Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-03-02
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Also that He Is . Fssxsr-Hh Disappear
anee-The .1iness People e Sea-
LONDON, February 26.--TheP arnell com
mission resumed its sitting, this morning
Russell stated that, Saturday, Richard
Pieott went to the residence Of Henry
Labouchere, and in th&pressace of Georgt
Augustus Sala, signed a confession. stating
that the. letters supon4shich the ..Times.
based it's charges against he Irish members
OF the House of Commons, we're forgsries.
Sir Charles Russell applied for a warrant
for the arrest of Pigott. Presiding Justics
Hannah said the warrant would be ready
in an hour. Attorney General Webster
for the Times. - said no other witness wal
ready. and he would have to consider wha,
course to pursue. He would also have te
decide whether or not he would resume any
part III the case.
ii When Pisott WAS called to again take the
stand, he did not appear. After the court
had waited for some time, counsel for the
"I1mes etateu 20 ING !uugeo onao Aisos'
had left the hotel at winch ne Wasstoppin
at IL O'Clock last night, n that counse
were ignorant oil bis LINZ
statement
CAUSED A BENBATIuN
in the cosrt room. The courttooka recess
for half an hour, at the expiration OF which
time, il Pieott does nottappear, his papers
az tbe hotel will probably be seized.
D;.ot. = ~. CONVECTION aid he foroad
all the letters secured by the "Times,n
when P1fPoISeu 70 lave DeSI u"IIen ~ ~
a9so sdr;ttsd that hs had bean guilty al
neriury in his evidence before the commits.
sion.
Soames, soiicitos JOE one .s I'll
phatically denies doing anytnlng, o,recIiy
or indirectly TO assis0 1lgo0' W moAe LIE
escape. % -..n o.,
LoNDoN reDIuary ao.A. ILL
eral Weps.er saiu, yesoeluay Mornans, els
one nhDin sollc,oo. Wy aS
slstlng tine Ilme leceivSo les.es fo IN
figott: ana ne Mouiu eaL aa;a ~. "
prove ~. olr onaries Isuss0u Io..
gretOeG No nao 10y nee.u "a Nse"sa a.
iaer. ne Desired 70 pIo esiuo WsL sa
letter nom Egan 20 Lap4uche. 49, 49,.
oDlecGeo 90 tue n'.ou ~ +ha atternan
nossen salu 'n:U, oni VIZ 100 AZ
generais oplec.,on, le "ou ~ aoo ann
leooeI, puO as one d., S;sannea ,a,'ca
ueISs, Doie uppn az ;,tarast IF ;,st;es
he should make q statement.
Justice hannon ss'e e'iu t : 81; e
N 49,. ~ suptd he oSJaJ that the
letter and document showed q means by
which he had fixed upon.
PIeorr As A EnRGFR.
-; p-,,u,, 90
f'go'o coniesseo w ne"A' 81
ncltor, tnat ne was tne Iorser. i"aooucnere
and Parneli, who were present when this
confession was made, would corroborate
tb;s statemant
Saturday. Pieott without invitation.
called mon Lahouchere and stated that he
desired to make a confession, Labouchere
declined to listen. unless witnesses were
present. ohereupou SaIa was summoned,
and Pioott made his confession,
Russell also said that whatever course
was adopted bv Attorney.G General Webster,
he should pursue his own course and should
insist that the whole matter be thoroughly
investigated because it was deliberately
charged that behind Zig ,tt and Houston,
there had been a foul conspiracy. He
asked the court to impound the d 1cuments
which arrived ut Anderdon's, addressed TO
ADD that
., -. rsc,nr
py oooy,suar1 conss'ins On
IRISH cons'aoie ano TWO oco''@uo yafo ue'
tectives.
Labouchere. Sir Charles said, had re-
cei lived a letter from Epau in July. 1888. in
consequence of which a number oil docu.
menIs were handed to La~bouchere.
Sir Charles asked permission to call wit.
resses to testify to Information which the
court ought to have.
RusselI further said That pieott. in the
nresence ri Georoe Appnstns Ssla. sioned a
conisssion that the doeuments he had pro.
dnced were iorgeries. and that he was q
foroer TN confessioo was sent to lewis.
who. Yesterday, returned IL to Pipott, say.
ING that Parneti refused to have apythinc
to do with him.
Shannon was then called as :. witnes, I.
He testified that, Sunday night, Pigott
gave him q written statement DENYING the
statemenS uiaoe 20 aDouenere' Gnao nc
lieyed the first batch genuine. In the
second batch, two OF
THE LETTERS WERE FORGED
bv himse.f and Casey. The third batch,
consisting OF letters from Davitt and
o,Kouv voro o,so foro.d NV b;r,so,f .,d
60 p;sa.. .sseS = -, a.st".a-t
oo0e', .so'O mo
tnas, naviog no" STATED the truta; ann
conIessea De,ore the w1rio, inc Aimes
snUuiu 1901 'enlenoly WIN uiE :,
1pon .ann onanno4 n: sa.u
tH.ns 10" 49, tns' u ~ s eLn " p ~ ~ nisoo.
49,. 0AP0N LII" - "ope0l
Russsn dorordod +hot ~. oor,. s,u
49, ~ consta hIos 80 Jata"t;ras -
wero 18th P;oott That thev m;sht oZ,Ia;n
how ba sncceeded in oett;no awsv
Honston testi6ad that P;oott had not
r his Inosaoe with him He nroduceJ
Letters left for P;gott at Anderson,s but
tney contained notnlng OF importance.
wh;cS hs sa;d thet oocorJ;nn 80 a",.a 10
ment, his nare a to be concealed. and
that If called to testify, he would refuse, as
ne was sure
HIS TESTIMONY WouL BE D~IscREDlTAHLE.
[Laughter.l On REORGANIZATION he
vanted IN make affidavit and leave the
Co., -. - u-N
oo"nes foPhou 'ha' 'uo asree'
ment OF secrecy a oeen removed by
Pigott's visit to Labouchere, and he must
make a full disclosure. The Times"
would see him unframed.
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