Swansea and Glamorgan Herald, and South Wales Free Press. — 1889-01-23 (Swansea, West Glamorgan, Wales)

THE PARNELL COM MISION,  THE AT MEI/FY-GENERAL AND THE PLAN OF ;CAMPAIGN.  THIS DAY 'S PROCEEDINGS.  At the Parnell Commiseion on Friday, the Attorney-General intimated he would drop that part of the ease relating to the Plan of Campaign, as to which there was yesterday considerable discussion, and Mr Asquith said he would not take advantage of he court's direction to let hire examine Mr Parnell's letters produced by the Times for purposes of comparison. Evidence was than given by Georgeroung and Glintrett Tyorell, land aaeuts in King's County, who described intimidation practised by the Land League. , Robt. Powell, agent for Lord Sligo and other landowners, gave oviden3e of the same character, stating that after the establishment of the League he had difficultiee with his tensuts,who ref ased to pay rents, except some, who paid secretly. After receiving threatening letters his sheep were killed, and he then sought police protection,under which ho had been ever since. He never, tefore the establishment of the League,knew of similar outrages to those which iollow d i .  Mr Henry Verekey agent for the Acton estate in Mayo, and Mr Barrett, a landow..er of , Bantry, spoke to a similar effect, the latter adding that at a meeting presided over hy a priest ,in that town the assasaination of himself and a man named Manning was plainly suggested. In eross-examination, Barrett admitted that a man evicted on his estate died shortly afterward., beneath an upturned boat, under mous:natal:wee of considerble diatres,  Mr o.Dounel, a landowner of Mayo, maid that after the establiehment of the League he refused to give the large reduction asked by the tenant., and woe twice shot at, on one ocoakon being hit in the thigh. He admitted that one reason for this might be that he dissented from the verdict of wilful murder re. turned by a jury, on which he served, against lhe polide for killing two women in a crowd on which they fired. That verdict was quee ed by the grand jury. Cross-examined.—At one eviction a tenant's wife persisted in lying in bed, and as the police would not carry her out, witurea and the alteriff's assistant did so as alio lay in bed. When they got her outaido a constable threw his oloa over her as she kicked the clothes off.  Re-txamined.—She was not ill and had only taken to .ted to avoid eviction, for he had tome her well the night before. "  After luncheon Mr Reid made an application against the proprietor of the Sheffield Telegraph for contempt of courtalleged to Gave been committed by issue of a contents bill, beari...,,t the words "The League Murder Ring—a eonfessioo in open court" The President advised the counsel to have his applioation on affidavit, and this Reid agreed to do. Captain Plunket was then called. He said he had been an Irish resident magistrate , for twenty years, and described his ! method of resistance adopted at evictions. ! The tenants were always reinforced by neigh! hours. The houses were barricaded, and active resistance was offered to the sheriff's men. He always found that outrages usually followed inflammatory speeches made by members of the League, and that the districts where the League had most influence were most disorderly. Cross.examineci Witness said that crime : invariably followed the eatabliahment of a League branch possessing any vitality. He instanced a speech of Father O'Connor, which. bethought, was a direct incitement to the murcer of Ctu tain. He said the learned facts as to the work of the League were from informers, who were paid for their information, and some of whom were retained in police pay. The court rose for the day at 4 o'clock.