THE IRISH TRAGEDY.

Manawatu Times, Volume XLII, Issue 1764, 16 March 1921, Page 5

THE IRISH TRAGEDY.

SINN FEINERS EXECUTED. [By Electric Cable —Copyright.) (Aust. and N.Z. Cable Association,] LONDON, March 14. Business in Dublin is at a standstill, and the city is in mourning for the six executed Sinn Feiners. Thousands of people knelt outside Mountjoy prison praying during the time occupied by tho executions. During the executions an armoured car was stationed outside Mountjoy prison and an aeroplane hovered overhead from dawn. The condemned men walked to the scaffold unaided. A notice w'as subsequently posted oytside the gaol stating that the executions had been duly carried out, and there was profound silence among the crowd for several minutes. Thereafter Sinn Feiners attacked a train at Ardfert station conveying a party of auxiliaries. The driver was wounded in the head and an auxiliary named Falkiner shot dead. The driver was then ordered to start and the train finished the journey to Tralee at 1 high speed. The driver collapsed on reaching Tralee. Many of the passengers had remarkable escapes. SENSATIONAL TRIAL. A sensational' trial is proceeding in Edinburgh of sixteen Sinn Feiners, including Joan Quinn, a young girl, on a charge of conspiracy to endanger life and property, by means of explosives. The prisoners were manacled in threes while in the dock, and the public were admitted to the Courthouse by ticket. The evidence showed that explosives of high power, intended to destroy bridges and railways, were stored in Joan Quinn’s room.