THE PARNELL COMMISSION.

Evening Post, Volume XXXVII, Issue 15, 18 January 1889, Page 2

THE PARNELL COMMISSION.

PATRICK DELANEY'S EVIDENCE. STARTLING REVELATIONS. THE PHCENIX PARK MURDERS. MR. PARNELL CONSULTED. [*»ITED FRXBB ASSOCIATION.] London, 17tb January. Evidence was yfiaiWdwy adduced before the Times- Parnell Commißskm to show the complicity of Irish members in the" Pboraix Park murderr. Patio* Delaney »tated that in 1870 h« several timeS attended the joint meetings of members of the innd League and Fenian organisation, which rfefe held at Dublin, and that Mossrs. Michael Davitt, Parnell, Daniel Fgan, Joseph Biffear, John Dillon, Brennan, and Harris were: present on those occasions. The witfltfßS named 17 Invincibles, inoluding Brennan, Egan, Sheridan, Tynan (the alleged mysterioua "Number One"), and Byrne, who were regarded as leaders by the Fenians, to which party the witness afterwards belonged. The Central Administration of the Fenian party issued orders that the members of the organisation were not to oppose the wishes and decisioos of the Land League. Egan and Byrne supplied them with money at different times, the Fenians ' sometimes receiving a? much as .£4OO at one time, and Mrs. Byrne provided them -with the knives and revolvers intended to be used in the murder of the Castle officials, The plan of the murders was disoussed.by the Invincibles' Council, who ordered Joseph Brady and Timothy Kelly to Shoot " Buckshot " Forster. Witness, on the oooasioh of the Phoenix Park imircera, was posted at a certain spot, with instruction* to kill anyono crossing King's Bridge ttbile the murder was proceeding. Repeated efforts were made to kill Forster, who had several very narrow escapes, but they all mis' carried. The Invisibles' Council also gave orders to murder Mr. Burke and others. Several times the officials were " shadowed " with a view of carrying crfri this intention, but something turned np each time which caused a failure of the 1 plans, until at last Lord Frederick CavendWh and Mr. Burke fell victims in Phoenix Park. Immediately after the murders a committee meeting of the Invincibles was held, at which Byrne produced the hush money, more daggers, and revolvers. Brady suggested at this meeting that the Dublin detectives' should also be killed, but Byrne objected to this proposal, unless they had the authority of Egan. Byrne said he preferred that Earl Spencer should be killed. The witness identified the handwriting of a number of letters as that of Egan. Several of these letters show that Paruell was being consulted. | special. | London, 16th January. Before the Times-Parnell Commission, Patrick Delaney deposed that he was a member of the Dublin branch of the Fenians till the year 1882, and said that Tynan was the real "Number One." Witness took an oath to murder the Dublin Executive, and received orders to shoot Judge Lawson and Mr. Burke after Mr. Forster had been disposed of. It was arranged to shoot Mr. Forstor in Brunswiokstreet on one occasion, but the plan failed in consequenca of that gentleman proceeding to his home by another route. Molloy was deputed to murder Anderson, the Crown Solicitor. Witnoss stated that he was present when Lord Frederick Cavendißh and Mr. Burke were murdered in Phoenix Park, but ho did not assist in the murders beyond keeping watch. He confessed, and was sentenced to death by the Special Commission which tried tho Phoenix Park murderers, but his sentenco had since been nommuted. 17th January. In the course of his evidence before the Timos-Parnell Commission, the witness Delaney said that he undertook to murder Judge Lawson, but his movements exciting the attention of the detectives who were protecting tho Jndge, he was arrested and sentenced to 10 years' penal servitude. Tho witness swore that Michael Davitt was on the most intimate terms with Sheridan and Egan, with whom ho had important relations.