THE IRISH PROBLEM.
40BTRALIAW AND N.Z. CABLE ASSOIi../U<N ■ aw •' KIDNAPPING. LONDON, May 2. The amazing situation in Ireland is illustrated by the kidnapping of Carroll a resident of Fermoy, Crown Solicitor for East Cork, by armed men. He was tied in a sack so tightly, that he fainted. He was taken in a motor car to a Jonely cottage in the mountains and sentenced to death, on the grounds that his activities were dangerous to the country. Carroll asked to see a priest who pleaded for his life. His captors agreed to a ransom of £IOOO serling, hut finally accepted £550. After the cheque had been cashed, Car. roll was released. Subsequently owing to his warning, a loyalist who had been threatened with death by armed men, arrived at his house. In his absence, ——>' - Jjis son warned Carroll who escaped to fr. Cork and took refuge with British jpili-
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Hokitika Guardian, 4 May 1922, Page 3
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149THE IRISH PROBLEM. Hokitika Guardian, 4 May 1922, Page 3
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