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Show LYNCH MUST DIE. Convicted In British Court of High i Treason and Sentenced to Dcrh. t .Colonel Arthur I ynch, member of ijiarllamcnt for Galway, was on Friday ftound guilty ot high treason and son-itcnccd son-itcnccd to death. t ' Tho Jury, aftor hnvlng been out half 5in hour, returned a vordlct of guilty. 1 When fisked It ho had nnythlng to say IBS to why he should not bo sentenced flo death, Colonel Lynch roplled: ,? "Thank you. I will say nothing." ; , Tho oontonco of death was passed on eachof tho four counts In tho indlct-"mSnt. indlct-"mSnt. Tho prisoner then bowed to tho "ccurt and was removed in custody. , Tho London nowspapors tako it for 'granted that tho sentence passed upon Colonel Lynch will bo commuted. They -iirgo that a punishment should bo in-ffllcted in-ffllcted exemplary onough to act as a flctorront Upon others, but not sufficiently suf-ficiently sovoro to mako Lynch a martyr. . . ft |