The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-01-14
BEAT
IRISH PRIESTS
Lord Mayor Of Cork Also
Charges They Killed Griffin,
at Hearing.
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STORY or sANAGERY.

O'Csllaghan yesterday Afternoon
held a large audience spellbound with
another story OF burning and footing
"a story Of ssyagery and oppr, ssion'
of assaults upon women and children
OF a revival of the torture by pliers
and other instruments used to sN-
tort evidence from republican pris-
oners. The Lord Mayors calm. dis
passionate recital drew involuntary
ordinations of horror or anger from
his hearers.
He submitted numerous afiidaylts
of persons who had been subjected 10
raids and personal indisnities. One
by Thomas Hsles. member OF prom
inent family OF Bandon and an OFFICER
in the Republican army. told OF tor
ture for which the Lord Mayor per
sonslly vouched.
The affidavit in substance declared:
ION the 9th OF July, 1920. Eng
fish soldiers surrounded the housc
and took me and a young man named
Hart prisoners. The commander told
me i had documents relating to the
boycott OF the Royal Irish Constsbu-
larry and demanded that i give them
up.
TORTURED WITH PRINCESS.
When / refused | was taken to a
guardroom, stripped of clothing,
struck in the face repeatedly, and
four teeth knocked out. ! was beaten
about the legs by several soldiers
when l refused to give any informa-
ton concerning the Republican army.
FINALLY the commander remarked:
Wen fix him. BRINK the pliers
Several pairs were brought and were
| applied to the ends Of nay fingers IN
such n why ~ to Pull the mills d'f-
| n annrt
from the ends of ny fingers. Under
the. torture. I practically lost con-
| sciousness and soon became insensibie
OF pain. was then thrown into a
motor lorry and taken to hospital
in Cork, where I remained until
recovered sufficiently to walk AGAIN
when i was arrested.
.Hsrt was subjected to the same
treatment, AID became insah~.'
GERMANS OUTDONE.
Mayor O'Callaghan added that both
HaIes and Hart now are confined at
dartmouth prison, England, for two
wears on a charge of having seditious
| literature He added that all at
tempts to have Hart committed to
sanatorium had failed. He said:
"Thinx happening every day In Ire
land arc wor~e than the worst stores
ever tsId about Belgium, but because
of the British control of news sources
in ireland and complete control OF
the cables to this country. the Ameri-
can public hears nothing about them.
Another case of torture was that
of Kelvin Barry. young medical stu
dent His last message from prison
before he was put to death told of
unprintable tortures in an EFFORT to
elicit evidence on which Republican
leaders could be apprehended.'
LOOT HOMES, ATTACK WOMEN.
Mayor OCallaghan said in some
cases night raids by English police
or military were accompanied by
| criminal attacks upon women. He pre-
| sented sworn affidavit of Miss
Ellen Lane. Of "a village near Cork, de-
| scribing an attempted assault by
| masked British officers on the night
of October IS, when the house in
| which she was employed was raided
| on the pretext of searching for arms
| and ammunition.
| O'Callaghan paid an anectionate
tribute to the late Lord Mayor Nc
Curtain, whom he described as a
man of the most lovable nature and
the best executive Cork ever had
He said:
IT say this because the British
authorities, not satisfied with muir