Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-02-04
Il POLICEMEN KILLED
BY IRISH GUER|LLAS
Nine Shot Down In Ambush In
County Limerick; Bar
racks Attacked.

BY Associated Press to Every Evening
Dublin, Feb. A. Yesterday and We'd
nesdAy night no less than hVe minia-
ture battles and ambush attacks were
fought In different parts of south Ire
land.
Nine policemen were killed and two
wounded today, when two Torres ran
into an ambuscade between Drunken
and Newpallas. County Limerick.
Dublin Castle announced last night
that another ambuscade took place yes
,terday near Ballinhassig. County Cork,
q short distance southwest of Queens
town. -Four conatables were attacked
Two OF them were shot dead and one
was seriously wounded. The other
man escaped.
On Wednesday evening 100 armed
men attempted to rush the Rathcorinac
barracks near Fermoy. The police, us-
ing rifles and bombs, beat or their
assailants.
Belfast Feb. 4.--NIajor Csrew, an
auxiliary policeman. dressed in citizens
clothes, was followed into n restaurant
In Dame street. Dublin, this afternoon,
and shot in the arm by a man armod
with a revolver. Carew was sent TO n
hospital. His assailant escaped. After
the shooting tho military occupied the
restaurant.
London. Feb. 4.--Inquiry by the Ad-
miralty into the loss of the British
submarine ks, which sank with all
hands off Lands End a fortnight ago,
has failed to clear up the mystery
which surrounded the cause OF the
s.v.I
the wreckage gave no clue. Reports
In Dublin, attributing the disaster to a
new electrically controlled projectiIe
from an Irish sea craft, were ridicuied
today by Admiralty officials az fan
tastic.
Numbers Of governments would like
to have a sea fghting contrivanoe cap
able OF the performance claimed for
this Irish hush plane" was the com
ment OF one of the Admiralty officials.
He pointed out that the sinking had oc-
Cured more than 100 miles OF the
scilly Islands.
Dublin Feb. A--Lord Dunsany, poet
and playwright. pleaded guilty today
when brought 10 trial by court martial
on tho charge of possessing arms and
He was fined 26 pounds
with the alternative of spending three
In prison. On payment of the
fine the court released him from GUS
tody.
Lord Dunsany was arrested recently
after n search Of Dunsany Castle. in
County Meath. had disclosed several
shot guns and other sporting arms.
Belfast Feb. 4-The Ulster Unionist
council today elected SIR James Craig.
NJ. p, leader of the party in the new Par
Lament to be set up for Ulster under
tho Irish Home Rule act. Sir Edward
Carson presided over the council ses-
sion.
Belfast, Feb. s--Sentences OF six
years penal servitude each we're i'm
posed today upon the eight men who
were arrested October 20 last when dis
covered on the kingstown man boat
wearing Irish volunteer uniforms on
their way to attend the funeral in Lon
don Of Lord Mayor MacSwiney of
Cork. The sentences however. were
made three years actually In each case.
three years being rernitted.
Three men who were found with re-
voivers' at a recent dance in Kingstown
were sentenced to ten years in prison.
Of which five years We're remitted
Dublin. Feb. 4-The third murder
trial arising out of the assassination Of
court martial officers in Dublin last
November set for today was postponed
10 an unannounced date. II was stated
that the postponement was in conse-
qrence OF an attempt TO assassinate an
important witness for the prosecution.
This witness whose name was not given,
was wounded in the attack upon him.
Dublin. Feb. 4.-In an official reprisai
carried out yesterday the postoffice and
a business house al williamstown were
burned. The burnings were on account
of the ambush on January 2i in which
Divisional Commissioner Holmes OF the
Royal Irish Constabulary. was fatally
wounded. dying the following day. Five
bles also were wounded IN this
attack.