New-York tribune., 1920-03-28
Baker of Thurles, Called
to His Door at Day.
break, Is Murdered
by Masked Marauder
Sister of Victim
Target of Slayers
British Press, Aroused
by ''Reign of Terror -
AS ails Government
By Frank Getty


tCopyrlsht 1920. New York Tribune Inc.
LONDON, March 27.-Another mur-
der was added to Ireland's tragic trial
to-day James Mccarthy, a baker of
Ihurles, where the military recently
got out of hand and shot up the town,
was awakened early this morning
called to the door of his house and shot
dead by masked marauder. Several
masked men, surrounding the house at
the time Of the murder. fired on the
dead mans sister as she, in her night
dress, ran for a physician and the po-
lice.
When the police arrived to view the
body, brother of the dead man re-
fused them permission to enter the
house and accused them of committing
the murder.
From all reports, it is apparent that
this latest outrage was committed by
implicated in the murder last week of
Thomas MacCurtain, Lord Mayor of
Cork, for Mccarthy, like MacCurtain,
was Sim Feiner of good standing in
the community.
Another blow at Sim Fein was
struck in the arrest to-day by the
military and police of Laurence Gin
nell, member of Parliament of repub-
llca-: rymDathies. He served a ter
in Dublin Prison in 1907 for contempt
of court
A Dublin coroner's jury investigat-
ing the murder yesterday of Alan Bell.
resident magistrate, who was dragged
from streetcar and shot, returned a
formal verdict to-day that death was
due to wounds. Despite the military's
Investigation of suspected Sinn Fem
hiding places where the murderers
might be concealed and the presence of
several scores of imported detectives
who were assigned to the case, no per-
sons have been implicated in the
crime. although it was committed by
daylight and there were several wit
nesscs.
Planned With Deliberation
1t is believed that these affairs, which
are so deliberately and cooIly planned
and carried out, are the work Of men
regularly employed in various busi-
nesses, who merely take few hours
leave when a conspiracy is being put
INTO execution and then quietly return
after the crime to their jobs. In this
way, It is pointed out. the criminals
could evade detection indefinitely.
whereas, if the gang were forced TO
hide somewhere near Dublin thew would
be discovered soon
Although Andrew Bonar Law an
nounced i'll the House of Commons Fri
day that the government had decided
to let James o'Bricn. the Sim Fein
alderman, die from the hunger strike
he has maintained for a week. O'Brien
was removed this afternoon from
Wormwood Scrubs prison in weak
ened condition and taken to a nursing
home.
Government Poll y Attacked
The Morning Post" to-day in an ed
ltorlai bitterly attacks the government
Tor its mishandling of the Irish situa-
tlon. 1t says:
grant Ireland complete independence
or reconquer Ireland. We are justified
IN assuming that it does not intend to
abandon the country to the rebels.
ihen 1t must deal with them, and the
longer 1t delays the more blood will he
shed. Either Viscount French (Lord
Lieutenant of Ireland) has sufficient
military forces to suppress Sim Fein
under martial law or he hasn't. AS the
secretary OF State for War Winston
ChurchilD stated recently, he is pre-
pered to send reinforcements to Ireland.
and the assumption is that Lord
French can act effectively if he chooses.
Or is he fettered by orders from the
government? In either case, Viscount
French. having been charged with the
duty of enforcing the law in Ireland
and having failed to discharge his dutv
has no honorable alternative to resign,
ing
Upon the British government falls
the responsibility for the present state
of affairs in Ireland, and his maiestv's
subjects are daily paying with their
lives the penalty for the inaction of
the government. Does the government
contend that it is actually unable to
protect life and property in Ireland?
If that is the contention, there is only
one answer: 1t must make way for an
other capable of fulfilling the primary
Office OF government.
"Win the government maintain that
an organized campaign of murder and
outrage is the legitimate method of
obtaining desired legislation? Direct
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