▁effort ▁to ▁destroy ▁Par nell ' s ▁career , ▁P ig ott ▁produced ▁fake ▁letters , ▁which ▁pur port ed ▁that ▁Par nell ▁had ▁supported ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁Phoenix ▁Park ▁mur ders . ▁ ▁The ▁Times ▁bought ▁P ig ott ' s ▁for ger ies ▁for ▁£ 1 , 7 8 0 ▁() ▁and ▁published ▁the ▁most ▁dam ning ▁letter ▁on ▁ 1 8 ▁April ▁ 1 8 8 7 . ▁Par nell ▁immediately ▁den ounced ▁it ▁as ▁" a ▁villa in ous ▁and ▁bare fac ed ▁forg ery ". ▁ ▁In ▁February ▁ 1 8 8 9 , ▁the ▁Par nell ▁Commission ▁v ind ic ated ▁him ▁by ▁prov ing ▁that ▁the ▁letters ▁were ▁for ger ies . ▁ ▁They ▁included ▁miss p ell ings ▁( specific ally ▁'') ▁which ▁P ig ott ▁had ▁written ▁elsewhere . ▁A ▁lib el ▁action ▁instit uted ▁by ▁Par nell ▁also ▁v ind ic ated ▁him , ▁and ▁his ▁parliament ary ▁career ▁surv ived ▁the ▁P ig ott ▁accus ations . ▁ ▁The ▁Commission ▁eventually ▁produced ▁ 3 7 ▁volumes ▁in ▁evidence , ▁covering ▁not ▁just ▁the ▁for ger ies ▁but ▁also ▁the ▁surrounding ▁violence ▁that ▁followed ▁from ▁the ▁Plan ▁of ▁Camp aign . ▁ ▁After ▁adm itting ▁his ▁for ger ies ▁to ▁Henry ▁Lab ouch ère , ▁P ig ott ▁fled ▁to ▁Spain , ▁and ▁shot ▁himself ▁in ▁a ▁Madrid ▁hotel ▁room . ▁Par nell ▁then ▁su ed ▁The ▁Times ▁for ▁lib el , ▁and ▁the ▁newspaper ▁paid ▁him ▁£ 5 , 0 0 0