Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-08-11

| neH. Walk quickly up TN
streetin the direction of this building. One o
the men is square shouldered and of sturd,
build. He would be regarded at first sigh
by almost anyone as a man thorough!
capable of taking care of himself in an,
sort of crowd. His companion is of fai
height, but of delicate frame. That portion
of his face that is not covered by a well KEEP
brown beard, is pale, almost pallid. Hi
features are regular and clear cut
and almost anyone would desig
nate him as q handsome man. You
might take him for hard
worked lawyer or perhaps a struggling
literary man. Nevertheless there is look
of power onsthe mans face and in his eyes
that stamps him as no common man. As
the twomen are passing into the building
they meet an old Irishman, evidently a
laborer or longshoreman. The latter looks
at the two men and then gives q second
| quick look at the smaller of them. Then
his face lights up, his hat comes off with a
jerk and he bows almost to the ground.
The two gentlemen bow slightly and pass
on. The old man, hat in hand and face
radiant, still stands gazing after them until
they disappear within. Then he throws
the old hat in the air and yells en-
Enthusiastically: "Hurroo, God bless him and
| God save Ireland"
What has happened to stir the old man
up so? Not much.
PARNELL's CONSTANT COMPANION.
| He has met Charles Stewart Parnell face
to face and has been honored with bow
from the Irish leader, for the small bearded
man is none other than the great Home
Ruler. His companion is James O'Kelly,
M. p, who is well known in New York,
where he worked on the Herald for some
lures; has served as a special correspondent
! in Cuba, in Spain. in the Russo-Turkish
war, and later in the Soudan, and on at
| least one occasion was sentenced to be shot,
being taken for spy. O'Kelly is looked
upon as man of iron nerve, and is Par
| nell's constant compapion, and the only
! man whom this rathers mysterious man has
| ever taken closely into his confidence.
After the scene described above. the two
men pass through the court and corridor
into the stuffy little room in which the
| special commission is endeavoring to fairly
| settle the famous controversy between Par
nell and the London Times. The room is
| we'll filled. All three ofthe commissioners are
| in their places. Sir Charles Russell and the
other lawyers who are doing battle for the
Irish leaders are in their places. Sir Rich
ard Webster, the principal lawyer for the
Times, is just getting ready to put Michael
Davitt in the witness box, and looks as
| though he wishes his task were over the
| sequel showing that there were good grounds
| for the wish. Davitt himself, his empty
sleeve pinned across his breast, his swarthy
face wearing confident expression, sits
in the front of the court among Parnell's
lawyers. A dozen OF more of Irish men,
bers of Parliament are in the room. The
place reserved for newspaper men is
crowded uncomfortably, and so is the little
gallery in which strangers with Influence"
are allowed to sit. There is buzz as Par
nell makes his way through the court, and
even stately Sir James Hannen inclines his
handsome head forward with sudden inter-
est. Parnell bows slightly in response to
the greetings Of his colleagues and friends,
bends his head respectfully to the Judges,
and takes his seat among his lawyers. His
presence in court is a no unusual thing, but
just now matters are pretty intense.
DAvITT ON THE STAND.
Davitt has been on the stand, and has
made an excellent impression, winning the
evident respect of Sir James Hannen, an
important thing in this case, since he has
been supposed to lead slightly to the Times
side of it. It has been whispered about
that to-day is to be the important day of
Davitt's cross-examination, and the audi
ence is anxious to see how Parnell will take
matters. Their curiosity seems unnoticed
by him. His face is as impassive as a
statue, and, with few exceptions, he remains
SO throughout every episode of the examina-
ton. This trail man certainly has iron
nerves, and even his English opponents,
whn o1waua opprociata r,luaE navar
slow in expressing their admiration for that
of the Irish leader.
Davitt's cross-examination begins, and
Parnell moves so that he can look into the
face of the one-armed agitator, who disa-
grees with him on almost every phase of the
Irish problem, but who is one with him on
the main issue, and who is constantly an
nouncing Home rule by your plan, or by
mine, but home rule any way" To enter
upon details of the sparring between Sir
Richard Webster and Davitt would be use
less. To the fayman fairly posted on Irish
affairs in Ireland and America, it seems
that the ready-w Irishman gets rather
the best of the slower English lawyer, and
evidently Sir Charles Russell thinks so, too,
for he smiles broadly as Davitt again and
again defeats the Attorney General in his
efforts to draw out something damaging to
the Irish leader, and frequently whispers in
the ear .of his famous client. The latter
bows gravely, but not a muscle of his face
moves. The audience in the courtroom
does not seem over interested in the evil
dence that Is being given. In fact, it looks
as if many OF the spectators understood but
little Of it. They seem chiefly interested IN
the faces of the principal figures in the trial.
They scan the faces OF Sir James Hannen,
of Davitt, Parnell, Sir Charles Russell and
Sir Richard Webster, as though from them,
and not from the testimony, the importance
of the case can be judged.
PUzzLING SIR RICHARD.
Davitt and Sir Richard Webster wander
industriously through a mass of detail con-
cerning the Fenians, the Clan-na-Gael, the
Land League, the Irish National League
and every other society, secret and other-
wise, that has to do with Irish affairs. There
is no man living who knows more about
them than Michael Davitt, and Sir Rich
ard Webster labors hard to thrash out some
thing beneficial to his case from the chaf,
but with poor success. Davitt gives his
testimony in a free and frank manner, like
a man who wishes to hide nothing. As he
goes on tine counsel for Parnell do not at
tempt to HIDE their satisfaction, while the
Irish members present are plainly jubilant.
Now and then faint spot of red appears on
the pale cheek of the Irish leader as he lis
tens to his friendly foe in the witness box
defending him against unfair attack. The
face of Sir Richard Webster takes on a
troubled and puzzled look as the duel goes
on. He sticks bravely to it, however, and
the 1Snaes, people can certainly never charge
him with not having worked hard to earn
his fee.
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