Pigott forgeries exposed
1889 · Event
Letters published by The Times linking Parnell to the Phoenix Park murders are shown to be forgeries when Richard Pigott, under cross-examination, misspells 'hesitancy' just as the forger did; he flees to Madrid and shoots himself.
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