Evening star., 1922-06-23
TERR0R|STS' PLOT
REVEALED BEHIND
LONDON MURDER
Number of Prominent Per-
sons Marked for Death
as Marshal Wilson.
ASSASSINS REMANDED
AS SEARCH CONTINUES
Fifteen Men and Woman Rounded
Up, While Newspapers Vent
Bitter Feeling.
By the Associated Press

LONDON, June 23.-The police inveS-
tigating the assassination of Field Mar
Shal Wilson have come into possession
of documents, says the Central News
| today, disclosing conspiracy to take
the lives Of number OF prominent per-
sons and conduct a campaign of out
RACES.
Fifteen men and one woman were
arrested in the raids throughout Lon
don last night in connection with the
assassination, 1t was announced In the
house of commons by Austen Cham
berlain. the government leader.
He stated that every step possible
was being taken for the protection of
life in Ireland and England. and in
timated that a discussion of Irish af-
fairs would be held on Monday. Prime
Minister Lloyd George, he stated. was
now holding a conference on all the
matters connected with the assassina-
tion of Marshal Wilson.
Two Prisoners demanded.
James OBrien and James Connolly.
who were arrested directly after the
shooting, were arraigned in the West
minister police court, charged with
murder. They were remanded for one
week by Magistrate Cecil Chapman.
Long before the court opened a
great crowd assembled in front of
the courthouse, but owing to the linz
tied accommodations the police rig
orously excluded the general public.
allowing only those connected with
the case and the newspaper men to
enter
The accused men were taken to the
courtroom in taXicab and under
strong guard from the Gerald road po-
lice station. Two officers rode inside
and one with the driver. All were
fully armed and alert. In the court
room were a number of plainclotheS
officers who have been engaged in the
last year in dealing with the Sim Fein
outrages in London. AS the cab alb
ruptly pulled up at the courthouse.
the door was thrown open and the ac-
cused were hustled into the building.
The assassination has stirred Eng
and to the depths. Mingled with feel
ings of sorrow and dismay are appre-
tensions of further outrages. as it is
understood other members of parlia-
ment have been threatened.
Hunt for Instfgators.
While the actual murderers were
taken red-handed, a strenuous hunt
for possible instigators is being con-
Quoted, and detectives last night raid
ers in London.
In connection with the reports of a
! Sim F'ein plot the statement is made
that certain houses. including the
Wilson residence. have been mysteri-
ously marked recently. and the home
of lord Carson. in Eaton place, was
guarded by armed police last night.
Field Marshal Wilson, it is learned
had received threatening letters for
some time from anonymous and other
sources, but he paid no heed to them
The question of again arming the
police with automatic pistols is being
considered by the government and
Scotland Yard, in view of the tragedy.
At the time Of the outbreak of in
throughout England. only a few
months ago, the police were so armed
but with the dawning of prospects
for peace in Ireland and the cesSa-
! tion of the outrage campaign here
the pistols were withdrawn.
Great Funeral Likely.
1t is taken for granted that Sir
Henry will be given a great public
his rank and services. The likeli-
hood is suggested of burial in St
Paurs, the resting place of many of
Britain's most noted warriors, includ
! ing the Duke of Wellington and Ad-
miral Nelson.
| Condolences continued today to pour
| in on Lady Wilson, who as soon as
the sad news reached Buckingham
Palace was waited upon by an equerry
! NV h II Il ~
expression of their sorrow. The Prince
of Wales also sent a personal mes
| senger, and the dinner which was to
| have been given today in celebration
of his birthday. has been abandoned
Prime Minister Lloyd George sent
this telegram:
II am deeply shocked at the CHASTITY
crime. 1 can find no words to ex-
press my CONSERVATION and grief.
Please accept all my sympathy in
your terrible trouble
Efforts to trace the crime to the in
stigation of any special persons or
I parties in Ireland has not succeeded.
In Ulster it seems to be widely
| taken for granted that the Irish re-
| publican army was responsible. but
no proof is offered and Gen. Owen
O'Dufy's denial stands unchallenged
! inquirers that the fact one of the
| murderers carried a copy of the
| 1. r. AS official paper was without
| significance, as the paper has been
on sale in public book stalls for some
time.
| Crisis in Prospect.
| All reports from Ireland indicate
that the murder has produced an
! uneasy feeling among law-abiding
] people, apart from the natural in
| dignation at the coldbIoodedness OF
I the crime. The Belfast correspondent
I of the Times telegraphs his paper
that if the assumption there that the
Sim Fein was responsible shall prove
correct the situation will Immediate
| ly become one of extreme gravity.
| Popular opinion is already infiamed
he says the feeling along the border
being, If anything, more excited than
! in Belfast.
I The Times Dublin correspondent
savs the news of the murder was
received there with feelings of sor-
! row and almost with despair, as
coming at a time when there were
growing prospects of improved re.
iations between the north and south
He adds:
| act of war upon Ulster, and will stil
passiens which may lead to terrible
! events -on both sides If the statesman.
ship of both governments does moi
avert the calamity.
Nothing ought to prevent Collins
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