Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-02-20
GOES A BEGGING.
President Carnot Can Find No One
to Take the Premiership.
French Politicians Hesitate to Enter the
New Cabinet for Fear OF
Another Crisis.
William O'Brien Declines to Make Any Further
Defense and Is Sentenced TO Six
Months Imprisonment
PARNELL COMMISSION.
The Manager of fhe Times on the Witness

The Manager of f1le Times the Witness
stand.
LONDON, Feb. 19.-The courtroom was
crowded to-day when the ParneIl com
mission resumed its sitting. Messrs.
Henry Labouchere, John Morley, BIT.
Hon. George Shaw LeFevere and other
prominent persons were present.
Mr.. Mandel, manager of the Times,
was the first witness He was cross-eX-
amined by the counsel for the Parnell-
ties He declined to say whether he re-
garded the letters of the 9Th of January
to the 18th of May as the only important
ones among the first five which Mr..
Houston, secretary of the Irish Loyal
and Patriotic Union, handed to him.
Presiding Judge Hammer sharply re-
buked the witness for his refusal.
Mr.. Mandel in reply TO further ques-
tons said the letters should be taken as a
whole and that as whole they were
compromising Mr. Mandel said the
Times statement that knives and fire.
arms were kept in the league Office in
London was based upon Information sup
piled to the writer of the article in which
the statement was made. He did not
know directly who wrote the article and
he was not bound to tell it If he did know
it. The editor of the Times was respOn-
sible for the statements made in the pa
per, and therefore counsel was not emit
tied to demand by force the names of
contributors.
At this point in the proceedings, Parneli
warmly enveloped in a long cloak,
though the weather was mild, entered
the court room and took a seat at the
solicitors table.
Mr.. AsquIth of counsel for Parnell,
urged that he was entitled to demand the
author of the article, because he was
bound to test the truth of such grave
statement.
Sir Charles Russell supported MIR. AS
quith, arguing that the question was
relevant.
The court ruled that Mr.. Asquith was
entitled to investigate this matter in
order to ascertain the foundation of the
statement.
The witness said he could not name
the writer without making inquiries.
Mr. Asquith asked the witness to OBJ
tain the names of the writer of the
artieRs in the Times.
Mr.. Mandel appealed to the bench for
directions as to whether he was COM
PEELED to answer.
Presiding Justice Hammer ruled that
the counsel was not entitled to ask the
witness to make inquiries, but might
question him as to anything within his
knowledge in connection with the specific
facts.
The manager of the Times finally said
Mr.. Flanagan wrote the articles that APP
peared on March Z and March 10, 1887.
He had forgotten who wrote the others.
Parnell's alleged letter to Pigott was
then produced. Presiding Justice Han
nen asked whether it was admitted that
the letter was genuine, and Sir Charles
Russell replied, FOh, no.
Attorney General Webster then called
Mr.. Inglis, the writing expert, to the
stand, whereupon there was sharp
encounter. Sir Charles Russell contend
ing that justice demanded that the source
of the letter should be revealed before he
was called upon to cross examine the
expert.
Presiding Judge Hammer thought
inquiry should now be made as to the
source of the letters.
The commission then adjourned.