THE PARNELL COMMISSION.

Timaru Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 4535, 9 May 1889, Page 2

THE PARNELL COMMISSION.

(Per EtECTinc Teleouaph— Cor trio ht. ) (Prr Press Association.) (Keooive.l 12.-J5 p.m., May Sth.) London, May T. Mr W. O'Brien, M.P., and Mr E. Harriiigton, 51. P., who nero released from imprisonment m order to attend before tho Time* • Par noil Commission, arrived m court this morning. Mr Harrington inaistod on attending m his prison clothes, having refused to put on ordinary dress. Mr O'Uriou nppcarcd m ordinary dross. The cross-examination of Mr Parnell was continued. Ho explained that m tho year 1881 a ispeech dolivorod by him, <|uotod by tlio Attornoy-Oenoral, reforrod to the Kibbon oi'KHiiiKituui. Ho said he luul iHivor heaid tliat tho Leaguo lind paid a hundred ;;uiui «s towurda tho defencu of Mi>onlir;hlora at Cork m 1881, but upon tho Attorney-General reminding him that the oubjoct wan discunaed m I'arliiuuuut m l<i'S», Mr rarnell Biiid he

had heard the dcfoncb was paid for by a League cheque,iu the caso of Connell who Bhot Loary, and ho admitted peraonally paying for tho defence of aomo meu charged with committing Berioua criraos. (Received 7.D0 p.m., May Bth.) Mr Parnell haß admitted having made advances on behalf of the league from hia private funds, and the court directed the production of the cheques, pointing out that it waa clearly tho duty of Mr Parnell to search for and produce these documents for the satisfaction of the bench. The witness declared that Patrick Ford had garbled his American speeches when publishing thorn m the Irish Wurbl. He had never stated this before. He alao admitted that when speaking m 1881 he was aware that Davitt had reported the existence of dangerous Becret Booietiea m tho west of Ireland, but he had never denounced these secret societies. The leaguers might join the Clan-na-Gael without treachery to the league, but they would be traitors if they advocated the use of dynamite. On being re-examined by Sir C. Rußsell witness stated that Ford advocated and collected funds for dynamite purposes m 1883 and 1884, but ho veorod round m 1881. He was afraid that the outrages were tho work of tho lower class of Fenians and ribbon-men. Chicago, May (i. Dr Cronin, the friend of Major LaCaron, tho British Government spy, who gave evidence before the Commission, is missing, and ho is supposed to havo been murdered. An empty packing case was found near, upon which were marks of blood and tufta of hair believed to belong to CroniD. It is suspected that he has fallen a victim to Irish vengeance m consequence of LeCaron betraying the secrets of the party.