The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1921-03-26
GUNS, BOMBS AND
MUNTION SEIZED
IN BRITISH RAID
Also Find Three Intended Emf
grants to U. S. Guarded BY
Sim Fein to Prevent
Departure
BY Associated Press


Dublin March 25.-The capture of q
large quantity of arms, ammunition
and seditious literature and also three
intending emgrants to America, VIII
were found guarded by four member.
Of the Irish republican army, was re.
ported in two official statements is
sued from general headquarters to.
day.
The statements, which~told of raids
early today by the auxiliary police
said four Sim Feiners also wer,
taken.
The first statement reads:
During the course of raid car
ried out early this morning by auxil-
larry police in stables behind Great
Charles street, Dublin, the following
articles were found; Fifteen revol-
vers, six rifles, six shotguns, ACC
bombs 1900 rounds of small arm am
munition, II 1S-pounder shells, a POM
pom, quantity of detonators. field
telephone, various articles of military
and rebel equipment large quantity
of seditious literature, three motor
cars, each containing a quantity OF
captured arms and ammunition, and
stwo motor bicycles"
The second statement says:
During a raid by police early to-
day seven men were found under sus-
picious circumstances at No. 100 Sc
vile Place, Dublin. Investigation
showed that three were intending emf
grants to America, while the other
four were rebel policemen who were
guarding them with the object of pre-
venting them from leaving Ireland
All seven at present are detained in
custody"
FURTHER DETAILS
Further details of the mems capture
obtained from an authoritative source
indicated that the emigrants were vii
lage lads, from a distant county, who
had obtained passports for America
from the local petty sessions clerk
They, with the four guards, were found
by the auxiliaries in an upper room
of an unfurnished and moccupied
house. AS the raiders rushed through
the door one man threw a fully load
ed revolver into some waste paper.
Two of the emigrants had travele ed
to Dublin Tuesday and the third joined
them the next day. The ensuing even
ing all were seated in a hotel room
when a man entered with a revolver
their passports.
They replied that they had none and
were only going to England, saying
this because they feared danger from
the Sim Fem is caught emigrating
AS measure OF precaution they had
given their passports to another in
mate of the. hotel for concealment.
After the hotel had been searched
the trio were taken to the empty house
in a closed cab, where they were ques
toned. They explained that they
wanted to emigrate norder to better
support their parents The raiders
found 80 rounds of rifle ammunition
hidden under the floor.
BIGGEST STORE CAPTURED
The arms, ammunition and equip
ment taken in the raid on the stables
are said to constitute the largest store
yet captured. In ground floor room
the raiders found shelves with loaded
revolvers set in rows. Other shelves
bore bombs of all sorts, from small
circular ones up to one about the size
of an ostrich egg. In a loft above
were other bombs concealed and de.
tonators, and also box containing
many sticks OF gelignite. In another
room We're number of rifles some OF
which were concealed in rolls of oil.
cloth. in which it was thought they
might be carried through the streets
The raiders found complete sets of sol,
diers equipment, incIuding steel hats
In one corner were empty government
mail bags and number of letters ad
dressed to the ministry of pensions ant
state officials. dated 1920. Five hun
dred yards away the auxiliaries raidet
garage, where they found a motor
car with a bag containing bombs with
detonators affixed on the front seat
and telephone wire tapping equip
ment besides two 1S-pounder shells
marked Bloody and dangerous"
A Dublin dispatch of March 10 sale
resumption of emigration to America
had become evident and the Irish re.
publican army was taking steps to pre-
vent it. An immigration agent in Lis.
lowell, County Kerry the dispatch
added, had been threatened with death
ig he booked any mates between the
ages OF 10 and 40 for passage tc
America.