Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-02-22
TIE QUEENS SPEECH.
The Necessity for Increased Military
Preparations Suggested.
Pigott the Witness in the Parnell Inyesfiga-
ton, is Confronted With an Unpleasant Let
ter of His Own Writing
THE PARNELL CONFESSION.

Richard Pigott Continues His Testimony
and Tells Of the Purchase of Certain Let
tiers.
LONDON, Feb. 21.-Upon the reasemb-
ling Of the ParnelI commission to-day
Richard Pigott was again called for ex-
animation He testified that in January,
1886. he had two or three interviews with
Eugene Davis at Lausanne. Witness
told Davis that he required material for
pamphlet Of the league, and that the
documents procured must be substanti-
ated by signatures. Davis said he had
carefully considered the matter
and could not comply with
the request because the Fenian
brotherhood was bound to Mr.. Parnell
not to interfere with his movement uHtil
the expiration of a certain period = Sew
eTal months later witness, at the Sugges-
ton Of MIR. Houston, revisited Lausanne
and again saw Davis. Davis still ad-
hered to his refusal to impart any infor-
nation until the day witness left. He
then proposed to write pamphlet and g.
a date for its publication He offered
him 9l00 to give the principal facts.
Davis did SO and witness took notes of
Davis state ments. Immediately after
wards witness wrote a detailed account
of the interview at a hotel at Lausanne
on hotel paper. He gave Mr.. Houston
the copy that was read yesterday. Wit
ness had not seen Davis in London since
In consequence of a letter which he re-
ceived from friend in Paris early i'll
April, 1886, witness had a conference
with Houston and then went to Paris.
He remained IN that city week or more
before he learned anything. Then
he was accosted on the street
by "a man giving the name of
Morris Murphy who said he had
been a compostor in witness employ
He did not recognize him, but saw no
reason to doubt his statement They
conversed for some time then and subse-
quently met again when Murphy said he
had not been able to ascertain anything
about the documents. A week later
Murphy said he had found documents in
bag He described the bag to witness,
and said IT contained five or six of Egan S |
letters, some of ParneIl's and some
old accounts. Witness said he was
authorized to find the documents, and
asked the price for their surrender. Muir |
ply at first wanted 9lG00, but afterwards |
said he would take $500 Next day Murphy |
showed witness the bag and its contents |
Witness read the letters and made |
memoranda, but did not actually see |
the letters. Pig0tt here identified six /
letters of Egan IS, FIVE of Parnell's, in-
Guiding letter fac simile of which APP
peared in the Times, and sscraps of ac-
counts which were produced in court as
the contents of the bag.
Sir Charles Russell produced a letter |
from Pigott to Archbishop Walsh, dated |
March IA, 1887, and marked private
and confidential - In this letter Pr
gott told the archbishop he was aware
that the proceedings were contemplated
with the object of destroying Panellites
influence ia parliament All that he |
could indicate was that the proceedings
would consist of the publication of state
ments tending to show the completely in
crime of Parnell and his colleagues. He
assured the archbishop he wrote with
fun knowledge of these designs and could
Indicate how they could be successfully
eombatted and defeated. Sir Charles
Russell pressed the witness to explain
how these designs could have been de-
feated il the letters were genuine.
Pigott replied he had not the slightest
recollection of writing any thing of the
kind. He did not recollect what charges
were meant in the letter, and in fact he
did not recollect the letter at all = He
could not have had the Parnell letters in
mind when he wrote TO the archbishop
ii must have been thinking of other
charges but he could not say what these
charges were.
Sir Charles Russell then read a post
script to the letter as follows: 81 need
hardly say that did l consider the parties
really guilty / should not dream your
grace would partake in an effort TO shield
them. Ny only wish is TO impress on
your grace that the evidence Is aT)DarpntIy
convincing and probably sufficient to Sc
cure conviction by an English jury
Pigott reiterated that Parnen letters
were not in his mind when he wrote the
post scrip. He added that he never
thought the letters in themselves eonsti-
tuted q serious charge. He asked for the