The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1922-06-23

taken to the station with his COM
panion, who had been subdued. Al
the station house the larger assassin
renewed his struggle, fighting like
a tiger. But he was finally beaten
into submission.
Later the assassins assumed an
attitude of cool composure. declar-
ing they would have escaped In a
few more minutes had 1t not been
for the interference of the police
man. They also said they could
have shot more people. but were
afraid of injuring children who had
Joined in the spectacular chase.
One child was wounded slightly by
a glancing bullet.
The chase lasted three-quarters of
a mile, following a route that was
lined with the homes of cabinet
ministers and titled personages.
Dinner to Prince Cancelled.
The dinner to have been given
at buckingham Palace tomorrow
night in honor OF the twenty-eighth
birthday of the Prince of Wales
was cancelled because OF the
tragedy.
One of the two policemen wounded
In the running gun fight was Sc
riously injured. but after being OPP
Grated on at the hospital Is ex-
pected to live.
The assassins. who gave their
names as John O'Brien and James
Connolly. both said they were "a
and were former soldiers. O'Brien.
the smaller of the two, was found
upon examination to have a wooden
leg. thus accounting the lameness
of his gait which was observed
during the running fight.
The game policeman's attempt to
capture the two desperadoes, while
unarmed himself, Is expected to re-
vive the demand to give side arms
to policemen This suggestion has
been opposed by the authorities
who argue that a policeman has no
right to lnjure an unconvicted sus-
pect and that such a step would
result in all criminals taking pre-
cautions to arm themselves more
heavily.
Shot I'm Head and Chest.
The field marshal was shot in the
head. legs and chest.
Il was in the neighborhood of
Eaton Square and heard the shots"
an eyewitness of the shooting told
the United News. II looked in time
to see two armed men pumping bull
let's from their revolvers into the
body of Sir Henry. When reached
him his head. legs and chest were
literally riddled with bullets"
The assassins fired from behind.
At the first shots Sir Henry Ieaped
up the steps and tried to open the
door of his house. but the next bull
let struck him In the head and
he reeled and fell dead
The field marshal incurred the
bitter hatred of the Irish Repub-
licans by his strong support of the
Ulster Unionists. He served as
military adviser to the Ulster gov
eminent and favored a mailed
fist" policy toward the Irish seces-
sionists.
Had Long Career.
His work in Ireland came at the
end of long military career, dur
ing which he served in campaigns
in India and South Africa and rose
to the rank of assistant chief of
stan under Lord French, when he
served as liaison officer with the
French and later represented Great
Britain on the allied supreme coun-
Gil which dictated the allied mill
tary policy during the last period
of the world war.
He became chief of the imperial
general stan and member OF
Lloyd Georges war cabinet in 1918
and took the Irish assignment last
year. He was made field marsh
and baronet in 1919. after havi-
received many decorations from his
own and foreign governments for
his services during the war.
Field Marshal Wilson Is believed
to have been largely responsible for
the recent dispatch of British troops
to Ireland to expel the Sim Fein
force from the Ulster border.