IRELAND

Evening Star, Issue 17919, 15 March 1922, Page 4

IRELAND

VIOLENCE m BELFAST. A BRUTAL MURDER. Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright. LONDON, March 13. Seven or eight men surrounded' Sergeant Clarke in Falls road, Belfast, when lie was returning from a whippet meeting. They discharged their revolvers into him, killing him instantly. Two bombs were thrown in Del fast. One was thrown in Foudry street, injuring twelve people, including four women and two, young children. The other was flung in Sussex street, without result.—A. and N.Z. Cable. "A DEVILISH CRIME." JUDGE'S SCATHING COMMENTS. LONDON, March 13. Mr Justice Wilson delivered a remarkable judgment at the Armagh Assiy.es relating to compensation arising out of tho murder of John Cosgrove by Sinn Feiners last June. Mr Justice Wilson said that Ira had never heard of a more hellish and devilish crime. The Sinn Feiners miidcrcd O'Hanlon as a supposed spy, and then because Cosgrove, who was o'lf anion's cousin, lifted and washed the body the Sinn Feiners forced him to bid adieu to his wife and' family, and' shot him in cold blood outside his houcc. Even the Jews and Romans had not insulted tho divine women who had: washed Christ's body. The murder of Cosgrove was carried out in. a spirit of malice which sprang from a bottomless hell, and which called to heaven for revenge. Unless the people's spiritual leaders denounced such crimes their palaces and temples would become the> abode of foxes and owls. If he had the power he would make the perpetrators and their children to the fourth generation serfs to Cosgi'ove's widow and her descendants. He increased the compensation from £1.530 to £1,750. A. and N.Z. Cable. KIDNAPPING IN ULSTER.

SINN FEIN LEADERS SENTENCED. LONDON.. March 14. (Received March 15, at 9.25 .a.m.) Mr Justice Wilson, at the Fermanagh Assizes, sentenced eleven Sinn Fein leaders for wholesale kidnapping in Ulster to periods of penal servitude ranging from ten to five years. —A. and N.Z. Cable. ULSTER PARLIAMENT OPENS. LONDON, March 14. (Received March 15, at 8.50 a.m.) The Ulster Parliament opened to-day, The King's Speech proniis-od measures conferring on the. Government such additional powers as are necessary for the prevention of crime, the preservation of peace, and tho maintenance of order. —A. and N.Z. Cable.