GENERAL LUCAS'S CAPTIVITY.

Marlborough Express, Volume LIV, Issue 182, 3 August 1920, Page 5

GENERAL LUCAS'S CAPTIVITY.

AN -IaxCLX-SiVB STORY

(Receded *%&$&?&, 1The Daily Express's Galway correspondent received the exclusive story of General Lucas's captivity. He was kept aib various dwellings and iarm]«nises in thre counties. • Ho was weJl treated and comfortable but was guarded night' and day. , The .restrictions on his liberty during the first few days in Kerry County were gall- ! ing "Three guards with revolvers resting on their knees were at lus bedside, and others, belonging.to the rough.peasant type, were outside the willows. The former, with whom he came more into immediate contact, were considerate and evidently solicitous tor his comfort. They spoke only of their experiences alter the robdiion, but General Lucas feared fha,t the houses whence he was successively removed were subsequently searched by the police and military. The transfer always occurred, ax night-time, and precautions wore taken to prevent him from ascertaining the locality. ... The conditions of Ins captivity m Limerick County were immeasurably easier than in Keny. Whenever he entered :\ new house he- found everything prepared for his reception. The: ,day "guard remained until it was relieved Into nt night, and ivftnr the guard had withdrawn from th<\ bedroom he wa-s not disturbed until ten V clock in the morning. Hp was taken towards night for exercise, and star fishing excursions. The - window 'In his l:\rt abode, norbh-eostward of Now Pallas, was guarded outside by spiked iron bars. During •; torrential downpour of Tain he force! -a spike aside aaid squeezed through a:.:d osca.pod unobserved. He traveled tlvc- fkvuos ami clambered for three hours over walls • and through hedges and scrub and wire fences. The first streak of dawn -wuggested that he lv.nl taken the right direction. He told a peasant -whom he met that he wished to return to the Dolice knacks, and asked tho way. The peasant cheerfully gave the information and ho Mion reached •New Pallas, col'!, wet, and hloedin<C. It. is reported that he has loft Queenrtown for London.