IRISH CRIMES.

Taranaki Daily News, 8 December 1919, Page VI

IRISH CRIMES.

RULE OF THE RECKLESS. "A DISGRACE TO CIVILISATION." | By Telegraph.—Press Ajsn>-Copyright, Received Dec. 7, 11.5 p.m. London, Dec. 3. The Irish crimes were judicially denounced at the opening of the Assizes. Chief Justice Cork said the root cause was the attitude of the people, who allowed themselves to be down-trodden by a comparatively small number of reckless, wicked men. He asked Irishmen to assert their dignity of manhood and to end a state of things which was a disgrace to civilisation.

Justices Kenny (Dublin) and Dodd (Belfast) spoke in a similar strain. — —Times Service. REWARD FOR MURDERERS. Received Dec. 7, 11.5 p.m. London, Dec. 3. Additional to the Lord Lieutenant's offer in connection with the recent outrages, the Under-Secretary for Ireland offers a reward of £SOO and a free pardon to any but the actual miscreants. A DETECTIVE ASSASSINATED. Dublin, Dec. 2. Barton's was the 14th police murder during 1919. He was young and popular and recently transferred to the political section of the detective force. It is Ibclieved the murderer 'tracked him through the crowded streets towards the Central Police Station, whither Barton was proceeding. He fired four shots in College street, one penetrating Barton's back.