The New York herald., 1921-05-15
DUBLIN JAIL RAID TO
FREE GRIFFITH FAILS
Sim Feiners in Stolen Ar
mored Car Get Inside Mount
JOY Prison by Ruse.
SENTRY GIVES AN ALARM
Royal Guard Is Killed in Fight
as Republicans Make
Escape.
SENTRY GIVES AN ALARM
~ the As.oc,ated Pres..


DUBLIN May 14.-An unsuccessful
attempt was made this morning TO
rescue Arthur Griffith founder of the
Sim Fein organization. from Mount
joy Prison. IN armored car recently
captured was'used by the republicans.
a man I'm an officers uniform alighted
at the prison gates. which opened "a
admit the car. and he and his sup
posed soldier companions drove straight
to the governors office. where the gov
ernor and his deputy were bound and
gagged. The visitors proceeded to re-
lease Griffith and other prisoners and
were returning TO their car when they
encountered a party Of auXiliaries.
This necessitated change Of course
81 the raiders. Meanwhile a sentry at
an elevated point in the prison became
suspicious and fired a shot.
on hearing this the raiders de-
camped without the prisoners, but took
The armored car
4 fight occurred IN the prison yard
when the armored car was attempting
10 get out A sentry was shot dead ~
the man IN the uniform OF an officer
and as tho car passed through the gate
fusillade was fired srom one of It's
machine guns The car was found
later abandoned = Hovth road Win
two Hotchki-s guns ana tnouzaud
rounds of ammunition gone
The sim Feincrs lad troue'e il op-
Grating the car They lect note u IL
which said. This car is no good wo
have better ones ourselves 80 far aS
known only one ~ the Sinn Tciners
was uo irded slightly
a lorry filled with soldiers also Was
taken when the armored car was cap
tured this morning by the Sim Feincrs
and nine rifles were seized from It,
u was taken after a surprise attack In
which two of the soldier occupants were
wounded one Of the soldiers died later
IN a hospital The Sim Feiners tHon
disguised themselves os members Of the
crown forces and proceeded % Mount
JOS Prison
Arthur Griffith was arrested In Dublin
on November % last and lodged In
MouutJoy Prison because, ii was rx-
planned the Government desired 10 learn
n he had been responsible for the all
legged employment Of Republican funds
on ambuscades and other operations In
volvins the lives of troops.
Bombs were thrown al police patrols
at Blackpcol. Cork. to-day. one police
man was killed and two were wounded
Several civilians were wounded Ser
geant Coleman was shot dead when
waiting IN shop
Tho Chief SeCnstarys car was fired
at in Dublin last evening The driver the
only person IN the ear. narrowly escaped
"A bullet
Three tons of American iear tobacco
have been thrown .a,a the I3trey ba-
cause L was consigned to Ulster fae-
tories
PARIS May 1L-Predicuons mat tho
Sim FeIn would win nearly half The
nfty-two seats TN the Northern Irish. Of
Ulster, Parliament were made 10 a rep
reseutative of tine Journal here by Barry
Egau. acting Lord Mayor of Cork who
is visiting tAis cl4. Mr. Eeaa pointed
10 the t2f unoppoeed Sim Fen n0u1-
nations for the Southern irish parla-
mont and expressed confidence that the
Sim Feia would do better in Northern
Ireland than the Cnionists were willing
to couCede.