The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-02-15
BREAK
OUT AGAIN IN
BELFAST AREA
Disorders Occur After Period
Of Quiet Military Opens
Fire-Death Total Brought
to Is.
TO FREE Is CAPTIVES
(Rv Associated Press,

of quiet lasting several hours, disor-
ders again broke out in this city at
O'Clock this afternoon, when shooting
began in the StaDhope street area
near the Victoria barracks. The mill
tary promptly opened fire.
Shooting was resumed in the early
hours of the morning in West Belfast.
after a temporary lull at midnight.
Frank Mccoy was found dead on a
sidewalk with bullet wounds in the
back
Report on the death of James Rice.
whose body was found late last night,
says that an armed gang bound his
hands behind his back. pulled his coat
over his head. tied a scarf over his
eyes. kicked and beat him and the.
ended his sufferings with bullets.
Occurs on East Side
Shooting also occurred today on the
east side of the city. a section that
has been relatively immune. Shots
were fired into several private houses.
Maggie Taggart was wounded in the
lung. Patrick Bradley, an income tax
collector, was wounded in the stomach
by shots fired through the door of his
house. The door of Father O'Brien's
house was smashed by bullets and
Peter Kenney and Frank McHugh
were severely wounded while in their
houses.
The deaths in the hospital of girl
and a youth who were shot Monday,
brought the total deaths in the present
series of outbreaks TO twenty-five,
John O'NeiG, postman, was shot
from a side street this morning while
in Falls Road. His arm was broken
LONDON, Feb. 15.-Michael Collins.
head of the Irish provisional govern
ment, has obtained the release of Is
of the Ulster Unionists recently kid
mapped, it was announced in the house
of commons today by Winston Church
| i'll, secretary for the colonies.
| Twenty-four hours of calm on the
| Ulster frontier. where forces of the
north and south are facing each other.
have brought some relief in the ten
I sion of the Irish situation.
! The statement by Lord High Chan
celIor Birkenhead yesterday. however,
/ that 'in the next few weeks we are
going through the most grave and
critical period probably in living men,
ory' is generally regarded in no par
ticular oyerdrawn.
| Michael Collins assertion that he
was in position to obtain the release
| of number of the kidnapped Union
lists was. received here with relief,
but it is evident that the feeling in
} I,+o - !,
,captives are freed.
Report Unconfirmed.
The report current in Belfast yes
| terday that AZ of the captive unionists
! had applied to the Ulster government
ers held in the Derry Jail is uncon-
/ firmed, and has been positively denied
by Lieut. Col. T. B. Spender, secretary
to the Ulster cabinet.
There is no indication from Ulster
of an intention to free the football
players, but it has been officially iUti-
mated that an application for bail W.
not be refused, The Lord Chancellor
j in his speech in the House of Lords
yesterday said he believed the north
ern government, taking a lenient view
of the circumstances, would not be I'M
willing to assent to a nolle prosqui
when the cases against the men were
returned to the assizes. Consequently
hope is entertained that feeling on
! both sides of the border will be modi-
fled before long on the questions OF
the prisoners.
= Further Hope
Further hope for lessening the ten
i sion is based on the fact that the Brit
i ish government has suggested to Pre-
: mier Craig and Mr. Collins the ap-
pointment of liaison officers on each
side of the line to keep in constant
! touch and calm local irritation.
4 1t cannot be doubted that suspens-
ion of the British troop movement has
aroused in Ireland suspicion as to the
governments position and it remains
to be seen whether official assurances
can be given which will allay this
feeling. 1t was rumored in Dublin
yesterday that the evacuation would
be resumed today but confirmation
was not obtainable early today Such
a step is possible if the border situa
ton is deemed to have eased suffie
iently. Eamon DeValera has main
tanned silence concerning Mr. Collins
charges of Republican plot against
the provisional government and Col
lins has added nothing to this original
statement.
BELFAST, Feb. 15.-Constable
O'Donnell, who was kidnapped at
Rosslea, county Fernanagh, in last
, weeks raids, has returned to his bar
racks. He was released at Drogheda
county Louth. There had been much
controversy over his seizure.
/
SECRETARY HUGHES
TO REST IN BERMUDA