Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-11-24
SENSATIONAL PLOT
SHOWN BY SEIZED
S|NN FE|N PAPERS
Prominent London Resi-
dents Involved in Irish
Conspiracy.
WELL-KNoWN AMERICANS
NAMES ARE MENTIONED
Systematic Man-Hunt Goes On
for 200 Gunmen in City
of Dublin.
sLAYERs ARE IN HIDING
While Thousands OF Soldiers and
Police Make Iiousc-to.
House Search.
sLA YERs ARE IN ,IIDI,
While Thousands OF Soldiers and
Police Make Iousc-to-
House Search.
LEy I-niirh Nnu..

NY 'illtsu News.
LONDON, Nov. e3.lu ruArd.d
ohicn Tuesday. the British govern
ment IS limiting that back Of the
events OF Duhlrn's rcd Sunday lies the
most sensatonal. the mos; amazing.
combination Of plotting and counter
plotting ever disclosed In Sim Fcln
History.
We have obtained secrets" ,lc
irish Oh!co says IN effect. ''cf such
sensational nature that we do no, yet
care TO reveal their fan signifcuncc."
Swarm. of British sccrc; scrvIc"
men src known to have been ut work
IN Ireland for tuonths.a cndeavor.ns
20 produce a sweeping indictment
againBt Sim Fcin. 10 be used in tho
governments ambitious scheme 20
crush Sim Fc!n" At one DIow.
Seize discriminating Documents.
Hundreds and thousands OF doc,i-
nents are known 10 have been seized
-? these men, and "a vast majority
Of the papers are characterized by
the government as discriminating
The Irish Office refuses TO reveal
Just what new evidence /, has OBJ
tanned. |; is admitted. however, shat
some OF the recently acquired docu-
ncHts involve we,l-known citizens o.:
London who have hitherto been un-
suspected OF completely in the alleged
Irish plot or even association with
'he Irish republicans.
The papcra also reveal. according
10 officials. an alarming accord he
tween the radical Sim Feincrs and
those who are associated in the pub
lie m!Ed as moderate" both OF whom
auppor; tho policy Of physical force.
Americans Involved,
The correspondents between prom
lncnt Slim Fein leaders and num-
her Of wcll-known Americans IS also
disclosed One document captured by
British secret service men vctoes the
plan 10 carry the campaign o. as
sass!na;ion into England.
I; !s rumcred that IN. son Of n
noted peer IS involved IN the case.
although the Irish Office refused 10
varify the statement
1t was partly to retain possession
II some "f these documents. partly in
n cndcavo- 80 do away with some o..
ss'TsC St'-tt III lht
opinion OF the Irish Office that the
sunday morning killings were carried
pJ'
Dublin spent Il night and day OF
@nx;ety Tuesdays While a majority
%! the inhabitants spent the twenty
'opr houra secluded behind barred
,al locked doors. occasional shots
were heard in different parts OF the
.Ity. Indicating that sniping still eX-
istcl and ,hat the troops patroil!nI
Diibiln's streets were still hunting
dewn suspects.
Dublin Shop windows Haired.
While train service in and out OF
;ne city was partially restored. there
vas little evidence OF life in AL Dub
N. Shop w!ndows were barred as
on 4 Sunday. Practically no business
,f any Kind was transacted. Those
Hho dared venture into the uuie;
s,reets were subject to attention
from groups of soldiers parading the
iown with fixed bayoncts. No per-
son. even with the usual passes, was
permitted TO wander about the city.
The systematic search for some 200
=unmen" whose killing OF fourteen
british officers began the bloodiest
,iay Ireland has known. Is proceeding
somewhere in tho city these men are
in hiding. y Gordon OF troops sur
roun3ing the capital is holding them
~. while thousands of police aad
t-oopnrs are searching every hcasc in
,hc city where the slightest clue
.x.sts OF their possible presence.
In front OF the wall of troops en-
,.ircling Dublin is a heavy re-enforcc-
mcnt Of barbrd wire. Back Of this
lie battery after battery OF machine
.-uns. trained on every road and every
yath leading from the town.
like Fortress in City.
within the city the scene is as in
d, fortress. ArInorcd cars lumber up
and down tho streets. Tanks bearing
steel helmeted troopers penetrate
every quarter at regular intervals.
Men in uniform arc everywhere.
whilo the City Hall and leading hotels
look like division headquarters dur
nG a real war
Guerrilla warfare continues outside
and occasionally within-,he city
limits. The trussed body of Black
and Tan trooper was found In the
River Eliie;. which runs through
Dublin. Two Sim Feiners were sho:
;nd ono policeman was wounded In
clashes at Mill Street, County Cork
turing the night. Ono OF tho Sim
sciners who Is said to have partic!-
pated in the Sunday murders has
been killed, according to the govern
,nent, and three more. captured "red
;. handed" will be tried on charge
Of murder.
TAf.ks Irish Sick OF HORRORS.