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Feilding Star, Volume XVII, Issue 87, 9 October 1895, Page 2

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PAINFUL SCENES in PARLIAMENT (Per Press Association.) Sydney, This Day. When told of Meagher's confession Dean said he did not know what Meagher had confessed, and he could not make it out. Sir J. Salomons, interviewed, said he sincerely hoped a lenient and favorable view would be taken of the accounts and speeches of those involved in this sad business. No one would be more glad than himself if what was now admitted as the true state of the facts were found capable of being reconciled with Mr Crick's ignorance of Dean's confession to Meagher and Meagher's disclosures in being made the instrument of their sad downfall. He suffered more, perhaps, than either Crick or Meagher. To that had been added wicked letters of abuse and threats of revenge up to the very last. The Attorney-General states the Cabinet had nothing to do with the matter. He acted upon and accepted the sole responsibility. Members of the Defence Committee refuse to say anything, preferring to wait the final result. They claim they acted from a sense of justice, and some of them state they will not be convinced unless Dean himself fully admits his guilt. Mrs Dean and her mother are gratified at their vindication, but state they wish no harm to Dean. All they wanted was a proof of their innocence. Mrs Dean is convinced there is a woman at the bottom of the affair. The scene in the Assembly was a remarkable one. The House and galleries were densely crowded. As Mr Crick proceeded with his revelations, totally unexpected as they were, intense silence reigned, broken only by occasional hushed whispers of sympathy. Every word was followed with strained attention. Mr Crick spoke apparently without preparation, and showed intense feeling. He several times broke down, and finally stopped suddenly, brushed the tears from his eyes, and sat down. There were no cheers and no demonstrations of any kind. The closing scene in Parliament of this extraordinary case was a remarkable spectacle. In a few moments the chamber was almost empty. Everybody seemed anxious to get out and talk over the revelations.