Evening star., 1921-02-28
SIX DIE BY BRITISH
ORDERS IN IRELAND
Levying War Against Crown
Forces Charge on Which
Executions Based.
By the Associated Press


CORK, February 2s.-Despite the
appeal for clemency made by the
Cork corporation, the six Irishmen
in Jail here whose death was fixed
for today on charges of levying war
against the crown forces were duly
executed by the military this morn
ing. The men were shot in patches
of two each at intervals of fifteen
minutes.
The men executed were Timothy
Mccarthy, Thomas O'Brien. Patrick
Mahoney, John Lyons, Daniel CAL
laghan and John Allen.
The first five were condemned for
an attack upon the crown forces at
Dripsey, County Cork, in January.
Allen, whose home was in Tipperary,
was sentenced for possessing a re-
volver and ammunition. 1t was his
sentence which the kings bench con-
firmed on February "a, in deciding
that state of war existed in Ireland,
giving the military full power to act
without interference by the. civil
courts
The clemency appeal was adopted
copy sent to Gen. Sir Nevil Macready,
commander of the troops in Ireland.
In all the Catholic churches in Cork
yesterday prayers were said for the
CoHoeHneQ men.
Commander in Ireland Wounded.
BY the Assoca ted Press
DUBLIN, February 27.-That Gen.
Sir Nevil Macready, commander of
tne troops in Ireland, was the victim
ot an ambuscade a fortnight ago and
sun IS suffering from bullet wound
IN mis- shoulder, is the report circu-
lated in republican circles here today.
confirmation of the report, however,
has been impossi BILE.
In republican circles it is asserted
that on the night of February IL not
one lorry, as announced officially, but
Sl& military cars, headed by a touring
car IN which were staff officers es-
corted by two armored cars and three
| lorTeS from kingStown, were attack
ed at the Merrop gates from behind
the wall of the Merrion blind asylum
me reports say that the members of
the attacking party were not aware
that Gen. Macready was in the leading
car, but they were confident it con-
tanned staff officers.
Heavy Casualties.
1t is stated that at least two bombs
burst IN one of the lorries and that
the belief prevailed that heavy cas-
ualtieS resulted.
The entire attacking force, consist
ing or eleven men, escaped uninjured,
although there ere some narrow es-
capes.
The above dispatch gives the first
lntimation that Gen. Macready has
oeen injured as result of attacks
on government forces in Ireland
Pending Death Sentences.
by cable to The Star and Chicago Daily News:
Copyright. 1921.
DUBLIN, Ireland, February Is
Courts martial, which average about
ten day and impose in ordinary
cases sentences of from one to ten
years penal servitude, have recently
tried many cases involving the death
penalty. About forty death sentences
are pending and nearly a dozen have
been imposed. but not yet carried out.
The first batch of executions is that
today in Cork and three or four are
expected in Dublin within a week.
Strong efforts have been made to
secure reprieves, these being urged
not only by the natiopalists but by
feading Protestant unionists, The
continued growth of republican mill
fancy and the repeated fatal attacks
on the crown forces have stiffened
the military authorities in their de-
termination to exhibit sternness.
When appeals for clemency were
made to the military governor off,
Cork, he sought to make clemency
conditional on undertakings for the
cessation of the campaign of violence
but he could find nobody able to make
an effective bargain. Many ,execu-
tions, therefore, are expected. newt
ably further complicating the situa-
tion.
Though there are now more than
5000 persons imprisoned for political
offenses, the force policy has been
continued and each week sees the in
tensity of the fight increased.