CRIME IN IRELAND.
POLICE OFFICER SHOT.
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LONDON, May 8. An unknown man shot with a revolver Detective-Sergeant Revell while he was cycling m a Dublin suburb. Revell is m a serious condition.
LONDON, May 9. Detective-Sergeant Revell wore steel under his. waistcoat, but his assaila.nl wounded him m the arm, leg, and neck,
(Received May 10,
9:35 a.m)
LONDON, May 9. Two hundred men armed with rifles, shotguns and bombs attacked the police barracks at Cloyne. A sergeant and five constables repelled the attack, despite bombs partially demolishing the building. Eventually tho barracks iwero set on fire. The garrison took refuge m adjoining houses, which also were set on fire. One constable was seriously injured. It is- believed .one raider was killed.
Twenty-two more Sinn Feiner hunger strikers have been released from Belfast gaol, thirteen from Cork, and forty-two from WormwoOd Scrubbs. The latter had been foodless for "from fourteen to eighteen daya.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLVII, Issue 15212, 10 May 1920, Page 3
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