The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1889-02-28
A LETTER FROM PIGOIlE
In Which Hs Again confesses
and Goes Into Detail,
THE LETTERS WITHDRAWN.
The Times Rather TardIiy Expresses
Its Rcaret--Parnell Win Follow
up the Conspiracy Theory,
rlsolt Is Wanted,

LONDON, Feb 927,-An Immense crowd
was present iHthG court room thismorn'
Ing when the session Of the ParnelI Com,
mission opened. Much excitement was
manifested, Mr., Parnell arrived in the
cour! room at m early hour.
Attorney General Webster stated to
thccourt that Mr.. Shannon, the Times
Dublin solicitor, had received a letter to,
day from Plgott, who sin Paris. The
letter was not in Pigott's handwriting.
Mr.. Shannon had Immediately notified
the Scotland Yard authorities Of tho re,
ceIpt Of the letter,
The Attorney General then read the
letter II was dated Saturday, and con.
tanned the confession Plgott made to La.
bouthrrc on that day, at the latter's
residence. PigOtt added that he desired
10 fully disclose that he fabricated the
alleged fac Simile OF Mr., Parnell's letter
published in tho Times, and the other
letters he hau furnished to that paper.
lie denied being in touch with the
American Brotherhood after he had sold
his newspaper, tho Irishman. He adj
mtled that he wrote the conversation
with Eugene Davis at Lausanne from
memory only.
lie told Houston that he found the let.
tiers in bug, but he fabricated them,
using genuine letters Of Messrs. Parnell
and Esan, copying certain words show.
Ing the general character OF the writing,
and tracing them against a window pane,
He afterwards destroyed the genuine let
tiers. TheseCOnd batch OF letters Inscribed
to Mr.. Parnell wCro initiated from the
fac smils published in the Times. He
did not seq Bresin In America. He adj
mittod that Mr.. Labouchero's account OF
the interview between them was in the
main correct The letter dated Saturday
was enclosed in another letter bearing
date "IIOtel Du Monde, Paris, Tuesday"
and saying:
Before leaving the enclosed (the con-
lesslon) was handed me, having been
left while was out. | will write again
soon. ORCHARD PIGoTT."
Attorney General Webster said every.
body would agree that nobody could at.
taCli auywcight to Pigott's evidence, and
il was his duty TO ask the court TO with
draw from considering the genuineness
OF the letters. The Times, he said, de-
sired to express regret for publishing the
letters, aud the proprietors Of that paper
would themselves more fully express
their regret later. lie repudiated the
allegation made by Sir Charles Russell
yesterday, that there was foul conspir-
aCy behind PigOtt and Houston. II such
conspiracy existed the Times had no
share in ii. II the erroro of the Times ex.
tended beyond that, the court should
make the fullest inquiry
Sir Churles Russell said he had hoped
the Attorney General would have made
stronger statements,
Mr., Parnell wasthen called and sworn.
lie denied signing the alleged letter Of
the 10th Of May. Mr.. Campbell, his sec.
retary, did not write the letter. Witness
had not heard OF such letter until lie saw
Unpublished in the Times. Mr.. Campbell
had gone TO Antwerp TO endeavor to find
Plgott. Mr., Parnell denied the genuine.
ness Of the other letters purporting to
have been signed by himself and Mr..
Eagan. He said he and Mr.. Eagan had
had extensive correspondence. He die.
tated to Mr.. Campbell q letter regarding
an interview asked by Pigott. The let
ter which the Times reproduced was evi.
IDENTIFY initiated from 1t, He had no in
terview with PigOLt.
AT this point Attorney General Web
ster asked that the Commission adjourn
untilto.mOrrow, but the court adjourned
until Friday.
Plgotts arrest in Paris Is regarded as
imminent but it is doubtful whether
the French Government will regard per-
jury rs an extraditable otTense.
ln connection with Mr.. Parnell's appli.
cation to tho Dublin courts for perlnis-
sion to bring suit against the Times for
libel, that paper has instructed its solicit
tors to oppose the granting Of u writ on
fairgrounds that a similar action brought
by Mr. ParnCll in the Edinburgh courts
was dismissed aud the trial would inter
iere witllthe commissions investigation.
IMr Parnell's legal advisers will strongly
resist the argument Of the Times.