TRAITORS AT MAFEKING
ARREST uF FENIANS. ENEMIES WITHIN THE GATES. CAPETOWN, February 9. Letters received from Colonel BactenPowell, Commander of the Mafeking garrison, state that he has taken forty Fenians prisoners, including James Quinlan, late stationmaster at Mafeking. The ground of the arrests is that the accused were detected carrying on treasonous correspondence with the enemy. LONDON, February 9. The Hon George Wyndham, Parliamentary Secretary to the War Office, replying to a question asked by Mr Timothy Healy in the House of Commons, said lie had not been informed whether Quinlan was to be allowed before being shot to write a vindication of his action.
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New Zealand Mail, 15 February 1900, Page 32
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