IRISH HORRORS.

Taranaki Daily News, 13 September 1920, Page 5

IRISH HORRORS.

NEW FORM OF TERRORISM. SHOCKING SINN FEIN CRIMES. By Telegraph.~PMss ism.— Copyright. , : Received Sept. 12, 5.5 p.m. London, Sept. 11. A new type of outrages has commenced in Ireland. In the presence of a large crowd an engine-driver was chained to a tramway standard with a placard inscribed "scab" across his chest. Another man was blindfolded and bound to a telegraph pole in the chief street of Carrickmacross, while a placard with the words "I am a thief; 1 stole eggs," was fastened to him. Another body of Sinn Feiners seized ex-Captain Murphy, a well-known Tralee man, while golfing, and stripped him and tarred him from head to waist. It was alleged he had applied for a cadetship in the Irish Constabulary.—Aus.N.Z. Cable Assn. RE-ARMING CONSTABULARY. MODERN WEAPONS PROVIDED. Received Sept. 13, 12.30 p.m. London, Sept. 12. The Sunday Times says the re-arming of the Irish Constabulary with the latest army rifles and powerful revolvers is well advanced. Police engaged in dangerous duty are provided with steel .body guards under their tunica. —Aus.N.Z. Cable Assn. RAIDERS SUFFER LOSSES. Received Sept. 12, 5.5 p.m. London, Sept. 11. Mr. Forbes, traffic superintendent at Donegal, fought ten men attempting to raid a mail van, and he captured one and shot two dead. —Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. POLICE FORCE STRENGTHENED. 1 London, Sept. 10. Four hundred members of the Royal Irish Constabulary who were recruited in En-gland have arrived in Dublin to assist the metropolitan police.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.