UNRULY MOB

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXX, Issue 21617, 9 October 1933, Page 9

UNRULY MOB

IRISH CONFLICT NEW PARTY ASSAILED WILD STREET SCENES general O'DUFFY hurt STRUCK WITH HAMMER Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright (Received October 8. 5.5 p.m.) LONDON. Oct. : There were wild scenes in Tralco yesterday at the Cnited Ireland PartvN con ve'rtion, which necessitated the summoning of the military from Cork. \ hostile crowd gathered outside the hall and'the delegates were forced to ficht their way through. General O'Dufl'y was hit with a hammer and blood streamed down hi> {a W Motor-cars were overturned, and o ' n e'which General O'Dufl'y had purchased recently was burned. Commandant Cronin. of the National Guard, m .fc» »«"»'!«<>. The Civic Guard could not cope with the disorder. . When the military arrived in lorries, carrying pas masks, they were given a fiercely hostile reception. However, fixing'their bayonets, they soon imposed some sort of order, though half-hearted attempts were made to stone tliem. General o'Duffy and Commandant Cronin left escorted by soldiers with fixed bayonets. The leader of an Irish Republican Annv parade, during the commotion appealed for order. General O'Dufl'y spent the night in Killarnev. He told a representative or the Central News he was struck; twice on the head by the man with r. hammer. He believed the Republican Army was not concerned in the attack, tut that it was organised by the Fianna, Fail Party. Obviously it was planned in advance. The mob held the Tralee police practically powerless. AT CROWD'S MERCY NO PROTECTION AFFORDED INJURED LEADER'S COMPLAINT (Received October 9, 12.25 a.m.) DUBLIN, Oct. f! General O'Dutfy, speaking of tho Tralee riot, said: " 1 was left completely at the merer of the mob by the police. Twenty men entered tho street and one depraved looking creature with a hammer in his hand walked up and struck me on the head from behind. Then I was struck again. I can identify this man, as can my associates. " The Civic Guards did not arrest or interfere with my assailant. I saw nothing of the military. The attack obviously was premeditated and intended to prevent a lawful meeting of one political party. 'The Government seized my revolver i;o I was not armed, but now 1 am taking steps to protect myself. I prefer to be sentenced by a military tribunal to being assassinated." The disorder continued long after General O'Duffy's departure. Angry crowds paraded Tralee and occasional shots were fired. The climax came in the early hours of this morning when rifles, revolvers and machine-guns were used for 10 minutes against the police barracks, where the crowd believed General O'Duffv had hidden. Stone throwers shouted: " We want O'Duffv, dead or alive." They were dispersed! finally by the military with tear gas bombs. The events are arousing great concern owing to the intensity of the political feeling. The Sunday Graphic states that 1000 troops in battle order and additional police have been drafted to Castlebar to prevent attacks on General O'Dufl'y at the Blue Shirts' meeting to-day. DUBLIN UNEMPLOYED PROPOSED MARCH BANNED ULSTER GOVERNMENT ACTS (Received October 9, 12.05 a.m.) BELFAST Oct. 8 The Government of Northern Ireland has banned a proposed march .by 60 Free State unemployed from Dublin to Belfast, declaring that it would be likely to provoke disorders. LIFE IMPRISONMENT OKLAHOMA KIDNAPPERS SOME ESCAPE MORE LIGHTLY (Received October 8, 6.45 p.m.) WASHINGTON, Oct. 7 Harvey Bailey and three others have been sentenced to imprisonment for life J for participation in tho kidnapping of Mi". Charles Urschell, of Oklahoma, is the heaviest sentence the law °f that State allows. Three other accused were sentenced to terms of from ov e to ten years' imprisonment. The s'jven defendants referred to in the cablegram were found guilty on September .10 on the charge of kidnapP.'JjJK Mr. Charles Urschell, a wealthy Cit.v petroleum magnate. Awm ot about <5,000 dollars of the y"i000 dollars ransom which was paid Wa s recovered. Originally 13 people R ' er e charged. Armed with machine-guns tho kidnanpers raided .Mr. Urschell's home on July 23, and carried him, with a friend, into captivity. Later, the friend was eleased to arrange for ransom. While " captivity, Mr. Vrschell carefuly comP'lted the flying times of aeroplanes |p Passed overhead, and on his reit t' l k' V discovering just where a '"chine had made a detour on a certain la ay, was enabled to lead police ,"icers to the place of his captivity.