Evening star., 1922-02-13
EIGHT KILLED IN BELFAST
Deaths Since Saturday Night Cause
Curfew Law.

Curfew Law.
BY the Associated Press.
BELFAST. February 13.-Beghning
tonight, the curfew, extending from
O'Clock in the evening until !
O'Clock in the morning. will be reim-
posed. This action was decided upon
today In a conference between the
lord mayor, the military commander
and the police commissioner, as a re-
suit OF renewed disorders Yesterday.
which continued sporadically today.
Up to o'clock this afternoon a
total of eight persons had been killed
since Saturday.
Shot Dead in, Street.
A gang entered the saloon of Pat
rick Lamb. on York street, here, at
noon today and attempted to hold
him up. Lamb resisted and was shot
and killed. About the same time q
bartender in neighboring saloon
was shot and badly wounded
While dance of the Ancient Order
of Hibernians was In progress in a
hall near Cookstown, East Tyrone.
last night. an attack by a party OF
aImsd men was made upon. the hail.
The Hikernisas sailed out end re-.
piled with stones. Two persons were
wounded by bullets. Local unionist
special cohstables who were sum-
mored drove away the attacking
party, which the constables declared
was composed4 Sim Feiners.
;; The two newspaper men from Bel
terror last week reappeared in Bel
a.st this. afternoon. Their release
was obtained through the interposi-
tion Of Owen ODuffy. the republican
army chief of staff. Although the re-
porters had been moved from point
to point while held prisoner they
never once came into contact with
the kidnapped unionists.
Woman IL Murdered.
There was sharp rife and revolver
firing in Belfast Sunday afternoon
These mingled with the rattle OF the
machine guns on the armored cars
David Boyd, nineteen years old, was
shot dead in the Old Lodge Road dis.
trict.
toners in her bakeshop. in North
Queen street, Saturday night. a man
entered the place and deliberately
shot and killed her. District Inspector
Michael Keany of Cork City was sho,
dead by a gang of men at midnight
Saturday while on a week end visit
to his family at Clonakilty. His son
who was with him, was severely
wounded.
owen o'Duffy. chief Of staff Of the
Irish republican army. who went tc
Clones yesterday to investigate Sat.
urday nights disorders there. said In
an interview today he found feeling
very tense throughout Monaghan
county because Of the unlawful ar.
rests and detention of the entire di.
visional stan Of the republican army
at Dromore, County Tyrone.
This probably has reference to q
number of Gaelic foot ball players
wearing Irish republican army uni.
forms, who were arrested on Janu.
ary Is while on their way from Mon.
aghan to Londonderry. Ses eral OF
them were declared by the royaI
Irish constabulary to have carried
loaded revolvers. and arms were al.
legged to have been found in the au.
tomobiles in which the foot ball play.
ers were riding.
I'm this area" said Chief ODuffy
Il succeeded in allaying the feeling
somewhat. If the army officers are
not released I cannot promise OIL
guarantee peace in this part of the
country. I cannot conceive that the
British government, who cannot bt
relieved of responsibility in this mat.
ter, will continue to hold these men
If they do I am full Of the graves,
fear for what may happen In the
north"
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