, 1881-09-22
How s'tlio Crswbnr Brigade" Demol-
fshed Houses md Ruined Families.

Ii WIS In Tho uarlsh Ut Curtin. In tho townand
Of Drrrysea9h, the brthpAco NJ tho enriy Irish
saint. Colunbkll1e, tho suoccssor Of st. Patrick.
Time, April, 1911.
The property had boon purchnsod short tiuo
before By Mr. Adalr, sto is resislunt OF the
Que6n's County. 1t contained about iiity famt-
lies.
~ had known tho District sad Father Jnmes
McFnd.'cn, Ut Clognancoy. "slncc my Guild
h0ud, ind ita peoplu wcro Ie1cohbte. huppy, aud
comparatively comfortable"
Following tho anino pnllcy TINT tho "bBnovo.
lent" Lord ueurge Hil adoptcd-so keep tho
people Ia terror of his p0Wcr-S1r. AdnIr serycd
notices Of cjectment every otlc Of his &cnurts,
LII Noyo1nber, 1sS1, l1ta agunt, sir, Murrny,
Scotchman, was murdered. There was no cyl
dence TO show ihnt this suurler wus an agraran
crftre. and thure uns. ani still ls, belief In the
noIghborhood that It WIS tho tragto elimination
Of q social scandal. On tho night Ut tho Inquest
tho pnrsul,age III which Mr. Admir- lpJxed WIS set
on tire. Nr. Affair rcKaEdrd this urlsne as nu Ut
tempt to Assnsinate HIN. 1lo II
VOWED VENGEANCE ON HIS DEnnyvEAoH
TENANTS.
To quoto the words OF n friendly chrontclor at
tho time, "he resolved to clcnr tho whole dis
trIct. and thus mark hs determination 10 put an
rnl to the ontraEcs which wore taking place.
fle obtained wri1s Of haere fdctas osstssfo,.etN,
and placed thom In tho hai,ds OF the -Sheritr.
4 body uf sD cqnstabu1ury stru drafted into
tho district TO protect this oIiiccr. This force,
commanded ty sub-tnspcctors and q resident
rnaglstratc, began operations ut the extreme
boundary of the norryyeaKh cstntcs.
1t is II nountnin side, abn,,t sixteen miles
from Lottorkenny. The scenery theFo IL pic
ttiresluc. with Its mountains and lolxhs; nnd
those ptopiD haI lived III that charming country
froin tttno out of mind. Mr.. AlMIr bud only
seen It for tho first tlmp fow yoara hnl0re.
Neither be, nor bis ancestors hnd over lived on
1t. fct although ho bud never spent a
shilling III improving It, aud although tho
tenants or their forctnthors bud reclain,ell
J. from absolute stcrlltty. tho English Inv
recognized tho right Ut tho new lord 10
wrest their homes aad Aelds fruu, them, aud tho
es1ablo HIN to ct'ntnlt this nHraran crime. Now
tho world bus hoard 40 lntavh Of ngraran out
frs sx t. ss ;sI. 5y the
n6ri1x@ent and without pity. from unpubIsdei
mnny II living men With With, GaSe W M spoken. eti
Tho English forco were halted at tho uabn OF
q w!duw 'lained MoAward, tn ihe townand of
%sShtsrs III soa s ssd a II har !? Thss Isl sacr
with snlnll cacurt. entered tho cnhis!, anl 'sle.
heoso tho s rsaoho Wrote
nspectutor at tho ffine. aloud cr!ps were heard
plyrolnE tho a!r, and soon tho nKl,ses OF tho
poor widow and hUr daughters wGru observed
onts!tlv tho house, Yheru they gave vent to their
grief in strains uf touching .gony"
her 80 iae eoon o. tne
brlKale" Ut six mon levelel tho house to the
Tao spectator whom hare alrcady quoted
writes:
"TuE scENE TnEX 1lEcAME 1NpEscR1llA-
pLE.
Tho bcrcaycd widow and her daukbterr wnro
tic ground thsy pecan,o almost ,,isot,sIble and nd
bursting out ID the old Irish wnjI--then
tnauy miles. THEY hai Geen deprived oi thsit
nnIy sbaItur-tho ji..Ie spot uaalu ae,.r to tho,n
ns"o s e, .Is ths ise H 81 Re4s M
;Shetter tholn. ttoy naturally lost ~ hope.
Tnoso who wtnessea their aRony VIII never
unii.0ved. Every hcart was touchel, aud toars
Z! sy'nnatny tluweu fr3m ,tany Ihe poltco Of
inx. . . ln u short tt,no tho mnrk uE toHl-
olIttou was cGnplutcd, and w withdraw from
tho seei,c. !eavinx The, Wsti1w and her orphans
couid 1ny tno,s @ sy,,athy nj eor tue hoa.
!nss without ptsscsstng tbs power to ro!leye
,This wark Of lIabollan, went on for three days,
Farty.six cnbIns weru leveled, md f0rty-sjx
fantlich.-aal persons-wsru driven tnto thu road
po Il. nSuas "ss ary Wo:a naya fhf 5ec es
denounced 10 an in!cfe,tslbtp outrage, unlcss
tise destruction was ,nlltpensAhy necessary
llnt tGesc acts 0F snvhno vandalism hnvu oo-
Grrt III every o.,lt3ty Ut tho wost OF ireland tl
s & s It VeS, ff ne Ete"r ao:
Ths axSy ct day ary ES t hs Earso at
thoIr hulaus TIL tho Inst n,Dugnt. Slllgnty tho
attsr ths shsrlns tor,nil warning i was @ found @
iheir notncs Many Of .nen. bsao aScn to ' tic
9 .nrs esntts . y eeTs ot endeafmon' ns 1t thoy
Eagiand calls aurseif 4 Christian and "oiv.
illzc! nat!ot,.-and Pet. somghow, while hpr
p:sope are entitled g lespeat bur lorsrl,msnt
xtish as II she wUfo . ,barbarto power Hare ia
nnothsr KIilnps0 Ut her rule In Donegal. A
sneetAtor ct thoso cloatanoes wroto at tho time.
'.Ope old nun. 'nraF Ihe four-seore nnd tun'
III IT, a
@ s ws ~ 10 asssa fs.ssa III Il. ssse ss
pso ore thasa familiar Old #as!s gave way hefdra
the crow bars;, and them in aguaisad s.l9nce, the
struuttun VI tteir DWELLING
ln almost every. cAon there wero people
Is hey foass es to
panind by chorus oS lha subs OF helpless chill
es1 a ef ct esS; sk VIZ
formal possession might be taken"
THESE oAownAR BHiGAnEs
work; en The esEaas sHa oas wao saw the.
Each successlve crash Ok. shs faiitus dsbrls
eviotet, whose !amentstoaa snonsutarily M @ ' n. i
cressod. :, As night ses in, the scene bt-
camo te3rfp)jy ssd. j'asslus slonx fne
have observed, noar to caen bouse, liz formUr
lumates, cEouehlug around peat tire, ooilve,l-
lent t, tlnnr tul httRo, u thuy dar0 not W
rain poured upun. them. they found no uover,
and were entirely ,exposcd to IT. but They only
4ought TO walm their f4iuIHbed bodies. Many VI
them were but mttesabiy clad, and on ali stdes
thu greatest dosolauon was apparent
These pooF people lay out all night behind
Why did mt fhd uninhhnra nt thAs1 rer4anItGt