The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-22

Fourtcen persons were killed and | six wounded in what appears to have been n pre-arranged simul- taneous attack on military officers In their lodgings in various parts of the city today, according to m official announcement.
 Sixtce> lorries with auxiliaries arrived outside of Croke park when the game had been under way for about 15 minutes. They completely surrounded the grounds, mounted machine guns on the railway line overlooking the park and then burst through the gates.
 Shots were first fired in the air. then the auxiIiaries opened fire on the crowd from various quarters.
 An eyewitness describing the scene said that while the football match was in progress parties of black and tan around with rifles came on the field. They were booted by the crowd and almost im- mediately they fired into the masses of people. The witness said he counted more than 90 who fell.
 A stampede ensucd and many were bruised und trampled upon in thetr efforts to escape from the grounds.
 The streets of the city were lmIne- diately placed under a heavy patrol by the military, who resorted to fri ag their rifles in order to disperse the crowds.
 PRE- HOUR The assassinations occurred in Vari- ous parts of the city at o'clock this 
 The dead include two court-mar.ia. officers.
 Early this morning Captain Fitz- gerald, an officer, ssas shot in his bed in EarIesfort Terrace. \ qnnr- ter of an hour later two other of- ficers were shot in their beds in Pembrook street. a quarter of a mile away, and dangerously wounded.
 Three men suspected of being aecve' service agents likewise were attacked and shot while asleep in Hampton street, and still another man in lower Mount street was shot.
 MURDER THREE
 Capt. Donald Mclean and Iaan named Smith and another named Cal dow were shot in a house in Donny- brook. Captain McLain was insta ltly killed and Smith died few minutes later Caldow is believed to have been fatally wounded.
 At a house in Basgott street Captain Newbury was shot by five men.
 In the Gresham hotel two former officers were shot dead in a fight which occurred with men who are believed to have been "black and tans- who entered the ho1se.
 In Mount street two men are report ed to have been killed and a civilian " ounded.
 HOT SkIRMISH
 During the excitement in Mo mt street, black and tans." in- forry heard cries for help and apsw rcd them. A fierce encounter ansusd be- tween Irish volunteers and black and tans," in which two of the former ere killed and several wounded.
 Dublin, November 21.-The official list of those killed in the murder raid follows:
 Major Bowling, Captains D. L. Nc. Lean, Newbury, Bagally, Fitzgerald and Price, former Capt. P. Mccormick and Messrs. Bennett, Aimes Mahon, v. Nj Smith and l.. A. Wildo.
 Two of the cadets of the Royal Irish cons stabulary were found dead in a gar den after they had failed in an at tempt to reach the garrison to spread the alarm of the massacre. The wounded are: Colonels vbsd. cock and Montgomery, Captain Kinnol- ly and Messrs. Murray and Caldow and one other. Caldow was first re- ported killed.
 Captain Mclean and Messrs. Smith and Caidow were attacked by an band of 12 men in a house in Northamp ton road. They were taken from the ed
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