The Washington herald., 1921-01-10
BRITISH OFFICER
CRAVEN In DEATH,
SAYS FIR. DOMINIC
Tells How Torturer of
Sim Feiners Shrank
From Penalty.

LONDON, Jan. 9-The British
White Book published today is ri
vailed In interest and Importance
only by the text Of Father Dom
inic's letter" an epistle written by
the Capuchin frisr who was chap
lain to Lord Mayor MacSwiney of
Cork during his hunger strike in
Brtxton prison.
In the letter written after Mac
swineys death, Father Dominic re-
marks that when the Sim Feiners
captured a British oficer who was
one Of Tom Hale's torturers he
squealed like a rat" 1t was upon
the evidence Of this letter that
Father Dominic was put on trial by
court-martiaI in Dublin yesterday.
Using the stationery Of the Capu-
chin Friary Of Dublin, Father Dom
inic wrote as follows:
Text of Letter.
Dear Friend: wrote you a
short letter from Cork after the
funeral had taken place and a few
lines also from Kilkenny. I hope
you have received them. They were
just short notes in which I tried
to say a few words Of thanks for
all your kindness to me during my
stay. sent a wee note to Nellie,
too. I have scarcely laid eyes on
anyone since I met Sean once or
twice the week Of the funeral and
I met Des once during the lying
in-state.
haven't been back to Cork
since. The provincial heard about
a note that was left by the mill
tsry during a night raid threaten
ing to throw ILe into the Lee. This
was left in a Sim Fein club near
our convent and he heard nothing
from the military barracks which
seemed to lead him to think they
did intend to get rid Of me- As a
result he cleared me out of Cork
on holiday. He has not and will
not change me from Cork, but has
given me work to do in Kilkenny.
That l have hnished-and am in
Dublin Here I am in the metropo-
lis for over a week, working away
as hard as I can. He has given
out down south that I am away
resting
Longs for Cork.
Il am fed up myself as I'd far
rather be back in Cork and take
any risk that is going with the
rest of the boys. I'd want Mrs.
Murphy over to adopt me. haven't
seen Finlan Os yet. I don't try
to get in direct touch with any i'm
portsnt men just at present, as they
have to be too careful and II
wouldn't be fair to endanger them
without grave reason.
Sunday was a terrible but a won
derful day-the boys got the leaders
Of the B and T. reprisals. Those
who are getting a public funeral
today in London were the people
who ordered the reprisals and muir
ders throughout the country and
some Of them accompanied the re-
prisal gang in turn. One of them
was cornered in the torturing of
poor little Kelvin Barry. One of
the poor boys was badly wounded
at Mount street, two wounds in the
back and one in the abdomen. He
was taken prisonet He was op-
Grated on at the George Fifth Hos
pital, but is not expected to re-
cover. God grant he doesn't, for
they're torture and hang him.
Croke Park Action.
The action at Croke Park was
ordered as a reprisal by Macready
Tudor and the remnant of the re-
prisal committee. There was no
shooting by any civilian nor was it
necessary to provoke the B. and T
They had their orders-it was de-
cided, too, to asSassinate Larry
O'Neill, lord mayor of Dublin, that
night, but the boys conveyed word
to him and he spoiled Macready'
game by asking for protection for
the mansion house. The shooting
of the three on Monday morning
was an act of revenge, pure and
simple They were subjected to Sc
we're treatment by a Capt. Hardy
or Harding, another of the torturers
of Barry.
Poor Beadar Cheney is a big loss
to the movement, and Dick Mckee a
great loss to the Dublin brigade.
Dick was a very fine boy. Clune
was in no way active and had come
to town on business for Lysaght
and to see the match. 1 doubt II he
was in the volunteers at all of late"
Says Police Mad.
Il don't know what's happening
in Cork except what I see in the
papers. The B. and T. and the
crown forces generally are as MAD
there as here, with the certainty
that the boys display their knowl-
edge of the evil-doers.
There were six officers in all
|. taken and court-martialed and sent
1.-THE way Of the just One Of them
WAS one Of Tom Hale's torturers
and he squealed like a rat when he
WAS caught. That is all have heard
30 far.
LRichard MuIcahy and Michael
Collins both had very narrow es-
espes last week. They rushed
Naughan's for Mulcahy Saturday
hight last and he was on the square
looking at their making the search
for him. Richard escaped a few
nights previously in his shirt 1 was
over to see Mrs Ceannt the other
day. She had a very severe accident
lately in Kerry and broke her left
leg. She had 1t in plaster of paris
but expected to have the plaster of
this week.
Missed Mrs. Mncswiney.
Mrs MacSwiney passed through
and none Of US saw her. She prom
ised to send word as to the time
she'd come to Dublin and as to