RAID ON DUBLIN.

Manawatu Times, Volume XLIII, Issue 1695, 25 November 1920, Page 5

RAID ON DUBLIN.

CITY COMBED OUT. HUNDREDS OF ARRESTS. FORTY DEATHS AND 100 SERIOUSLY WOUNDED DURING TELE WEEK END. LBy Electric Cable, —Copyright.] [Aust'l and N.Z. Cable Association.] LONDON, November 23. Three civilians who were arrested during the week-end in Dublin soiled some arms and bombs stored in the place where they were detained, and attempted to escape. They tired upon their guards, Avho shot them dead. McKee and Clancy, two of the men shot, were prominent Sinn Feiners in the 1916 rebellion, when Clancy was sentenced to death but reprieved. The official version is that the three prisoners were sitting by the fireside, when they suddenly jumped up and threw bombs at the sentry. The latter dodged, and fired at the attackers, who thereupon attacked the guard with spades and rifles. After a« terrific fight the three prisoners were shot dead. Later. It seems that Dublin is short of proper prison accommodation, and the three men were lodged in the guardroom at the Bridewell barracks, the room containing much ammunition and rifles in a big box, and Mills Bombs were under the bed. While the sentry temporarily turned his back, the men got hold of the arms and bombs, and attempted to rush the guard. When a bomb was flung, it failed to explode, but rifle fire brought the rest of the guard, and McKee, Clancy and Clune were shot down. PUBLIC FUNERAL FOR FOURTEEN OFFICERS. " The deaths during the week-end now number forty, the seriously wounded 100, including a policeman •Whose body (with his .hands tied together) was recovered in the Liffey. The military authorities have determined on a public funeral for the fourteen officers Who were killed on Sunday, when the bodies arrive in London. It is expected that the remains will reach Holyhead on Thursday, and Euston on Friday morning. A procession of fourteen gun-car-riages and a suitable escort will go to a central place in London, and then break up, the gun-carriages going to their sever.al destinations for private burials. CROKE PARK AFFAIR. Replying to Mr Kenworthy, Sir Hamar Greenwood gave details of the Croke Park affair. He said that a number of spectators were known to be carrying arms, and thirty revolvers were ?ound on the field afterwards. The firing only lasted three minutes, twelve were killed, and eleven seriously wounded. He was not aware that machine-guns had been used and he did not believe, that a little boywas bayonetted. Sir Hamar Greenwood added that many scores had been arrested in Dublin to-day. RUMOUR OF PLOT AGAINST ENGLISH TOWNS. ! (Received Wednesday, 9.30 p.m.) LONDON, .November 24. jA thorough search of Dublin continues,, and the authorities have combed out the whole city. A hundred aspects have been arrested. Yesterday the military raided Archbishop Walsh's house, and. arrested his valet. The "Daily Graphic" states that the authorities have discovered Sinn Fein plans to destroy important works in England, including the Liverpool Docks, the Manchester Canal and London buildings. Arrangements for the raid were most complete. Traffic was stopped, and cordons drawn across the streets with barbed wire entangl-stents. The trams were stopped and passengers searched. Full details are still unobtainable, hut apparently the arrests were as numerous as after the 191G revolution. Even a bigger sensation has been caused b# the arrest of McKee and Clancy, who were well known in Dublin. Clancy was a member of the Sinn Fein inner circle, and it is believed that he was concerned in a plot to kill Lord French. McKee was head ol : the explosives department. Tavo uniforms of a British colonel were found in his possession. The third man arrested was T. Clune, an officer of the notorious Tipperary Brigade. » ________«_