The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1916-05-05
SWIFT JUSTICE
METED OUT To
S|NN F|ENERS
THREE ARE READY PUT TO
DEATH AND OTHERS ARE IN
CUSTODY AND BEING TRIED
WITH GREAT RAPlDlTY.

DUBLIN, May 4.-Justice has been
swift in the case of the leaders of
the Sim Fein rebellion Three of the
signatories of the procla-
5mation of the short-lived Irish rebel
|lion, paid the supreme sacrifice this
morning. They were Patrick Pearse,
|the scholarly president OF the provis-
|ional government; Thomas MacDon-
|agh and Thomas J. Clark
Duly Confirmed.
Their death sentences were pro-
nounced by the tiel general court
martial and were duly confirmed by
the highest authorities. OF the other
signatories, James Conolly is lying in
prison wounded, Sean MacDiarmad,
Eamonn Ceannt and Joseph Plunkett
|are somewhere in Ireland, whether
/ free or captured is not publicly known.
sThe other ring leaders in custody in
ireland are now being tried with great
|rapidity by the central court martial,
while the local courts-martial are deal
ing with minor rebel in various dis
Etricts.
The Associated Press correspondent
zsaw batch of the prisoners leaving
'one of the courts after being SEN
fenced. Some of them spoke to the
members of their escort as they
marched away and 1nloss their CHEEKY
appearance was forced, hey evidently
had escaped with more lenient pun
ishment than they had expected. The
general public was not aware of the
execution of the ringleaders until late
this evening and it was not possible
to observe the ecect of their punish
ment upon the citizens of Dublin who
however, for the vastly greater part,
were not in sympathy with the re-
bellion.
.,a Further Captures.
Further captures of isolated snip
ers occurred today in the outlying
quarters Of the capital and orders
were issued by Maj Gen Sir John
Maxwell that any rebels found with
arms should be severely dealt with.
Very few shots have been heard Inf
! the city since Tuesday evening at o
| ~
have had only a few months training
in real warfare.
passing down the Liffey river was
| fired upon and sharp salvos from
machine guns in the vicinity of Rath-
mines caused people IN the nelghbor-
hood to he alarmed.
Everybody is asking what has be-
come of John Mcneil, the local or
ganizer of the Sim Feiners, who ap-
pears to have disappeared from
Dublin with the firing of the first
shot. Another man in whose fate
great interest is manifested Is Thee
lOReilly. 1t Is now reported that
his body was found among the debris
of the general postofIice.
Confidence Returns.
Confidence is rapidly returning
among the civilian population and
although work has not been gener-
ally resumed many stores have been
reopened. The government requisi-
toned all the food supplies in stock
on its arrival at the quays and am
pie food was furnished TO the poorer
people at three depots opened at the
northwestern quay, the shell factory
and Rathmines
From these torres food was sup
piled TO the shops at prices prevail
ing before the rebellion on condition
that they be sold to the public at
similar rates. The South and West
OF Ireland are at present the only
places where disturbances are rife
and these are being sharply sup
pressed. Some further casualties are
ported among the troops. Though
the young soldiers are performing
their duty under the severest condi-
| tions OF warfare, many of them