WOMAN SHOT AS A SPY

Taranaki Daily News, 8 October 1921, Page 6

WOMAN SHOT AS A SPY

SINN FEIN EXPLAINS A RECENT MYSTERY. Headed “Dail Eireann Department of Defence;” dated July 28, and signed “Cathal Bruga, Minister for Defence,” a letter has been received by Mrs. E. Benson, 40, Northampton Road. Dublin, with reference to the disappearance some time ago of her sister, Mrs. Lindsay, who was kidnapped in Cork. The letter states that Mrs. Lindsay was executed as a spy some months ago. “The charge against her," says the letter, “was that she was directly responsible for conveying to the enemy information which led to the execution of five of our men by the British authorities, to the death of a sixth from wounds received in action, and to a sentence of 25 years’ penal servitude passed upon a seventh. \ “Mrs. Lindsay wrote a letter to General Strickland, pointing out the consequences to herself should our men be executed. They were executed nevertheless. Five days after their execution in Cork Barracks the sentence which had been passed on Mrs. Lindsay and suspended pending General Strickland’s reply was duly carried out. We regret the circumstances and the stern necessity to protect our forces which necessitated this drastic action by our local commanders.’’