Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1889-02-23
ROTTEN TO THE CORE,
Which Has Been Finally Reached
in the Parnell Trial.

III luV 0l uCLI lIIQl,
PlsOtt Willis Before a Rigid Cross Ques
lOnias,
And Confesses that He Lied to Walsh
The Great Pop OF the "rimes'
Proves Farce.
LONDON, Feb. %.
Richard Pigott was again called for exam
instion upon the ressseubling of the Parueil
commission al London Yesterday. He testi-
Ned tnat in January. lhe6. he hal two OF
three interviews with Eugene Davis al Lau-
same. The witness told Davis thai he re-
: CURED material for pamphlet On the league,
and that he documents procured must be
sub-tanusted by signatures The next day
Davis said he had carefully considered the
matter, and could not comply with the re-
guest becsu.e the Fenisn brotherhood was
bound TO Mr.. Parnell not To interfere with
/ his movements until the expiration of Ger
tain period. S,yeral months later The Wit
ness, al the suggestion of Mr.. Houston, again
saw Davis. Dav.s still adhered 10 his re-
fu.al 10 impart Information until the day the
~Itne,, left. Then he proposed 10 Davis to
write the pamphlet and ii the date for lis
publication. He offered him tiOO 10 g,e
the principal facts. DAVIS did so,
and witness took rough notes of
Davis statements. Immediately af
terward the witness wrote a detailed
account of the interview at the hotel at
Lausanne on hotel paper. He gave MIR
{ Inu .tnn b.. hat IL,
Plgott had not seen Davis i, LouiDn since.
In consequence of a letter which lie received
from friend at Paris early in April, lss6.
Pgou had conference with Houston auI
then went TO Paris. He vas sccosted on the
street by man giving the name of Morris
Murphy, ho said he had been compJsItur
in ~ituesss employ. He did not r, cosnize
the man, but SAW no reason 10 duuoi his
statement. They conversvd for some time
aud ait-rward met again A week later
Murphy sad he had found the do 'umeuts in
a bag He described the bag TO witness and
said It contained i've OF six of EgaLs lie ters
some of Parnt lis and some Old accounts.
Witness said he vas authorized 10 iiud the
documents and asked The price Tor th,ir sur
rend,r. Murphy at irst wanted tluOU, but
afterward sand he would take 1900 The
ntxg day Murphy III, wed witness the bag
u u w
and made memoranda, but did not actually
copy the letters. Pigutt here idcnt fed SIX
letters of f. Sans and five of Psrnelrs, in-
gliding the lie ter, fac smile Of uhich an
peared IN the Times, and scraps of accounts
which were produced in court as the contents
of the bag.
Plpott returned To England and saw Mr.
Houston who said he Was prepared to pay
the amount de nanded for the letters VII.
ness then relat,d how he was forced TO 70 To
New York to see Bresln, on hose authori
alone Murphy sad the letters could be gwen
up. Breslin sent him back with a sealed
letter to Murphy. lie met Murphy in cafe
in the rue st. ilonore, together With five me1
whom Murphy said represented the Can ma
Gael. Ihey made htni swear o. a Catholic
Bible that under no circumstances would
he reveal the source from which he had Oh
famed The docu nent' AID that he houll not
TESTIFY If any proceedings followed. lWltness
then detailed the purchase OF the letters and
Mutphys Offer TO bl, til M back, corroborat-
ing lIUustun's testimony On ihls puiui. Pig ut
SAID lie was convinced that Lgtn wrote the
letters.
Witness then told how he received the
second AMI third batch of i.t'rs iast sum
mer, and how he met LabUuchere and Par
h'ii az ui' hbu'f ihNt ott1ptIs ne
SAID MIR. Labuuchere prop eel that witness
aimt the forgery and offered 10 lay him
fi000, but witness declined TO accede TO the
proposal Mr. Lewis entered during the lu-
t rNiew and a.k,d witness 10 write to the
Times that he (~itness) believed the letter.
to be forgerles, when the Times would witi- /
draw the letters. Witness asked for time to I
consider this proposal On the day after Mr. !
Lewis visited. figUu accidentally met Mr.. /
Parnell and MIR Lewis The latter denied !
that he had given witness any assurance. |
Mr.. Parnell ; manner vas threatening. lie .
reiterated that wtue,s bad forged the letters (
and also accused HIM of having committed
mercantile fOrg' res
Attorney General Webster read long
correspDnde.ice between Pigott snd Lewis.
In his letters Mr.. Iesis averred that he AID
his associates were aware that rgo;t was
forger be fore they saw HIM, NIlness con
tinuing, ,ald th,t Mr. LabuucheIe rep at-dy !
wrote TO hIm in Dublin, pressing hlm 10
testify and oiierirg To pay his passage. Sir
Charles Russell cross examined PigUtt /
Pigott said he had corr, sp nded with Mr. !
Forester from 1881 TO 1854, To the best
OF his belief he did not wrile TO Earl Spencer
IN 1873, Offering valuable Information Tor
money. lie teni,d tbai in his statement To !
WI. is lie sdib tpdt tht puptiCdtiDl Vi tHS
letters by the Times had alarmed him aud
that he had therefore asked Archbishop
" alsh 10 place him in cOmmuU cat4ou win
Mr.. Par ell in order to expose the torger'es. |
lie did not think that Sir CbarI IS Russell
ought 10 question him r'girdiug the letters
To Archbishop as his contessor.
All that figutt could indicate was that
the proceedings ouid consist of the pu)i- |
cation of atemetts tending TO show the
compli ity III crime of Parnel and his col /.
leagues. lie assured the archbishop hat he |
wrote With full know ledge of these de-
signs ami could in iclte nov they could be
.utcea,fuiy combat Cd and d, feated. >,r
plain how these designs c mi. have been de-
ieated If the ett'rs serr genuine.
Pgott re plitd that he had TOT the slightest
recollection of writing anytning of the KIND. /
He did not recullect what clsrg,s were