The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-02-13
INFORsIER LIE CARON.
He Completes His Story Concerning Opera
tiOns of the Irish American Societies.

He Completes His Story Concerning Opera
tiOns Of the Irish American Societies.
LONDON, Feb. 12.-The cross-examina-
tion of LIE Caron, the witness for the
Times, was continued upon the resumption
of the sitting of the Parnell commission
to-day. He said he had visited Europe five
times since 1867, sometimes in professional
capacity and sometimes unprofessionally.
He reported himself to the authorities on
each occasion, except in 1867. Neither Mr..
O'Kelly nor Mr.. Parnen had ever written
to him. The Fenians expelled Mr.. O'Kelly,
the witness said. because he had Joined
with Mr.. Parnell in the open movement.
OLeary denounced Mr.. O'Kelly. The wit
ness believed that O'Leary was a violent
opponent of the League Continuing. the
witness said he delivered sealed packages
from Mr.. Dewey and O'Leary to Egan, in
Paris, in 1881, and acknowledged that the
security of the seals alone prevented him
from opening the packets. He again saw
Mr.. Egan in 1883. Later Mr.. Egan intro
duced him to Mr.. Parnell in the lobby of
the House of Commons. He conversed
with Mr.. Parnell and was complimented
by him on mis- work. The Irish
opposing Mr.. Parnell so far as the
Home organization was concerned. Mr..
Parnell complained of this opposition, and
said that the home and sister organization
would have been crippled had they not OBJ
Parnelrs request the witness saw Dewey
and Sullivan and two others in America.
He did not write the result of his converse
tiOns with these men to Mr. Parnell, because
he had not been requested to. Moreover
E0qn had in ucfal fha xytfnacS fn 70
to him. Witnesses conversation with Par
nell had no reference to Egan. The most
important part of Mr.. ParnelPs
conversation concerned his views as
not see why an insurrection should be un-
successful. The witness had heard this be-
fore from Egan, but, coming from Mr.. Par
nell, it startled him.
Sir Charles Russell, counsel for the Par
nellites, and Sir Henry James, counsel for
ments which were the subject of discus
sion on Friday last.
The goverrInent paid the witness $4,000
He spent every cent of this for public
purposes. For instance, he took John
ONeiPs D u f75 to save his reputation
and to keep him from becoming defaulter.
This action give the witness strong hold
upon O'Neill. He had spent more than he
had received in the public service. He had
made no arrangements for future reward.
The V. c. organization, which numbered
5000 members, deliberately and knowingly
supported the dynamite policy. In the
convention of 1881, one hundred and sixty
two of the delegates present favored the use
of dynamite. The convention held in
MadIson-square Garden, New York. in
1884, advocated the dynamite policy.
Sullivan, Lomasney, Cronan, Smythe,
Canton, Hicks, FurlOng and Crane
were present at the convention.
lie Caron said Senator Jones was considered
"carpet-bag" Senator. He had not heard
of any. crime being attributed to Mr., Jones.
TIE witness attended the open and secret
caucuses of the Chicago convention in 1881.
Messrs Sheehy, Healy and L. p. O'ConnoI
were not present at the secret meetings
lie Caron here produced a photograph OF
Mr.. Parnell. He said that he had received
two of these photographs, one of which was
mailed to him in care of Mr.. Brennan, al
the league headquarters, Dublin. The en-.
velope in which this photograph was in
closed was stamped with the House of Com
mons stamp. Mr. Parnell signed one of the
photographs, "Yours very truly. G. s. Par
nell" This was done in the witness's pres.
ence. The other photograph was similarly
signed. Le Caron was unable to swear
whether the photograph produced was Mr.