Evening star., 1920-12-23
RECESS
FOR IRISH HEARING
Two American Citizens Tell
of Experiences Re-
Gently in Erin.

After hearing testimony presented
by Mrs. Michael Mohan and John
iCharles Clarke. both American citizens
of Corona. l. l.. recently returned
from visit to relatives in Ireland
the unofficial American commission on
conditions in Ireland adjourned its
hearings at the Hotel Lafayette today
until the second week in January.
/! Mrs. Mohan described three raids by
! the black and tan police she had
; witnessed while in Queenstown, in one
| had been insulted
/ The witness said that on the night
! in question when her fathers house
was attacked she had flown the
, American flag as protection and that
an officer in command ordered the
uamn flag to be torn down and
| trampied on.
Complained to Consul.
Mrs. Mohan said she complained to
American Consul McAndrews at
| Queenstown and was told by him not
to Fay any attention to lot OF
drunken British soldiers.
She detailed other raids conducted
at Middleton, Ireland, by members of
the Cameron Highlanders. d Scotch
regiment, and said that she and her
sister had suffered indignity at the
hands of members of the regiment
The witness said that hardly house
in Queenstown had escaped violence
from the military. She also told of
the ransacking of Rockwell College.
Tells of Several Raids.
Mr.. Clarke testified to several raids
he had witnessed while on a trip to
Queenstown, and also gave a graphic
description OF the killing of two
young men in Cork by drunken black
and tan police
In describing the burning of the
cathedral in Queenstown, Mr. Clarke
said that the collins containing the
bodies of bishops were opened in
search of ammunition.
Miss Walsh Testifes.
Testifying to virtually the same cir
cumstances that surrounded the killing
of her brother-in-law, Lord Mayor Mac
Curtain, as given by her sister. Miss
Miss Annie Walsh took the stand at the
afternoon session yesterday. When
questioned by Hollingsworth Wood as
to the alleged charge that black and
tan" policemen had horsewhipped the
citizens of Cork, the witness declared
that such had been the case, and re-
lated several instances where the peo-
pie of her city had been driven to cover
by the policemen who welded large
whips She added that they were also
relieved of their personal belongings by
the police
When asked by her counsel, Frank
P Walsh, if American sailors had been
''boohed'' or mistreated during the war
by the people of Cork, Miss Walsh de-
MED the accusation, saying that the
American sailors were 'idolized" by her
people. There was bitter jealousy on
the part of British sailors stationed in
the city over the treatment we extended
the Americans" she said, land any
trouble that might have occurred was
due to the actions of the Englishmen."
Former Corporal Heard.
She was followed by Daniel J. Brod-
erick of Chicago. former corporal in the
United States Army and for fourteen
months in the American Navy during
the war, who told the commission that
while on a visit to his parents in Ire
land a few weeks ago he had examined
ammunition used by the royal Irish
constabulary and "black and tan" police
and found it to be what is known is
45-caliber, fiat, soft-nosed bullets of
the mushroom type. He said the whole