New-York tribune., 1920-10-13
Silln Feiners
Fig g nt Iroops;
Kill Three
Brother of Officer Slain
in Cork Among Victims
Of Battle in Drumoondra,
"a Suburb Of Dublin
Priest Seized i'm Church
Three ConstabIes Shot Dead
From Ambush at Stoke
STOW: Two More Wounded
By Frank Getty

From The TriJ,ne's Europsar Bu-eau
Copyright, 1920, New York Tribune Inc
LONDON, Oct. 12-An attempted
military raid in Drumoondra, suburb
of Dublin, to-day was resisted by
force and three deaths resulted in
the sharp revolver battle which fol-
lowed between men hiding in the
house and the military party outside
Major George Smyti1, former dis
trict inspector. whose brother was
murdered in Cork last August, was
leading the raid. He was shot dead
as the military approached the house,
and another officer was so severely
wounded by bullets that he died later.
One civilian was killed and another.
Professor Carolan, whose house was
the scene OF the affray, was severely
wounded by bayonet thrust in the
neck.
Sim Feiners in Hiding
Some mystery surrounds the entire
affair, but apparently two Sim Feiners
wanted by the military were hiding in
Professor Carolan's house. The mill
tary party, in search for them, forced
an entrance to the house and went up
stairs
Professors Carolan, attemp pting to
prevent the entrance of the soldiers,
was stabbed in the neck with a bay
onet Immediately the Sim FGiners
within the house opened FIRE on the
troops.
A general melee is said to have fol-
lowed, soldiers outside the house join
ing in the shooting. Many windows
were broken and the doors were pierced
with bullets.
A brief official statement on the af-
fair merely reports the death of two
officers and one civilian.
Early to-day a body of police was
ambushed by Sim Feiners near Stoke
stow who opened fire upon them with a
Hotchkiss gun, killing three con-
stables outright and seriously wound
ing two others
Military and police raids in Dublin
this afternoon followed this outbreak
Of rebel activity. Father OFlanagan.
"vice-president of the Irish Republic"
whose arrest was reported in The
Tribune Tuesday. was released to-day.
He Is brother of De Valeras wife.
Train Service May Be Suspended
Owing to the attacks which have
been made recently on the ralwaymen
of County Cork, train service in the
south may be suspended entirely.
George Nicholson, an Englishman,
publisher of the paper Industrial
Truth, has informed the police that he
received a death notice from Sim
Fein on account of certain articles he
had published
BELFAST. Oct. ~ (By The Associ-
ated Press The killing of Major
Smyth at Drumoondra has caused
sensation here. A renewal of the dis
orders In Ulster, such as followed the
assassination Of his brother last sum
mer, is feared. Major Smyth had been
decorated with the Distinguished Serv-
ice order and the Military Cross.
The Rev 0. w. Mehan, senior Cath
Ollie curate of Castlebar parish, County
Mayo, was arrested this morning in
the presbytery of his church for al
legged connection with extensive raids
in that district
BELFAST, Oct. 12.-The Irish Trad
ers' Protective Federation in circu-
lar to-day said that the government
had been asked to declare a morato-
rum on Belfast banks owing to the
situation created by the Sim Fein
boycott and large Withdrawals from
the banks.
The Sim Fem some time ago decid-
ed to force the withdrawal Of money
from Ulster banks by refusing to ac-
cept checks drawn on such banks.