The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1889-02-23
Fcrger Pigott Is Helplessly
Enmasesshl.eeaa Enasesshl.eea.
MORAL VICTORY ron rAnxEIL
figett Professional Blaekmaiaer-
cirramst>erial Evidence That ne
Wrote the .srimess Letters.

AT the suggestion cf Pre- sasng iassie
Hanaea. Archbishop " alsh s letter 70 Pc:
OF. part OF which was READ yesseraay. Wa
rea1 e sxfeMso. The archbishop rwgsrre
20 the fact inaE there hzd been sss.efaass
lying eozeefniag THE Nationalist cause.
witness now admitted receiving this "a:
ter. he said when he wrote TO the arcfl
bishop he was III very distressed cirgzu,
stances, owing 10 having received a.
rao1ey from Houston. Witnesses oshe
wnrE Rad acen neglected and Lost. HI
t1erefore wrote 70 Archbishop Walsh. hop
ing be weuld submit the 1aafter tu ths
Parnellite members os the house OF com
mons and induce them To provide VI sfu = -
es with means with which IL leave L..
country, IA return Tor Information witness
sheUld give Witness WAS startled And
surprised y hen the iestSrs Appeared IN ths
Isnsss, and considered i. $ breach af faith
| lie wrote % Houston. strongly protesting
against their publication.
Sir Charles Russell demanded shst fhi.
letter BE rToduced-
ON being farther pressed, Figotf volnn-
fsraiY exclaimed, Il may Say as once thai
The statements l made 10 Archbishop
Walsh were unfoun1et." Tags statement
produced q sensation
sir Charles Russell then said % witness
-Yon deliberately wrote liess~
Witness replied. "Wcii, exaggarafiats .
Sir Charles Russela--Bsd the exagger.
atlous have no TRUTH
witness-Fe-y little. Laughter for.
get what l meant Aheu | wrote 10 Arch
bishop Walsh tnaf the charges were a mix.
ture of what believed to De true aud ui-
true-
Continuing, witness said he knew crirni-
nal proceedings were proi iecsed when he
wrote saying ne could Duil!sy them by ex-
posing the oiscgedftabse means hy which
IL Vas sought u institute the proceed ugs
He could not say what the proceedings
.nrssa - H. -. -
were for eosaplicity IN the Phsenix park
murder. but there was no foundation for
the statement.
Witness again wrote to Archbishop Walsh
in May. offering TO furnish further infar.
nation. In reply TO this letter she arch
bishop said: Il understand you are aux
ious 10 make q statement TO assist the VIC
tiIas OF fraud and slander by exposing The
fraud and SANDER. I cannot refuse IL ae-
ceps suen statement fully. accept your
assurance that you took no part in the
Publication" Witness said he forgot writ
ing rEe statement
sir Charles Russell read q letter dated
May o, 10 Archbishop Walsh. in which
PigOtf offered 10 make personal or writ
ten statement. Witness admitted making
statement TO Archbishop Walsh between
May and May :. He had written TO Arch
bishop Walsh recently, but denied that he
had done SO in order 20 again obtain
written statement.
Sir Charles Russell read letter from
Archbishop Walsh 10 Pigatt, bearing date
Of siay Z, in which the archbishop said he
assumed Pigo,t either knew the author of
the fraud, or knew what measures had
been taken 20 procure fraudulent evidence.
The writer said he did not wish 20 know
the name of the gentleman who was at the
bottom Of the matter.
SIR Charles Russell pressed the witness,
who reluctantly admitted he had Houston
on his mind when he wrote.
Sir Charles Russell quoted from letter
written by Pigott 20 Archbishop Walsh
May IL.
Witness said he could not say what the
latest proposition mentioned in The letter
meant He only remembered making enc
shown compromising letters; bis opinion
having neea asked rs 10 the genuineness OF
the letters, he had stated the letters cred
ited 10 Parael were rather doubiful. This
statement created q sensation IN the court
room.
Wines further testified that he would
not swear ne had not told Archbishop
Walsh that the letters were forgsrles.
lfaaghfer.i He doubted the authenticity
Of the letters because ne did not know sht
handwriting OF the bodies OF them. he
believed he told Archbishop Walsh that he
thought the EgRn letters were genuine, but
would not swear he dad. He was not sure
whether Houston ever expressed doubts -
10 the genuineness of the scttsrs. Il was
not owing 20 Houston doubts that witness
offered 10 re-obtain the money.
Sir Charles Russell read from q letter to
Archbishop Walsh from P;gotf, Tn which
he said II trust your grace will d. me
justice 70 Relieve am not the fahrieator Of
the letters, ss Is falsely alleged"
Sir Charles asked WHO was the fabrieator.
witness replied that he did not know.
Sir Charles asked: Did you believe
tt.s.~x. xxu Eas rfx.s4@s
witness--.No. Tnis caused laughter
Sir Charles Russell here produced letter
from Egoft to the late Vim. +. Forster, thea.
chief secre tsry for Ireland. dated Juae 2.
issl, in which he offered Forster papers
which be said would break up the league,
for fi5a9.
Witness said the issue OF ths TrishmaR,
the paper printed By Pigotf. depended
upon his receiving this sEm. as the cred
itors were pressing him. Forster on june
refused to accept the offer.
AT Presiding Justice Hannen's suggex.
ton, Sir Charles Russell agreed 70 read
selsctlons fro;n the letters. instead u the
whole OF them.
/ Wines continued. tie had been In
straits since 1881, and snxiousiy turned 10
every quarter for money.
Sir CHARLES Russell produced bafeh u
/ letters wgiiteu by Pigost TO Egza, including
one written February =, lssl, in which the
/ writer asked EgAn % give him an address
nj " h.ch he could write To ParueIl. with
with whom be wished to communicate on
matter OF vital Importance.
F1gotr said be had Eorgostea the ie ftef,
bat admitted that he must have wsiStea sE
He bad MOI the slightest idea as 20 what
importance the matter referred 20 WAS.
1 On ~ iag bard PRESSED, ard after feaclng.
/ he admitted iae must hsye received al stl-
swer.
: "a Eaf.~ 2
/ In whIsa il wss stated thai be tfSzeff}
] had received an aa0uy m0Hs letter fresn
/ two gentlemen. who saia they wutla casl
uisazi and submit IA PlEost proposal
greatly 70 his advantage. ThEy came bal
! declined II give their nsaes. 1nsy bad
an snteryaew lasting tive hoGrs. t.nring
/ when they asked him 20 pUDsssn a state
Eaenf. Nhseh was an outrageous libel,
! about the spending 81 league fAfads- aisl
which vas 10 fse 20 constructed that IA
publication would DO much naEsn. He al
sied that he vas badly IN waat OF 100. tat
] would be satisfied with E&a9 IA addition -
E19s already senx Ia consideration 81 Rs
/ Y.afser Pig0tf concluded the lesser ty ssx.
ing. ..Esa - | an. ! can truly say thai
have always been sfne 70 those that trusted
me" fLAugnter
Witness said Exsn Niia nas send ths
u.oEey tLAaghtcr.
s5a Masrss psggss wrote 10 Egan, giving
an outline 81 the xzzsesaegs refsrred 10
lie also stated IN the letter tasf kgaS
would see that II be fi'iE0fs] paoiisnea tas
statement he woafa gel Ese3. &t.d taa
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