Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-05-08

BY Declaring That He wilfully Lied ii
the House of Commons-Proceedinc m
the Principle that the End Justide.
the Means-A Sensation i'm Court-Tht
Astonished Audience Kisses Hi,
Declarations.
LONDON, May 3.-The cross examination
OF Purnell was continued. Parnell~t testified
that he often reproved William O'Brien,
editor OF "United Irelanh," for the violent
articles that appeared in that paper. He
had not publicly re~pudiated the articles
because he did not consider that the wav
to effect the alterations he desired in the
tone of the articles. Parnell said he ON
sidered O'Brien's teachings in advance OF
his own.
Parnell said he had never heard of Eyan's
being associated with "the matyrs fund.-.
for the benefit of the families of Phenix
Park murderers. He saw nothing criminal
in the fund and rather thought it was right
to assist innocent victims. He recollected
denouncing outrages between 1878 and
1881. He believed the outrages perper.
trated had been the work OF small secret
societies.
HE PARKED THE QUESTION.
The witness a then asked whether, il
secret societies adverse to the league had
existed, and il the vast majority of the
people had belonged tt the league, this
would not have been ample evidence OBJ. |
tanned to convict the perpetrators of the |
outrages. He parried che question, saying
AInt 4 z xs1A - - -
the case. Here occurred n most re.
markable incident. In the witnesses cross.
examination, Attorney General Web
ster quoted a statement by Parnell in
Commons during the debate on the For.
ester bill. in 1881, suspepding the writ of
habeas corpus, to the effect that secret
societies had then ceased to exist in Ire
land. Did you believe that when you said
it?" asked the attorney general.
mo-" replied Parnell; "at any rate, it
was a grossly exaggerated statement"
There was q buzz OF surprise throughout
the courtroom at this response.
HE DELIBERATELY DRcEIvEs.
Ibid you or did you not" continued the
attorney general, 'inteDd to mistate the
fact when you made that statement?"
81 have not a doubt that / did, was the
reply. !
Attorney General-"DeliberatelyP
Parnell-"Yes, deliberately"
Attorney General-'You deliberately 7
made a statement knowing 1t to be un-
trusY'
Parnell-"Yes, Or if not untrue very OK.
travagant and boastful." l
Attorney General-"Yo have never since c
withdrawn the statement?" In
ParnelI-"No, l have not."' TIL, non. :
chalance with which the witness made !
and ELECTED Kisses. :
ment was to mislead the house. | am =
afraid it did rot. for the bill was passed. =
My purpose was to exaggerate the effect ;,
the league had in reducing the number OF =
secret societies.. The League undoubtedly
diminished the number OF secret societies, il
though it had mot swept them away. as r
stated" =
THE LAM IA BOOKS. Id
Parnell was nsxt asked what had become q
Of the land league books. He explained a
that some we're brought to London and
were before the commissioners. The cash !.
books and ledgers had disappeared, he did
not know where. Neither was the treas
irer, Henry Egan, or any others OF the In
league officials able to tell what become OF a,
them. The letter books and files OF letters Ii
had also vanished. n,
Presiding Justice Cannon here impressed G.
upon the witness the fact that the court b
attached great Importance to the missing 81
documents, and Parnell promised to try to d.
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