Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-10-23
MAC SW|NEY'S DEATH
IS BELIEVED NEAR
Reports Today Indicate Cork Lord
Mayors Last Moments
at Hand.
nv A..,c,a,ea Pres. 10 Every Evening


London. Oct. 23.--Grsve reports were
in circulation at noon today regarding the
condition of Terence MacSwiney, lord
mayor Of Cork. on the seventy-secopd day
Of his hunger strike in Brixton prison. A
ste stenent Issued by the Exchange Ieie-
graph Company at that hour declared the
lord mayors last moments were at hand
The bulletin of the Irish Self Determi-
nation League on the lord mayors tondi-
ton. however. str ted that the league has
been informed that he WINS IN about the
safne state as recently. lie Wpa un~
conscious, its informant satd.
However" ashled the statement, the
Home Office has placed an embargo on the
use Of the telephone for communicating
news 10 the outside and ha4 forbidden the
lord mayors sisters, Mary and Annie, TO
visit him.
The Home Office explained the denisl Of
admission to the lord mayors SISTERS az
being due only to the belief that Their
visits interfered with the careful nursing
which the prisoners extremely delicate
condition required. -.
"Lord Mayor MaoSwiney's condition
continues critical said the Home Of1oe
announcement. "fhe sourVy ms been
slightly remedied.
The Self Determination Leagues bull
| letip this afternoon, after noting that this
was the seventv-second day Of the lord
mayors hunger strike, added:
1T has been impossible 10 issue any
previous bulletin 90 the press bee use OF
| the embargo placed by the Home Once
on the relatives of the lord mayor. his
strictly prohibits tho Misses Mary and
! Annie MaeSwinsy entering the prison
and prohibits any relatives from pursuing
| the custom of using the prison telephone
to communicate reports on tho mayor.
| A special messenger sent 10 the prison
brought news regarding the lord mayor U
| the league
| In its report of the sinking condition oi
| Mavor Macswiney NJ noon the Exchange
Telegraph Company said that Mrs. Mac
Swiney was with the mayor at that houl
and that Father Dominic, his private
chaplain, also visited him.
The league announced that Mrs Mac.
gwiney. while permitted 70 gee her bus
band. was permitted To remain only short
periofIs. A new angle Of the case developed
today in that the lord mayor now - re-
taining the food administered ny the doc
tors. indicating that Il is being assTnllated
This, il il believed, may prolong Mac
swiney's life for some time.
Dublin. Oct ga pitched battle wa
fought last night between Kllbeggan am
Moata. county Westmeath, when mill
tary lorry was ambushed. One auxiliary
policeman was killed and others wounded
A military party sent 70 the aid OF th'
police was attacked outside Of Moate anC
running fire was maintained throughou
the town. ia which it Is reported woman
was killed
The combined military and police par
ties returned to Athlone, shooting as the'
proceeded through the town and causing
panic.
Cork. Oct. 23--Several shops wer
burned and the windows Of the princlpa
business concerns were smashed las
evening at Bandon, IN the vicinity OF TIN
city. near the scene Of yesterday arr1h'is
Of military lorrles, in which an officer an
private were killed and five soldier
wounded. one Of whom died later. IL
reported the village Of InnishAnnon ais
was considerably damaged.