OUTRAGES IN IRELAND

Evening Star, Issue 17928, 25 March 1922, Page 3

OUTRAGES IN IRELAND

MURDERS IN BELFAST.

HOTELKEEPER AND THREE SONS. 'Press Association —By. Telegraph—Copyright.

LONDON, March 24. Armed 1 men broke into the residence of Mr Owen MacMahon, a, well-known Belfast. saloon-keeper, at 1,20 in the morning and murdered him and three of his sons. A fourth son and a barman were dangerously wounded.—A. and N.Z. Cable.

DEATH OF THE BARMAN,

VICTIMS PLACED AGAINST WALL

AND SHOT,

LONDON, March 24,

(Received March 25, at 9.20 a.m.) Tho barman at MaoMahon’s saloon died from tho, wounds which were inflicted by the assassins. This makes the deaths at MacMahon’s place five, and two other of his sons are not expected to survive. The assailants rushed upstairs, pulled the male occupants from their beds, took them downstairs to tho sitting room, and lined them up against tho wall and shot them. Mrs MacMahon and her daughter were placed in another room while tho shooting was in progress. —A. and N.Z. Cable.

CONSTABLES SHOT DEAD

IN BELFAST CITY,

LONDON, March 24.

Tho assassination of two members of the constabulary in broad daylight in the heart of Belfast caused, a sensation in the city. Constables Carnduff and Cunningham were on beat duty, when a gang came up behind and discharged revolvers into them. Constable Carnduff was killed' instantly, and Constable Cunningham was mortally wounded; but the assassins fired further shots into them, and then ran to a motor car, which drove oft furiously. Civilians pursued the car, but it escaped into the Sinn Fein district, where a search was made, without result. The angry crowd would have lynched the murderers if they had been caught.—A. and N.Z. Cable.

ULSTER PARLIAMENT,

DEATH PENALTY FOR BOMB

THROWING,

LONDON, March 24,

A motion by the Attorney-General in tho Ulster Parliament included the death penalty for bomb-throwing and manufacturing bombs. The Attorney-General said that if these powers were not sufficient he was prepared to advise the Government to enact the death penalty for carrying arms. Bombing continues, despite this determination. A bomb was flung at a house in Skringa street and dangerously wounded the occupants—a son and daughter, aged sixteen and seventeen. —A. and N.Z. Cable.

CHAOS IN TYRONE

LONDON, March 24.

Most appalling conditions continue in Tyrone. Extensive buildings owned by Patrick Daly, a prominent Sinn Feiner at Carrickmorc, were destroyed by fire. It is believed to be a reprisal for the destruction of Loyalists’ houses. The position at Caledon and Aughnacloy is more acute. Machine guns were used by a force in the Free State close to Callagh Bridge, which is in ruins. Most of the houses in the vicinity were evacuated. Agricultural work is suspended. The Republicans are appearing openly in uniform.—A. and N.Z. Cable.

MISCELLANEOUS SERVICES,

HOUSE OF COMMONS’ VOTE

LONDON, March 23,

On the vote for £1,300,000 for miscellaneous services to be administered by the Provisional Government of Ireland, Colonel Newman in the House of Commons complained that the financial arrangements with the Sinn Fein Government had been detrimental to the Loyalists in Southern Ireland.

In regard to the settlement of claims for compensation, Mr Churchill said that we should not pay for damage done by our people, as the bargain to pay for damage done to our people was not observed. The House agreed to the vote.—A. and N.Z. Cable.

AMENDMENT BY LORDS.

PERIOD FOR CONTRACTING' OUT.

LONDON

March 24.

In the House of Lords Viscount Peel moved an amendment to the Irish Bill making it clear that the month in which Ulster could contract herself out of the treaty would operate from the sanctioning of the Free State Constitution, not from the passing of the Bill. The amends ment was agreed to, and the report stage was concluded.

The third reading was adjourned until Monday at Lord Carson’s request, as he wishes to consult his friends in Ulster regarding Viscount Peel’s amendment, which, he says, will have the most grave results.—A. and N.Z. Cable.