ARMS FOR IRELAND
MACHINE-GUNS SEIZED AT HOBOKEN AMERICAN CITIZEN CHARGED WITH CONSPIRACY By Telegraph—Pres» Association—CopyrlglM (Rec. September 27, 8.15 p.m.) New York, September 27. The Federal authorities have arrested George Gordon Rorke, one of a group of four who, it is claimed, attempted to ship 600 machine-guns to Ireland last June. Rorke, who is an American citizen, is charged with conspiracy in planning a military expedition against a friendly Power, and, if found guilty, he will 'be liable to a 10,000-dollar fine and three years’ imprisonment.—Aus.-N.Z-Cable .Assn. [Six hundred . modern machine-guns concealed on tl# United States Shipping Board’s steamey Eastside, destined for an Irish port, were seized by the police at Hoboken. The discovery resulted from tho marine strike, which necessitated a change of crews. Federal Judge Lynch signed an order forfeiting the guns to the American Government.]
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Dominion, Volume 15, Issue 3, 28 September 1921, Page 5
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138ARMS FOR IRELAND Dominion, Volume 15, Issue 3, 28 September 1921, Page 5
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