New-York tribune., 1920-11-22

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were marked men because of their
prominence in court-martal proceed
ings.
Michael Blake and James O'Neill
were shot and killed near Limerick last
night by disguised men, who held up
the motor in which the two were rid
| ing to their homes from Limerick
Junction. Patrick Blake, brother of
Michael, and O'Neill were acquitted by
& court-martial in July, and it is be-
lleved the attack was the outcome of
this trial.
When the automobile was stopped
named Blake was present. Michael
answered in the affirmative and was
shot dead O'Neill attempted to es-
cape, but his body was found later
ridded will. bullets.
BELFAST, Nov. y (By The Associ-
ated Press) The shooting of military
officers in Dublin this morning bore
evidence of careful planning. About 9
o'clock party of about twenty armed
men appeared in the vestibule of the
Gresham Hotel. They covered the
guests and employees with revolvers
Some of the raiders went upstairs, and
returned in q short time, after the
sound OF firing had been heard. The
armed party walked out calmly and
dispersed Oil reaching Sackville Street
1t was found that two guests had
been shot dead in their bedrooms. They
we're Captain Mccormick and Mr.
Wilde, who are believed to have re-
Gently arrived in Ireland The whole
thing was executed in a remarkably
fp,
guest said he was standing near a tele-
phone box when suddenly a man con-
Ironted him, presented revolver and
ordered him to hold up his hands and
not move. He obeyed, remaining in
that position until the raid was over.
One of the two murdered men was
killed while DRESSING The other was
shot while in bed Captain Mccormick
was well known to the guests of the
hotel. Nobody seemed to know the
other victim.
Soon after 8 o'clock the Pembroke
fire brigade ambulance was called to
III Morehampton Road, Donnybrook,
where it was found three men had been
shot. Two men were dead and another
appeared to be dying They were taken
to a hospital. The names given were
Thomas Smith, who, with his wife and
children, occupied the house, and Don
aid Maclean and John Caldown, who
were staying there.
Another sensational affair occurred
in Lower Mount Street. A party of
armed men arrived in lorres and en-
tered No. 22. Immediately the sound of
fierce firing was heard. and after some
time the party retrcated from the house
under heavy fire from the occupants.
who We're alleged to be Sim Feners.
There was further exchange of shots
in the street in which one man was
killed and two were wounded.
LONDON, Nov. 21 (By The Asso-
! ciated Press) The Irish Office in a
note says the wholesale killing Of Off
GERS and former officers in Dublin was
the result OF the recent stringent cam
paign by the Irish government against
the Sim Feiners. Most of those killed,
says the statement, either we're court
martial officers or were connected with
the legal administration.
The members of the attacking party
who invaded homes in various parts Of
Dublin, the statement asserts, also
searched the premises of their victims.
as though seeking to secure evidence
of the activity of the men slain or
wounded in the enforcement of the law,
Slain in Wife's Presence
Except tor the TWO victims in the
Gresham Hotel, in the heart of the city
the men were killed in their own homes
One Of the most brutal cases was that
Of Captain Newbury. who was muir
dered in the presence of his wife.
A dispatch received in London from,
official sources in Dublin says that
when mixed forces Of military and con.
stabulary surrounded Croke Park they
were fired upon by Sim Fein pickets
when seen approaching, and returned
the fire, killing and wounding a mum.
Der. About 5000 persons were ther
searched and afterward many revolver.
were found.
In addition to the casualties Cue t,
the firing, this dispatch says, a man an,
women were killed in the crush OWING
to the crowd stampeding.
A dispatch to the Exchange Tele
graph from Dublin places the casual
ties IN to-day's assassinations in Dub
I'm as eleven killed and five wounded d
The dispatch says it is believed tina
there are more casualties than hay,
, been reported.
The dead reported are four captains
FIVE unknown officers and two civilians
One civilian is said to be in a critica
condition as a result of wounds ant
four other citizens are declared t,
, have been injured.
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