THE SUNDAY BEE: OMAHA. OCTOBKIt 13. 1922.
Gun-RunniiMr- Disaster Emids io Casemeet
Culmination of the Irish Free State gun-running ex
ploit in dramatically dcriljfd today to The Omaha Sun
day Bf reader in the nixth Installment of "Michael Col
llna Own Story."
Karllcr chapter of the thrilling tale of Erin' etrus
ge for freedom, an told to an American newspaper cor
reapondent by Coliinn Mhortly before hit aiwaiwlnation,
give a brief aketch of the younjr Irih leader'! boyhood
day, Ive of country wan one thing he learned at the
Jin-Hide of hi home and It wa this iatriotinm that held
him in Ireland, later, at a time when he had an alluring
opportunity to go to the United .States.
How the Easter week uprising, instead of being an
ignominious failure, became a npur to Irinh loyalty because
England treated the disturbance seriously has been ex
plained by both Collins and Prof. Koin MacNe ill. Because
of England's action, perpetrators of the uprising went to
martyrs' deaths, declared Prof. MacNeill, to whom Col
lins nent the writer of his story to get his part of the facts
"flrxt hand."
Casement, contrary to popular belief, did his utmost
to halt the rebellion when he failed to enlist German aid,
according to both Collins and MacNeill,
Erskine didders' asinine scheme to get England to
consent to a "Hands-oil" policy toward Ireland, deporta.
tions of sinn feiners, Boland's devotion to de Valera and
the sinn fein convention In October, 1017, also have been
detailed in preceding installments.
"Lloyd George was not to blame, except nominally,
for the English policy during the period of 1117-21."
This perhaps is one of th most startling statemenls
made by Collins, who asserted that the British prime min
ister's attention was absorbed in the world war during
that period and left other matters to those under him.
The smashing of the British spy system, the greatest
secret service in the world, through the hunting down of
Irish traitors, robbing of mails and tapping of telephone
lines, have, been described In detail. In reply to charges
against tho Irish of unwarranted slayings, Collins declares
the "murders" they committed were legitimate acts of
self-defense forced upon them by British oppression.
The 'arrest and harsh treatment of Francis Sheehy
Wellington." Irish writer who waa opposed to the use of
military methods to achieve the republic; his execution
with two other writers by the black and tans; the dis
heartening attempt to fix responsibility on the perpetra
tors of the alleged "murders" all this haa been told by
the Widow Skellington. Mrs. Skefflngton later escaped
from Ireland in disguise and toured America, giving
speeches to arouse sympathy for the Irish cause.
Last Sunday's installment closes with a description
of the first events in the gun-running exploit at Howth and
tells how a woman, Mary Spring Bice, daughter of the
then English ambassador at Washington, was found by
Irish leaders at the wheel of one of tho yachts used in the
exploit.
11 rageoy
is titiii t.iiiot, '
'ifl'l, Mt, lark Americaa
rjiAI'TKK XII - 1'onl n ucil.
"We (pImihc! the y In In II.
i-r (n our motor In im l, after aaiur
Pig Childci tti.it lh Kngtirh ti
fi. I bout Wit dot III tll llelldlboi
hood-- it tuiilci'tr thnl Were iioliii'
In run KUn Hitu l enfold liiivtnc,
flit H off a f.ilne. mint. !ifor
had man f i-', the volunteer
-doing enttly what III" I'luli'itiM-ii
lui'l tjnii nt I jini" - ti'i'l tuken J"
-iori tit Hi .l-r. jhIvIpH Id po
b and harbor orTieul it mm ht
fir them fi remove f heiiinelvea
from tln Immediate fielirhboi hood
dvlc they nil ili'iiili-'t Via oimd
mill wcr nil pu'ly for ti. Wlillii
Were Unloading III" rifles mi'l
viin in it ammunition Mti.
tJir Z'i'i nt Hi volunteei arrived,
Making tlljf t'lllll f.lr llt 1 &"0 tllHI.
I'll Jlil finished, W (lied bill k In
Dublin.
Childers Join
Secret Service
"(tt e'liinm Dublin erntUt h1
! not, fled Mum ever w left
Jbiwth, Mfitl t Clontarf, on the out
klrt vt the lily, w mt fore
nt inHi- nt soldier. Our rifle
wr ii ii I 'i 'M, A purity took plc.
They demanded tlii mmi render ut Dm
Hun. W refused, Tli goldlcr
H company tif tli King ' ("n rtfof
tlslt I'onlcier- wcie ordered tii
charge u with fixed bayoneta, Two
nt thm In tli '.Iti'infiit fliil
t u. "n tif our tiipii wa myn
ftti1, Tlmn tlin KnulUh cotnmantl
tr cl!l tur mitlifr ntr'y.
"But by till tiin thine wi only
tli front roik nt our turf py
wljfr In l(;hi! 'J'li i't nt ii
Infer'aM only in wtvu tli nun
-hl dlMi'ril hirntm lh fMd'.
Anil no nut on (tin w lout!
"Tlifii rm tli liiitfcdy In
JliuhfUirg Walk whin tli Ifrltlitlt
trwip marrhliiK tuurk to thlr bur
trk wr curwwl anil tiiiil iy
trrowd cmpo'l chlnfly of wntnui
whi hnil hard rimim of mNii.
r.f of tli rluntr at flontarf
Tli Bolil)r flr4 without wurnltiK
and klllil ono man, two women
nnd a hoy. Hvrl othr wi-n
wouni1, of whom on nlwi(juntly
dl1.
"N'oboily w vr rniNh4 for
thatall IhjukIi It. oukIiI to h rn
rinmbr'4 that thl w not only
for w hal lugnn to armil
fore, two yar brforc, In fact,
hut alito l-for th worM war hml
mail klllinm th onli-r of the Any.
"Tli only other Important thliiff
about thu nun rnniiliiK at llowlh
which 1 think inoul rrrlalnly kIidiiIiI
m iiipliHl,rH I I htit alitiut n
wr-k later Krxkliiit (iiilrleri) en
)lted In ill lli-lllt.li Kccri't Mrvli-e.
Colllni UKK""1 to MncOarry
that h ronilnn th nanatlv to
InrliM what ha ptTHonntly kn-w
about Blr JOijrer Canfmnit' ar.tlvl
tie In connnetlon wllh un runtilnr
from Germany. It wa Inipreiitlriij
to not rollln' InteiiM tilr Io
arijulr Information on point nut
Ida hla own Immeillnta jurledlrtion.
H aiplalnrd to in In on fllde that
after hi arrival In Ireland In 191
ha had had Mil opportunity of
Inquiring Into matter not directly
coneeroed with hi own dutM.
"Th on hl point ahout th Oer
msn that I think honlil lo told,'
Macnarry continued, "I that they
did not let ii down In 191. '&"
ment alway full that they did, hut
h admitted to in that they iifver
actually promlHifd to aend men to
hHp li. That wa what I'awment
innt wnteit not havlnif too much
fulth In u hfciiiin of our ln.
pwrleni a aoldler and Oermany
mUht have aetit men, If th war
had Bona h"r way Inxlead of
alnt her.
"I had a litter from fanement
when h wii III InTMunli-h. early In
alullng- that ho hud a kind of
eond.tioiml promi from Oriimny
reuardiiiB ttxl for Ireland. It wit
that If they well a (Insula adviin
laaa on either the euHtern or Witt
rn front tlnr would ni-iid up men.
"Of eoume, thl tnfliifiicetj our
awn plan to no little t-nt. W'
knew that aiifh aid from fieinumy
would h at !et temporary. Wa had
to arrange to h In po,tton In mk
mir mov eniunda w.th th arrival
of th Oerman-and carry through
nur pita of eanipaign while w hud
them w.th It. So It wa that lh
nast waa or:.nHv ! f-r Kter
Friday. It w Tominy H't'onnur
h rarrled lh word from li !
Osemenl "
Word Fall to
Kt ach Can nu n t
TkM Mixta! referenee tw
mumeaimaa tnn. Irelaiid tnd
0rmry, and M tlarr y rlm
alatem! thai th Herman wt
Vl.an e a.. I Kt.ly n.aka Hi tr a
t I.vlnl t'il ltr l
return fnitrafV - vohd Ift't"
.- mt.tr ff" w
a l.twea It-a eoliftli
T ll?
t...M al rd1.aa-h
(... tr kix h ' !(
atk ' f' H it .Id
II,. I reHlra tt i'r li td
k)ra4 lit -wM m "'!
.at V ll ! ' I
put it w. ll t"' h
a '
Mt.ti.try IMlMnt
' thei at tt
a $,ht - ! A "
a . I
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4 t ", ', f
f ,n h f t t ..,, - ' it a
Onmm 4 '
'ii'inutn wcin aoliiR to acini In h'ih
to Tral"- hut the eh p could not
milk It In Iiiiim for lie to Mull
on Hood Krlilitylhe ni'nt liny
util'l t iili e tin" tiin of II nrr.al
!' ii h'twi'n (ioml J''r,ily uml
I .. iter Hiindiiy morii.nir. 'J'lil
mi, nil r' hi iiiniMiK iviiyili.ii.
"In lit m d ,t of mir worl, of no
CIlliiK ( iilliiliJMili fill titer lit conn
try, hut It iuiiic our numi iiKi r from
Auiei It a mid rt poiled lliat etery
IhltiK I lin e naa iihiiIiik a well a
t null) lie wkhi'tl, and all phut niiiile
for I he loiiid I rlilay rialiig! Within
un hour that nuKwiicir wa lieatletl
huh l New lurk! It wa vllitlly
mceattnry for him l let ur friend
It n on thill lite ilitte hml heeii ttld rid
from l.ood trlduy to Kattler hint
Any. ' 'J in ahlp on which h wua timk
Ing th aicoid Jiiiirney wit di
Inyed for live ility In th Knitlleh
cliunni I ii a reault of a (Icrinini
auhmnrln anire, And that wna
very had for u.
"If It I not pliiln enoiiKh with
out my aiylrig It, I'll xiIjiIii that
natumlly one of th tnot lmiortant
thlfiK out nneiifc'er hd to do In
New Vork wn to get word to Caa.
ment In flerinany, Kxeept on thl
oreiminri w had heen alil to corn
muiilciilw in thl way without any
tioohlti at nil hut thl tlrrt'i thing
wmit wrong,
. "Dwing to the liili'iien of our
inHcng'-r'N nrrlvul In New Vork
hi tin'iife ulri'leMHi-d from then
to OiTtiimiy fotiiiii ("iim-iniTit gone!
It wa In Die ubiimrlii on hi
way to Trillin t,ny and In did not
know that we were planning to he
gin th riming on Kinder Hunday,
( with or without Hid In the form of
(lerinuii Noldler!
"The diHgulNcd (ierman merchant
man that wa hiliiglng Mia arm
to ii wii topp"d and Near-ched
tlirea time, hut every tlm t'liptuln"
Hplnlow, her aklpper, hluffcd the
Hiitlnh and wii allowed to eon
tlmio on hi way to Tralna. Hut
when, finally h wa actually In tho
hay at Trnlce, h found hlmaotf aur
rounded hy JtrlUMh patrol hoat.
and ther wh nothing fof It hut
ai'uttl the ahlp, Thl h did. and
down to l.ha hottom wimt 20,')OU
rifle and a million round of am
munition! "And thl happened only a few
hour lefor Citement walked Into
th trap! I have every reaaon to
hellava that ('aaeiiient had become
ohtteed wllh the Ideathat wo were
hi'lng fooU-d. ' '
"When he went, to Berlin from
Munich he heard that we were plan
ning to atort the rlalng becatiHO.
we were counting on th aid of Her
man men. And he helleved our
cauae wan hclplcH without their aid.
1 know thl wa hi fixed idea.
"To prevent u from attempting
what, he thought wa th impoHHlule
he Inalated on hurrying to Jmlnnd
In a uhmiirliie! The world know
the price he paid for that trip!"
England Jleylm
to Want Truce
. CHAPTER XIII.
Seven month! hefore Flnglmid
granted the truce of July, 1931, ahe
wanted very much to withdraw the
hlnik and tan from Ireland and
end the murderou war which ahe
hud begun to realize could never ,
be won. A truce could have been
obtained after the burning of Cork
by tho force of the crown In De
cember, l2fl had our leader acted
with discretion.
"There I every reanon to believe
that the Hrltish government waa
minded to reupmul favorably to the
endeavor of 111 Grace, Archblahop
I'lune, who attempted to ni'il ale
but the KnellHh attitude hardened
through the too precipitate action
of certain of our public men and
public btidle."
Mlih.iL'I Collin thu began an
expoHltion of the event le-adlug up
to th ending of hoHtilltle. Ho far
I iuii aware, Kngland'a dire
for thia earlier truce U not gener
ally known.
"I nliappil)," he ciiiitlniietl, "aev
rral of cur mol Important men
gave evidence nl an nver ltet'll tie
ir for ieare m Idle tentative pro
IMMa'a were being made and ron
iderrd. No II wa that althoueh
term of truce had heen virtually
acreed Umiii the r nclloh alaleamen
abruptly terminated lite negotia
tion when liter ill at in eretl what
ihey tiMtk to he alcni of weaknrtt
In our rtnini II. They ttuiilillonetl
Ihe truce, then, mi aurrender ul
tttir arm. ml lite alrilKtle went
l l! llli-h Jltl,MII ftUllll.U'd. uut
dfut- emitlnued. It wa Mow
ur lo lh drath In W)' truth:
' ttf rtitiiM, In lite -M n iitonih
pivoliitg lit Itur Ihrrn Wrie
inn.v tnalitht-e of uit'fful! 'fl
tt put mil I limn mi Uth ..! -in
to Ii :iit,- l-t k ant fiia !
II mw.i In I ( i.,.uili.n per
te n. I ii.i. U of lii in l fniitt
Amnu fi ii. m if til i I tt i r
ill t or I-, kllf I ' I IHM ,f l'
ituiiiy in Hi f hi i-Uird n pail
,t tt. h.bi et-Mii..i,, M Ml lit
I. it f.. tU
Tl ' i ii u.u ,, ,. ..f nt who
uiniiy l fun , ri
N. ,i itiun h mil (a, H : '
li.uh.l H ta IN I In
ii- a Ii I l l ! ex i.f i
. 1 J !..,,( l. . M
i ntti;(i . Ii.i.,. i .. i
i f . t .f t P. t. ii, ii, ,
.!.!. I .t 1 I-. l..,:.l
. ,1 ' I, I . . llll.l
.1 r-,r,t ' .1 -I- . fi I III
. to. I ah. i .... Ul-
,'m aitkkM u im fim4'
If only w could win It. In other
ila wa Ii.kI etiUKfthd to will le
' peal of tho union, homo rule, or
mm m form of Uevollilloii.
"liut It H a lint tllemi In lo In that
Muttered: our lldht wa eeiS uilly
i alt'iiggln to win for oiii'nelVf a
large it nieamire of Ireeilom u io.
"llile, And o wii were liKlitlng
nut for it reiuilillc but freedom!
VSe, felt and liioni of u vthu be
llttvfl In the Ireuly tlll fuel free
tlolii fur Irol ind I of vimlly greater
i oiinefii( nee tlian the form of gov
ernment under which wn ehall en
Jo? our freedom, ,
"When charge of Ireumiti are di
rected at ii now, it I a well Ihal
our Httplrutlon of J9'!0 lie liepl In
inlml, I tut Id nl a mceling of Dull
Krreuiin that the Irealy give ll
freedom liol the ulllmiile freedom
which all mi.'litm Impe for mid
MriiKKti' for, hut fierihiiii lo Achieve
It. ,l I H AMI I AM NOW
KII.I.V Ai,m-: TO TIIK IM
rut uio.vs ok nitr ntaik
.MKNT!
"Iteturnlng to the flght a it wn
lining waged at tli lnnliinlng of
J !2 1 h irumt Important phna of
It wa our gradual realization of
Kiigland' denlr to call a truce.
Thl wa th mor Important he
rn una It hud never been possible
for us to Im militarily strong, nor
lo do morn by force nlnne than to
uiiike Kngliiiid uiuomforlablu,
Erin'n Slecpiiff
Spirit Aroused
"Now (it least. vi discovered that
v. hud grown strong enough to
liuike Kn(.;l,uit no uiiconifortable,
.More luiti this w rtlscovered that,
wlllln KiiKlnnd exjiillales on the
futility of force (by others) It I the
only ftrgtime.nl she llsteus to,
Abovo all the valiant, effort of IPlidi.
men under the terror their dent ha
those finally awoke tho sleeping
spirit of Ireland.
"That spirit was lyice more fliini
Ing- and with ciiiih. for the po
pin nw In KnglaHd's desire to end
the reign of terror the true worth
of the young men who had gone to
their deaths that peace might como
to their country,
"Thot'o hud beenon rare occa
sion regretlsblit act on the part
of Individual Irish soldier-, but such
not had been so few a to bo
negligible, and when they did oc
cur they wore Wie outcome of ter
rible and Incessant provocation, and
were foreign to the whole nature of
the Irish resistance,
"The normal conduct of oif ol
dlur proved them to be chivalrous,
courageous and enduring and with
an unsurpassable devotion to the
idea of freedom. Jt mo cite an
Instil nee,
"In June, 1921, a party of four
volunteer of the East Clare brigade
engaged In (rutting wires on the
railway at Mcclick, were atirprlsed
by a party of 30 English soldier
wllh two machine guns. Fire was
opened by the enemy at close range.
"The commander of our Utile
force waa atop a telegraph pole and
had time to shout a warning on
Instant before the firing Ircgan. His
men Jumped to cover while he drop
ped off the polo behind a low bank
beside the railway. Two of tho
four managed to make good their
escape, but the other two I,leut.
M. Uleeson and Commandant C,
StcCurthy were killed.
"A they ran across a field Mc
Carthy full wounded, and Oleeson
went on without notcintf It. liut
on reaching a place of safety and
finding hi comrade missing, he
Immediately started to retrace his
steps. I'restTitly he saw him ly
ing In the open field across which
an Kngllsh machine gun and about
a dozen rifle were pouring a hail
of lead at about 100 yard range. At
the Biima time (ileeson saw a party
of five Kngllsh soldier scurrying
around the field to cut off their
retreat.
Wounded Man
llnconquercd.
"It munt have lii as evident a
It waa to my Inforinaiila, who were
looking on. that no power on earth
could save .M'l'uitliy, hut It wa
niunlly evident that Oleeaon pre
ferred going bin k and liv ing w ith
In comrade lo leaving him. I?aiiig
down Hie field, atrairlit Into the
fimlllnde of I'till.'K. be knell hvttide
'.McCarthy and lifted him tuiln In
luck wall U r:i ht hand t,nilv
filing hi rewiiwr at tit putiuing
ill.tel II. h t'Ullliil hi iinlile
lll lite f. I I Another tntillieht Slid
til.. . II tell, luldlT Vtillttlilrd While
M.l ullhv vollupwd a few )nU
fill titer till,
"Mlten I lie HrtlMl Iruol lam
un mm !- the! foumt hint aiitl
uitioiiiinrird Mil hi Ul lrrlta
It turd hl ,u( Miiridk al litem
I Htl lh hi(iniih hI at
It Ml nt 4I w( ai lw
htl lcrf IwftM ir.-i ill tletn; ,
lit. Jul I lit lUllfll wlfktr IM
tlitki llrwl l.uiU.a id lt
l(u)l V 4 . h htl brn IhrtHtiih
l a wui4 i4)e-M.n li
hcavrtl hi tw h hfl r ! Mm
Imii, apiuwvMil 44 a4
Kju III U4tMt hr IrUHtlulli
Htul(IUt1 lh Mi) thai 4
M.t m thl.
-1 it w . t at
N,,jt I It Mli. Iiw, 1 4 ttt Oil
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tu t at '.it I , t (
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m a. !. t . .i'ttt I
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e4 4 'llitl.M l
Erin Adds
,. A ' i i i gtn S"M ii ' 1 1 -'L-"
l;-
Irili free lalo liaa new aerlI
their two officer 1 worth telling.
"They had started to eroa an
open flild when the constabulary
number Ing 22 suddenly swept up
Isihlnd them in lorries and opened
fire. It was a rousting day, and
our men were completely played
out. Tim constabulary were, of
course, iii)lii fresh, Our men dnshod
to shelter tindor order of their
commander, who himself aloud his
ground to cover their retreat, Al
most immediately one of the oilier
came running back to his com.
miimior, and Insisted on remaining
with him. lie wt Hrlgade J'ollce
Officer Thomas Jlealy,
"Ah these two huti slowly re
treated firing nt their pursuers,
it ml delaying them - Ileal y at Inst
sank to I he ground In a state of
collapse, J la had not been wounded,
III death was duo to heart failure.
It was a native nt Trnlee snd had
Iteen ft member of the Jt. I, C, from
which he hsd resigned a year
earlier.
Proof of Mack
and Tan Killings
"Afuunllino the others wcr be
coming so exhutd they could
hardly aland, their commander hav
ing now to cover the retreat alone,
being obliged to order, coax, threat
en and appeal to them to keep mov
ing. Hero then wa one man fight
ing 2 j men, wllh eight of hla own
command useless n combatants. He,
was a good shot, however, and man
aged to bring down more than one
of tho enemy at fiOO yard rnngo.
The pursuit lasted ha'f an hour
till of it uphill but in the end the
constabulary withdrew. After al
most superhuman efforts th com
mander had succeeded In saving all
of his men except Healy.
"ThcHe were typical deeds. And
as they becamo known among the
people there was no stemming the
tldo of rising national spirit victory
was at hand! Hut there was an-'
other unifying cause and on I
choose to state merely in general
terms. During the terror 274 Irish
men wore assassinated In their
homes or while In custody. Tor
ture of Irish prisoners In a vain
attempt to force them into a be
trayol of their comrades had oc
curred In thousands of cases.
Hrutal assaults upon suspected men
had been almost the Invariable rulo
in. rulds by black and tans on Irish
homes'.
Acting upon Michael Collins'
siutement that, there was plenty of
proof of llrltlsh outrngo and killings
during the black and tun terror, but
that he preferred that 1 obtain It
from source than himself, accord
ingly sought thl proof In other
quarter and quickly foumr there
was Indeed plentiful sworn evi
dence of the truth of what Collins
hail wi:d. Of many that I have seen
and read the following sworn state,
ment are typical:
"lite hu in statement uf Mary
Mee of forms, Nrwrjf, toinily
Down: t
"I, Mary l;ilen M.tgee of Cnrrog.
N 'wrv. county I town, do hereby
solemnly dttlar that th stale
meiits mad heieln hi ih truth,
to help m liod
"On WedncsiUy, June t, at
01 Hliotil the hour of ti t lin k in
'he evening, I heniil voice lvlil tt
I aftri ward found to lie tlitete of
ihi ;,il t'nnttiliiiiHrt I H-t k in r m m
brother, Slti'lu-n M.ig.il. til tin- il.K-r
i.f our ii'ti They wvie ttWlnj
hint l hi brother in I lie limti
i,-f,,r It mill. I r hi) my hivOn'i
IIWn .M.iH.II, W.llknl .'lit III tin lie
..f Mirptien.
Itrvther Shot
Through Heart
"11m t unit trw It'll Ituiii
lit ' hr I M-lil III ..ttfct,
HtniH up.' tl llw netl IMtHi
twiutt 4 411 el lil. I
I t) lb 4- 4h4 Kt ki-lhr
Mrptt) Ulltat, wj My kf l lr t
Hot ia lnt hJ uUlaaw, I H
Um,' I lk wty iuIh IIm
raiil I N kai k hI Ik ktM 4
rlr4 I KeU-i wiMt4. whit k
im eat ft(M tt ,
la tt . n i, la , . m .. t l 4 I
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I Ii - I liol til 1 I I . l
I., i 11 il I .,!.. I I t
I I fc. t, l'i:t.
r a ' - 1 ,H I t ' .l
H.t l itta ta -ir.
Battle Planes
corp, IhU anno red plane belnf piloted by (ien. MarNweeiief,
"Whn the special left we took
my brother Owen Into the house and
' he undressed himself and went to
bed. At about )0 p. in, the special
returned and Inquired for my broth
er Owen, who was woundnl, They
lold him they worn going to tiike
him to thu hospital and they told
in the sMine. '
"My father was In the room wllh
my brother at the time; the specials
kicked tilm from the room and
abused him badly. My father is
aged 7s. Then my brother walked
out of the tiouso with the specials,
and us fur a 1 know, walked over
"im j'-irtl to tho military lorry
which wa walling. They did not
allow my hml her to put on his coat
but took htm nivny In li s shirt itud
trousers, As far a can he ascer
tained my brother was dead when
he arrived at the hospital,
"The specials returned on .Inn
10, and raided our house. They
knocked down n stack of hay, and
threw clothes and other thing on
tho yard. On Hunday, June 12,
they again returned, Neither my
father nor myself were In tho house
nt the time. They broke open the
door apd tossed evtry thing over
the house, pitching beds, clothe
and everything here, there and
everywhere. They again returned
on Juno 18.
"On the occasion of their visit on
June 8, they followed me through
the fields and threatened to shoot
Mrs. MacSwiney in
U. S. to Raise Funds
c:,i, i ::
i
Mr. .Muriel MacSwiney, widow
of Irish lord mayor, who starved
In death in Kiiglish prison, bobbed
her hair as aonn as she arrived in
America lo raise fund for widow.
mo if I did not tell them where my
wounded brut her was, hu huvlng hid
himself under the bed when he
heard they were coming the aecomt
time. This I a tru statement of
nil the main fact of lh case.
tftigneill "MAItr KIJ.EN MA (IKK.
"June 80, '21 "
lite SHitrn Slalt'ineiil of latireiur
MWilvtrn of liruinrr.iKli, (nun
t Ikiwn,
I. I..iMlihie Xh'tillei 11 of 1 1 Ulll
i.iij)i. Ct'HlreMU , t'ouiitv Itovtn,
.t toil loyed us a ervitnl ith
r.ili.ik M e It off t f .shunt, At
lirtll vM IH, ItiK Mi, ,l!ll .f
I lie l.l 'l i f Julie tbn hunt t
liti l lllllll.trv ltrll lie-
luiit!' t f i and t iii. Thty in
tU'tv.i me i.UI of In .( rili.t A4l.rd li,)
M-atWtll Wliit Ot.(bli4 Mul
I lli-V tl.elt 4ki-d ll I I know I tin
I i,il.i,g I., a.i.,1 mi
' 'lliav lltea i ,1 ll,rv t li-iyal
It rh i ,,i,i il.iiliit . . ?,. in vt tti re
1MM.I lt,p feti.! ftr tt attt (in
t llim i. luv n, StltHkrl Hi'
,l.l. I 1,'t lif I I ' ef 1'irli,
.l.!n,l tt.a ,-ul rfu.'l I
Ul I I Imihii'Iw I. fc t lit,
la ti ( ,,. . St ni . ""
lh U nl ,1 HiWi.- l ,.a ti I Id U- k
I. H.i I al It, 1 1. t t., I.lny M
li..
' Id. W t!lii an.HtU
MMH IH ku wf tuMi k M t4ra,
4 III! Mat Itillt IImW ll !
kMMikr) at eVttai a4 kk4 Mt
M It, kuk " I a.US. SimI arj 111
tm 4 i til. km hJ 4
l.
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lilt I ! , f -. I ! ! I'M t-s
kr na ;! ali.i - MrtkM.
to Defense
but h took me Into the house and
helped my, master put me to bed. I
was then unconscious for some time
and am imw at home unfit for work,
ii ml under 20 year of age.
(Signed) ".Al'HKNCK M'tUVKHN."
(Thl ruld had a tragic sequel a
few day Inter when a party of
Mrltlsh force again raided the
house In search of I'atrlck MucAn
iiff Ills sister, Theresa McAnuff,
who was on a visit from Hroadford,
England, rushed to a window, 'when
sho heard tho soldier breaking
their way through tho house, end
called for help. Klie was ordered by
the raiders to desist. Hhe continued
to cull, and was thereupon shot
ili-ntl.)
Red-Hot Poker
Held to Eyes
Herewith lire other documentary
evidences of outrages mid killings
by the Iliitlsli during the bluck and
Inn reign of terror which I obtained
from other source- than Michael
Collins, nt his suggestion:
Letter "written by I'atrlck Tray
nor, 106 ISnlanlc road, (ilasrvln,
Dublin.
"Kiith Interment Cump. Curragh
Co., Kllilare, Juno 10, 1921,
"JlKAK :
"Tho following' account of m.v
treatment wllh a view of extracting
information by I.trltlsh Intelligence
iitlleers whilst I was a patient In
iMiblln Castle should be published.
"From March 30 to April 20 I was
a prisoner In the castle, and In all
was Interrogated by British Intelli
gence officers on 3:1 occasion.
"During each Interrogation with
a view to extracting information, I
was treated by these Intelligence
officers with the utmost cruelty.
My fingers were bent back until
they nearly tipped th back of my
lianda,
"My arms were twisted, a red hot
poker was held to my eyes, and
threats to destroy my sight were
made. I was kicked and threatened
with shooting. On several occa
sions I was taken to a dark pass
age, under the canteen, which leads
to the cells, and badly beaten. The
doctors here can testify to my con
dition on arrival.
"On one occasion an officer asked
me if I would cure to see a priest,
and upon my saying 'yes' a 'priest'
wa sent to see me. Thla 'priest'
I afterwards (Uncovered waa a mem
ber of the Intelligence staff in Dub
lin castle and an ordinary civilian,
l.ove to ull. Your affectionately,
"PADDY."
Sworn statement of Kdward Do
ran, Hallymacgeough, Kllkeel
County Down.
"I nm a farmer and live at
Hiillymucgeiingh, County Down. I
waa arrested on the loth day of
May and taken with Thonma Fea
roil, JiiiitH McJWmott, Thomas
Cunningham ami Kdward Cunning
ham to Newry military luirrark.
We were all placed In the same
cell there,
Ileaten and
Knocked Down
"About an hour after our arrival
a polke officer finite In. I ww
him trike Tliumit r'eun. He luck
lit lo KtctrdriM'iu vtlin Iherv
.ter.. lit coiiBl ilile and placed m
w ii It my I ni k In llir vtall.
"li took Up ttt or Un nitpIV
uti.lk iff lb fUmc td -tld
Sea vttiri your frit-nd h "ii '
It thru pill b he.nl out of lit
l-tT of It.a gnrdi'iiin nd Hid,
,f l l'Ml.tf In ai.KK-lHi.lt lit III td
mm t . (htl fiv ll ltil
i h hi all Hi im. '
II - 1 1" it liiind In lie and ao.l
ilN lit th I It A ' I l!
I d-iftl ia.u: ttit iighl In
i. ae tu-alit t ' It It I H' ith
Ii vim tint un Ilia f II f
t4t.k ha 4Utii irtua- I In
Mwr It than ain.i n il
I,. i l.i. ,).! fl n It ilia k
I k-a rtilr -l i4 k ou -I
I i, H a ll.ta a.ltiula Im ttar.
' Al Ik ,nJ t-t l'Ul lbr OUt'
..I. k a id II 11 ft4 t ft V
, -ti ,l ,.! 1..K W K.i
. in, i i-t, i.4., i-.Mt I ,-! -(k
,. III 1 Vt ti ll
i. . ! ml i. I Hi I
i . l II.- I I 1 h I
. .1.1 i m t., na k
, I-H.S..I I. tt f. ll
a tn - -oa
t Malil l I-
"Whilst he wa lieittlng ni a
black uml lull ofllcer came In, got
breid ill and (.truck me, knocking
me down. The ofllcer then took up
hi revolver and watch, end looking
at his watch .iid: 'My lunch has
got cold wllh you uml I'm going to
Mnlah you now if you don't answer
my iiicfttlon,' A I Mill remained
silent he Bkei me: 'Are you going
to nawer?' I said: 'No.1 He uve
me a kick on the thigh, Then be
stood back from me and fired it
hot.
"The bullet luissed close lo my
head. The planter fell off the Willi
behind m. lie nboweil me a mark
on the wall and said: 'Do yon ace
how It niisni'd you? A sergeant
then took me nut to the yard, and
a 1 was passing the officer on the
way out he (the oltlcerl gave me u
kick on the thigh again,
"(Signed)
"KDWAIUl DOUAV.
"Dated this 25th day (if June,
1021."
MacNeill and
Son Arrested
In the course of the Interview
Koln MacNIel granted mo h thus
deacrlbed hi experience with the
black and tun:
"It waa an early hour that the
bluck and tans miihed Into my
house and arrested my eldest son
then about 12 years of age ami
me. They took us In a lorry down
Into the village of Hlnrkrook, wher
there were aeveral other lorries
standing. Apparently their occu
pants were raiding houses In the
vicinity.
''Our captor stopped his car and
ordered us down into the road. Then
he pointed to a blank wall on which
had been scruwlcd, 'I'p The Repub
lic,' and producing a bucket of
whitewash and a brush held them
out to my son and ordered him to
whitewash the wall.
"My boy looked up at me to see
If 1 would allow him to do this,
and I told him .not to touch the
brush or th buckX 'Oh, you won't
let him do it, eh?' tald the black
and tan, I replied that I certainly
would not. 'Very well, then,' said
he 'you do It yourself.' I refused.
"Setting down the bucket and
brush he produced a revolver and
pointed It at me. Ho told me If 1
did not do as ordered within one
minute he would fire. But when I
did not move he finally put hla re
volver back In his holster, and
gruffly ordered us Into another
lorry.
"This was the only bud treatment
accorded me at any time while J
was a prisoner in th hands of the
Dritlsh, In the English jail where
Griffith and I were fellow prisoners
every possible consideration was
shown us."
When I reported back to Collins
that I had found ample testimony
to support his general statement
that the black and tans had been
guilty of acts of extreme cruelty he
made, no comment. All he had to
say in that connection, he explained,
ha had already said.
Demand for
Truth Heard
"Even after the truce had been
declared," Colling, continued, "I was
not in favor of bringing these mat
ters forward. A truce presupposes
the podHiblllty of a return to the
conditions which existed before it
was declared. I could see no good
purpose served by doing anything
to make worse the conditions that
had been so barbarous.
"I am still inclined to doubt the
wisdom of re opening a subject that
cannot be done justice to unless one
goes into details of indescribable
infamy. However, the fact remains
that exaggeration In this connection
Is Impossible."
CIUITKK XIV.
"The excuse offered by the lhit
government for the brut iHh Insensi
bility of the black and tana wits that
they were meting out to murderers
Just retribution. Mr. l.loyd lleorge
was 'firmly convinced that the men
who are suffering In Ireland are
the men who are engaged In a mur
derous conspiracy.' At I he Ijindon
Guildhall he aiin. iin. -,t thut (h
th were 'gelling the riitht men.'
A demand fur the I cut h about Ki it
llah lepreHaltin In Ireland t begin
ning lo make Itaelf he.tid In all
Imit of th wiii Id It tan lctiiii.
ing vr ttior d fflt tilt In mm, ni-
lb wm Id th.il lb ,i. in 1.1 il.
lniul-r of ll.alililen oiKtil ntr, le
gt'illl.'lt t l of elt' ill tnie "
Michael Ctiililt llttta t-all lim
tniy of at aula Ir.uticg u lo lh
ltty ni-.,ilati"in
l h-nilh lias tvtrur (row
tut tr nrnr elrl and, rutur
ituenll, tf mute lutilr, ttllral li,
44 lit M-llll uf lh lll-.lt pr.mlr
t tttr W4 kuutlj Id I til
tuMllMrlll W MM kMar hmI
htm," I ttlllH tUNOMUr) "Ik lit
adMIHi kitwtrt ttt aitarM
Mr lk.4 l.mrg k4 Mi Hnar
law atilMtJ lkl Inakr .! '
Mvtaaajrr I Vlt l-a alkufilii
f lh il natu.il rrowHl
hHa) ka all Ik ata.-H an all
It imaluiv 4 attuil '
' tul H.. i.,i.ii, n an tul l
ual.l, .1 a.i',.ir la l
(.11 ti , f faiwe 1 a l.- 1 IS
.i,-, ;.i.a it 1'i.tak jii
a t "ti t I - , h I e 1 -i . .
Ii.-u 'I'fr' f tig - I I' a i .,. ...i
i.i f i. It.. . ,1
in,,! I , I -M a ,i t .1 ,1 kit
awMi..l t-t l-a'"--! .-t t.
... f ,,,M S if , i '- I, , .
a-.ta kl I I !
"Ho declared th premiere of the
free nation of th Hrltlsh com
liiiinwe.ilth then aembled at th
Imitcrlnl conference In Iindon,
There wa only one cnur for th
Prltlnh prima minister to Ink lo
liiyltt' us whom he had railed 'mur
derers' mid 'heads of (Ji murder
g iiig' to iIIhi'usm with bun t"rni of
peace, Th Invitation was: 'To dla
cna term of penee do ascertain
bow the asNoclation of Ireland with
Dm coiiiiiiiinlty of nation knorn as
the Hrltlsh empire may hrnl Ih) rec
onciled with Irish national aspira
tions.' "The world knows thaf we accept
ed that Invitation.
" hat Is not known except nnly
by those few of us who hsd to
take the responsibility of accepting
or it fusing th Invitation I the
searching of our hearts and minds,
the weighing of every consideration,
th honest effort of some of us
made to put nsldo skepticism In or
der that the dclnlon might be tliej!
fruit of our combined best Jndg
ment.
"There wa much In the Immedl
at past Hint undeniably prejudhe
ti as to th possibility of obtain
ing a generous peace from Knglarnj
Heyond there were more than eevtj
centuries of Knglish misrule of III
land. In our council were men wll
believed and who still believe
that to try to make a bargain wijth
Kiu'land could result only In
land getting the worst, of it. J
"I have always believed that Mr.
J.loyd Oeorgo foresaw the Inevita
ble at least a year before hla citl
leagues even considered the possl-'
bllity of granting Ireland freedom.
"I bnsii my belief on the fuctlhat
while the terror was at. its height
the Hrltlsh cabinet passed the Gov
ernment of Ireland act, 1020 better
known as the partition act. In my
opinion, Mr. I.loyd (ienrge Intended
tho net to ullny world criticism. As
propaganda It might, draw atten
tion away from Hrltlsh violence for
a month or two longer.
English Hold
Mistaken View
"At the end of that period
nio' t of Hie Ktiglislt ministers mis
tiilienly believed Ireland would
have been lerroriird Into submis
sion. That desired end gained, a
rh.'intened nation would accept
the iTumh of freedom offered by
the act. Kritnin tier Idea of the
pri (triples of srlf-detnrininathiii
uallf.f led would he he able to pre
sent, a bold front agala before (be
world.
"It seems to me thla must have
been what was in tho minds nf the
Hrltlsh cabinet in passing this
measure. Certainly It was not
Rslied for by Ireland. Nobody rep.
rfisentlng any IriHh constituency In
the Hrltish parliament voted for It.
"We of the south took advantage
of its election machinery only to
repudiate the act and to secure a
fresh ruunilnte from the people.
Otherwise the act was completely
Ignored by us.
"In the six counties, almost one
fourth of the candidate were re
turned In nonrecognltlon of the act,
while Sir James Craig himself said,
referring to himself and his
friends, 'Wa accept the parliament
conferred upon us by the act only
as a great sacrifice.'
"I believe there was an under
standing between Mr. Lloyd Oeorg
and thu Orange leaders. The act
entrenched them or appeared to
within the six counties. No doubt
both the Krltixh prime minister and
Sir James Craig had It in mind that,
if a bigger set t lenient had ul
nutti-ly to bo made wllh Ireland, at.
least the act put them in a nmit!on
from which they could bargain.
"In any 'settlement' the northeast
was to be let down gently by Kng
Isnd. Pampered for so long, thev
had come to be able to dictate to.
and bully the nation to which thev
professed loyalty. They were to 1
treated with tnct In regard to any
change of Hritieh tmlley toward'
Ireland.
Sought Maximum
Limit of Freedom
"This much I w ci.iivtiued i f
finiii the in, mint lh l.lnvd tieoit"
l.ropi.xal of in v reaehr.t ti. I"
nor council I Ulk-ed tin iw I
twill that I'tigUm! now r-nli;. thx'
h-'th lh iimiuuoii Mil nii.l th in
tor h.nl alike filled l.i to-hl. hir
had lie.i le, (,f () i
"I Mrr' uo. Iiihma I.. I ucUnd
I14.I ira-'tt l.t la iM.tenl rleiuch ..
(Haialil lie.ii trvrnitt kill I urird
Ihal w ahttultl Mul kaa unnitmllul
lhl Mrr rttitl.l kv Mrful in
ether M ruulJ kill tar at I (
llltd ill nil I Hi! a dflelHXH t(.l
Hill, whik trrlw In wwr trnaikHH.
IrrUttJ tutial rriuaiw il.lii Willi
that Hitlk iiaua .( M.t (... (
In4 lill.. wia-n lt,r laawu
ll" a MtlHIHIUlM w.t kitral IMI
If ... ltM Ik.l trr wa kalK-n
al aalrli raw k aaauraal kt h4Iuu
la n Ikta view I k4 wu
fWl hiiihwI a IV Ui.ai4
tll I iU ih Ikra Hrllmlt( t
tmiu.t, kul 4 alt limr rfaulwi
Hm 4.,a t a h. wr4.H4M'
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