The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-04-03
GRIM WEEKEND IN
 BELFAST RESULTS
 IN DEATH OF FOUR
Three Children Are Injured in Sim Fein Districts of Irish City-ReprisaIs for Con-
 stables Death

Belfast, April Flour men were shot and killed and three children were wounded last night in the Sim Fein area near the Old Lodge Road district. The. ages of the men ranged from 40 to 63. The children were 2, z and 13 years old.
 It was nnother grim weekend
 for Belfast. The shooting of the
 men ia believed to have heen in
 reprisaI for the killing saturday
 of Constable George, Turner, who
 had been regular policeman for
 14 years. The assassin fired nt
 Turner from vacant house mad
 made his escape. The news of the
 shooting of fhe policeman spread
 rapidly and despite the eurfew
 hour last night there were scenes
 of excitement in the streets.
 Later heavy rifle and revolver fir- ing, punctuated with the shrfeks of women and children. was heard and shortly afterward the bodies of the
 
 four men were taken to A hospital, where the three wounded children also were conveyed.
 The father of the children. Joseph Walsh, was one of the men who was killed. All the killings took place In the homes of the victims. Walsh. who lived In Alton street, was lying In bed with the two younger children. and the bullet which killed him wounded them. Two-year- old Bridget was shot through the head
 Frank Walsh son of Joseph Walsh, was stopping with his grand mother. a few dooia distant from the Walsh home. The grandmother's house also was raideG. The intruders rushed upstairs, seized Frank, who was trying to make his escape through a window, and pitched him down. stairs. His injurlss are not serious. The grandm other said After the raid that Joseph Walsh had served five years in the war on he western front and had returned home unscathed. She had B sons and usphews in the W war, only two of whom 1Afnfned ~
 And this is my reward on choir re- turn, the old lady sobbed
 Child Is Killed
 In the home Of relative of the Walsh family this morning bullet passed through the arm of a nelghber holding a baby and pierced its stom- aSh wounding t fatally
 The body Of youn man was found lyipg in the road at midnight last night three miles from Newey. There were two bullet wounds in nIs nead and bicrcle lay beside the body. Pa pers In the man'r pockets bore the name Garvey
 Orange Hall. near Newry. and close to the scene of the recent train burn ing, was destroyed e@riy this morning. Armed men ordered out the woman earetaker and her four children, threw out the furniture and set fire to the building. The woman and her chill dren were left in the darkness on the bleak mountalnside until they were befriended by neighbors.
 At Waterford today Protestant Bishop Millar of Cashel, speaking on the terrible Events in North Ire land" said he had consulted with the clergy and men prominent in all de- nominations. who had voiced ta- ,.a.4- lon that the "naihes of Catholics and Protestants are being used in connec- ton with some of the foulest deeds that ever disgraced a country"
 All Christians" the prelate added. are called upon Co say they loathe and abhor such actions, by whomso- ever murders are committed. and 10 regard such men as the direct emis- saries of Satan"