The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-05-03
No BLOOD ON PARNELL.
HE HAS ALWAYS DENOUNCED
OUTRAGES AND MURDER

No Evidence Adduced Showing That
He Was Connected with the Fenians
Redmond's Menacing Speeches
Cited by the Attorney General
Sentences of Irish Members Con-
firmed.
LONDON, May 2.--The cross-examination
of Mr.. Parnell was continued before the
Parnell commission to day. Mr.. Parnell
admitted that Condor was connected with
the Manchester murders. He was chairman
of the reception committee at Washington.
The witness had always repudiated dyna-
mite and the physical force party in
America and denounced them in the House
of Commons. He was not aware that the
Cincinnati Commercial Gazette reported
verbatim the speech he made at Cincinnati,
in which he is said to have referred. to the
severance of the last link between Great
Britain and Ireland, or that its report was
like that in the Irish World. Mr.. Parnell
admitted that he had not found fault with
the past action of the invincibles.
HAS DENOUNCED oUTRAGEs.
He quoted from his speeches and his man
ifesto of 1881, depouncing outrages and un-
constitutional action by Irishmen. Mr..
Parnell said he advocated buying out land
lords in Ireland and making tenants owners
Of the land. The cross examination pro-
ceeded through mass of detail, and was
aimed to connect him with the fenians, and
also to show that he must have known Of
the plots to commit murder. Nothing, how
ever, was elected from the witness TO show
that he was in any way connected with the
fenians, or that he had any knowledge of
murderous conspiracies.
REDMoNDs MENACING SPEECHES.
Attorney General Webster cited menac-
ing speeches made by w. Redmond.
Mr.. Parnell listened to the attorney gen
eral, and remarked that old heads could not
be put on young shoulders
Again pressed by counsel as to whether
he had ever denounced outrages, Mr.. Par
| nell read extracts from speeches delivered
| by him in 1889, such as LET us remain
within the law and constitution" 81 hope
the people will not be tempted to initiate
the violence and illegal attitude of the gov
ernment;" "The league is perfectly peace
able and constitutional, and there is nothing
behind it,"
SHOOTING OF AGENTS.
Mr.. Parnell further said that in 1880 he
denounced the shooting of agents as unnec-
eSsary and prejudicial where there was
|
| that such denunciation was insufficient to
stop such outrages. He denied that be was
responsible for the violence of the articles
| which appeared in United Ireland, and
said that Mr.. O'Brien had supreme control
Of that paper.
| A MASS MEETING Al MELBOURNE.
A dispatch from Melbourne says that q
monster meeting of Irish sympathzers was
held in that city Tuesday. John Dillon
made an address which created great enthu-
siasm among his listeners. One thousand
pounds were subscribed to aid the Irish
| cause.
| SENTENCES CONFIRMED.
DUBLIN, May 2-The Tipperary court
has confirmed the sentences of four months
| each imposed on John O'Conner, member of
parliament for South Tipperary, and
Thomas Condor, member of parllament for
East Tippersry three months on Charles
| Tanner, member of parliament for thu Mid
die division of Cork, and two months on
| Manning for violations of the crimes act
Tanner and 0Conner and Condor were
conveyed from Tipperary TO Clonmel. At
the railway station at Clonmel they were
enthusiastically received by the people. A
prison van was waiting at the station to
refused to enter the vehicle and
a desperate struggle ensued. The
crowd became frantic aud the police, in
order to prevent a riot, finally allowed the
| prisoners. with the exception of Tanner to
| walk to ill. Tanner was severely injured
in the foot during the struggle and was
unable to walk
Sir Charles Russell will arbitrate the
question between the landlord and the
tenants on the Vandeleur estate on Satur-
| day