THE SHOOTING OF WILSON

Grey River Argus, 26 June 1922, Page 5

THE SHOOTING OF WILSON

PRISONERS CHARGED. LONDON, June 23. O'Brien and Connolly were charged at the Westminster Police Court and remanded for six days. They are both ex-soldiers. O’Brien has been employed as a messenger in the Labour Ministry office. He obtained the job on the strength of his army service. He left for lunch yesterday and did not return. Constable Marsh who was shot in the | stomach has died in the hospital. It is reported some sensational docuI incuts have come into possession of the | police, disclosing a conspiracy to take I the lives of prominent persons, also a camp: ign of outrage. Mi- Chamberlain, in the House of I Commons, stated that various places in ■ London were searched last night. Fifteen men and one woman were detained. •Some arms and incendiary fuses were discovered. With the exception of one woman those detained in last night’s raid were later released. Mr Chamberlain stated that, acting under Scotland Yard’s advice, owing to an apparently improved Irish situation, protection had recently been withdrawn in regard to members of the Cabinet and others concerned in the Irish question. The Home Secretary (Mr E. Shortt) when questioned ,s: id that protection had been removed from everyone except himself. (Cries of “Oil! ”) The guards had now been restored. LONDON, June 23. I It is st: ted Sir 11. Wilson was markied for death, and knew it. It is also I declared Colonel Gretton, a prominent .’“Die Hard’’ Unionist M.P., had been I warned of the probability of -an at- | tempt on his life, but that il hud not had tho slightest effect in deflecting him from what he thought his dutv to Sir 11. Wilson. Sir 11. Wilson was regarded as being a particularly dangerous man to the schemes of the Irish Republican exUolonel Gretton alleges the Government had been warned that gunmen were coming over but no notice seemed to have been taken. The Cabinet has sent a message to the London Police Commissioner paying a tribute to the courage and devotion of the police in arresting the murderers of Wilson. ) A crowd is making a pilgrimage today ir. Futon Place, l>Ung -4- ininiested, in a bullet hole in the door of Wilson’s house. LONDON PRESS COMMENT. [The “Times” Cable j LONDON. June 24. “The Tinies’’ stigmatises the assassination as “the foulest of Irish political crimes,’’ and says that “deep, lasting indignation of public opinion will reprobate the murders and those who tolerated a system of poltical murders, of which this crime was the outThe “Daily Mail” states: —The murder will rouse the passionate anger of English people, who are slow to wrath, and of almost infinite patience. The 4 ‘ Herald ’ ’ comments: —‘ ‘lt is terrible to think Ireland’s cup of happiness has once more been dashed from her lips.” The Home Minister, Air Shortt said that protection had been removed from everyone- except the Irish Secretary, Air Harmar Greenwood.