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REBELS RELEASE SENATOR WITHIN 48 HOURS. Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. (Received February 2. 8 p.m.) LONDON, February 1. Senator Bagwell has been released. While walking with his wife at Sutton, County Mayo, Senator Bagwell was kidnapped by armed men and driven away m a taxi. The Free State authorities issued a proclamation that, if Semsior Bagwell was not safely returned within 48 hours, punitive measures would be taken against the kidnappers’ associates. “Punitive measures” was generally interpreted to mean executions. GARRISON CAPTURED RAILWAY WORKS BLOWN UP. Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. LONDON, February 1. Irregulars forced the Free State garrison at Balliuamore, County Leitrim, to surrender the barracks, and commandeered a train in which they removed the prisoners to the mountains. Afterwards they blew up the terminus and lecomotive works of tho Oavan-Leitrim railway.
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New Zealand Times, Volume L, Issue 11435, 3 February 1923, Page 6
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137EFFECTUAL THREAT New Zealand Times, Volume L, Issue 11435, 3 February 1923, Page 6
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