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■ VICE-REGAL LODGE AFFAIR. By Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright. London, Dee. 29. At the inquest on Captain Boast the verdict was that he was shot one of his comrades while on patrol duty. The civilian killed in Phoenix Park has been identified as Laurence Kennedy, a laborer. He complained on Saturday that he had been maltreated at the military barracks and was treat- > ed at the hospital for scalp wounds. 1 His movements after leaving the hospital are unknown.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Association. i E ' THEORY OP THE TRAGEDY. ! Received Dec. 30, 7.45 p.m. Dublin, Deo. 29. ! Correspondents agree that Kennedy was unarmed and harmless. Ha appears to have wandered, perhaps intoxicated, into Phoenix Park, and to have grasped Lieut. Boast when challenged, with the result that an excited guard, recon- [ noitring for a supposed gang of assail- , ants, fired several volleys, killing both.— | Times Service. : JURY CENSURE THE MILITARY: 1 Received Dee. 30, 7.55 p.m. i London, Dec. 29. The verdict at the Dublin inquest was , that Kennedy, while going homewards, : was killed by a military patrol. The I jury added: "The military acted in a most heartless manner." —Aus.-N.Z. Cable 1 Assu.
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Taranaki Daily News, 31 December 1919, Page 5
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