MOONLIGHTING IN IRELAND.
INTIMIDATION WITH REVOLVERS
By Telegraph. Press Association. Copynghl Loudon, March 9.
Mounted men, disguised, fired revolvers at the windows of a house occupied by Mrs Melnerney, near Kilrush. A patrol appeared, and demanded surrender. They fired on the moonlighters, who escaped. Two young farmers, named Crowley and Eustace, have been arrested on suspicion.
Melnerney had purchased hay from a farmer named Cunningham, who was censured by the League for occupying an evicted farm.
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Gisborne Times, Volume VII, Issue 361, 11 March 1902, Page 2
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