Kentucky Irish American. (Louisville, Ky.) 1898-1968, 1920-07-17

house raided during the Easter holt
days. The soldiers were found to
have forced the front door, searched
the house and left by the back door,
not empty-handed, for a gold watch,
bracelet and a small clock were
taken.
On the same night another lady,
Mrs. Humphreys, of No. IA Herbert
Park, whose son was subjected to
cruel and causeless arrest, found that
a valuable diamond and sapphire
ring had been stolen from her dress
ing table.
Listen next to three extraordinary
cases, in all of which the victims are
absolutely unconnected with politics.
They illuminate Mr.. Macpherson
favorite formula that 'tlaw-abiding"
persons have nothing to fear in Ire
land.
Miss Hickey is a school teacher liv-
ing at No. Is Tivoli terrace, Kings
town, with her sister, Mrs. Longmore,
whose husband is in the Government
service. Mr.. Cooke an elderly gem
tleman and a Unionist, also lodged
in the house. A Castle spy had APP
parently told some fantastic story
about Mr.. Longmore's being addicted
to "drilling" on his brief periods of
leave. Hence the raid at 1:10 a. M,
Mr.. Longmore being absent at Birk-
enhead.
While revolvers covered Miss
Hickey the raiders entered the house
and made an exhaustive search for
four hours-fioors torn up, garden
dug up. Her cross examination was
grotesque, If it were not scandalous-
ly Insulting, when the party de-
cambed, leaving Miss Hickey faint
with fatigue and cold. They took
along $1S in cash, a ring, bangle
and chain. all of gold; a dinner
knife, six collars and tobacco and Gig
arettes, bottle of whiskey and some
cheese and apples were consumed
on the premises"
Mrs. Salkeld, who is a widow
wholly unconnected with politics, liv-
ing in flat at Cullenswood House.
Rathmines, has been raided four
times in two months, apparently be-
cause some suspected person resided
i'm the same block of flats. On the
second occasion she lost fish knives
and forks and small valuables worth
$25, and at the fourth raid, which
lasted eight hours, her boy. aged fif-
teen, was arrested, incredible as it
may seem.
Lastly, the case of Signor Simonet-
ii, an Italian professor of music at
the Irish Academy, renting a fur
nished house at No. 5 Lesson Park
avenue from Anthony Mackay, who
owns to the crime of believing in
Irish independence. Innocently
enough the professor took time To
put on some clothes before answer
ing the knock. Crash went his door
with crowbars. After the raid, which
terrified his children into screaming
he missed wrist watch, the contents
of a purse, some silver-mounted hair
brushes and some articles of clothing
On the night of September 8 las
the small garrison town of Fermoy
was methodically sacked by a large
body of soldiers armed with crow
bars, trench tools, etc., the principa,
shops and business premises being
more or less wrecked, and the con
tents in some cases strewed about the
streets or looted. The work met witt
; no interference from $50 to 10 p
M, though the barracks were Close
III IldHu. Inc regiment WullCl
wrecked Fermoy should have beer
transferred from Ireland. 1t was
moved to Cork. where political feel
ing was intense, and ON Novembel
10, with no special provocation
again rioted, smashing shop window:
over a wide area and wrecking anC
looting the Shandon Company'l
, premises. At Kinsale and, Athlon'
similar events occurred.