The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1889-01-14
A NIID GOOSE CHASE
A shrewd Buffalo Irishmau Led
An English Detective
IN SEARCH FOR EVIDENCE
Against ,PaFnell tor the RrItIsh Gov
ernment aud tho "rimOS"--rhelv
Willingness 10 Pay for restI-
mony-A Decided Sensation,

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Willingness 10 Pay for restI-
mony-A Decided Sensation,
BUPPALo, jan. l3.-The Buffalo Courie
created o profound sensation this morn
ing by publishing thirteen letters AM
u number Of kilograms written by
special detective from Scotland Var,
sent out in the interests Of the I.ondoI
Times to procure evidence that woull
lmplicate Charles Stewart Parnell'in tn
Phoenix Park murders, Itappears tina
in August last, u Black Rock me
Chanic, just natuRlized, being ou
Of work and in need Of money
conceived the scheme OF making some
thing ont OF the London Times. lii
wrote u letter to tho publishers OF that
paper to the effect that while working
US Il mason on the New York aqueduCt
he came across two lrishmen who were
in possession OF documentary evidence
that would prove the letters on which
the Times relies In the present investi.
gation to, be perfectly genuine His
Language was; "Fhere Is two Irishmen
here that was indirectly in the combine
to murder Cayendish and Burke, where
can get all the proof you want for very
little"
This person received u CaOlegram from
the London Times, telling him ito hold
on to the man ut all hazards" and that
an English detective would soon be on
American soil, The detective duly came
in the person OF j. I. Kirby, or "Chrls
Thomas" and was TO beaccompanied by
4 female agent as sharp as himself.
Kerbys first letter TO the Buffalo man
was written from New York and directed
IL reply to be sent TO O. Thomas, care
Major Rice, 1887 Broadway. 1t said that
the writer was authorized to see him
and others well compensated who are
willing to give nndOubted proofs, and
also, II necessary, go tO England aud give
link by link testimony that would be nc.
Cepted by the courts OF Great Britain
and also by the Royal Commission. He
guaranteed that not only would rewards
be liberal 10 all who would serve in pro-
curing proof, but the protection would
be ample, He requested the Buffalo
man to proceed to New York with his
documents, to avoid mixing with any
one in thu city, und TO keep u closed
mouth, This was written on the ed OF
August.
MAKING THINGS WARN,
The Buffalo man did not 20 To New
York aud his replies to Kerby were
opened at Major Rice's by some third
purity. Thereupon Kerby changed his
name to "Chris Thomas" and shifted his
address to room 34, GednUy House,
Forlieth street and Broadway. This
solitude was making things warm for
tho Buffalo man, especially when he
proposed meeting ut tho Tilt House
here. He was equal to the occasion and
warned the English detective that their
game had been discovered, advising him
to leave the city. Kerhy and his fair
companion Lhereupon crossed over TO
Toronto. FROM Toronto ho went to
Montreal, aud thence TO Chicago, where
his headquarters were with George Har-
vey & Co., 40 LaSallO street, all the time
imploring the Buffalo man 10 hasten to
procure his proofs, and paying out
10 him money in sums OF $25 10 SO
ut a time, aggregating in all about $500.
In his last letter from the Gedney House
he said that he was authorized TO assure
both OF the suppositious lrishmen COM
Portable farms Uf their own and secure
them competencies for their lives. He
was willing to pay $500 piece in cash
II they would give up the papers.
Writing from room 572, Palmer House,
Chicago, November 23, he began to show
petulenco, suspeCting that he was being
duped, and declared that he would not
pay out another dollar until he could
see the papers in his own hands. Be-
sides, he had gotso much other evidence,
US 1t was, that he could afford to do
without them, still he was willing to
IgiVe $4O0.
GROWING IMPATIENT,
Anyway" he wrote, 81 would not
want either Of them to come here. All
! want Is the papers and letters. After
see them with my own eyes, II, after
get them and he has money, he then
consents 10 go aud give evidence for a
further sun, well and good, but you
can tell II. what say and nothing will
induce lne 10 pay out another dollar un.
I'll ! get tho papers. This Is final. The
papers once In my hands, I'll do rs
have said above for them, and all have
said in my previous letter for yourself,
and more too, but only when I'm getting
the papers"
The correspondence Ceasd with the
thirteenth letter, written on the first oi
December from the Palmer House, Chi
Cago, announcing his intention Of pro
ceedlng TO Niagara Falls. In the course
OF his wanderings after proof, the Scot
land yard man went 10 Ravenswood
Ills. where no said his son lived, and
thence he wrote offering TO give the
Butialo man $500 II he would make sue,
cess certain, and the same TO each OF the
other men. There was, Of course, nc
evidence whatever OF the nature sought
by the agent OF tho Times and the Brit.
ish Government.
AT the meeting Of the Irish National
League In 81. Stephens hall this after.
noon the exposure made by the CoFis,
was discussed, and tho course OF the
Times In endeayorlng 10 trump up owl,
deuce against Parnell was emphatically
denounced In speeches and resolutions,
"The rottenness Of tho Times Casg
against parnell and tho other Irish load
efs was never better illustrated than in
Kerby's Infamous mission 10 suhorn
perjured and tneECenary evidence before
the Royal Commission, sald President
Callahan Ia Introducing the subject.
GERMAN NEWS.
The Liberal Press CsnSuFing tile uapS,ts-.
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