The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-11-16

Ali this ssi,i Sir Edward. wonld be proved
in evidence and would surely enable the
jury to return verdict that would liberate
Captain O'Shea from q marriage that he
now looked upon as shameful bondage.
Captain O'Shea was then called to the
witness stand. His testimony was q cor
roboration in detail of the points touched
upon by Sir Edward Clarke in his opening
address. He said, among other things,
that while he was candidate for Galway
he heard statements sbout Parnen and
Mrs. 0'Shea. He demonstrated with his
wife, but she said her acquaintance with
Parnell was for political purposes. She
told him she knew Parneil had been
secretly married When paragraphs
appeared in the papers about
Parneli's visits to Ethan, O'Shea
wrote TO his wife. expressing annoyance at
the circumstance. There was talk about
taking criminal proceedings against the
newspapers. but it was thought it would
only make the scandal worse, and the idea
was abandoned. Afterwards he saw Q
paragraph TO the effect that Parnell had
been staying at Easrbourne with Mrs.
O'Shea, and he wrote to her. Some time
after his (O'Shea's) son showed him .
paragraph stating that Parneil had been at
Ethan. Plaintiff showed this 10 Parneil,
who seemed much annoyed. On April Is,
1887, plaintiff saw his wife and had long
and painful interview with her, showing
ner his sons letter.
The letter referred to was read by coun-
sci. 1t communicated matters relative to
the visit OF ParneIi 10 Mrs. O'Shea. The
son SAID he had heard the voice of that
awful scoundrel Parnell," )" and should have
liked TO knock him down, but dared not, as
ne did not wish to upset his mother, who
told him Farneli had only come To dinner.
The letter continues:
Perhaps ought to have kicked him. You,
however, know more about these things than
do but If you wish me to kick him il shall be
done on the first opportunity.
There was no cross-examination of
O'Shea. Photographs of Parnell and Mrs.
O'Shea were placed in evidence, and Har-
riet Bull, formerly in the service of Mrs.
Dawson. OF Brighton. was called. She re-
membered Mrs. O'Shea. Some five or six
years ago Captain O'shea came there. as
did another gentleman, whom she identi-
fed by the photograph as Parnell. He
would come every day. and at all tires.
When he came the children would go out,
and no one would be in the house but him
and Mrs. O'Shea. They would be together
for hours. He once slept in the house when
O'Shea was not there. She recollected on
one occasion going to Mrs. O'Shea's bed
room to speak to her. She heard voices,
tried the door and found it locked.
Caroline Pethers, q widow, residing in
Cheltenham, rented house in the latter
part of 1858 to Captain and Mrs. O'Shea.
Two or three days after the family arrived
a gentleman appeared, whom she identi-
fed IS Parnell. He went by the name Of
Charles Stewart He and Mrs. O'Shea
were in the dining-room for several hours
on one occasion with the door locked
They were in other rooms with the doors
locked. They used to drive out in the
night time. Parnell slept frequently at the
house when O'Shea was not there. He
was in the dining-room at one time with
Mrs. O'Shea with the door locked, when
Captain O'Shea rang the front door.beli.
Parnell escaped from the house. went to
the front door. rang the bell,
and asked to see Captain O'Shea
He :. did not escape by the stairs.
There was balcony outside the window,
and two rope. fire-escapes in the house,
(Laughter.l Witness saw Mrs. O'Shea
once go upstairs, pull down the blind and
enter Parnell's bedroom. Mira O'Shea
used 10 carry hot water to Parnell's bed
room.
The court here adjourned the case until
Monday. The refusal of Mrs. O'Shea to
make any defense, and the failure of Par
nell TO appear in court to refute the charges
has caused an immense sensation. The
utter collapse Of the defense is tantamount
to an acknowledgement OF guilt, and will
result in Parnell's being condemned to pay
the costs of the divorce proceedings.