THE BELFAST RIOTS

Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 274, 13 August 1920, Page 7

THE BELFAST RIOTS

SHOOTING OF A PRIEST FIRING DECLARED TO HAVE BEEN UNNECESSARY By Telegraph-Press, Asaociation-Copyrteht . (Roc, August 12,"9.15 p.m..) Dublin, August 12. . A telegram from Belfast states that at an inquest on tho Rcdemptorist priest who was killed by. a .military volley while iwalking in a.corridor at Clonard Monastery on July. 23, a verdict was returned that tho. firing was entirely unnecessary , to suppress tho riots, and was not pro--1 vcked by anyone within the" monastery. The jury added that,the soldiers who fired should have been called to give evidence at the inquest. The Rector gave ev.idencei that when he heard bullets spattering the monastery walls, he called the brethren together. Father Morgan did not Tespond, and was found dead.in an upper corridor. The 'Rector, while approaching .with holy oils to ahnoint tut? foody, had a miraculous escape. The firing was repealed, and a bullet passed through the face of the body, which was subsequently dragged from the windows. The brethren were terrified at the continued firing, and asked the Rector to give them the last rites, preparing them lor death.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable- Assn...' IRISH 7 'RElBLir ' BRITAIN NOT ENTERED INTO . • NEGOTIATIONS. (Rec. August 12, 10.40 p.m.) London, iAugust 12. A Sinn Fein bulletin denies that' Britain, has entered into negotiations with the Irish. Republic—Aiis.-N.Z. Cable Assn.