The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-10-26
BODY TO BE TAKEN
IN SECRET TO CORK
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been unconscious for several days. The
Lord Mayor, who was terriAly emaciated
as result of his long abstinence from
food, for many hours had beaQ delirious
and was unconscious when death came.
There were no untoward demonstra-
tons outside Brixton Prison after the
news Of the death OF MacSwiney became
generally known. A large force of
police had been concentrated to put
down any disorder that might occur. 1t
was said at the prison that the reason
Tor withholding permission to John Mac
Swiney to inform the dead mans rela-
tives of his passing away was that it
was In the prisoners interests.
1t is well within the possibilities that
the body VIII be taken to Cork secretly
in order to avoid unpleasant results
from whatever demonstrations might be
arranged in England and ireland as the
train bearing the body passes. There is
no intimation that any official advocates
refusal to send II to Cork
The Home Office. in charge OF prisons,
which. would control the movement OF
the body In England, said that no plan
for the removal OF the body had been
officially considered. At the irish Office
il was declared that no plan had been
formulated for the transfer OF the body
to ireland and that final decision on
this point would be up to Dublin Castle
alone.
1t is within, the powers of the Home
Office to give up the body OF pris-
crer in. whatever way is deemed most
expedfent II is pointed out that II
could legally secretly transfer the body
to some out of the way port and later
to n Government vessel and deliver IL
at Cork.
The MacSwiney family plans that his
grave will be alongside that of his on
cial predecessor, Lord Mayor Thomas
MacCurtain. who was shot in his own
home in Cork on March 20. MacSwiney
will be the fourth to be buried in this
plot. the others being MacCurtain, Shea
mus McQuirke, who was taken out Of
bed In his Galway home and shot, and
Jeremiah McNesty. who participated in
the Easter rising in Dublin in 1916. The
plot is In st Fin Bars Cemetery In
Cork. and Is known as Republican
plot" as ii has been reserved for Irish
Nationalist soldiers
Should there be no, governmental in
reference the progress of the funeral
party from Dublin to Cork will be
marked by series of services at all the
populous centres en- route. Final OBJ
sequies will be held in Cork Cathedral
1otHHi'HNtu- on lirf 0etul OF Mac
Swney the Evenin0 Standard says: or
contempt-of nature and IN defiance %
his own priests the Lord Mayor per-
sisted in his design of suicide. The
responsibility Is his. so far as 1t doe
not lie with those who gave him counte
rance. IL cannot be sa' 4 In any meas
TIRE Ia rest on the Government. who
merely declared that under no circum-
stances could he be released. His death
Is as truly a case of self murder as Z
had opened a vein on the first night OF
his incarceration'
The Westminster Gazette says: "Ths
Government may urge a thousand rea
sons TO prove II could do nothing but
what It did do. Nevertheless u has
teen beaten by Lord Mayor MacSwiney.
Englishmen have never failed In gen
eous respect for those who resist them
to the death. They know that the
death, OF this man is no victory for
them"