Show II 1 TORTURE WITH PINCERS PINCERS' I I I I From Our Special Correspondent HUGH MARTIN I The following is a verbatim reproduction tion of ot a news dispatch that appeared in the thc columns of The Daily Dally News I a British dally daily with circulation The Dall Daily News is the organ of the tho I I British Liberal party I DUBLIN Dec 2 An An accredited rc representative re- re of or the Irish republican government government gov gov- govI I emment has handed me a copy of or a I statement made and signed by Thomas Hales a farmers farmer's son formerly living at Bandon nandon count county Cork and I now serving a sentence of two years' years hard labor I This statement which is to be circulated I Jated in America and European countries 1 I through the usual channels of or republican propaganda anda contains charges of such a piave giave nature against certain military officers officers of of- I I that it would be foolish for tor tho the government to ignore their effect upon foreign opinion J The circumstances under which the 1 I statement was taken d down and brought out of prison cannot be I revealed at pres- pres I ent I X can only sa that I say I l am Personally I satisfied that the document is genuine I I I whatever th tho th truth may be about the incidents It professed to describe STRIPPED AND STRAPPED I I I Hales was vas arrested on July 27 last near i I Bandon together I with another man I named Harte whose intellect is 13 said to I have given way soon afterwards I Acc Ac- Ac c to Hales' Hales statement he i stripped of his clothes in n an outhouse was by I two wo military officers whom I Ishall shall refer refer- I to as Captain A A. and A-and and Lieutenant B D I and was s 1 hAd for or document Hales proceeds pro- pro When I was undressed they strapped my hands behind my roy back baci with wIh leather leather str straps ps and put them round my neck and ana mouth Harte was also strapped similar position I in a was not in a to defend myself and Lieutenant position B D hit hit I me body o several times on the face ap and O on the Having Hiwing found documents I the men n relating to the Irish Volunteers Upon unon the officers dressed them again I tam tain tt A said and Cap Can I You will vill be shot A piece niece of guncotton was strapped I back and while some tome of tho on Hartes Harte's soldiers soldier I I were apparently searching for a detonator detona detona- tor h he was told to be prepared shock for a S SS S'S S 'S Hales' Hales right leg and Hartes Harte's s left leg les- legS S S were then strapped together Lieutenant t B having previously struck both men on ion the nn face Hales wit with declares h great force force- they were In ln this marched fash fash- to a lorry lony and driven to Bandon barracks where military backs the they were were set with their against a wall while soldiers rs hit them with their fists ASKED FOR A PRIEST EST My Iv sight Hales ting very very dim records was getting getting get get- owing to the blood that I was losing and I felt very weak Lieutenant B asked the wished men if they to bo be blindfolded S but they said No and asked for lowing Incident a priest The Tho following fol- fol is alleged to at this point have occurred occurred oc- oc Captain A paced out twelve to fifteen paces from fron us and then put five or sit sik men with rifles rines paces Harte at the end of the fifteen was hardly very weal weak and could see He stuck a into naG flag hand anc anek made him Hartes Harte's I 1 recognized hold his hand up that the flag Harte hOlding was up was the Harte himself Union Jack but was too tar far It A man gone to recognize ree- ree and came Caine with a took camera a snapshot said Captain A then Vo 0 first must get some InformatIon before At we shoot t them about midnight the a court was held story continues by half tour four of whim Hales identified a dozen officers to name and is able The Now statement proceeds proceeds- following fo words said Captain A A. A repeat peat the I INow e ed after me lie He then thet saYing some form start ot of clude In It the oath and InCluded Include In- In I r. r raan Ii of at V h Virgin j I did not the Blessed rep the Blessel Virgin t the name of I ce t their and two or of the my- my barl bare legs for for canes about and five beat me ine on was powerless to do anything minutes I GET THE PLIERS At a later stage Hales ted that ho had at having admitted admitted admit admit- ono one time a brigade of the Irish commanded republican CaPtain A told one Of arm army go o and get the the officers to pliers He You then are an said anarchist You have organized and a murderer I on aU all the murder and I in country this part of the quent SS As the questions prisoners prisoner's vore iSiS answers anses considered to subsequent factory particularly to give the names nr of tho they Oy refused vol volunteers they were other r wit nent on tho the n b bare legs lees until 11 blood beaten aten flowed par par- ar- ar twenty-five twenty of ot Hales Hales' declaration runs as follows j Captain A said What position do your OUr brother John hold and where where where-h he staying I said I refuse to give yi yo any information about him He Ui tl turned to the officer whom he had se sent for the pliers and he started and twisting and pinching m my fingers the back He gripped them at the ba bac k placing one portion of the pinch rf against one side of my nail and the oth other portion of the pinchers against the otty othE He brought the blood to the tops of ot so sty eral oral of my fingers and for some tir time time- afterwards my fingers were black on tl the the- tops owing to congealed blood there was feeling extremely w weak oak eak almost fain faintIng tainting taint taint- ing and the blood was dropping dov my legs Captain A also put the pine h hers h- h ers erg on my thighs but my senses we iv becoming quite numb As the prisoners would answer no mo moi mote questions Hales Halos declares Captain A a an an- The court is closed for t the th finding Lieutenant B on the tion of ot Captain A A. A Is then said to ha haw hat punched Hales Hajes violently on the bOd body a ain an in the face knocking out four front tee in his upper jaw and finally knock him down After Arter he had been several times while lying on the grou one of ot the officers said enough Thereupon he was taken out of the roc and Harte who had been sent out earlier brought back According to Hales Hart Hai was treated in a similar manner consequence he has become partially I In In- sane WHO THE THE THE- I During the night the tho men lay wl their hands strapped behind their bad backs but at dawn a sergeant came and Joe Joos ened the straps Half an hour wards the statement continues A came in with a squad of men and to toome took me out of the room He noticed t th straps were not tight He said Who t th tb hell loosened your our straps 7 He lIe had th the them tightened Immediately In the barrack yard Harte and Ha Hal were again as-aln put against i t a wall wh Captain A pressed the barrel barre of an am automatic auto auto- matic pistol against the latter's temple and questioned him about the organic tion of the volunteers Falling Failing to get t h information he wanted Captain A is In to have said to some other of officers cers standing by We Ve will take him c oft and we wo will give him some more torture On August Aus 20 the they were L and refused according to the usual ci custom cus- cus torn tom to recognize the court ourt The pre dent asked Hales if It he wished to cross cross- examine Captain A and he replied No N No He was sentenced as already stated t two years years' hard labor j Jail |