Evening star., 1922-12-19
EXECUT|ONERS END
LIVES Of 7 MORE
IRISH REvOLTERS
Four Railway Men. Three
Laborers Put to Death for
Wrecking Trains.
ROADS BADLY CRIPPLED
BY SERIES OF ATTACKS
Nineteen Pay Supreme Penalty in
Little More Than Month-Four
Were Reprisals.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
DUBLIN. December 1a.-Four rail-
way men and three laborers were ex-
ecuted here this morning for inter-
fering with trains in County Kildare.
tured November IS by Free State
troops in a house. the location CT
which is unknown. With them a
quantity of stolen goods, rifles and
ammunition was found.
The men were tried by Il military
committee and sentenced to death on
the charge Of train wrecking.
The sentence was carried oit at
$50 o'clock this morning.
Members of Republican Army.
The men executed are reported to
have been members Of the republican
army.
The official army report of the exc
cutions gives the names of the men
as Stephen White and Patrick Bagnel
of kildale. laborers; Joseph Johnson
and Patrick Mangan OF Kildare. rail-
way workers: James O'Connor of
Bansha. Tipperary. and Patrick Nolan
OF Rathbride. railway workers, and
Brian Moore of Rathbridge, laborer.
They were arrested with a number
Of others at Rathbridge, in County
Kildare. says the official report. which
adds that they were found guilty by a
military committee of possessing.
without proper authority. ten rifles.
200 rounds of ammunition. four bombs
with detonators, and one exploder.
An unofficial report. however, states
that the men were captured In a dug
out at kilbride, near the Kildare
county line, and that they were part
of column of ten operating in that
district and responsible for the am
bush of national troops. the destruc-
tions of goods shipped by rail and the
seizure of materials in shops.
Railroads Badly Disorsanized.
Train wrecking. the tearing up Of
railway tracks and the blowing up of
bridges has been practiced on a large
scale by republican sympathizers in
Ireland since the irregulars began
their operations. This has badly dis
organized the railway system and
hurt trade. dispatches frequently tell
ing of communication between Dublin
and Belfast or between other impor-
tant points in south Ireland being cut
off by this reason.
Today's drastic action, aimed at the
interference with train operation. was
under the blanket measure passed BY
the dali eireann last fall giving au-
thority to suppress disorder. Previous
executions have been in connection
with the use or possession of arms.
except that the last infiiction Of capt.
tai punishment on December 8, when
Rory O'Connor, Liam Mellowes and
two other republican leaders were
executed, was officially announced as
in reprisa1 for the assassination of
Sean Hales. the deputy shot the day
previous. The executions recorded
have been as follows:
Nineteen Are Executed.
November Thames Fisher. Peter
Cassidy. Richard Tuchy and John
Gaffney. Dublin republicans, shot for
having revolvers in their possession.
November "a Erskine Childers.
chief lieutenant of Eamonn De Valera,
executed for having had an automatic
pistol in his possession.
November 30-Joseph Spooner, Pat
rick Farrelly and John Murphy, exc
cuted for armed participation in a
bomb attack.
December S-Rory OConnor. Liam
Mellowes. Joseph McKelvey and Rich
ard Barrett. executed in reprisal for
the Hales assassination.
Todays executions make a total of
nineteen by the Free State in a little
more than a month.
HEAVY FIRING IN CORK.