IRISH AFFAIRS
POLICE PARTY AMBUSHED. \ ■ THREE KILLED, ONE WOUNDED. ANOTHER SERGEANT .MURDERED. (Australian and N.Z. Cable Assn.) Received May 11, 8.15 p\m. LONDON, May 10. A large parly of armed men ambushed a police patrol at Timoleague this afternoon. They shot dead Sergeant Eiynn and two constables and seriously wounded another constable. No arrests were made. Sergeant MacDonnel, who conducted the defence of the Clonoulty barracks on March ,'it, lias been murdered near the barracks. Four men were sentenced - to six months' imprisonment for shearing a girl's hair at Tuam because Iter brother had joined the army. OUTRAGES- BY RAIDERS. POLICE SERGEANT DISAPPEARS (The Times.) Received May It. i().,'!r> p.m. DUBLIN, May 11. , As the result of an ambush at Timoleague (Counly Cork) a police sergcan' is missing,'and bis fate is unknown. Raiders attacked the police barracks at Chaplezcd, near Dublin, on Sunday. They attempted to destroy the wireless, repeatedly firing at the operator, who miraculously escaped. Raiders robbed a mail car at Thurles, carrying off documents.
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Waikato Times, Volume 92, Issue 14361, 12 May 1920, Page 5
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