The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-02-12

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 1 tie, asking that he be allowed to re- | lease the civilian prisoners as the l barracks were fast becoming over crowded, and he was given orders to
 set all at liberty except Skefng- 1 ton.''
 "At midnight Capt. Coulthurst ot
 Royal Irish Rifles reached the scene,' ,'
 said the speaker.f "He had been re-
 called from his previous post because
 of his extreme cruelty to German
 prisoners. The only place he was on
 congenial soil was in Porto Below 1 barracks"
 party as a hostage. The soldiers car
 ried live bombs which they threw in- | to houses to keep the, occupants in- doors." The party suddenly came up- on a boy of IT years, who stood out side the Cathedral, having just emerg- ed from the church where he attended a meeting.
 "Capt. Coulthurst approached him and asked him if he knew that mar tial law had been proclaimed. The l boy knew nothing of martial law and
 made some testing reply with the re- suit that Coulthurst said: Smash himv Lieut.. Leslie Wilson broke the boys jaw with the butt of his gun
 and as he knelt on the sidewalk, Coul- thurst shot him, and his life blood poured. forth onto the pavement. .
 My husband protested against this
 murder and Coulthurst replied, Shut up your turn is next. Orders had been given to shoot all men, women or children, who were on the streets after o'clock at night. Many women and children disappeared never to be heard from. They had been shot and buried in nameless graves.
 There wan no sniping and my hus- band returned alive to the barracks, where Capt Coulthurst said a prayer. Here are his words, Thanks to God, by Gods grace, not one of the rebels was left alive, My husband, still bound, was put in a cell When he asked to see me the only answer he received was a, blow across the mouth. [ lived but 10 minutes walk from the barracks and must have heard the shots which killed him.
 "Coulthurst said, I'm going to shoot him. referring to my husband, and told him to walk across the yard. Without a word of warning of any kind he was shot in the back by fir ling squad. Two editors were shot in the same way. When the triple mur-. der was reported to Dublin castle or ders were given to bury the bodies in sacks secretly
 Richard O'Carroll, labor leader of the revolution, voluntarily surren- dered, was told to walk across the ward with his hands above his head. He was shot by Captain Coulthurst. When the latter was told that O'Car- roll was not dead Coulthurst replied, I've. given him enough. He'll die later on.' A boy of 16 years who was asked for information concerning the lealers of the revolution was made to knee1 in the street and was shot dead through the back by Capt. Coulthurst
 'sThen they arranged to raid my house to obtain information which would uphold the murder. They fir ed a volley into the house; broke the window glass with the butt end of their rifles, as I was putting my little son to bed, placed bayonets to the breast of the boy and myself and or dered the soldiers to shoot us if we moved. This is the way the British Army of occupation defended women and children. They ransacked the house, taking everything of value. even the pictures and with a key which they found on my husbands body, they opened drawers and rifled his effects.
 What happened to Coulthurst? He was rewarded with promotion; put in
 entire charge, and the superior officer who wanted Coulthurst put in re- straint was removed and succeeded by Coulthurst to his surprise. Kitchen CT ordered Coulthurst arrested and Gen. Maxwell ignored the order, Be- fore the war is over perhaps he will be pronounced cured of his madness and restored to rank in Dublin
 'I was offered generous compensa- tioni by MT. Asquith if I refused to press a demand for public inquiry. I naturally refused to be a partner to any such infamous transaction. As quith had an unbroken record in the history of British ministers of never having kept his word.
 Before the inquiry one of the chief witnesses blew his brains out and it was proven at that hearing that 50 murders such as my husbands had been committed and 300 houses footed as mine was.''
 The speaker related how James Con- nolly, dying in bed, was carried to a chair, strapped into it and shot dead and she maintained that such acts had made the spirit in Ireland stronger against Great Britain than ever be- fore Nothing will induce the Irish to accept conscription. The movement will be resisted by the Irish who would rather die at home..:
 Remember Ireland today wants her continued the speaker. ''She wants her place in the sun. Prolonged applause) I want all of you to help Ireland until the day of settlement comes. When the war is over and the independence of Finland IIith1nuania and other places is being settled. we want America to say, What about Ireland?'
 Nothing but absolute independence can satisfy Ireland England has been