THE SKEFFINGTON INQUIRY.
PEAKS OF GERMAN INVASION CONFLICTING EVIDEXCE. Eouter Service. '.Received August -25, fi.o p.m London, August 24. At the Skeffingtoii- inquiry the chair* man read the unpublished report by Oolthurst, after his arre3t, wherein he iiaid lie didn't think the barracks were safe for desperate men like Skeffington, Dickson and Mclntyre. He lieard that (100 Germans were marching on Dublin, find that large forces of. TebeH were iibout to attack the Portobello barracks. Thinking reinforcements from England would not arrive in time to avert a general massacre, and believing lie had the power under martial law, he had Ihc three prisoners shot, regarding it as fi terrible duty. ! Major Roseborough, in charge of the Portobello barracks, in his evidence said lie did not know of the executions until afterwards. Adjutnnt Morgan stated that nothing incriminating was found on the prisoners. Oolthurst's statement to the contrary, was untrue.
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Taranaki Daily News, 26 August 1916, Page 4
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149THE SKEFFINGTON INQUIRY. Taranaki Daily News, 26 August 1916, Page 4
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