the time of their
publication he had not bargained for pay
ment for the letters, but he made 1T con-
dition that the Times alone should be re-
sponsible for their publication. The wit
ness had nothing to do with the
testing of the signatures, and was
completely SS WHICH thew OF were the esR
Three weeks after the witness had ac-
quired the first batch of letters Piggott
wrote that the sellers repented their bar
gain and would return the money If the
letters were returned. Witness declined
to return the letters.
Under cross-examination Huston said he
did not know of anything that showed that
Plggott was not a credible man. He did
not know that Pigg0tt was in pecuniary
documents He told HIM that if the letters
were forthcoming, and were genuine. they
would be paid for. He believed that Pig
gott was then earning a fair competence at
newspaper work.
At this point the commission adjourned.
Mr.. Walter, it is announced, will shortly
go to Nice for a holiday. His partners in
the ownership and management of the
Times have been notified that the payment
of dividends at the present time is impOssi-
BILE, and there is widespread suspicion
that there is among them more or less
doubt as to the wisdom of entering into the
''Parnellism and Crime" crusade.