The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-01-12
| WANTED BY THE TIMES
P. I hsridan offered 100000 to fss-
tify Against PaPnell.
rhs opsry ee the Asesmpt to MsaseArsars
8v0nesce AEassst the 0r~st Irish
ender aud How the "Timss''
RsPre~e ataaive Got Lefs.

DE1 ER, Jan. 11.-The Nstcs publishes
. Ave ,lulnn special from Omaha pur-
purttr to he AN interview with Thomas
Brenurfn. who was first secretary Of tho
land u egue i'm Ireland and one Of the few
mon - the United States who knows
thoros(thly AID enjoys the confidence Of
all thu Y.aguers i'm tho league movement
i'm Ire1Ihd. BRENNAN furnishes the history
OF . N4se which shows how the London
Times sas trying to manufacture p. J.
Sherid IN into = witness against Parncll
before the commission. He also explains
the ca@ble message sent to himself and
Alexa1 her sullivan on May q, lss9, from
Michs Davitt at Paris, and which DIR.
McCal v attempted tn give Significance
to in connection with the disap-
pearaf of DIR. Cronin. He said:
Son I'D day mentioned received u cable
gram rom Paris unsigned, hut which
believep was from Davitt. informing me
that so4pe person on this side had offered
To 70 I'd London and give evidence ON be-
half O& the Times before the Parncll
commission and that money had been
sent by the Times to Chicago and Pueblo,
ColorntlD, and asking me To consult Pat
rick E0an ON the subject. On May Egan
came my Office In Omaha, where we
had n Song consultation to who the
On MaJt6 and the Chicago and Omaha
papers Dntaine<l articles announcing the
disappS rance of Cronin. We at once
E,ccte0 lm and sent men to New York to
watch Z vessel which sailed the 13th,
after tn messenger came from Mr..
the Ts:.j % e.pecsea ~ to get. We then felt
at ease e We had perfect confidence In
SherislA9 and nothing could tempt him 20
70 0ver.t Now for Sheridan's part Of the
STORY Och declare is trsie:"
',On October IS, 1SsS, . man came to my
ranch In Rio Grnnde county, Colorado,
London 5imes. He said he had been sent
1s~s;. q .es Il -, would ss%:
Of thas '0 %swspsper spa Ss}or. " the Ps. Par.
nell co4mission, and that he was
prepared tn offer me any amount of
money fdr my services and guarantee me
absolute protection while in England.
This mas gave his name IA j. +. Kirby,
requested toy him tn name my price.
"'Will the Times give me SlOO,UO To do
this thing?' asked.
evidence L. satisfactory. You will bc paid
that a.noant one hour after our exa'hiI,a-
w. will , you consider y satisfactory
"'rhe Times people want evidence to the
effect that Parricli was "a party to the Phd.-
nix park murders. II not the instigator of
them, and your evidence to that effect
will be satisfactory to my friends and So
cure for you the fortune you name aud the
fullest protection of the gpverninent.'
"'Is the government aiding the Times
in defraying the expenses of the commits
sion ~ 1 ensliiirsd.
".N..t as the government hut as insii-
vitl,isl. presume they are,' he replied.
"'What guaranty will 1 have that your
my evidence proving satisfactory"
| asked.
swered. Joseph Soamcs will cable "a draft
To any bank that we may agree upon i'm
New York or Chicago in favor OF your
wife or whoever elise. you may name, the
same to be paid over as soon your ex-
animation CLOSES, provided IL II deemed
satisfactory.