The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-11-22
MANY DEAD AS
 BLACK AND TAN
 FIRE ON CROWD
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(Contlnued from Page One) Tan policemen without warning There was only narrow entrance to the Park and panic broke out when the men. women and children specta- tors made a wild dash for the open ing.
 According to the Daily Herald's Dublin correspondent, the shooting of | civilians by Black and Tan policemen at Croke Park was veritable massa-l ere.
 The Black and Tan policemen | broke down the barriers around the park and opeend fire indiscriminately | upon a crowd of women and chill 1 dren,' said the Daily Herald despatch. | From other sources, it was learned that the British soldiers and Black and Tan policemen that invaded mored cars bearing machine guns. The officers explained that they were | looking for two men who had taken part in the killing of army officers at l the Gresham hotel during the morn ing. When the armed forces opened fire upon the crowd, many men, wo- men and children were thrown to the ground and trampled in the rush. Eleven of the wounded were said to have received fatal injuries.
 Captain Crawford of the motor re- pair depot of the army service corps, who was living at the Gresham hotel with his wife, had a narrow escape. His experience was thus described by the Dublin correspondent of the Daily Express:
 "A band of men stopped a hall por- ter and ordered him to show them Captain Crawford's room. They found
 the officer sitting beside his bed read ing a newspae epr. The raiders ac-
 cused him of being a Secret Service
 agent and threatened to shoot him. After menacing him with their pistols
 for a while, the men departed, warn ing Captain Crawford to leave Ire-
 land at once if he valued his life. According to an official announce
 ment by Dublin Castle, there were
 two different bands of men who at
 tackled army officers and British off,
 cials. One consisted of 25 men; the f other of 12.
 The official announcement said that in addition to the officers killed, four others were desperately wounded Dublin Castle said that the high
 British military officials feared re-
 prisals and special precautions had g been taken to prevent them.
 ''The outbreak was a foul culmina- | tion of murderouS wickennesS on both Q s:des.'' said the Daily Mail, comment
 ing upon the wholesale killings. :Re- t prisals cannot succeed. They have e England"
 a ''Incalculable harm has been done
 to the cause of 1re1and,' said tht
 Times.
 Sir Hamar Greenwood, Chief Sec
 retary for Ireland held long confer.
 ence with Premier Lloyd-George t l deVLSe means Of checklnS the terr1nt
 growth of Irish violence.
 Following the wave of assassina e ton and reprisal violence on Sunday e Dublin was taken over by Britisl x troops. The Dublin population spen -e a night of terror. Street fghGn; 70 broke out between Sim Fein volun ie teers and Black and Tan policemen :" and many were wounded on bot n. sides. Several Sim Feiners were cap h tured. Troops surrounded Dubli " while policemen in the city mad ir numerous raids, arresting large mum
 bers of persons.
 Threats of assassination have bee
 made against officials of the Irish of fee. All of the officials are armed. : T. triple guard of policemen surround el the Irish office.
 es In addition to the attack upo 5e British officers and officials in Dubli .n on Sunday morning, when IA wer ,e killed and the reprisal attack b .n Black and Tan policemen at Crok ,n Park Sunday afternoon. when man ie civilians were killed and wounded III Dublin Castle today reported out e. breaks in other parts of Irelan at where several persons were shot t
 death.
 A detachment of Black and Tan .. were ambushed near Leat. ne wa le killed and the others were serious] of wounded.
 ms Constable Kearney was dangerou: st ly wounded at ewry. Subsequent of Black and Tans raided the town.  =, during the morning and at noon tf . Irish office announced that no furtht u details had been received of Iris tI- outbreaks.
 id An earlier dispatch from Cork sai ne that British soldiers and Black ar re Fans were making wholesale raid
 Sim Fein leaders at Cork claim
 have information that the Britis
 authorities plan to equip automobil of with poison gas projectors for u we protection of military lorries fro ne ambuscades.
 ho The body of an unidentified offic fu1 was found near Cork early today. ,as Near Knappagh, a boy was kill s by shots which were said to have be- iu IN fired from a military lorry. ne Raids continued at Dublin throug he out today. British soldiers occupi inc Mansion House (the official residen be- of the Lord Mayor of Dublin) a
 several leading hotels. All non-re
 ident British officers were recalled
 the barracks at Dublin and oth lcn Irish cities.
 ing Advices received at 5:10 this afte cir noon, put the number of dead in Il nal land since Saturday at 31. ety Troops and Black and Tan police lis armored cars surrounded the. Co tha city hall, Carnegie hall, the Go 'o Exchange building and all the cour
 buildings at Cork. Search was ma - for public documents, but it "
 found that many of the official paps sht had been removed by unknown pt
 sons during the night. an- American Red Cross at Sa1oni eo- was instructed to be prepared to