The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1921-03-26
BIGGEST ARMS HAUL
YET MADE In DUBLIN
Shelves Filled With Loaded
Reyolvers, Bombs, Rifles and
a Pompom.
: EMIGRANTS CAPTU RED
Also 4 Irish Republicans Who
Were Preventing Them
From Sailing.
EMIGRANTS CAPTURED
~ the Associated Press.

DUBLIN. March 25.-The capture OF
large quantity OF arms, ammunition and
seditious literature and also or three In
tending emigrants to America who were
found guarded by four members OF the
Irish Republican army, was reported In
two official statements issued from
general headquarters to-day The first
statement reads:
During the course of raid carried
out early this morning by auxiliary
police on stables behind Great Charles
street. Dublin. the following articles We're
found: Fifteen revolvers. six rifles. six
shotguns, 400 bombs, 1900 rounds OF
small arm ammunition, twelve eighteen
FOUNDER shells. a pomponi quantity OF
decorators, field telephones. various ar
ticles Of military and rebel equipment,
large quantity of seditious literature,
three motor cars, each containing
quantity of captured arms and amrnuni-
ton and two motorcycles"
The second statement says: During
q raid by police early to-day seven men
were found under suspicious circum-
stances at 100 Seville place, Dublin. In
vestigation showed that three were in
tending cmigrants TO American. while
the other four were rebel policemen who
were guarding them with the object
of preventing them from leaving Ire
land. All seven at present are detained
in custody"
Further details Of the mems capture
obtained from an authoritative source
indicate that the three emigrants were
village lads from a distant county who
had obtained passports for America
through the local petty sessions clerk.
They, with the four guards. were found
by the auxiliaries in an upper room of
AS the raiders rushed through the door
one man threw fully loaded revolver
into some waste paper.
Two of the emigrants had travelled to
Dublin Tuesday and the third Joined
them the next day. The ensuing evening
all were seated in hotel room when
q man entered with o revolver He
cried Hands up!' and demanded their
passports. They replied that they had
one and were only going to England,
saying this because they feared danger
from the Sim Fem if caught emigrating,
AS a measure of precaution they had
given their passports to another inmate
CT the hotel for concealnent. After the
hotel had been searched the trio were
taken to the empty house In closed cab
where they were questioned, and ex-
planned that they wanted to emigrate in
order better to support their parents.
Tho raiders found thirty rounds of rifle
ammunition hidden under the floor.
The arms. ammunition and equipment
taken in the raid on the stables are said
to constitute the largest store yet cap
tured. In a ground floor room the raid
ers found shelves with loaded revolvers,
sighted up TO 1000 yards, 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 loft
above were other bombs and detonators,
and also box containing many sticks
OF gelignitc. In another room were a
number of rifles. some of which were
concealed in rolls of oilcloth. In which
it was thought they might be carried
through the streets.
The raiders found complete sets of
soldiers equipment. including steel
hats. In one corner were empty Gov
eminent mail bags and number of
letters addressed to the Ministry of
Pensions and State officials. dated 1920.
Five hundred yards away the auxili-
aries raided a garage, where they found
a motor car with bag containing
bombs, with detonators affixed on the
front seat and q telephone wire tapping
equipment. besides two eighteen FOUNDER
shells marked Bloody and Dangerous