The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1917-12-01
VERDICT Of Tn0s.
AsHE JURY
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replied the witness in determined man.
ner.
Mr.. Hanna-And Thomas Ashe the
same? Witness did not reply to this,
which seemed almost as much COM
ment as question.
The new regulations came into force
about the Friday following, after they
had threatened another hunger-strike.
In addition to what was set out in
their demands, they had been given
knives and forks, which they had not
had before.
Finian Lynch's Testimony.
Mr.. Finian Lynch, another of the
Mountjoy prisoners, said, in reply to
Mr.. Healy, that up to the Wednesday
before the strike he and the other
Realm prisoners were in association
with ordinary criminals. While they
were in the wood yard they were with
a good many conscientious DIRECTORS
and ordinary criminals. In exercising
they were also with the ordinary Grim
inals, but from 10th September they
were exercised by themselves. Wit
ness explained how for "persisting in
speaking" he was deprived of secular
books. There was no other charge
against him at the time. On the We'd
nesday following all the prisoners, in
Guiding Mr.. Ashe, were deprived of
exercise.
He saw Mr.. Ashe OH the Tuesday,
when he was passing up the hall to
be forcibly fed.
Mr.. Healy-When poor Ashe was
walking for the last time to the scat
foid-if l may call ibid you say
anything to him ?-Yes, l saw him
coming along the passage and l said:
stick it, Tom, boy" He turned to-
wards me and said: I'll stick it, Fin. T"
saw him marched back, helped UNI
der each arm by two warders.
! Mr.. MacDonagh's Evidence.
Mr. Joseph MacDonagh, one of the
Mountjoy prisoners, stated, in reply to
Mr.. Dixon, that on September 18th
he was examined by DR.. Dowdall, and
also saw the Deputy Governor Boland
on that day and presented him their
demands for treatment as prisoners of
war. Mr.. Boland told him that he
/ was not aware that there was any
war on, and that the demands were
nonsensical, and would not be consid-
cred. Witness told him that the de.
mands were very serious, but he
seemed to treat them as if they were
nonsensical. On the Tuesday follow
ing he was again brought before Mr..
Boland for refusing to work in the
| wood yard. AS result, he was de-
prived of his secular books for week
and lost remission marks, the same
as the other prisoners. He. was not
examined by the doctor, and he was
not a hard labor prisoner. He. was
the first of the prisoners tried by civil
tribunal. On the Wednesday morning
| witness got exercise before breakfast
and again between II and IL o'clock.
The prisoners were exercised together
at the time. They were in the same
wing as ordinary prisoners. They got
no exercise after dinner that day, and
! they then rang the bells, which, after
a few minutes, appeared to be muf-
fled.
Why did you go on hunger striker
Because of the aggression of the au-
! thorities in connection with the re-
moval of the bedding and also because
they refused to consider our treatment
as prisoners of war. Nothing, said
witness, was broken in his cell until
the Thursday evening, when the hun
ger.strike began. He then broke the
lamp-hole and the rack on the wall.
The warders had put up outside the
doors the planks taken from the cells,
! so that the prisoners could not see
out.
On the Saturday witness had two
visits from the Lord Mayor, who in
formed him of the prisoners demands
being conceded, except as to a few
minutes at locking-up time. On the
Friday morning following Mr.. Ashes
death DR.. Finn examined him and
asked him to take his food voluntarily.
Mr.. Phillip J. MaeMahon.
| In answer to Mr.. Healey, Mr.. Philip
]. MacMahon, one Of the prisoners,
said he was. before being brought to
Mountjoy, in prison in Belfast. His
sentence was two years. hard labor,
with eighteen months RENTED.
| l suppose, remarked Mr.. Healy, you
made speech Of the usual Carson
type? l don't want you to recite it to
the jury-The sentiment was not ex-
actly the same.
Mr.. Healy-1 thought there was a
stated form adopted by the Sim Fein.
ers from the speeches Of Sir Edward
Carson that they would be prepared
to break all laws till they got what
they wanted (laughter).
IAN Act Of War;"
Prior to the articles being removed
from witness cell, he asked the Chief
Warder (Ryan) to be allowed to see
the Governor, and he replied in a very
discourteous manner that he had no
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