The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1920-10-25
UNCONSCIOUS
FOR 36 HOURS
BEFORE DEATH
Body of Mayor of Cork
To Be Taken to Ire
land for Burial

n display Of Sllll Fem iiagS III
honor of the late lord mayor Of
Cork. Terence MacSwincy. result
cd in rioting today in the Bally-
macarrctt, subcrb of Belfast. iu
which one man was shot and
killed.
DUBLIN. Oct. PA sergeant
and two eonstables were shot dead
aud three constablcs were wound
cd this morning when 100 armed
men ambushcd a police patrol be-
tween Grange and Pamlish,
county Sligo. There were nine
men in the ambushcd patrol.
LONDON. oct. 25..-Tercncc Mae
s,.lncy. lord mayor Of Cork, died at
Brixton prison This city at 5;tO o'clock
this morning.
Ills death occurred on the 7lth
day Of hunger STRIFE that cclipsed
any In the annals OF the medical
world.
MacSwiney, who had been uncon-
scious 30 hours did not recover .is
faculties before he died. Father Dom
inic. his private chaplain. and his
brother, John MacSwlney. were with
him when the end cnTnc.
John 'AiHrswincy and the chaplain.
whU had been waiting d0wnstniIH In
the prlHUn were told by prison officials
at i:35 o'clock that they should 40 to
the mayors bedside. as they thought
death was approaching. The brother
asked for the privilege OF communi-
eating with other relatives who were
not present. but the officials. II Is said.
refused him the use OF a telephone.
widow Notified. .....
After the prisoners death, ,,is
brother and the chaplain were not
permitted to leave BriNton prison un-
I'll 6;l5 o'clock, John MacSwlney Inn
mcdiatoly conveyed word to the widow
OF the lord mayor. who wns staying
at West End hotel with Mr.. and
Mrs. O'Brlen, the former being the
London executive OF the Irish Self
Determination league.
Mrs. MacSwiney, accompanied by
her parents aud the Misses Annie and
Mary MacSwincy, sisters Of the lord
mayor. arrived at Brixton prison at
$3.50 o'colck.
II lis Understood arrangements are
being made 10 take the body TO Ire
land for burial.
News Of MaoSwlneys death had not
become known In the district around
BriXton prison until after nine o'clock
II In probable the inquest win be
held ut tho prison today, after which
the body will be turned over to rela-
tives.
MacSwIncy was unconscious for
thirty-slx houa before his death oc-
Cured. II is stated. Father Dominic.
therefore. was unable to give COM
munion but he administered extreme
unction.
The cause of Macswiney's death
was heart failure. according to a
atatcmcnt Issued at the home office,
Was System Poisoned.
This statement If considered an In
direct answcr to the criticisms OF Dr..
Josiah oldfield. the physician and
pubilcist, who declared Il was wrong
for the lord mayors doctor to nd-
minister meat juice and brandy. He
said brandy was IA poison and that
man at the point of death was very
susceptible 10 poison DR.. Oldfield
added that when man tasted a long
tlmc, the first food he could endure
was fruit juice.
asked regarding Mrs. MacSwiney's alb
scuce from the bedside when death
occurred, he replied by saying the re-
strictionu which were recently im-
posed upon the visits OF relatives were
ur6Id by the attending physicians as
vital Ia the prisoners own interests.
Terence Macswlney was forty years
old and was one OF the most promi-
nont Sim Felners. He started life as
a drnpcrs assistant. but becnm me Il
poet. author and playwright before
taking Up politics seriously. Later he
became violently anti English.
While In Wakefield Jail, In 1915, he
met Muriol Murphy. daughter OF n
wealthy Cork dlstil cr, who visited the
jail, and shortly after they were mar
rIed, despite much opposition.
MncSWiney was elected Slim Fem
membef from Cork TO the British
parliament In 1915. but never took
his apat. He was elected lord mayor
OF Cork In 1920. E,
For various politicals offenses' he
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