Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-12-11
HORRORS IN
IRELAND TOLD
BY WITNESSES
Committee One Hun
dred Hears of Raids
and Burnings
Three RESIGNED Members on Roy
al consfabaiary Testify with, Miss
MseSwsney anr Mrs Murphy -
Latter Says Food Shortage 10
Serious

Washington De- 19.-Tare@ former
members Of Ike Royal Irish cpzSlabu-
ias.-. es.cn CT whom SAID he had re-
signed IS protest against British
Inisrugc and later fed Ireland in fear
OF a1t2ck by former comrades. pro-
scented te tne commission OF the Coiz-
rrittee of One Hundred investigating
the irish question accounts IF the OPP
eras.eaS Of the British military forces
IN the Enesald Isle
Eac4. Of shc three. John = CAGdan
JOHN -s1Egney and Daniel f. Crowley.
told OF the raids n winch they said
they Tad been forced 70 participate
zs members Of the consEabula-v ard Of
the receipt from British commanders
Of Orders TO DESTROY life and property.
The commission also heard details
of the killing Of Lard MAYOR M2cCa--
tain Of Cork from Miss Mar AacSwl-
nsy. sister of Terence MacSwlney. SIC
cessor OF Mayor MarCurralr, an eye
witness account of a military rald on
a small County Clare town from ?. J.
GuiIfoh Of Pittsourg. and a dsscr'p-
ton of conditions in Ireland II Sep
,embes as seen cy Mrs Thomas Aur-
pay Of New York The commission
at the conclusion OF todays session
adjourned its hearings until next
Wednesday.
Tarxney in his story Of tie British
E.-T1an ire
-Blaek and Tans as the worst scuE1
of the counir-.7 and said:
There were many clashes between
he Black and Tanx and the Royal lrrsr
rors4ahularv. fer we looked upon them
as below Us I finally resigned be-
cause there was nothing left for me TO
DO as a policeman but Lead tie milf
tary TO their burcaeries-
Cad6zn devoted large part Of lis
recital to a description OF life N the
uiIitsr- barracks declaring that eac1
barracks contained canTeen and that
there is absolutely no limit 10 the
zmcs,-. which the rsen can bay.
AS a result. he sad the men
<pe.d their time IN oEiy three ways
The short duty On the streets in the
c3HleSE ana N DeG- <A4-1 h---s ~ -A~f~
20 out on duty an arfuiiy lot and the
carteeas are always open
Cadlau related accounts OF midnight
-aids and burrirgS ana declared ne
had seen men women and children
orar<ni from their beds amid showers
Of bullets 10 watch their homes burn
He said Quantities of food had been
DESTROYED by the British forces and
that rrxulations had been made ehec-
tive prohibiting long distance transpor-
tation Of fcodxsuf,s-
Charles that the British had threat
ened his life when he protested against
the searching out OF men on the single
charge of being republicans. were paac-
cd before the commission by Crowley.
Mrs. Murphy told the commission
that sfss saw the -iiitarv deliberately
sncot a fre-year-oid g1ri who was out
after curSew hours She also gave
an account Of how BLACK and Tans
held her ID 10 search. for arms and n
doing 50 tore the clothing from her
rvo-rear-old child held in her arms
Conditions in Ireland At present were
described by Mrs Murphy as serious
because 81 a shortage Of food Sne
described the bze2d a. unea1aoae ara
declared that for nearly eight months
sire lad been unable 70 get milk Tor
her baby.