OUTRAGES IN IRELAND.
T A SINN FEIN CAPTIVE, REFUSES CAPTURERS' TERMB, By Telegraph—Pf ß * B A»>»ci»Hoii— Copyright Australian and N. 21. CaM» Asrodfttioß. (Received July 17, 9.10 a,m.) LONDON, July 18.' At a meeting of the Irish Vigilance TJounoil In London the president said that as soon as possible General Lucaa would have companion* General Lucas could have had hifl freedom If he hud pledged his word, noij to disclose , the whereabouts of his prison, hut to ', bis honour, General Lucas refused, (A cable message, dated June 28, pavo the following partioulnrs concerning the capture of General Lucas i—'Disguised men raided a fishing hut at flnatle Mowbroche, County Cork, where Brigadier-General Lucas ana two colonels were sleeping after a day'B eport. The raiders seised the sleepers ,f in the name of the Irish Republic'* They also seized a motor-oar from which one colonel Jhimped in attempts , Ing to escape. He was shot and wounded seriously. The other colonel was permitted to attend hrs friend, who was taken to Fermoy Hospital. i The raiders departed with Brigadier,'Keneral Lucas for an unknown deslina-
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 20001, 17 July 1920, Page 9
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181OUTRAGES IN IRELAND. Star (Christchurch), Issue 20001, 17 July 1920, Page 9
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