DUBLIN CASTLE THEFT.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLVI, Issue 14214, 10 November 1909, Page 7

DUBLIN CASTLE THEFT.

"MISCARRIAGE OF JUSTICE." By Telegraph.—Press Association.— ; London, November 8. Sib Arthur Vicars, who, as Ulster King of Arms, was responsible for the • safety of the Crown jewels in . Dublin ; Castle >-when:; they ' were ; ; ';; stolen, writing to the Times, ' says that; the Government and Scotland ■■.■:.■■■■■ Yard know the thief, but will do no-' ■ thing. - ■■•' ' i "How long," he asks, \"will. the \ public allow this miscarriage of : justice

* SOMEONE BEING SHELTERED. The ; mysterious disappearance ;-■ from a safe in Dublin Castle of Crown jewels, including the insignia of St. Patrick, was . the subject of a question in the House of Commons some months ago. /" Mr. William , Redmond (Nationalist member v. for East Clare) asked Mr. Augustine Birrell (Chief Secretary,for Ireland). if his attention had been, drawn to a statement in a London paper that the person guilty of the robbery was known, and was being sheltered from prosecution. The Minister protested against the statement in the newspaper, which he said, was "particularly cruel and offensive.'' He',added - that, no" grave or criminal scandal: had been discovered in : i ' connection with the robbery, and- no one , was being - sheltered * from- 1 prosecution. I The vice-regal commission which inquired .'. into ;< the robbery ; sat in camera. It ■ reported that no clue had been obtained as to /the identity, of the thief or ■< thieves. Sir Arthur Vicars, who, ;as Ulster King of Arms, was responsible for .the s safe custody of the 1 jewels, was dismissed from his office by the Government. He demanded a public inquiry into the robbery. Mr. Pierce O'Mahoney,, Sir Arthur Vicars' half-brother, made the same demand. He. also . published a : ,lo;ig ; correspondence on the subject, which he prefaced with a -statement that Mr. John Redmond, ' M.P., had told him he had Mr. Birrell, who ■ "conveyed that, there '.was something of a grave character behind the "ii) accusations trivial' carelessness on,which ",' Sir Arthur, Vicars had/been '.dismissed.'* Mr. O'Mahoney said 'he learnt later from Mr. Birrell ■{ that the. grave was that, Sir Arthur Vicars r had-, associated with -a man of undesirable character; Mr. O'Mahoney replied that Sir Arthur had" '■ believed the man referred to was «i man of good character, as the man belonged . to a well-known, highly-respected family, and was believed to be a person of means. ; Presumably the man's other friends, including Lord Ronald Gower, the Duke of Argylle, and the Bishop of (Peterborough believed the 6ame. Mr. O'Mahoney ■ finely declared that his brother was" biingl'satri- • ficed to shield others really, Culpable.