The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-11-24
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 Chndors had command of a band If youthful Guerrillas on the west raided and wrecked several cable stations. crippling communication between the United States and North ern Europe.
 Childers was captured two weeks 3go near Wicklow, while attending an irregular war cOuncil' with De Valera and several others. They were understood to be planning a coup in Dublin at the time.
 Childers was brought to Dublin and secretly tried before a court mar 5iaL Owing to the secrecy with which the affair was conducted and the refusal of the government to is 5ue any official information, various rumors arose as to the disposition of the guerilla chiefltain. His sister claimed that he had been put to death secretly. This was disproved when attorneys representing Chlders went into court seeking a writ Of the court martial that condemned the prisoner. While these proceed trgs were under way a report became current that Childers and eight other irregular prisoners had been deport- ed to Ascension Island in the South Atlantic.
 Loses Fight for Life The court ruled against Childers in the habeas corpus proceedings. Childers' counsel gave notice of an appeal and in the meanwhile the
 
 Chi1ders in his cell.
 Grinders is the latest victim of the iron policy of the new Free State government, headed by William T. Erieann. Appeals were made in his behalf by prominent residents of both Ireland and England but the 1 government refused to heed them. Irish officials argued that to show 1 weakenness now would be to court l 'urther disorders and bloodshed. The stern policy of the present than that of Michael Collins, who claimed that any show of leniency would only make the situation worse. 1 It is confidently predicted now that Eamonn De Valera himself will be the next prominent" prisoner taken by Free State Troops. The irregu- lar leaders are being rounded up one by OI4a-bOth men and women. Bitter Foe of England. hilders, although an Englishman Ey birth, was one of the most bitter enemies of England in all Ire and. It was tkis fact which caused so much sUrpriJe when his lawyers in he ha- beaS corpus proceedings attacked the l Irish law under which the court mar | tiaI was conducted and appealed for a new hearing under the regulations of the English army.
 ChilderS' career has been most <! picturesque. He did not have the appearance of a so der. He was
  walked with a limp. His forehea Il buIged out under a mop of hair that was seldom combed When he talk ed of the English his voice rose to 2, soarl.
 hilders had served both in the Eng fish Civi! service and in the English army, a fact which led his Irish enc ul1es to call him a renegade English man. It was not until 1917 when ne first met De Valera that he es- poused the Irish Republican cause Nith heart and soul
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 Chi ders' wife is a BO=tOn girl. She is an invalid In a recent interview with the International News she sup ported her husbands views and said that she would stand by him ''even If he had to give up his life for the ItepubliCan cause.
 It is feared that the execution of Childers will lsad to a recurrence of the disorders of last night when lr- regulars broke out in the center of the city attacking barra cks the rail way station and o-her u-ld-ugs. At least three Free State soldiers Were killed and many persons we md cd. The city quie,ed down after Gaybreak, but not until heavy forces ot Free State sold CTS had been thrown into he trOu lc zones to pa trol the streets.
 The fighting was be ieved to have been precipioated by ir- eSulars In urr test aS2inst the adverse verdict in the habeas corpus proceedings in hilders Eab27F