ROWDY IRISHMEN
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Birmingham Hostel To Close
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LONDON, June 16. Frequent clashes. between police and Irishmen fn Birmingham resulted in Chief Superintendent E. P. Bennett announeing at Birmingham Police Court that the Salvation Army Hostel in Ryder street would be closed because of the trouble caused by tho 170 Irishmen who used it. "These men believe in mob law and intimidate everyone," declared the Superintendent. "In consequence of a disturbance there, the Adjutant of the Salvation Army saw me and asked if I thought it advisable to close the hostel altogether. "There are 170 Irishmen on the premises and the Adjutant and the staff were in fear. Accordingly, I sent out a large number of police to surround the premises, but things were quiet until 11.30. Then the police separated, and- as soon as one officer was alone a missile was thrown and his head was cut open. "Wa could not trace the man who threw the missile, but we are how going to close the place," Mr. Bennett concluded.
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Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 152, 15 July 1937, Page 5
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