The New York herald., 1921-03-15
6 HANGED IN DUBLIN;
ALL IRELAND ASTIR
British Government Carries
Out Murder and Treason Sem
tences in Mountioy Jail.
10000 OUTSIDE GATES
Religious Services Mark Vigil
Until Notice Tells of
Executions End.

DuBLIH. March l4.-Not since the ex-
ecutions following the 1916 uprising. with
the possible exception of the hanging OF
Keven Barry in November last for an
attack on 4 military escort, has ireland
been so profoundly stirred as this morn
ing, when six men went to tha scaffold In
Mountjoy Jail Although o'clock had
been fixed for the execution Of the hrst
pair, IL was not until s 30 that the crowd
knew the fate of the prisoners. AT that
time the following notice was posted out
side the Jail gates:
"The sentence Of the law passed on
Thomas Whelan and Patrick Moran,
found guilty of murder. and on Thomas
Bryan, Patrick Doyle, Frank Flood and
Bernard Ryan. found guilty of high trea-
son in lcvying war. has been carried into
execution"
When the notice was posted Mrs.
Whelan. mother of Thomas Whelan.
asked that II be taken down so that she
might Kiss her sons name. All the rela-
tives of the executed men Joined In
request for their bodies, but up to !
o'clock this afternoon mo reply nad
been received from the authorities.
No hint reached the watching multi
tude of the grim proceedings going on
In a distant wing Of the big prison. but
hourly. beginning at o'clock. the
Rosary was recited. But for number
OF reverent voices and the occasional
sob of woman, profound silence was
maintained.
Shortly after posting Of the notice that
the executions had been carried out the
vast gathering dispersed silently. many
later attending the funeral Of Patrick
Doyles twin baby. Mrs Doyle with the
other twin on her arm visited her hus-
band yesterday to say goodby Mrs.
Bryan, who was taken suddenly Ill be-
fore her husbands sentence was con-
fir1ned, was not told until yesterday that
ne was to be executed to-day. She was
conveyed to the prison Sunday after
noon for a farewell visit Every church
was crowded at masses celebrated after
the executions for the repose Of the six
mems souls.
Twenty thousand people gathered out
side the prison during the hours that
the executions We're going on, and all
work in the city stopped until IL o'clock.
Even the post office was closed and
telegraph service was suspended.
An altar had been improvised near the
prison doors and on the walls ard trees
in the prison yard sacred images and
pictures had been placed. Everywhere
candles were burned, scores OF persons
In the heart Of tho dense throng holding
them aloft throughout the long vigil.
Here and there priests or women led in
prayers or hymns II which every one
Joined earnestly. Hundreds kneelinS n
the roadway were forced 10 rise when an
armored car forced its way through the
/ crowd.
Two OF the men executed. Patrick
4
charged with completely in the killing OF
4 intelligence officers In Dublin on No
\ yember u last, Whelan's two brothers
are III The United States. one OF them ir
the American Army The other four
Frank Flood Bernard Ryan. Thomas
Bryan and Patrick Doyle. were accused
Of participating in an ambush near her'
\ in January In which one member OF th'
attacking party was killed.