HOW MR COLLINS WAS’ KILLED.
CAREFULLY PLANNED INCIDENT. DUBLIN, Aug. 25. There were pathetic scenes at the lying in .state of Michael Collins’s body at the City Hall. Enormous crowds gathered outside the building, and for hours a steady stream moved past the open coffin. Manymade the sign of the Cross and kissed his face as they walked past: others prayed audibly, and some gave way to tears. At noon the public were excluded, while intimate friends and relatives viewed the body, including his brother John, who was deeply moved, lie bent down and embraced the ' body, then knelt and prayed. As he rose he grasped his dead brother’s hand. It is now believed that Mr Collins's death was no mere accident, but was carefully planned, and that when the rebels failed to kill him by means of direct onslaught, they lay low until ho began to move about. He was then picked out by a sniper. A number of Cork rebels, horror-stricken at Mr Collins’s end, have thrown down their arms, but the majority are still in an ugly mood, and some still gloat over his death. —A. and N.Z. cable.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 2474, 31 August 1922, Page 1
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192HOW MR COLLINS WAS’ KILLED. Manawatu Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 2474, 31 August 1922, Page 1
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