THE TIMES-PARNELL COMMISSION
FATHER CONSIDINE'S EVIDENCE. JDNITKD PRKSB ABSOCIA.TION. | London, 10th May. Before tho Times- Parnoll Commission to-day, Father Considino was examined, and stated that the National Le&gno had never brought to justice any persons who had committed crime. Ho admitted saying in 18S0 that ovory wrotoh who refused to join the Leaguo descrvod to go to cold dead damnation. Father Considino then wont on to describe tho distressed condition of tho tenants living in Mrtyo ; and said that their houses wcro worse than tho kennela and stables of wfalthy landlords. No attempt whatever had been made to_ alleviate their misery, and neither Lord Dillon, who is an extensive landowner in Mayo, or his prodecessor, had ever seen one of tho 4500 of their tenants on the estate. He admitted having encouraged the priests to become members of tho League, and urged them to maintain its legality. Tho suppression of tho Lengno had, he said, caused a revival of secret societies. He disapproved boycotting, and shunning men as if they wero leper. ____
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Evening Post, Volume XXXVII, Issue 112, 13 May 1889, Page 2
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172THE TIMES-PARNELL COMMISSION Evening Post, Volume XXXVII, Issue 112, 13 May 1889, Page 2
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