Show NOTED H LEADED LORD MAYOR MACSWINEY PASSES AWAY IN ENGLISH PRISON ON DAY began hunger strike on august 12 when with ten of his associates he was arrested on the charge of sedition london terence macswiney lord baior of cork died at braxton prison monday morning october 25 follow in a hunger strike of seventy three das the atory of the self starvation of terence lord maor of cork probably will become one of the most moving chapter of the centuries long lil story of the irish struggle 0 o other controversy lias stirred great britain so deeply as this since the one that centered upon cecil rhodes when the jameson raid was balked by paul kruger and he raiders impels boned hunger strike was be gun on august 12 when with ten of his associates he was arrested by sol adlers in cork while attending a acs slon of a glnn I 1 eibi court after trial by a under the regula alons of the defence of the realm act he was found guilli of sedition and sentenced to two beirs imprisonment which he was serving in braxton pals on in london macswiney then an alderman 0 cork was elected lord maior of the city at a special session of the cork corporation on march 30 of this 5 ear lie w as a w ell know n glnn rein leader and prior to his election had been deported and imprisoned several times one of the latest notable instances of his confinement having been in 1916 in connection with alio irish laster revolt len arrested on august 12 mac managed to escape to the street from the back of the alti hall which soll ders had surrounded but was captured outside lie was taken to the military barracks and came up for trial on august 10 the court martial found him guilt of having control of the secret police cipher of having in his possession a document to cau e disaffection namely n copi of a resolution of the cork pledging allegiance to dill hirmann the irish republican parliament and of having made a seditious speech on the occasion of ahls election already at the trial bebau e of hit refusal to take iford macswiney disputed the jurisdiction of the court saying 1 I am the lord mior of this alti and its chief magistrate I 1 decle e this court illegal and those pirt in it liable to arrest under the laws of the irish republic alie dai following the trial lord mayor macaw ine w as deported to fa gand aboard a destroyer under n heavy military escort and was lodged in brixton jail the government an bounced on august 19 that lie was sentenced to two scars imprisonment macswiney s hunger strike lr ought numerous solicitations citations soli and protests to alie british authorities man of the appeals being aiom sympathizers in the united states even a threat from the glnn feln in ireland that in the event of his dearll a general strike and aeilous bances would UK mand an was taken directly to the king but this alsor proved unavailing |