Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1916-06-04
And Curiously Enough 1t
Reaches Its Destina-
tion Quickly.
l3 WERE EXECUTED
Names of Men Who Were
Not Mentioned in Dis
patches Are Given.

From his brother in Ireland, A. F.
Sweeney, secretary of the Tulsa
branch of the Sons of Irish Freedom
has received COPY of the Sunday
independent of Dublin of the date of
May IA. This paper is not in SYM
pathy with the revolutionary move
ment and that probably accounts for
the fact that 1t was allowed to be
mailed to this country.
on an inside page appears the ac-
count Of the execution of IA civilians,
whose names were never mentioned
in the press dispatches sent to this
country The newspaper calls on
Premier Asquith to account for the
execution Of these men, against whom
there was no evidence.
Humanity Shown.
II reports speech of Mr.. Asquith
in parliament in which he is quoted
as saying with reference to the in
surEents in Ireland:
IL nave no hesitation in saying in
public they conducted themselves
with a humanity which contrasted
very much to their advantage with
some of the so-callod civilized enc
mics with which we are fighting in
Europe"
In several places the Independent
demands an explanation of action
taken by the British authorities with
reference TO the uprising. Follow
ing is one of the questions posted in
the house of commons to be answered
by the minister.
Whether three principal teachers
of the Christian Brothers schools at
Charlesville were arrested while
teaching their classes and marched
handcuffed through the streets to an
unknown destination; and, If so,
whether. seeing that the small group
of local Irish volunteers have no fire.
arms and that the town and district
have been entirely free from any in
surrectionary disturbance and have
contributed an exceptionally large
number of recruits to the army,
orders will be given to discontinue
proceedings of this kind
One of the questions pertains to the
arrest of four sons of an aged widow.
The boys were her only support and
had taken no part in the uprising and
two OF them were not even members
of the Irish Volunteers. They have
never been heard from since their
arrest.
Refused Last Request.
And thus it goes, one after the
other, showing in many instances that
the atrocities were cruel and un-
founded. II is stated that L. IL
Pearse, after whom the local Irish
club in. Tulsa has been named, was
refused permission to see his mother
between sentence and execution ana
his brother was executed solely be-
cause of his relationship to Z. IL.
Pearse.
The story is told of one martyr who
refused to be blindfolded. He stated
that after his death the authorities
would find out their mistake. lie put
his hand to his eyes and the bullet
passed through his hand and into ms
brain.
The paper calls the attention of
Mr.. Asquith to the case of IA civicials
who were shot on the morning OF
April 20. This incident was never
sent out over the wires and has not
been published in America, not even
the Irish World carrying the account.
None of these victims was in any way
associated with the Volunteers or
Sim Fein rebels, and no trace of arms
or ammunition were found at the resi-
dences mentioned.
The names of the IA martyrs are
as follows Peter Lawless, James
Mccartney, Patrick Hoey, James Fin
negan, Thomas Hickey Christopher
Hickey, Peter Connolly, Mr.. Hughes.
Mr.. Walsh. Patrick Bealen, James
Healy, George Ennis. Michael Noonan
and Joseph Hayes.