St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-11-16
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terrain churches. and the following sub
directly or Indirectly take the oppor-
tunity of seeing Mr.. Parnell. After
wards l saw paragraph to the effect
that Parnell had been staying at East
bourne with Mrs. O'Shea. | immedi-
ately wrote her. | had no notion nv
wife had taken house at Eastbourne.
Some time after that my son showed me
paragraph stating that Parneil had
been at Ethan. / showed this prra-
graph to Parnell. He was much an
noyed. The editors of one or two papers
were written to, and contradictions
were inserted. In April, 1887, received
letter from my son, Gerald. On April
long and painful interview with
her. l showed her my sons letter."
The letter referred to was then read by
Mr.. 1nderwick. 1t communicated mat
tiers relative to the visit of Parnell to
Mrs. O'Shea. The writer said lie had
heard the voice of 'that awful scoun-
drel, Parnell," talking to the dog. He
further said he should have liked to
have knocked him down, but he did not
like to upset his mother, VINO had told
him that Parneil had only come to din
ner and would stay no longer. ''Per-
haps," the letter continues, Il could
iiOG nave hHoChcQ ulul UOW1l. 1 GU. HOW
ever, know more about these things than
do. But ii you wish me to kick hlm,
it shall be done on the first oppor-
tunity." Witness continued: 81 knew
nothing about ParnelFs horses being
placed in my stables, did not know
of my wife living in Regents park.
After that | heard that Parnell had
been living with Mrs. O'Shea at
Brighton. l then filed a petition for
divorce"
Mr.. lnderwick-There is a serious
charge against you. as regards Mrs.
Steele. Is there any truth in that
charge? Or is it as absolutely and en-
tirely untrue as are the other charges
against you?
Witness-Yes, certainly; they are all
entirely false.
There was no cross-examination, and
Capt. O'Shea left the witness box. Two
photographs of Mr.. ParnelI and Mrs.
O'Shea were then handed in as evil
dence. Harriet Bull, who was formerly
in the service of Mrs, Dawson, of Bed
ford Square, Brighton, was the next Wit
ness. She remembered Mrs. O'Shea
staying there some five or six years ago.
O'Shea came there. as did also another
gentleman. who she identified by pho
tograph as Mr.. Parnell. He would come
CfCly uotJ otHu DIT oil tlIuGS.
Q.-What happened when he came?
A.-The children used TO go out for drives.
Nobody would be in the house.
GLOW long would they be together?
A.-For hours. He usually stayed till IL
O'Clock at night This was a frequent oc-
currence. On one occasion Mrs. OShea
was out later with the gentleman
Odd that gentleman ever sleep in the
house?
Ayes. one night.
Mr. IN ;I,o
night?
A.-No
Odd Mrs. o'shea and the gentleman
drive out together?
A.-Yes.
Q.-How did the gentleman enter the
house?
Ale used to let himself in.
Q.-Do you recollcct on one occasion going
to Mrs. O'Shea's bed room to speak to her?
A.-Yes; heard voices. / tried. the door
and found it locked.
Caroline Jefferson, widow residing
in Cheltenbam, was the next witness.
She testified that towards the end of
1888 she was caretaker of house at
Brighton, which she let to Capt. and
Mrs. OShea. Two or three days after
the family arrived a gentleman ap-
peared, whom she identified as ParnelI.
lie went by the name of Charles Stuart.
He sometimes called when O'Shea was
1IC uSCu QflhG Gull Will MIS-.
O'Shea i'll the night time. They were
together in the dining room for several
hours on one occasion, with the door
locked. They were in other rooms with
the doors locked. The young ladies said
their mother did not want to be dis
turbed when she had anybody with her.
Parnell slept frequently at the house
when O'Shea was not there. He was
in the drawing room one time with
Mrs. O'Shea, with the door locked.
when O'Shea rang the front door |
bell. Parnell escaped from the house,
and then went to the front door, rang
the bell and asked to see O'Shea. He |
did not escape by the stairs. There was
a balcony outside the window, and
there were two rope fire escapes in the |
house. Witness saw Mrs. O'Shea once |
go up stairs, pull down the blind and go |
into Parnell's bedroom. Mrs. O'Shea |
carried up 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 in |
the action for divorce brought against |
her by her husband, and the failure of |
Mr.. Parnell to appear In court to refute |
the charges made against him in the |
matter. have caused an immense Sensa- |
ton. The utter collapse of the defense |
is tantamount to an acknowledgment of |
guilt to the court, and will result in Mr.. |
Parnell being condemned to pay the |
costs of the divorce proceedings.
ParneII Will Not Lead.