The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-06-05
PATRICK EGAN'S REPLY.
Takes but Little Stock in the Story
Told by ssNo. One"

Told by "No. One"
st. Louis, June 4.-Hon. Patrick Egan,
eX-minister to Chile who was so closely
related to the late Stewart ParnelI and
Michael Davitt in affairs of the Irish
Land league, when seen last night in
regard to Tynan's book containing start
ing confessions and charges relative to
the Irish Invincible conspiracy which re-
suited in the Phoenix park assassination,
Sslo. II Is stated in New York that
lyman writing and publication of this
book is at the instigation of the London
Ilmes. which is believed to be making
d second attempt to connect the late Mr..
farnell and the Parnellite party with the
extreme or lnvincible wing of Irish agi-
tators, charged with the asSassina ton of
SaVendish: The Times in doing this said
that by throwing such discredit on the
nome rule and English liberal party as to
result IN Tory victory in the next Eng
lsh election which may now occur al
most any day, owing to the dwindling
majority of the liberal votes. the result
TO be accomplished should the Times be
able to convince England that Parnell
and his followers in the Land league were
cognlzant of the scheme of assassination
would be a vindication of its own attacks
on Parnell and others of the Irish leaders
IN the famous, but now discredited series
OF articles on 'Parnellism and Crime,
winch appeared in the Times, and led to
the clearing of Parnell through the dis
covery of the Pigott forgeries.
i know of my own knowledge that the
Times has beer. engaged in this second
movement now for the past two years.
also know that the Times has ennis
sarles in this country engaged in the
search for evidence that may go to prove
that Parnell or the Land league were
cognizant of the plan of the extremist
wing of the Irish agitators the wing that
urged the employment of force in the
struggle against England and they ad-
Vocated assassination. | do not express
an opinion as to what may or may not
have led lyman to write and publish this
book. L cannot pass any Judgment on
the correctness of his details as to the
formation of the Invincibles, or as to the
plans for the assassinat ton of Cavendish
or of Forester. l know nothing of the In
vincibles or of the assassination plans.
AT the time of the murder of Cavendish
L was living in Paris.
THE charge that Parnell knew of these
plans. or that he was aware of the deter
mination to keep the Office of chief secre-
tary for Ireland vacant by assassination,
or that he urged more vigorous action
when the Invincibles failed to assassin
ate. is absurd on the face of it. BY none
viii 1t be more quickly discredited than
by those members of the British parlia-
ment who served with Parnell and knew
him. If Parnelfs followers had had any
connection with these crimes the fact
would surely have become known, be-
cause the London Times ransacked Ire
land, France, the United States and Eng
land for evidence that would establish
this connecting link, buying up every one
it could, spending in all over S1,000,000 and
then failed in the attempt. l cannot &C
count for Tynans charges except on the
theory that he may be mentally unsound.
If he really was the No. / of the con-
spiracy ending in the assassination of
Lord Cavendish, is it likely that he would
acknowledge it openly even though he
might be protected from extradition? do
not know whether or not the United
States would give up were a demand
made by England, but it seems to me
that no man who had really been en-
gagged in such q. conspiracy and murder
would publish the fact to the world"