OUTRAGES CONTINUE
LONDON, 16th April. While a constable was bidding farewell to his fiancee in a street in Ballinamore an unknown assailant shot the constable dead and dangerously wounded his fiancee.
While Major Mackinnon, of the Roy^f Irish Constabulary, wae golfing near-Tra-lee with a cadet of the same force, ten civilians fired from a. hedge. The major died of wounds. The cadet returned the attackera' fira and escaped unhurt. A dozen farm-houses were burned in Ballymaeelligot district as a reprisal. People are fleeing fro-n this district. ..- The police found Sir Arthur Vicars's body lying across the lootpath thirty yards > from his houte, with the head practically blown, away. The murderers numbered thirty, and were strangers to the district. Tttey were armed with revolvers, shot guns, and bombs. After the crime the ' inmates of Kilmorna House were given ten minutes to leave,' and the house was set on fire, bombß being placed inside to prevent an attempt to save it. Sir Nevil Macready has suspended the Civil Courts' jurisdiction throughout the martial law areas regarding claims for damages for injuries allegedly caused by 'Crown forces..
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Evening Post, Volume CI, Issue 91, 18 April 1921, Page 7
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184OUTRAGES CONTINUE Evening Post, Volume CI, Issue 91, 18 April 1921, Page 7
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