THE PAENELLI-"TIMES" COMMISSION.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 6541, 9 May 1889, Page 4

THE PAENELLI-"TIMES" COMMISSION.

MEtPAENELL'S ADMISSIONS. A SUPPOSED MURDER HfOHiaAGO. [SPKOiix^roftpßEss Association.] ] LONDON. Mat 7. It was Harrington, not O'Brien, who insisted on attending the Commission in his prison garb. The latter The Edinburgh City Council, which on April 24 passed a resolution in favour of conferring the freedom of the city on Mr Parnell by 24 votes to : 13, has reaffirmed its previous resolution by 23 votes to 14. Before the Commission to-day, the cross-examination of Mr Parnell was continued. He admitted having made advances on behalf of the League from his private funds, and the Court directed the production of the cheques, pointing out that it was clearly the duty of Mr Parnell to search for and produce these documents for the satisfaction of the Bench. The witness declared that Patrick Ford garbled his American speeches when publishing them in the Irish World, in order to convince the Teaders of that paper that his (Mr Parnell's) views were ?jZi!ra -advanced. He had never stated this before. Mr Parnell also admitted that when speaking in 1881 he was aware that Davitt had reported the existence of dangerous secret societies in the West of Ireland, but he had never denounced Becret societies. Leaguers might join the Clan-na-Gael without treachery to the League, but they would be traitors if they advocated the use of dynamite. Re-examined by Sir Charles Eussell: The witness stated that Ford advocated and collected funds for dynamite purposes in 1883 and 1884 ; but he veered round in 1884. He was afraid the outrages were the work of the lower class of Fenians and Ribbonmen. CHICAGO, Mat 6. Dr Cronin, a friend of Major Le Caron, the British Government spy, who gave evidence before the Commission, is missing, and he is supposed to have been murdered. An empty packing case was found near, upon which were marks of blood, and tufts of hair believed to belong to Cronin. It is suspected that he has fallen a victim to Irish vengeance, in consequence of Le Caron betraying the secrets of the party.