Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-02-27
Pigott the Infamous.
Like the Baseless Fabric of an
Ddious Vision,
HE Is GONE, LEAVING NO ADDRESS.


His Total Depravlty and q Couple Of
Sensations for the British Public-AlsO
Significant Order to His Housekeeper,
Which She Promptly Obeys - Egsn's
Part In the Exposure.
LONDON, Feb. 2T-"Where is Pigottfn
That was the question on the end Of every
body's tongue shortly after the Parne COM
mission res umed its sitting yesterday. The
man of bad eminence hsd diseppeared-that
was sure. But where he had gone nobody
seemed to know. He had, however, left .
sensation behind HMM fact two sensations.
One or both OF them were characteristic Of
the man, for to put it mildly, they were very
unreliable. In any event one was lie The
sensations were first confession to Labou-
chere with witnesses present, one Of them be-
Ing George Augustus Sala, and the second
was another confession written to Mr.. Shan
non, the Dublin solicitor of The Times.
Confession No. l was presented by Sir
| Charles Russell, who asked for warrant for
Plgott's arrest, and then stated what the con-
fession was. In brief. it is to the effect that
Pigotts whole testimony was perjury and all
the letters forged.
The letter to Shannon is dated later than
the confession, and, of course, coming from
Pigott necessarily differs from the first In
this letter be declares his statement to Labou-
chere Saturday to be false, and then says be
believes the first batch Of letters to be genu-
ine but all the others he had forged; and this
he declares to be the truth. Other letters to
Shannon complain that be (Pigott was put
on the stand, and asserts that il was agreed
that he was not to be witness He also COM
planned that The Times people had not paid
HIM what they had agreed to
MIR. Shannon said that in his conversation
with Plgott on Sunday the latter told him
| referring to the second batch of letters-that
he forged the body of the Parnell letters and
that Casey had forged the signatures He
| iPIgOttl had been i'll difficulties ana often In
great distress during the last twenty years
Il have, he said, "been guilty of many acts
that must disgrace me-"
Sir James Hammer said: ave seem to have
reached this point: Pigott states that he
forged two Parnell letters one OF Davttt's
and one Of OKelly's.
The counsel for The Times repudiated any
| connection with the disappearance of Pig
| oft, saying that they expected him In court
| yesterday morning. Sir Charles Russell in
| sisted that there should be a thorough in.
vestigation of the matter, and intimatsd that
there was foul conspiracy behind Piyott
| and Houston. The written confession Of
Pigott was presented and read and George
| Augusta Sala was put on the stand and
swore to its authenticity.
The Times counsel then asked an adjourn
ment to to-day that they might determine
| what course to take, and the request was
| granted
Since the discovery Of Pigott's flight all
sorts of rumors as to his Whereabouts have
been In circulation. What appears to be the
best founded Of all those reports Is the one
alleging that the forger has gone to Ant
weIp. It is known that he was pennies
| Monday morning and where he obtained
| money necessary for his journey abroad 10 Q
| mystery that no one yet has been able to
solve. Two private detectives, whose EN-.
| ployers are not definitely known, kept Pigott
under surveillance Monday morning and
| Sunday, and these worthless have also disap-
| peared The Scotland Yard officials profess
| the most profound ignorance not only OF
Pigotts whereabouts, but OF anything slse
| concerning him.
His housekeeper at Kingston received q
telegram on Monday instructing her to "burn
all the papers i'll the black box" and in con-
| torTulty to these instructions the lapers were
| destroyed
There is intense interest to know the mean.
| ing Of Justice Hannen's remarks to Sir
| Charles Russell wherein he said: There
have been more documents found than YOU
are aware of, and the public are prepared
| for further surprises
Parneils progress TO the Bow street court
| TO obtain a warrant for Pigott's arrest was
continuous ovation. He was followed by an
| ever-ncreasng crowd which cheered him 10
peatly.
| In the house Of commons last evening Tim.
othy Healy asked Homo Secretary Matthew
II any steps had been taken by the govern.
| ment TO prevent Pigott's escape from the
| country. Matthews replied that no steps
had been taken as yet, as knowledge Of his
disappearance had only just been received;
but tue government would do everything In
| lite power 10 capture him.
Mai. Saunderson, replying to Morlsyh
speech of Monday, said that freedom Of
| speech, which the Parnellites wanted was
not allowed them because they advocated
| the commission Of crime. He was inter.
| rupted by cries Of "Pigott" and rstortsd that
| Pigott bad amply qualified himself for q
member of the first home rule ministry.
Dillon said that the declarations Of Glad
stone and his followers had had more effect
in preventing crime than all Of the govern
ment's coercion acts. Regarding the prison
garh, be said that the Irish political prison
ers objected to wearing any livery or garb
that associated them with forgers and
| thieves.
T, The Telegraph, commenting on the Par.
/ neilite situation in view of the confession and
disappearance of Pigott, says that to all in
tents aud purposes the work OF the commis-
sion may be regarded as ended The result,
it believes, must seriously affect the political
| situation.
| The Daily News offers its condolences &c
the great "Pigottist" party, which has lost it,
leader and consequently has great difficulty
in forging ahead. The Standard In
an article based upon a declaration
that The Times case has been completely over
| thrown, says that the pomp and circum
stances under which the publication OF the
alleged Parnell letters and tue "Parnellisr
and Crime" articles occurred make 1t i'm
possible to abeolve those answerabls for 1t Of
a great breach OF public duty.
Neither the leader of The Times nor TIT
Chronicle makes any reference to the com.
mission.
1t is learned that the facts In regard t.
Pigott's forgeries were supplied from Amer
lea by messenger from Mr.. Egan Egan saw
that some of the sentences used in the letter,
were exactly like sentences in letters which
he had really written, but other matter hac
been put In by Pigott. He also remembered
that the only person be had ever given tn,
Paris address to, was Pigott 1t was fct
tious address. He sent Rev. Maurice J. Dor
new, of Chicago, to Parnen with these facts
and also with proof OF Pigott's being black
mailer and vendor of obscene literature IL
the past. Ii was this knowledge that enabled
Parnelfs counsel to break Pigott's case up.
Michigan.
LANSING, Mich, Feb. 2Y.-In the house
yesterday bill was passed isgaiIzing the sale
of the Port Huron g. Northwestern railroad
to the Flint & Pere Marouette railroad Thx