New-York tribune., 1921-02-28
Gen. Macready
Reported Shot
In Irish Attack
British Commander Said TO
Have B e en- Wounded
When Six Military Cars
We're Anbushed Recently
six to Die i'm Cork To-day
CITY Corporation Asks for
Suspension of Sentences;
Churches Offer PRAYERS

DUBLIN, Feb, y (By The Associated
Press That General Sir Nevil Mac
ready, commander of the troops in Ire
lind. was the victim of an ambuscade
fortnight ago and still is suffering
from bullet wound in his shoulder is
the report circulated in republican cir
eles here to-day. Confirmation of the
report, however, has been impossible
sr TO the present,
In republican circles it is asserted
la. on the night of February 12 not
o,le lorry, as announced officially, but
siS military cars, headed by a touring
sqy in which wsare staff officers, escort
e5 by two armored cars and three ler-
Yies from Kingstown, were attacked at
tse Nerrion gates from behind the wall
oi the Merrion Blind Asylum. The re-
aofts say that the members of the at
saeking party were not aware that Gen
etal Macready was in the leading car,
au. they were confident it contained
SAT officers.
Eleven in Attacking Party
u is said that at least two bombs
burst in one of the lorries. and the be-
;ief prevailed that heavy casualties re-
suited. The entire attacking force. con.
sstiug of eleven men, escaped uuin-
5ured, although there were some mar
I3y escapes.
The above dispatch gives the first
intimation that General Macready has
been injured as q result of attacks on
government forces in ireland. The at
,aek TO which the dispatch refers was
mentioned in a Belfast cable Sunday
two weeks ago. This dispatch said
general headquarters had reported that
military lorry had been bombed the
ngnt before from behind wall near
Booterstown, South Dublin. 1t was
added that unofficial reports asserted
that IAN important person" was in
private motor car accompanying the
bombed lorry and was the object of an
attack The police, however, denied
this.
Incidents reported to-day in the hos
ti!tles between Crown forces and Irish
Insurgents included the discovery Of
extensive preparation for an attack
upon the police barracks at Glenties,
county Donegal, in which the roads
had been blocked, wires cut and rails
removed from the railway tracks and
the line diverted. The attack, it is an
hounced, proved abortive, as the police
were prepared for it.
iaborer and a school boy in this
city were sent to hospital suffering
from gunshot wounds received on the
street at noon. No official explanation
Il
appeared, however, that a Eorrv carry
ing armed auxiliary police was passing
al the time Of the shooting
At bailyneen, near Bandou, County
Cork, Alfred Cotter was shot dead in
MS nome. Three men did the shooting.
Asks Suspension of Seven Executions
CORK, Feb. 21.-The Cork Corpora
slon at meeting Saturday adopted a
resolution appealing to the military
authorities to suspend the execution of
SIX lrishmen in Cork Jail whose death
has been fixed for tomorrow morning.
A copy of the resolution has been sent
70 General Sir Nevil Macready, com
msnder Of the troops in ireland, and
others.
Deputy Lord Mayor Eagan said the
doomed men included some who were
not guilty Of the alleged charges,
among them ,.s..hn Allen, of Tipperary,
who was sen(~@ced to death by court
martial for having a revolver and am
munition in his possession. This SEN
tcnce was confirmed by the Kings
Bench on February 4, which decided
that state of war existed and that the
military had full power to deal with
the insurrection without interference
b. the civil courts.
Prayers were offered in all the Cath
elic churches here to-day for the con-
demned men. The other five are Tim
othy Mccarthy, Thomas O'Brien, Pat
rick Mahony, John Lyons and Daniel
Callaghan. These men were tried early
IN February on the charge of levying
War against his majesty by attacking
crown forces at Dripsey, County Cork,
last January.