The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1920-11-20
OPENS FIRE on CROWD.

THE platform was crowded with
! men, women and children on the
same errand. \ man in civilian
clothes. with a cap pulled low over
his eyes, who, it afterward developed
was black and TAM was pacing up
and down.
suddenly he whipped olt n revolt
yer and began firing promiscuously,
swinging his arm in half-circle. A
boy dropped, shot in the leg. almost
Immediately. 4 young man who at
tempted to wrest the pistol from the
man was shot dead.
"A woman with three children ran
screaming to British officer, who
shielded her as well as possible with
his body. AS l stood there the Black
and Tan who started the trouble
fell dead with a bullet in his brain.
II rushed back to the hotel. Many
British officers. dressed for the most
part in bathrobes, filled the lobby
When the slain Black and Tan was
described one of them cried. My
brother" and hurried from the hotel.
apparently TIE only motive Of the
dead officer was to provoke an out.
break. in accordance with British
policy. About five in the morning
the reprisal raid began. Windows
were smashed, fires started in sew
eral places. and there was fusillade.
II was in mortal terror because I
had in my handbag one of Mary Mac
Swiney's visiting cards. given me by
Countess Markovich, as souvenir.
AS precaution l chewed it up.
DIED on STREET.
The most outrageous act l saw
during the raid was the killing of a
young man named Quirk, who was
dragged from his bed. shot five times
in the abdomen and left to die on the
street. No connection was ever es-
tablished between him and the shoot.
ing of the Black and Tan About
$50 men took part in the raid
Mrs. King told the committee that
she was out on a lake in Galway one
night when band of BLACK and
Tans," who were looking for two
Sim Feiners who were ION the run"
started TO fire on the lake. Becom-
ing frightened she stood up in the
boat and sang The Star-Spangled
Banner" to show that she was an
American. The soldiers then stopped
| firing.
Mr.. Hackett recently investigated
conditions in Ireland and published a
detailed account OF his findings and
adventures. In his Testimony yester-
day he dealt mostly with the eco
nomic problems and possibilities of the
country.
He produced facts to show that Ire
land paid 100000 over and above her
allotted amount of revenue from 1915
1919 to the British government and
this same money, paid by Irishmen,
is being used to keep British troops,
armed motor lorries, tanks, airpanes,
etc. in Ireland.
Describing experiences in ireland,
he said:
"In the course of my travels last
summer | visited Kilkenny, Water
ford, Cork, Merry, Limerick, Dublin.
Belfast and Galway, in addition to
many smaller places. | am now con-
WINGED that an Independent republic
is lreland's only hope. As matter
OF fact the de facto Sim Feln gov
eminent has instituted reforms direly
needed for century.
"The Royal Irish Constabulary Is
only nominally n police force, being
actually military force OF occupa.
ton that has been kept in Ireland
for a hundred years.
pSO.Ooo TnooP THERE.
arthur Griffith, acting president
Of Sim Feln, estimates there are now
1850. 900 British troops in Ireland. Po.
lcemen, ] was told, are shot only
after they have committed murders
and been duly convicted In Sim Fein
Courts. For instance, I was told that
the three police murderers of Mayor
McCurtin, Of Cork, have all been
killed"
Hackctt gave picture Of the Re-
publican Government functioning
nuietly and cfcciertly underground.
amid external confusion. British au-
thority, he said, has dwindied to a
handful OF we'll fortified posts.