Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-05-13
MASKED, ARMED
IRISH DESTROY 19
POLICE BARRACKS
Tax Offices Raided, Men
Shot and Mails Looted in
Widespread Outbreak.
BY the Associated Press.


DUBLIN. May 13.-At least nineteen
police barracks in various parts OF
Ireland were wiped out in the course
of widespread destruction of public
property and other activities by bands
of armed and masked men in various
parts of Ireland last night. Five in
come tax and customs Offices also
were raided and papers found in them
burned.
Two mail cars and one mail train
ewre held up and official papers taken
from them.
One man was killed in the outskirts
Of Dublin, where barracks were being
burned.
The Rev. T. G. wilkinson. one Of the
canons Of Down Cathedral. at Down.
Patrick, was shot and critically
wounded while pursuing raiders on
the street.
/. The houses Of two newspaper
editors were raided and ono anti
ainn Fem editor was tarred and
feathered. :
= Some efthe poltes' 1Ssrrack, Destroy str,s,,;
30 dsSsers4aslsie saInds others were
Ths fetofts OF the raiders activities
nave been pouring in all day from
numerous sections.
Avalanche Proportions.
LONDON. May 13.-Reports Of an
unusual number Of activities by armed
and masked men in various sections
OF Ireland were received in London
today. The reports began trickling in
ear1v IN the ynornf nfue . opd h,, ,oou In
reached the proportions Of an ava
lanche. As at Easter time many police
bxrracks were attacked and q large
number of them were destroyed.
Most OF the barracks. which were
the object Of attack. were not occu-
pied by the regular police force, which
had been sent to the larger centers.
Income tax officers also were again
attacked and many documents were
destroyed. A notable instance of such
attacks was a raid upon an income
tax Office in the heart Of Belfast.
At the Irish Office 1t was said at
midafternoon that that Office was
mentioned in the reports.
Meanwhile Viscount French, vice
roy, was in London for a conference
with Andrew Bonar Law. the govern
ment leader in the house of commons
regarding the policy to be pursued
Will u Wow ~ eseS - -
der in Ireland.
The reports of the demonstrations
followed closely the announcement
made by Mr.. Bonar Law In the house
Of commons yesterday that Gen. Sir
Neyil Macready, military commander
Of Ireland, was inaugurating new
plans through which it was expected
conditions shortly would be improved
Fight ut Hollyford.
DUBLIN. May 1.-Two hundred
men besieged the Hollyford police
barracks in County Tipperary for four
hours early Wednesday morning. US
ing rifles and bombs. >
A part Of the building was set on
FIRE. but the ten officers defending the
Mace withdrew to another section of
the structure and continued their re-
sistance. The attackers eventually
retired. No casualties were reported.
The funeral of Francis Gleeson, who
died after an operation for appended
tis, following upon the Mount5oy
hunger strike. was made the occasion
Of a great Sinn Fein demonstration
this afternoon.
BELFAST, Ireland, May 12.-An-
other income tax office here was raid
ed tonight by Ave masked men. They
seized and bound the two clerks. col
lected the documents and burned
them, then made their escape.