IRISH CRIMES.

Taranaki Daily News, 20 May 1921, Page 5

IRISH CRIMES.

THE LATEST OUTRAGES. MILITARY CAPTURE REBELS. DEATH OF LONDON VICTIM. By Telegraph.—Press Assn.—CopyrUbt. Received May 19, 8.50 p.m. London, May 18. A Devon regiment patrol surprised a Sinn Fein column of thirteen near Kilmacthomas, in County Waterford, and the rebels surrendered without resistance.

Constables Dunn and Doran were shot dead at Kinnitty, in King’s County, and two others were wounded. The man Mac Neill, who was wounded during the Sinn Fein raid at Shepherd’s Buah, is dead.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.

TRAIN USED AS FORT. ATTACK ON BARRACKS FAILS. Received May 18, 5.5 p.m. London, May 18. An armed band commandeered a crowded passenger train at Ballaghatierin, Roscommon, and drove close to the police barracks, where, using the engine as a fort, they opened an intense fire. The police replied, compel' ling the attackers to start the train and escape.

The passengers had a terrifying experience, lying down in the carriages under a hail of bullets. One was wounded.—Times Service.

THE LONDON OUTRAGES. WOMEN DISGUISED AS MEN. Received May 19. 11.30 p.m. Poland, May 19. Scotland Yard believeai young women disguised as men took part in the weekend outrages in London against relatives of men serving in the Crown forces in Ireland. Four women and twelve men have been detained by the police.

Steps are being taken to protect other London relatives who are in receipt of threatening letters.— Cable Assn.

A DESPERATE STRUGGLE. POLICE INSPECTOR WOUNDED. Received May 19, 10.45 p.m. Landon, May 16. Diet net-Inspector Walsh was shot at Duncannon, County Wexford. He is a fine athlete, and when confronted by three rebels closed with one armed ruffian. Although Walsh received a shot in the hip as he closed, he struggled to his feet again and grappled with his assailants, who fired three more shots and then ran away. Walsh is in a desperate condition.—Aus.-N-Z. Cable Assn.

ULSTER ELECTIONS. FIGHT ON REPUBLIC ISSUE. Received May 19, 11.30 p.m. London, May 18. The elections for the Ulster Parliament are being contested energetically. The platform issues have resolved themselves into a declaration of the Unionists* opposition to the establishment df a Republic, while their opponents assert that they are out to kill partition. The Unionists are confident of winning thirty-six seats. —Reuter Service.

•COME OUT AND FIGHT.”

CHALLENGE THE REBELS. Received May 19, 10.45 p.m. London, May 18. An aeroplane at Skibbereen dropped hundreds of leaflets addressed to the Irish Republic army. The leaflets contained challenges from the Crown forces to the rebels to come out into the open in uniform and fight, adding. "Ambushes are open murder.”—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Am.

BLACK AND TANS. MARKED FOR VENGEANCE. London. May 18. Sinn Fein vengeance continues in Ireland, according to discharged Black and Tans, whom the authorities have paid off, advising them to return to England when it was known they were marked by Sinn Fein gunmen. One states that he travelled homeward circuitously, taking three days on the journey. He was shadowed throughout by an agent disguised as a ‘priest, which he alleges is the favorite device. Women were often employed in espionage, sometimes in the guise of nurses. Vomen in the West of Ireland warned Jinn Feiners of military movements by ighting fires in their houses, and but■oning coats. Periodical raids on the nails enabled Sinn Fein to learn the English addresses of the relatives of he Royal Irish Cons tabular! y. The recent large development of the London organisation enabled them to ise the knowledge.