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Show SCOTLAND lit HID Di'lffill Detectives Say Conspirators Planned to Leave Bombs in Overcoats LONDON. Feb. I. The Dally Graphic aays today that secret service agenta have discovered a plot to blow up Old Scotland Yard lr London, which la being used aa a recruiting depot for the Royal Irish constabulary. The plan, the newspaper declares, was for the conspirators to pose aa recruits and leave their overcoats. In which powerful time bombs were 'to be concealed. In the building, but, according to reporta, the courage of the plotters failed at the last moment. Passing Civilians Injured by Bombs DUBLIN, Feb. S. Two bombs were1 thrown at a motorcar Friday evening opposite Liberty hall. One of the mlsl!itruer"triecar', but none of the occupants, several policemen, waa hurt. Four or five passing civilians, however, were Injured. The two policemen who were wounded Thursday when police lorries lor-ries ran Into an ambuscade near Drumkcen. County Limerick, died Friday. Their death bring the total killed In the ambuscade to eleven. Houses in the village of Kilbrittaln. County Cork, were aearched by the military Friday. Twenty arrests were made and a young man. Patrick Crowley, was shot dead while attempting at-tempting to escape. The first attack on the polios barracks bar-racks In County Armagh occurred Friday night. A strong force of Sinn Felners made the attack and after two hours' fight was beaten off. TRIAL POSTPONED. The attempted assassination In a Dame street restaurant Thursday of an auxiliary policeman. Major Carew, caused a postponement to an unannounced un-announced date of the third murder trial arising out of the aaaassination of courtmartial officers In Dublin last November. Major Carew was to have been an Important wltnes for the prosecution at Hie juui Iniai tlal. wlih li waa set for today. He was shot in the arm when the attempt was made to asaassinate him, but Is progressing favorably. Attempt to Capture Naval Officer BELFAST, Feb. (.Two daring attempts at-tempts were made Friday to capture a naval officer engaged as a king's messenger In carrying Important government gov-ernment diapatches from Dublin to the mall boat at Kingstown for transmission trans-mission to London. None of the shots fired hit the officer, and he reached the boat safely. Sentences of six years' penal servitude servi-tude each were Imposed Friday upon the eight men who were arrested Octobr 26 last when discovered on the Kingstown mail boat wearing Irish volunteer uniforms on their way to attend the funeral In London of Lord Mayor MacSwlney of Cork. - The sentences, however, were made three years actually In each case, three years being remitted. J Three men who were found with revolvers at a recent d niecflnpw revolvers at a recent dance in Kingstown Kings-town were sentenced to ten years In , prison, of which five years were remitted. |