New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-02-28
SIR RTCHARD APOLOGIES.
THE TIMES'Sr CHEF ATTORNEY EATS HIS
DISH OF CROW
SIT, CHARLES RUSSELL WOULD LIKE TO HAvE
TIE LANGUAGE 4 LITTLE STEONGER-
Mr.. PAENELL's TTSTIMONY-WHEBE



/ PIGOTTi
London. Feb. 27.-Au immense crowd present
In the court room hi, morning when the session Of
the Parnell Commission opened. Much cxCitcmSnt
was manifested Mr.. Parnc arrived IN the court
room at an early hour. Attorney General Webster
stated tho hat Mr. shannon, Tho Illness
Dublin solicitor, had received letter to-day frum
Pigott, who is in Paris The lottcr was not iu
Pigoti's writing. Mr. shannon had Immediately In
formed the Scotland Yard authorities OF tho receipt
Of the letter
The Attorney General then read The letter. II
dated SATURDAY, and contained the confession
Pigott made 10 Mr. Lahouchere on that day At the
laters home Hsou added that hc desired fully to
disclose tia. he Fabricated The alleged fac sulc Of
Mr. Parnen's letter published in " The Tinc,.7 and
the other letters be had furnished that paper. He
dcnled being IN touch with the American Brother
hood after he had sold his newspaper, " The Insh-
man. He admitted that be wrote the conversation
with Eugene Davis al Lausanne from memory only
II" told HoLsOu that hc found the letter, In bag.
buI be Fabricated them. using s,-uinc letters of
Mr,,gs. Parncn and EgaI copying certain word,
showing the general character OF the writing and
tracing them against window pane. He aitor-
ward destroyed The genuine letters. The second
batch Of letters ascribcd Mr. rarncl initiated
from the fac slmllc published IN Tho Times lie
dc not SEQ Rresln in America He admitted that
ME LabOuchcrc's account of The lhtcrVle" boiwoch
them IN the main correct
The letter dated saturday was enclosed In another
letter bearing date Hotel du Monde, Paris, Tues
day" and saying:
Before leaving the enclosed rhe confossonl wa.
handed mo having been left while wa out. | viii
write aaain soon RICHARD P1GOTT.
Attorney General Webster said everybody would
agree that nobody could attach any weight To Pig
otis evidence and # his duty TO ash the court
t" withdraw from Considering the eenunchcss "i inc
letters. TAc TINES he said, deelrcd 10 eNprrss
IA. lotto md
Of that paper would themselves moro fully express
their rcget later lie repudlacd the allegation made
BY Sir Charles Russell yesterday that there was
foul conspiracy behind PgOtt and Houston u Such
conspiracy existed "The Times had no share IN
IT, II the error of The 1mcs' extended bry"h
that the court should mako the fullest Inquiry
SIR Charles Russell said he had hoped the Auor'
ney General would have made stronger statements.
Mr. Parncl was then called and sworn. He de
MED signing tho alleged letter OF May 10 MI camp
bell his secretary did not write the letter. The VII
ness had not heard OF such ""'r
uOhl no saw 4 published III The Times"
Mr. Campbell had gone TO Antwerp to endcavor to find
Pigott. Mr.. Parncn denied the genuincness Of the
other letters purporting have been signed by him
self and Mr. Egan He said he and Mr. Egan hNi
had extensive correspondence. He dictated l." Mr'
Campbell a letter regarding an interview hsh'd Dy
IrgOtt The letter which "The Tlmes' Teprodhccl
evidently initiated from 1t. He had no inter
view with Pigott
At this point Attorney General Webster askcl that
the Commission adjourn until tomorrow Dut 'ho
Court adjourned until Friday ,.
PigOtrs arrest I'm Paris * regarded as imnlnent,
but II !, doubtful whether ne trchcH noeeriei' VIII
regard perjury eXtrada table offence , ,
The Tines has withdrawn lts HdVcTt5emeht %
ParncDsm and Crime and "ODOnneIl versus
Walter Applicants for the pamphlets arc informed
that they are out Of print .-,
II IS doubted whctcr Pigot IS IN Paris, as reported
The landlord Of the Hotel du Monde In uat CITY, says
be has not seen HIM
1t appears thai PigOtt obtained on MONDAY RON
ment for a number Of raI, books including several
p0rnOgraphic works P,gou had the cheek ca,hcd AZ
a bank at O'Clock that afternoon. mo ldSt umc ho
was seen he walking FlcetsL ,. . -,
1t IS believed thai Hgott posted MS ht,er 10 hr'
shannon at the railroad station IN IaI9 anu uioH Pro'
ceeded for either Spain Switzoranu' A., ,,...L.
In the House OF Commons To-Day hr. hd'lnoWS,
Secretary OF State for Home Affairs, stated thai the
authorities were taking steps 10 secure the oAu~Iu%oh %
OF IJgOtt from Paris. Nj. Matthews usQ shd he hN!
no information Regarding Houston Whlch NJ PIcsoHI
would justify him In preventing Houston from leaving
the country. =, ~, l., A..
A crowd of friends besicged Mr. Parnell ~ the
lobby Of the House OF Commons to-day. Sir '" H.