IRISH CRISIS.

Taranaki Daily News, 24 September 1920, Page 5

IRISH CRISIS.

SINN FEINER SHOT. A PROMINENT MAN. """i "" By TelegrnpL—Press Assn.—Copyright. London, Sept. 22. Mr. Lynch, a member of the Lint efick County Council and a prominent Sinn Feiper, was shot dead in a Dublin hotel. Some armed men covered the night porter at the Royal Exchange Hotel while others went upstairs to Mr. Lynch's room and killed him. It is reported that Mr. Lynch had acted as a Republican judge. Received Sept. 23, 5.5 p.m. London, Sept. 22The porter at the Royal Exchange Motel, .Dublin, stated that persons who stated they were military demanded to see the register, and then went to Lynch's room. Later police called for the body, saying the military instructed them to get it. Later information states that no shots were heard, suggesting that Lynch was (tither stabbed or bayonetted. Received Sept. 23, 8.30 p.m. London, Sept. 22. It is officially explained that a party of military and police went to the hotel for the purpose of arresting Lynch, who fired a revolver when they entered the room, the bullet striking the wall. • One Member of the party returned the fire, and Lynch was shot through the head. • -Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. A DESPERATE AFFRAY. Received Sept. 22, 5.5 p.m.. London, Sept. 22. Armed men ambushed a military lorry of the auxiliary police at Milltown, Malbay, killing four. Troops rusned to the.scene and in a desperate affray one soldier s was killed and a number wounded. The casualties pjf the Sinn Fein are unknown.—Aus.N.Z. Cable Assn. DETAILS OF BALBRIGGAN TROUBLE London, Sept. 22. The Evening News' Dublin correspondent reports that the trouble at Balbriggan began by the constables, including tlie Burke brothers* visiting the hotel. A dispute occurred, and the visitors' were asked to leave. When they refused the volunteers humored them and repeated the request. The disturbance followed. It is unknown who fired first, but the Burkes were shot down. Later, lorry loads arrived to take revenge. Two' men, Lawless and Gibbons, were dragged out of their houses, and when they refused -to give the names of the volunteer officers, they were placed against a wall, shot and bayonetted. A doctor was attending Lawless, whowas still living, when the avengers returned and finished him off. The correspondent adds that the whole town is now nmoking ruins. The crimes have appalled the people, accustomed as they are to violence!—Reuter.