FORTY DEAD.

Taranaki Daily News, 25 November 1920, Page 5

FORTY DEAD.

THE WEEK-END TOLL. SEW FEIN LEADERS KILLED. SENSATIONAL FIGHT. Bjf Ttlepttfi.-fteu Asm.—ttpytitht. London, Nov. 23. A British destroyer will proceed to Dublin for the bodies of the murdered officers. Three civilian*, who were arrested irumf the week end in Dublin, seized aome arms and bombs stored in the place where tfcey were detained, and attempted to escape. They fired upon their gu*ms, who shot them dead. McKee and Clancy, two of the men shot, were prominent Sinn Feiners in the 1916 rebellion, whan Clancy was sentenced to death, but reprieved.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable A«tt. .. ( h Dublin, Nov. 23. In connection, with the shooting of McKee and his two companions, the three prisoners >:sitting by the fireside when they sufldtnly jumped up and threw bombs at the" sentry. The latter dodged and fired at his attackers, who thereupon attacked the guard with spades and rifles. After a terrific fight the three .prisoners were shot dead.— SMlttt-UnHed Service.

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DANpEROUS MEN SHOT. JUNERAL OF THE OFFICERS. Received Nov. 24, J.SO p.m. London, Nov. 23. Vfeaagements for the raid were moat jeomplete. Traffic was stopped and cordons were drawn across the streets, with barbed wire entanglements. Trams were stopped and the passengers searched. Full details are still unobtainable, but apparently the arrests were as numerous as after the 1916 revolution. Even a bigger sensation has been the arrest of MeKee and Clancy, who were ■well-known in Dublin. Clancy was a member of the Sinn Fein inner circle, and it is believed he was concerned in ft plot to kill Lord French. McKe* was head of the explosives department. Two uniforms of a British colonel were found in his possession. The third man arrested was T. Chine, an officer of the notorious Tipperary brigade. It seems Dublin is short of proper prison accommodation, and the three men were lodged in the guardroom at the BrideWell barracks, the room containing much ammunition, rifles, and a biff box of Mills bombs under the bed. While, the sentry temporarily turned his back the men got hold of' the arms and tombs and attempted to rush the guard. .When a bomb was flung it failed to explode, but rife lire brought in the rest of the guard, and McKee, Clancy, and Oune wire shot down. Deaths during the week-end now number forty, and those seriously injured * hundred, Including a policeman whose body (with the hands tied together) iras recovered in the Liffey. The' military authorities have determined on a public funeral for the fourteen officers when the bodies arrive in London. It it expected the remains will reach Holyhead on Thursday, and Euston on Friday morning. A procession of fourteen gun carriages and a mutable ncort will go to a central place in London, and then freak up, the gun .■arriagee going to their several destinations for private burials.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Aisn. OROKE PARK AFFAIR. 12 KILLED; 11 WOUNDED, MORE ARRESTS MADE. Received Nov. 24, 7.50 p.m. London, Nov. 23. - Replying in the House of Commons to Commander . Ken worthy, Sir Hamar Sreenwood (Chief Secretary for Ireland) pve details of the Croke Park affair. He said a number of spectator* were known to be carrying arms, an! thirty ,'evolvers were found on the field afterUrards Tie firing only lasted three niautes. He was not aware that ma-ibine-guns Were used, and he did not Klieve a little boy was bayonetted. Sir Hanuur Greenwood added that nans «cores were arrested in Dublin, to-lajr.—Au».-IT.Z. Cable Aa*n. ' • CLEANING UP DUBLIN. A GRAVE SINN FEIN PLOT Received Nov. 24, 9.30 p.m. London, Nov 24. A thorough' search of Dublin continues. The authorities will comb out the whole city. A hundred suspects were arrested yesterday. The military raided Archaishop Walsh's house and arrested his Valet. The Daily Graphic states that the authorities have discovered Sinn Fein plans to destroy important-works in England, including the Liverpool Docks, the Manchester Canal and London buildings.— Au*.-N.Z. Cable Assn. ; LABOR AND IRELAND. DEEP HORROR AT MURDERS. Received Nov. 24, 5.5 p.m. London, Nov. 28. The Labor Party has postponed its nission of inquiry about Ireland, which intended to sail on November 23. The, party pasted a resolution expressing deep horror at the brutal assassination of British subjects during the week-end, adding that such assassinations would only embitter British public opinion and provide the Government with apparent justification for reprisals.—United Ser-