The War in Ireland.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXXII, Issue 54, 15 January 1921, Page 5

The War in Ireland.

ASSASSINATION OF LEADING KING’S COUNSEL.

MYSTERIOUS CRIME. Press Association—Copyright, Australian and N.Z. Cable Association, (Received 9 a.in.) London, January 11.

William McGrath, leading King’s Council, Avas shot at his Dublin bouse and died later. The outrage is a mysterious one, as McGrath did not participate in politics. •McGrath, who Avas president of the Out-of-Work Fund committee, said before his death that he had to turn down many claims, and if he should die these people Avould be responsible. ACTS OF VIOLENCE. London, January 14. Five persong were Avouuded in a fashionable district in Dublin. While the military were searching motorists apparently a bomb exploded and the military and Sin n Feiner s exchanged shots. The police deny that their fir© Avoimded anyone.

A patrol at Blarney, noticing a woman running across a field and drop an object, investigated, and found a Lewis gun. Further investigations disclosed a number of dug-outs, and a quantity of arms, ammunition, and military equipment. Ambushers near Limerick killed two police sergeants and wounded two constables.