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Show yjULOUTIK J REVIVES ATTf.c;; Oil FREE STATE v; Trouble Starting Near - Mountjoy Prison Spreads j to Various Parts of City; Bomb Dropped on Troops STUDENT ACCEPTS j BLAME FOR RIOT Military Guard at Jail Refuses Re-fuses to Accept Articles of Food Brought ly Relatives of Prisoners MJBU.V. Oct. 11 (By A. P.) Numerous Nu-merous ambushes, accompanied by heavy bursts of flrinr. occurred In vsrtou parts of tha city during the night. Tha fighting; continued until dawn. The trouble began when a bomb laid to catch the Kreo State troops In Drumcondra exploded. The bomb waa placed near th Mountjoy Jail, where yesterday's outbreak occurred. At midnight a bomb waa dropped from the railroad bridge as motor truck full of troops waa paaalng. The truck caught fire when Its gasoline tank exploded. Rifle fire waa open. -1 on the Kree State troopa, who replied with machine guna and rlflea and dispersed dis-persed the attackers. Quiet relgna In Mountjoy Jail since the failure of the prisoners In heir attempt at-tempt to escape. A medical student named Cooney, who waa reported to have led the revolt, signed a statement 1 today, In which he aaid: I "1 accept full responsibility for everything that happened as a remit of that attempt. Thai any lives were lost occasions my moat sincere regret. I have absolutely no grievance againet I the guards. They simply did the.r I duty." At 1 o'clock today a crowd of worn - ren; rnrractmirmany' relatives of ti e .prisoners, gathered outside th gal. i or tne jau with rood and other am-ielee am-ielee for the Inmate.. The mir uric ; guard refused to accept the art, The crowd remained, com of lie women weeping and shouting. ! Amongst them wer Mrs. Chsrlorie I Despard, th Tioted suffragist and aai-tator, aai-tator, and Mme. (ienne MrHride. hoiti of whom had been engaged in a campaign cam-paign against the alleged 111 treatment of a prisoner. The mother of I'eter Breslin. the republlcsn commandi.nl who was killed In yesterday aIrsy also waa present. |