Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-08-24
IRISH MOURN
COLLINS DEATH
Body of Hero is Viewed by
Many--London Also MournS
Loss

DUBLIN, Aug. 24;-General
Collins body reached Dublin By
steamer this morning from Cork.
The coffin, covered with the Irish
tri-color, was placed upon gun
carriage and preceded by band Of
pipers was taken in solemn process
sion along the silent streets to St
Vincent's Hospital. The body viii
remain in the mortuary of the hos
pital until tomorrow when it will be
removed to the city hall to lie in
state until Sunday afternoon.
A solemn requiem high mass viii
be celebrated at II o'clock Monday
morning in the Pro Cathedral di-
rectly after which the body will he
conveyed to the famous Glasnevin
cemetery where Collins buried MS
colleague. Griffith, only little more
than a week ago.
1t was arranged to rem"ve Mich
ael Collins body from St. Vincent
hospital with an Impressive cere-
| mony to the City Han later in the
day. in order to give the thousands
of Irish men and women an oppor-
tunity of seeing for the last time.
the features of their national hero
lying in state.
From midnight last night crowds
had been gathering at the North
Key to witness the arrival of the
Classic. which docked at 2 o'clock
this morning. Scenes typical of the
nations sorrow marked the Prog
of the coffin from the steamer
through the long avenue of troops
with reversed guns to the waiting
gun carriage.
Regular officers draped the black
oak casket in the free state colors
and placed it on a wooden platform
.uilt on the eighteen-p FOUNDER gun
carriage. The dead generals charger
was led riderless alongside.
The members of the provisional
government and deputies of the Dail
Eireann together with the members
of the headquarters staff immedi-
ately followed. Then came the
throngs of bareheaded men and
women, many of them making no
effort to restrain their tears.
Among the little band of fighting
men who made the last stand with
Collins and who followed the body
of the slain hero through the Dublin
streets with lowered heads and tear
blinded eyes, was n boyish figure
wearing n ragged civilian coat and
tweed cap. Across his shoulders
he carried a machine gun, the same
gun with which he said afterward
he had poured hail of lead into
Collins attackers.
After the procession was dismiss
ed he told an interviewer in a shy
and distant manner. and in a voice
often choked by emotion, vivid
story of the fatal ambush.
ut was during a lull in the at
tackers' fire" he said. that Mick
noticed n sniper creeping ON hands
and knees some distance down the
road behind him. Mick Immediately
went about a dozen yard i'm his di-
Iection with the object of stopping
further movement in the rear of the
party. At that moment heavy firing
swept across the road from both
sides. The gun in the whippet ar
mored car which followed had jam
med, lessening the effect of our fire
THE sudden burst of shooting
caused Mick to turn around for 4
few seconds and the next momen'
/ saw him fall to the ground scot
through the head. As he laY dying
he shouted words of encouragement
TO his men to 20 on firing and not
mind him. Immediately there were
cries of'My God, Mick is shot: iErn
rushed to his assistance. Although
bleeding freely from lacera,td
wound. no lived fifteen minutes. dur-
ing which he continued to fire mis-
revolver"