McCURTAIN'S MURDER.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLVII, Issue 15223, 22 May 1920, Page 7

McCURTAIN'S MURDER.

I SEQUEL TO VERDICT. • LONDON, May B— The Cork Corporation has asked the- Dail Elrann (the Ir.isa Parliament) to inform the 'governments of the world or the verdict with regard to the murder^©! Mr. McCurtain, , the Sinn Fein Lord Mayor of Qork, ana jto invite Joint diplomatic action to ' compel the army of occupation to evacuate Ireland. A ' At the inquest on Mr. McCurtain, xne former Lord Mayor of Cork, the jury fpund that th.c Irishi Constabulary murdered him under the direction of the British Qoveynmeni. 1 "We return a verdict of wilful murder against Mr. Lloyd George, Lord French, Mr. j. I. Macpherson (Chief Secretary for Ireland), Inspector-General Smith, Divisional Inspector Clayton, District Inspector Swanzy, and some unknown members of the Constabulary," the Jury declared. Lord French and Mr. J. Taylor ignored the subpoenas to attend, on the ground that they had no evidence to givey The Crown Solicitor, addressing the | Jury before the verdict, described as oujtrageptis the accusation that the police were responsible for the murder. There was no evidence to support tfxe charge..