SEIZURE OF A GAOL
REMARKABLE COUP BY TWO MEN
(Received July 4, 10 ».u».)
LONDON, 3rd July. A remarkable story of the seizure of a gaol by two men is reported from Dundalk. Two men, armed with rifles and revolvers, arrived in Dundalk on Saturday evening on a light engine from Drogheda, and proceeded to the prison, where one guarded the gate while the other, whom his companion addressed as commandant, held up the warders with a revolver in each hand. A warder, under threat of being shot, was compelled to release three prisoners, prominent Irregulars whom the Free State forces had captured in Drogheda on Monday. Leaving the warders locked up in a room, the armed men and the released prisoners departed on the engine without opposition.
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Evening Post, Volume CIV, Issue 3, 4 July 1922, Page 7
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128SEIZURE OF A GAOL Evening Post, Volume CIV, Issue 3, 4 July 1922, Page 7
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