The Irish standard., 1890-05-03
THOSE LANDLORD BRuTES.
Thev EYlct Thirteen Hundred of Their
Unfortunate Tenants in
Donegak
a DARK CHAPTER FOR HISTORY.


Crippled Men, Helpless Women and In
fant Children Thrown Into tho
Roadways to Die.
We furnished our readers last week
with a sketch of the scenes enacted IN
donegal during campaign OF eviction
and brutality conducted by landlord
who was backed BY the government
agents. both police and military. We
give the closing scenes this week with
comments by close observers of the con"
ditlon of affairs in the wretched north
ern county. The Dublin Freeman cor
respondent accompanying the eviction
party writes as follows: The eviction
campaign on the Olphert estate was
concluded to-day. About 1900 people
are now homeless, and only SIX tenants
remain on tbs entire estate who are not
elnder notice of eviction. Punctually
at 8 O'Clock this morning operations
were commenced by the evictors, who
were protected by the usual forces of
military and police. This morning the
FIRST visit was paid to the shop Of John
Diver, prosperous grocer in the village
of Falcarragh, whose eviction had to be
adjourned in September, owing to the
intervention of the army surgeon, who
certified him unfit for removal. To-day
his little wares we're cast upon the viii
lage street, and the inmates Of the house
elected. A load OF turf remained in the
house. which the tenant insisted should
be removed before possession should be
taken. He refused to afford the evictors
anv facilities in their work. or TO assist
them in any way, and dnally the evict0rs
were obliged to remove the turf in
S'creels." ..
SOME OBSTRUCTION wAsALso OFFERED
BY A CAT
which for some time resisted the forces
OF the crown, and refused to ''give
peaceable possession The animal
was, however. finally captured. after
which the inmates were elected and the
house was boarded up, Immediately
behind Divers house a very painful
scene was witnessed. Amongst those
who had been noticed for eviction were
three old women. who were living as
sub-tenants in a howell at the back Of
Divers house. ALI of them are widows.
They lived in the most wretched pow
ertv. The mind of one of the old women
has been unhlnged for years, and she
viewed the scene to. day with a vacant
look that betokened an utter want Of
realization of the position OF affairs.
The eviction had been determined on,
and the balliff had arrived at the house.
but he was recalled by the police. The
sheriff was afterwards asked to carry
out the eviction, but refused. He,
however. consented to delegate his
the eviction, if carried out, will unques-
tionablv rank as one Of unprecedented
harshness. The bugle was then sounded,
and the forces proceeded to eyict the
poor creatures on the bleak mountain
side. At the house of the aged Nc
CaIlog the family refused to give up
possession. When the sheriff formally
demanded possession ~.
THE INMATES HURLED MUD IN HIS
FACE.
The house was then besieged. and when
possession was obtained little girl of
10 years hurled some partially burned
turf on the head of one of the e.ner
gencymen. The very youtbfuI criminal
was somewhat the senior of those ar
rested IN Falcarragh last year. She
was then placed in custody, but after
some time the ludicr0us aspect OF q
child OF 10 years being triumphantly a:
rested bv a regiment of soldiers da RDed
upon the authorities and they released
her.
The next eviction was that Of Neill
McHugh. an old man of about 80 years
of are. who was rudely thrown out by.
the emergencymen. The poor old man.
totte1eu aud fell heavily to the ground
whereupon Mr.. Cameron and one OF the
district inspectors rushed to his aid and
lifted him to hisfeet. A chair was then
supplied for bin. and. seated on it. he
watched the closing up Of the house in
which he had spent . lifetime. At
Francis Cannon's farm the emergency
men having ayieted the family ands
boarded np the windows and door Of.
the house, proceeded to tear down the
onthouses. Divisional Commissioner
Cameron intervened and directed the
miscreants to cease. AT Neill McFad