Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-04-03
BUBllCANy SIUp
FCOLl|NS MEETING.
Vsh Leader Compelled to Do.
slst After Stormy Scene.
Woman Shot
DglFAsT CHILDREN KILLED
BY the Associated Prss

= USOppe0 Oy members OF tine curtn
Western division Of the Irish Repuhli-
eoa Army after stormy scenes.
The chief Of the Provisional Govern
Hent and his party returned to their
hotel, md the cf'ccr who had pro-
claimed the meeting at an end fol
lowed. He said no one would bc
allowed to leave untir Mr.. Collins and
his friends had surrendered their arms.
The accounts received here do not
state whether the Collins party was
disar1ned, merely saying TINT ''some
people who loft the hotel were
The telegraph wires around Castle
bar were cut. and when the newspaper
correspondents there boarded train for
Athlone they we're ordered by two on
GERS to 20 to the barracks.
The newsparermcn were conveyed to
the barracks In automobiles. wher" they
found a. McCabe, a member Of the
Dali Eirennn. with Commandant XII.
roy and his staff. The commandnnt
stated that Mr.. McCnbc had admitted
he was the first to draw a revolver at
the meeting. Mr.. McCabc. then. in the
presence OF the correspondents. said he
believed he was the first to draw, the
dispatches say.
a Dublin man. said 10 be Charles
Byrne. a member Of the Collins party,
was arrested and accused of the shoot
ing. Mr.. Collins subsequently told the
representative Of the Irish Independent,
Dublin newspaper that he had visited
Mr.. Byrnc in the barracks and found
him in n cell with only a plank for
bed and no bedding. !ie said he had
asked Commandant kilroy To parole
Byrne. Mr.. Collins TO bc responsible for
him, but that tn" request was refused.
Roads Blocked by Trees
The correspondents Of the London
Evening News says all the reads to
Castelar, were blocked By trees, and
that automobiles moving toward the
town were stopped by armed men. vino
even ripped ny the railway tracks to
prevent the mr. ival Of the special trains
from the surrounding towns. The meet
r.sM. rs T'S consequently delayed until :
The crowd numbered 1000 persons.
among them many hostile 70 Co llnS.
who spoke from lori.c~. His speech
was frequently interrupted and then an
attempt was made to rush the lor;ies.
says the account, and a suppOi ter of
Collins drew revolver. Others pro-
duced revo,vcrS also. upon wh!'h the
crowd was stampcdcd. women tainted
and several rriSons were tramplcd upon.
llGIl was IUTSUft lNto Sllt
street and number Of shots w"rc fired.
At this point. adds tn" correspondent.
an officer iUmped upon the lur: les which
made TIP the plat orm and declared the
meeting adjourned in the interest OF
peace.
Mrs. Fosarty. proprietress of the
Commercial Hotel. Cnstlcbar. was
wounded in the shoulder. presumably by
the bullet fred at the meeting.
nHriuI tiCnrnS tirpn ~ ,,.I, Ia,
that 3...,22O men left the five Dublin bat
taliuns of the Irish Republican army
yesterday afternoon. and marched t.
Sn,itatic'd. whcr' they took an oath Of
allegiance. to the rcrub ic. freeing thcnl-
selves from any further responsibility
% the Dali Eircann.
Belfast. April 3.--(By :. p.l-.John
MallOn. unswerin. knock at the dor
Of his home in Skpgoniei avenue last
night. was confronted by gang of
men who asked II his son was in the
house. Upon replying In the negative
Mallon was shot dead.
A bomb thrown into II bedroom in
the house cf John Simpson in Arlington
street wounded two children. aged three
-Four men were Killed and three Chi
dren were wounded Saturday night
in the Sinn Fein area near the old
Lodge road district, Til" ages Of the
men ranged from forty tn stxty three.
The chi dren are two. seven and thir-
teen years old.
II was another grim week -ord for
Belfast. The shooting os the men /!
believed 10 huv" boon In -cnri~nl for
the killing Saturday Of Constable
George Turner. who had been regu-
lar policeman for fourteen yeara. The
ASSASSIN tired at Turner from vacant
house ami, made his escape. The news
Of the shooting OF the policeman spread
rapidly. an! dssrite the rurfHv' hour
last night. thcro we're scenes of excite.
mont In the streets.
Later heavy rife md revolver irins,
punctunteI with the shrieks of women
and children. vas heard. ana sEortly
aft~rward the bodies of the four men
were taken to hospital whore the
three wounded chll'rrn also wer, con =
veycd. The father Of the children.
Joseph Walsh. was one % the men who
vas rho, uni killed.
All the Ril'ings took Ila"e in the
hpnes ~ tie victims. Wal"h, who
lived in Alton street. was lyla2 N hal
with the two younger children. and tho
bullet which killed him woUnGed thsm.
Two yrar-oi Bridget was shot through
the head.
-,
Iont,On. April Bv \. r.,--Tht
BRITISH or,lnan"" steamer Upton, whict
was seizcd oJ the Irish coast aSt wees
by raiders who slowed its cargo away
IN some unknown place. contained IN
rifles, NOT 20 COO, as had been reported
100 rrynlvors. Thirty nine machn" g'in'
and 5OO. 600 "ound' II rife ammunition.
togrthe. with small Guantitr o, rX'
p,osivcH, II was stated in III" House o.
Conmona to,'n" br Win Hon tAurrhitl
Hecrstnrr for tie Colonies.
IN Mr.. Churchill said III" vessel VA
eAptiircd In the highest rirntical fash
ION BY Il mart OF the c0n"!irators hostile
TO the Provisional Government. rnt
that the incident was n serious ON"
constituting n gross and d!shonoruhl'
breach Of the truce which had beer
nAde with the duly elected representa-
Nvsx Of the Irish neonlr
.'The g; rhnt such m elaborate con
0piracy could 'bc set on fo in C"rl
shows that tho Prrvisi'na' Government
contr0l Of the Cork district is rrac
tically -"~i.trnt." he rontinHr
''This is remarkable. in view Of tn
fact that "uhi' 0nini0n in Cork /
overwhe' minrlr in favor of the treaty,
Mr.. Chu chill denied Tint nnnrrn
relened In Crk. adding. however, 'hn
there wa no doubt thGt tho Prov siuna
Government control over the mu
tineAfs was very lax. lie declined +
oay what action the Government con
3smuiated.