THE WANTED MAN.

Auckland Star, Volume LV, Issue 114, 15 May 1924, Page 5

THE WANTED MAN.

AIXEGED PERPETRATORS.

(Received 11 a.m.)

LONDON, May 14.

A Free State proclamation minutely describes five mcn —Daniel O'Donovan, Frank Bustead, Jim Grey, Miah Grey, and Peter 6'Shea—the alleged perpetrators of the Queenstown outrage.— N.Z. Cable.)

British soldiers landing at Queenstown were fired on with a machine gun from a motor car by four men who wore the uniform of officers of the Irish Free State Army. One was shot dead on the spot, and 21 were wounded —four very seriously. The fact that the assailants are said to have shouted "Up, Tobin!" as they drove away suggests that the assailants were followers of the leader of the mutiny in the Irish Army. Free State military 'patrols in motor cars scoured the countryside in search of the assassins.

The Scythe challenged all ships passing Queenstown, and a British officer, with an escort or two; -went to Queenstown and ordered all British soldiers on shore leave back to Spike Island. Among the wounded were two women. The soldiers belonged to the Royal Garrison Artillery and Eoyal Engineers, and were , going over to Queenstown to spend the | evening. The dead man is Private j Aspinall, of the Under the treaty a British station Is maintained at Spike Island. The British officer on duty at Spike Island gave the number of wounded altogether as 29. Instantly on learning of this unprecedented occur-1 rence Mr. Ramsay Mac Donald tele- • graphed to President Cosgrave sympathising with him "on this outrage against the peace and good order of the Free State." v _'_ ._