DEATH THREAT.

Taranaki Daily News, 27 March 1920, Page 5

DEATH THREAT.

WARNING TO IRISH MAYOR. SIMILAR BOAST CARRIED OUT. By Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyrljit. Received March 20, 2.25 p.m. London, March 23. ! The Mayor of Limerick has received a . typewritten letter, posted at Clonniel, with : a cross, under which appeared the words "Prepare for death; you arc a doomed man," signed "Rory of the Hills." Mr. Mac Curtain (the Lord Mayor of Cork, who was 3hot) received a similar letter with a cross a few days before i his murder— Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. „ THE CORK TRAGEDY. i 1 PROCEEDINGS AT THE INQUEST. Received March 26, 2.45 p.m. [ Loudon, March 24. The Mac Curtain inquest was resumed at 7.30 at night. Forty constables armed with rifles guarded the court. Sinn Fein volunteers had charge of the arrangements and regulated' admission to the inquest chamber. The Crown Selieitor applied for an adjournment, saying the authorities desired to assist to the utmost in elucidating the murder, but the constabulary could not guarantee the peace of the city if the inquiry was held at night time. Mr. Lynch, K.C., representing the next-of-kin, invited the jury to attach great importance to the fact thai a policeman's uniform was found in MacCurtain's house, and demanded that the authorities should produce the names of police absent from their barracks at the time of the murder.—Aus.-N.Z-Cable Assn. WHERE WILL IT END? POLICY OF MURDERS CONDEMNED. Received March 20, 2.45 p.m. London, March 23. Lord Justice O'Connor, in a striking address to tho Grand Jury at Cork, appealed to Ireland's belter public spirit against the outrage campaign. There was neither beauty nor virtue in liberty which comes dripping with . innocent blood. The folly of tho whole business was apparent, and there would be a rude awakening for those imagining they can break down the splendid courage of the Irish police, or continue with impunitj • attacks on barracks against scientific'instruments of warfare. Assuming the police were eliminated, would Ireland be happier or freer with English soldiers instead 1 Referring to the Cork murders, Lord Justice O'Connor asked where would ' it all end? Only public opinion could stop it. The vast majority of the population condemns the outrages, but would not give the Government active support, and this attitude was due to historical, political, and social causes. Intimidation is a powerful factor in deterring people from assisting in the prevention and detection of crime, but, nevertheless, he did not regard the position as hopeless. The boldness, wantonness, and frequency of murders, coupled with the tendency to chaos, must strengthen pnhlic opinion against the forces of disorder.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. THE/DUBLIN AFFRAY. NATIONAL ANTHEM RESENTED. London, March 23. An official account of the Dublin shooting stain-- that 120 soldiers of the Berkshire lit j, .lent, none of whom were armed, were coming from the Hippodrome singing "God Save the King," which the crowd resented, and conflicts commenced, in which a man and woman were killed by revolver shots, a soldier shot in the chest, and four other soldiers, wounded. When the caH for assistance was received a patrol set out to extricate the soldiers, but the crowd attacked it, filing shots at the patrol. The officer warned the crowd, mid the patrol fired ten rounds and charged the mob. Three people were seen to fall, and the mob was eventually driven away and dispersed. Another account of the disturbance at Dublin, cabled on the 23rd, states that 400 soldiers paraded in the principal streets of Dublin during the evening, singing and jostling passers-by. They broke a number of windows, and the rowdincss culminated in a conflict at Portobcllo bridge. The soldiers resented the orchestra at the theatre refusing to play the National Anthem, and thereupon sang it, went into the streets and smashed shop windows with their belts. A crowd of about one thousand assembled. The soldiers, after entering tho Portobello Barracks, .reappeared and fired two volleys, causing fatalities. The crowd took panic, but reassembled later. The soldiers again appeared, when a further ten shots were fired t and an ex-soldier was wounded. Several persons were trampled under foot. An armored car then emerged from the bnrracks and fired fifty rounds, adding to the panic, but there were no cas-ualties.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn, SINN FEIN AND POLICE. ANOTHER ATTACK OX BARRACKS. Received March 28, 5.5 p.m. London, MarJi 24. Sinn Fc.Jnen enptured the police barracks near Tuam, Unlwav. —Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. I