Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-11-22
MURDER STALKS
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| hffA ntNf Dtfh hple Ib tHlNt HsfiD.h
! from arrest since having arrived in Dub
lin, and could have become accurately nc
| uuainted with tho residences and habits
| of their victims who IL is stated were &C.
| cilring evidence to be submitted before
| the courtmartial which will try recently
| arrested Sim Feiners is regarded as fur
nishing significant ground for doubling
the confidence supposedly held by officials.
Ministers responeble for the admins
tratiou in Ireland were called to meet tina
| morning 10 discuss the situation. Sir
Hamar Greenwood Chief Secretary for
| Ireland, and Winston Spencer Churchill,
Secretary Of State for War, who is re-
sponsible for the movements of the army
in Ireland, were in constant telephone
communication with Dublin Sunday
The lord mayor of '1..Iin applied for
police protection last evening, 1T was
stated officially tcday. The vieeroy gave
permission for the guard being sent but
no regular military or police being avail
able, a party Of "Black and 1nns' was
sent 10 guard the lord mayor.
Newry, Ireland, Nov % Head Con-
stable Kearney was shot and probably
mortally wounded here last evening by
unknown persons. subsequently the
, constabulary was set on fire.
Dublin, Nov. % -Thosc who had
plan ned the murder Of the officers and gov
ernment employees moved systematically
TO their task They committed the as
sassnations without disguise and all
made their escape
Small bodies Of men, numbering gen
orally from six 10 eight, presented them
selves nj various houses, called their viz
Tins ont or entered and ahot Their victims
in bed. while dressing or ri breakfast
The districts IN which the murders were
committed were in come instances close
together. others were separated by mules,
but all the denominations took place about
the same hour q o clock IN tie morning
Gresham Hotel was the scene. perhaps,
OF the greatest daring. and the faid was
carried out by twenty men with the ut
most coolncss. The Gresham IL IN Sack
vile street and is one Of the best known
hotels in Dublin In this place two former
officers were killed
Following fast upon the murricrs there
was great military and police activity and
houses were raided IN search of the Grim
nals All motor traffic vas ordered stopped
and all tram -ar3ice III and out Of Dublin
were suspended The city wns given over
80 terrified apprehension "a arrnored cars
and lorries filled with Black and Tans
raced through the streets
The official list of those killed IN the
murder rail follows
Major Downing Capts ID. L. Mac
Lean, Newburv, Bagally. Fitzgerald and
| Price, former Capt r Mccormick and
Mcssrs Bennett. Almes, Mahon. T. H.
Smyth and /. A Wilde
/ Cadets Garnin and Morris of the ROYAL
/ IRISH Constabularv were found dead IN a
garden after they had failed in an attempt
10 reach the garrison to spread the alarm
Of the massacre
The wounded arc, Coils Woodcook
and Montgomery, Captain klnnelly and
/ Mcssrs Murray and Cald0wn and one
/ other Caldown was first reported killed.
Most Of the civilian victims we're
/ former service mon who held positions IN
/ administrative departments closely con-
/ ncctcd with the administration Of justice.
/ The officers III some cases were marked
| men because Of their prominence III court
martial proceedings.
+ apt MacLean and Messrs. Smyth
and CaldOwn were attaced by band Of
/ twelve men IN q house IN Northampt on
Road They were taken from their bed
rooms 10 the top story ot he house, whore
/ they were shot.
Capt Fitzgerald, military officer. was
shot in hia-47ed III E.arlsfort Terrace.
4 quarter Of an hour later two other Off
GERS were shot in their beds III Pembroke
street quarter ot mile away and
dangerously wounded
Three men suspected Of being Secret
Service ageEts, likewise were attacked
+ and shot while asleep in Hampton street
and still another man III lower Mount
street was shot
At a house in Baggot Street Capt
| Newbury was shot by FIVE men. lie was
in the front parlor OF the house.
About . clock a party Of about
twenty armed men appeared III the
restibulc oi the Gresham Hotel They
covered the guests and employees with
/ rcyolvers Some of the raiders weIt
upstairs aud returned IN a short time aitel
the eouId Of firing had been heard The
armed party walked out calmly and DIS
persed on reaching Sackvile street
II was found that two guests had beer
shot dead III their bedrooms. They wer,
/ Capt Mccormack and MIR " llde The
whole thing was executed in a remarkably
calm manner IN few minutes
The shooting Ia Croke Park Is defended
by the authorities on the ground that they
had reason to believe that men from tht
provinces had participated in yesterday /
/ murders and were present at the football
/ match. The design Of the military, 1t wa:
said, Was 10 prevent tAelT exit aud search
each individual rs lie passed out through
the turnstles
The plan failed because of the genera
stampede. people sealing the walls Of the
park and many gong Tito houses acros:
the road from which they were dragged
by the military. 1t Is possible that IN re
sistiLg search and arrest some shots were
fired at the military IN the park but NJ
general firing preceded the discharge o
YOileve by the military
The impression prevailing last nigh
that the park shooting Wes areprisal va,
| controyerted by al official statement tina
IT was an attempt TO round up tie morn
ing murderers
No trains were running and 10 motoring
was allowdcd today in the belief that tht
men wanted were still IN the city and tha
their capture might be effected by an ex
| haustlve search
MorrstoWn, n. J., Nov - Lieu
tenant Peter A Ames of this city va
killed during yesterday $ rioting III Dub
In according to cablcgam receVeS
here today by his brother, ] N Ames
| 4 previous cablegram had announce
his engagement to Miss Alilllceut Ewing