Salt Lake Telegram | 1920-11-22 | Page 3 | Body of Missing Priest Unearthed

Body of Missing Priest Unearthed GAL V GALWAY AY Ireland No Nov 22 The The body of Father Griffin the priest who disappeared several days dats ago was found Saturday in a a. shallow grave about four miles from Galway There was a bullet wound in his temple The body was brought to Galway Intense excitement prevails The body of Father Griffin was found in a bog by the roadside near Darna four miles from Galway Volunteers Volunteers Volunteers Vol Vol- had been searching for the missing man since he was by three unknown persons the previous previous previous pre pre- Sunday A party of country lads ads made the tragic discovery Cottagers Cottagers- in this bleak and sparsely sparse sparse- ly y inhabited part of the countryside tell teIl of the mysterious arrival at midnight midnight midnight mid mid- night Sunday Sunda following the kidnap kidnap- ing of Father Griffin of a lorry load of men Tho The lorry halted near the spot where the body was found and the lights were extinguished In about I twenty minutes the lamps were re re- re lighted and the party drove away When the body of Father Griffin was brought into Galway Sunday it was placed on the high altar of the parish church Huge crowds passed before the tho bier while three priests knelt near by reciting the rosary At St. St Josephs Joseph's church where 1 Fa Ia Father 30 I ther Griffin presided pathetic scenes j II I of grief were evidenced The priests priests' i omitted the usual sermon and confined confined confined con con- fined themselves to relating incidents of the life of Father Griffin and paying paying pay pay- ing tribute to him They declared the priest had earned a martyrs martyr's crown and begged the congregation to pray for the repose or nis soul but not to forget also to pray for his murderers Although a a. number of ot priests lately lately lately late late- ly have been ill treated or threatened Father Griffin is the first to forfeit his life In fact no priest has b been en done to death in Ireland in many years ears