Chief Of Eire C.I.D. Shot By Gunmen
. LOXDOX, Jan' 22. In a running gunliglit bet'ueen polich, troops and three guuinen, tlie. chief ot I ihe special political, branch oi tlie Kirc I C.I.D., Mr. Sean Oantly, was shot (lead. I Ihe chase began when police 'jnlereii a house sheltering the gunmen, two or ' whoni were gaol escapees. The gunmen j took to tlie rooftops. They were bare | rooted aml leaped like uionkeys from > ledges to windowsills aiul back to tlie roofs. Bhots cracke. I on rooftops six storeys liigh. Botli sides nsed chimneystaeks for eover. The police wounded •ill three gunmen and captured two in houses. Tlie third entered a foundrv
and the police followed. A fusillade o't -hots killed Mr. Oantly. Police and troops ransacked the foundrv and nearoy houses and checked cars, buses and ahips in the docks fnit tlie killer disappeared.
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Chronicle (Levin), 23 January 1948, Page 5
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