New-York tribune., 1920-01-22
Slim Fem Officials
Call Police Oufroges
A Spur to Vioience
By rank w. Getty
NcW l'o7E Tyibi

CV.pyrisn' 1920. New York Tribune lnc)
LONDON, Jan. 21.-The other side
of the Irish story came to light in a
dramatic manner to-day, when it wa:
learned by the correspondent Of "The
London Star" that last nights "Sinr
Fein outrage" in Thurles County, Tip
perary, whore q police constable was
wounded by unknown persons, had al
astonishing sequel, which included
what can only be described as military
outrages on a considerable scale.
Police and troops" says "The Star,
appear to have cot out OF hand and to
have induged in promiscuous firing
into houses for more t.ian an hour anl
half According to THE Star" vol
leys of bullets poured into doors anc
wind ows, and in some instances hant
grenades were thrown in. Window:
were smashed with rifle butts, doors
were battered down, and the towns
people were thrown into a panic OF
terror
One account says the home OF
Charles Culhane, president of the Sim
Fein club had every pane of glass in
the windows on the tower floor smashed
while volleys OF bullets from guns il
the hands of the military penetrate,
bedrooms on upper floors. Hand grer-
AIDES also were thrown into the rooms
here. it was said. Culhane WAS away !;
the time.
The plant OF The yippcr4ry Star
was considerably damaged by wife fire
and hand xrenadcs, although no one
WAS in the offices at the time.
Windows Broken by bullets
On several streets vollcys OF bullets
smashed Windows in nearly every
house. In several instances bullets are
said TO have passed over the heads OF
sleeping children and men and womer
not connected with the Sim Fein or
ganization in any way. Inspector Rice
in charge of the local division finally
Quclled the disturbance of soldiers enc
police
Arthur Griffith, nominal head Of tn,
Sim Fein and acting president Of the
Irish republic" in the absence o.
Eamon de Valera in the United States
sent me message to-day calling at
tcntion to the way in which last night.
occurrence supplemented an interview
he had given me for The Tribune.
Sim Fcin Guilt Denied
Last week. in Dublin, | talked witt
Griffith in q little parlor on the grount
floor OF a house in St. Stephens Square
The curtains at the windows wer,
pushed aside, so that passersby on tn,
street could look in, but police consta
bcs and others passing took no notice
of the leader Of the Irish Sim Fein or
ganizaton.
asked Griffith to justify, or deny i
he could the hundreds of crimes ant
outragcs recently attributed TO the Sim
Fcin which were doing so much tt
ALLEVIATE the sympathy of the civilized
WORLD from the cause OF Irish free
dom.
"A majority of the crimes on which
the sDotlight OF the British press i!
focused" Griffith said, "arc committed
bv former soldiers or ordinary crim
nails having no connection with th'
Sim Foin. but they are always laid Il
our door.
"Morcover. when policeman is sho
down bv Sim Fcincrs it will be foun(
in every case that the policeman haS
oppreaucd the people OF committed
deprcdn.ions until human nature would
not tolerate it longer
GOOD MORNING:
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