The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1920-10-29
-MACSWINEY DIES
BRIXTON PRISON
HAD REFUSED FOOD FOR SEW.
ENTY DAYS
Death Not Unexpected as Prisoner
Had Suffered Relapse Several Days
Before and Since That Time
Had Been Unconscious.
Death in Cork Jail.

Death In Cork Jail.
Cork, Oct. 25 (By the Associated
Press).-Joseph Murphy, ore of the
hunger strikers m Cork jail, died TO-
night.
The death of Murphy occurred at
S:35 p. m. He was 25 years Of age
and unmarried.
Murphy was member Of the Irish
volunteers and was well known as
an athlete.
London, Oct. Is (Dy the Assc-
ciated Press. MacSwiney,
lard mayor of Cork, the most prolni-
rent of the Irish hunger strikers and
said to have been the brains of the
republican army in Ireland, died
early today in Brixton Prison.
The end was not unexpected, for
the lord mayor had been unconscious
for several days. He was entering
upon the 74th day of his hunger
strike as a protest against Sen
tence of two years imprisonment on
several charges, including one OF
having seditious documents in his
possession.
.Only his brother, John Mac
Swiney, and his private chaplain,
Father Dominic, were with him when
he died. Mrs. MacSwiney and the
prisoners two sisters, Annie and
Maris, were at q nearby hotel.
The lord mayor, whe was terribly
emaciated as result of long sbsti-
nence from Good, had been delirlous
for many hours and was unconscious
when death came. ''a~- - -
1t was several hours after the lord
,mayor died before his brother was
permitted to tell Mrs. MacSwiney the
sad news. She Immediately went to
the prison, accompanied by her par
ents and the Misses MacSwiney and
the sfamiiy group; stoical and dry
eyed, prayed over the body as it lay
on the cot.
There were no untoward demon
strations outside the prison after the
news of MacSwiney's death became
generally known. A large force OF
police had been concentrated to puS
down any disorders that might oc-
cur. It was said at the prison that
the reasons for withholding permls-
sion to John MacSwiney to inform
the dying mans relatives of his con-
dition was that it was in the prls-
oner's interest.
Just before MacSwiney died
Father Dominic and John MacSwlney
knelt at the bedside and offered up
prayers. The priest administered the
rites of extreme JUNCTION.
It is we'll within the possibilities
that the body will be taken to Cork
secretlv in order to avoid unpleas-
ant results from whatever demon
tsartions might be arranged IN Eng
land anu Ireland along the :::oute
traversed by the train bearing the
body. There is no intlmation that
anv official advocates refusal to send
it to Cork.
The home office, in charge OF prs
ons, which would control the move
ment of the body in England, SAID
that no plan for the removal OF the
body had been officially considered.
At the Irish Office it was declared
that no plan had been formulated
for the transfer of the body to Ire
land, and that final decision on this
point would rest solely with Dublin
Castle.
It is within the power of the home
Office to give up the body of prls-
oner in whatever way is deemed most
expedient. 1t is pointed out that 1t
could legally transfer the body IN
secret to some out of the way port
and later to a government vessel and
deliver it at Cork.
New York, Oct. 25.-1rish SYM
pathizers, numbering more than H.
600, attended mass meetings here tc'
night, protesting against what they
termed the murder by the Imperial
istic government of Great Britain
of Lord Mayor Terence MacSwlne!
of Cork.
Dudley Field Malone, former labor
party candidate for governor of Ne"
York, Walter E. Hollaway of Phlla
delphia and several Irish womer
speaking to great crowd in Column