Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-10-25

Those "criminal charges" were fully fnvesti
gated by the Parnell Times commission
1855. with the result that Pigott confessed
to the forgcries and committed suicide, and
an accomplish OF his the next day, when he
learned OF the fate of his principal, dropped
| dead In the streets Of London. The Attorney
General and Sir Richard Webster. as lea ding
| counsel Tor the Times, on tho 9th of Febru-
airy, 1889, withdrew and apologized for the
| forgeries, and the Times next day, in the
course of leading article. apoiogized for
their publication in the following terms:
'Mr. Parnell having in the witness box
| stated that the letters attributed to him
were forgeries, we accept in every respect
| the truth of the statement. In these crc1m-
stances we deem 1t right to express our TO-
| gret most fully and sincerely OF having
been induced to publish the letters in ques-
tion as Mr. ParnelPs, or to use them in evil
dence against him. This expression of re-
gret we need hardly say, Includes also the
letters falsely attributed to MI. Egan, Mr..
Dayitt and Mr.. O'Kelley." The London
ages and costs, the enormous sum OF f2l6, 900
-Sl, lO, 600. Three months afterward Mac
Donald, the principal OF the Times syndicate,
died from worrying, and for two years the
holders.
A Plea of Guilty on One Charge.
Third-with regard to being "a shamo-
crat" and a fugitive from criminal JUSTICE"
/ am fully content to leave the first past OF
this charge to the Judgment of my Irish
American fellow-cit1zens, and to the second
part plead guilty. Yes. was at one time
fugitive from criminal justice, " jim the
same way precisely as were Thomas Adds
Emmett, Richard MacNevin. Richard o.
German, Thomas Francis Meagher, John
Mitchell, and SO many others, and am
sincerely proud OF having been So 1t will
doubtless be news to you to learn that, very
soon after my arrival in this country "as q
fugitive from criminal Justice" was
q fad N
Hall, Boston, to the honorable position OF
President of the Irish National League of
America, which organization, during my
of $3.50, 0,OOo and that from Ireland there was
forwarded to me to the United States, in
1883, presentation OF costly service of
silver, accompanied by 1attering address
signed by Charles Stewart Parnell. Justin
Mccarthy, Michael Dayitt, ohm Dillon, w.
A. O. 'Brien, and by all the other leaders OF
the Irish National party, and all TINS. too.
after Il had fled the country to avoid arrest
and trial on Il very serious charge" ana had
tailed to account for q very large trust
fund placed in my charge"
The Presidents Opinion Quoted.
In contradistinction to those Mugwump
opinions of yours, which were reported to
have been so loudly cheered by the Demo
Gratis at Cooper Union, permit me. in con-
clusion, to quote for you the sentiments ex-
pressed by President Harrison upon the
Irish love of their native land, which you
consider such a grave offense against "crim-
inal justice" In addressing delegation of
Irish-Americans he said: "You are Ameri.
-Irish-Americans-and though YOU
have given the concentrated loyalty of your
honest hearts to the starry nag and your
adopted country, you have not forgotten.
ana you ought not to forget, to love and |
venerate the land of your nativity. II you
could forget Ireland, if you could be un- |
moved by her splendid oratory, unsympa-r
thetic with her heroes and martyrs, 1 should |
fear that the bond of your new citizenship |
would have no power over hearts so cold |
and consciences so dead. What ii q sprig of |
green was found upon the bloody Jacket of |
a Union soldier who lay dead on Mission |
Ridge? The flag he died for was his flag, |
and the green was only a memory and All |
Your obedient servent,
PATRICK EGAN.