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Show ( THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE, THURSDAY CURSING, OCTOBER ' 28; exhaustion take food. from prolonged refusal -- 1920. to MacSwiney Notified. The solicitor representing the treasury department revealed that five days before MacSwlney's 4eath the home office doctor read to htma statement signed by Secre' ) tary Shortt as follows: The secretary of state solemnly warns you that you will not be released and that you alone will be responsible for any consequences which may ensue on your persistence In refusing food. To this Lord Mayor MacSwiney replied he had been told that previously. The Jury returned after only twelve minutes of deliberation and a Juror read the verdict: Death was due to heart failure consequent on a refusal of food. The coroner suggested that the finding be amplified by the Inclusion of Dr. Griffiths testimony. The coroner then read the verdict In .which Mayor MacSwiney was referred to as a volunteer officer, not mentioning the Irish Republican army. Solicitor MacDonald asked the coroner to lustra a burial permlt. eaylng Interment would be made in Ireland. The coroner declined, saying he had no jurisdiction. The home office, however, granted the permit, and the body of Lord Mayor MacSwiney was turned over to his relatives In time to permit original plans to be carried out. Verdict Rendered f Following Short Session ;of the Coroners Jury. Official - Widow Is Only Member of MacSwiney Family to Attend the Proceedings. DELEGATION URGES IRISH RECOGNITION LONDON, Oct. 7. A Jury of tery men, y Oct. 27. WASHINGTON. Arguments after twelve minutes' deliberation this favoring recognition of the new republic morning, returned an open verdict .at the of Ireland were formally presented to Inquest over the body of Lord Mayor Secretary Colby at the state department by a delegation of Irish sympaMacSwiney of Cork, who died In Brixton tonight thisers headed by . Frank P. Walsh, forprison early Monday from the results of mer joint chairman of the war labor ' his board. hunger strike. Mr. WalBh was accompanied by Hu The verdict was that the deceased had gene Kincaid, New Jersey; James M. Me died from heart failure, due to a dtlatated Gulre, former mayor of Syracuse; James heart and acute delirium following scurvy, McGarrlty, Philadelphia, and Daniel C. O'Flaherty of Richmond, Va., all memwhich was due to exhaustion bers of a larger committee appointed at refusal to take food. the Irish race convention In Philadelphia 73-d- The widow, dressed In black and heavily veiled, was the only witness on behalf of the MacSwiney family and was the dominant figure of the proceedings. Her composure was Indicated by her quick and pointed replies. Mrs; MacSwiney successfully resisted the continued attempts of the coroner to have her characterise her late husband's oocupatlon otherwise than as a volunteer officer of the Irish Republican army. TThere was a crowd about .the prison eqtrance wheil the members of the family, accompanied by Art O'Brien, head of t($p London office of the Irish league, drove up In a taxicab. Mrs. MacSwiney stepped briskly to tie door, which was Immediately thrown ogpn, the constables guarding the tiftnce standing aside deferentially. The coroner arrived shortly afterward and th. party filed into the governor's room of1 the prison. two years ago, and which sent a committee composed of Mr Walsh, former Governor Dunne of Illinois and Michael Ryan of Philadelphia to Paris to Intercede with the American delegation at the peace conference for Irish recognition. Chairman Cautioned., - . Secretary Colby listened without comment, but cautioned the chairman when reference was made to Eamonn de Vaof Ireland, that as lera as president secretary of state he could hear them on the understanding that they only were there as American cltisens and not as representatives of officials of the Irish people. "We demand recognition, not as a favor, said Mr. Walsh, "but as a right. The Irish republic is now established as a de Jure and de facto government. Its are stability and representative character balattested by the indorsement of the lots of 90 per cent of the Irish people. The courts of the' Irish republic are functioning dally and their decisions are respected by the entire population." An analysis of conditions In Ireland which Mr. Walsh offered said there had murders In Ireland been seventy-seve- n between January 1, 1919, and October 22. Widow Is Witness. 1920. He said the list did not take Into account the killing of police, soldiers or Coroner G. P. Wyatt opened the armed personer and added that with the usual formalities. He other 38,723 homes had been raided within the t there was a record of sfiggested that the brother of the late last year lord mayor might desire to testify for the 1S04 assaults. family. Solicitor MacDonald, representing Recites Long List. family. Interposed, however, with the reminder that the lady mayoress had been Mr. Walsh also recited a long list of skmmoned for that purpose. The coroner alleged atrocities In Ireland and added: asked Mrs. MacSwiney if she desired to "We must perforce deal with kingdoms but It has been the testify. 8he replied Yes, laid her veil and autocracies, back over her hat, stepped to the end of proud tradition of the United States to the table opposite the coroner, and took be thb first to encourage struggling for the oath. freedom modeled on our own. Shall we She said her name was Muriel Frances deny to the Irish what we have accorded In she and lived Cork. that to all other republics? MacSwiney Her husband was Tereribe MacSwiney, Mr. Kincaid, Mr. O'Flaherty and Mr. McGuire added to the arguments by aged 40. 1What was he? asked the coroner. quoting from state papers, docludlng was the answer. those of Thomas An Irish volunteer, Woodrow Jefferson, Did he make a living by that? Wilson and Secretary Colby, references to precedents that might be taken by the No, answered Mrs. MacSwiney. Had he any other occupation? United States for the recognition of Ire He was a school teacher for a number land. t i Mr. Colby told the committee when Its of years," replied the lady mayoress, The coroner pressed the point and Mrs. presentatllon was concluded that he would study the stenographic report that hiecSwlney replied; My husband did nothing for years but was taken. work for his country. Coroner Wyatt objected to the witness Veiled Threats. describing hrr husband as an Irish volLONDON, Oct. 27. The Evening News unteer, to which she rejoined: today prints the following statement, I dont see why; Ireland has an army which. It says, was made by the deputy of its own, dont you call that an oc- lord mayor of Cork: We are leaving behind us In our capicupation In your army? said the coroner, "but that Is a tal many of our patriots, who will see Yes, that the debt of your government la fully different thing entirely. "Quite," was the monsyllablic reply of paid. The English government may think the witness. they have stifled us. but there will be Solicitor MacDonald sought to question reprisals, and so on. A London dispatch Tuesday said a deputhe lady mayoress about the charges upon members of the corwhich her husband was arrested. The tation of twenty-on- e headed by Deputy coroner objected to this, saying he did poration of Qork, not desire the Inquiry to go beyond the Mayor O'Callagban, - had hrrived that cause of death. Mr. MacDonald said the morning to attend the Itndon services Lord Mayor MacSwiney and family regarded the death as the result for the late the funeral party to Cork. accompany arrest and of the lord and-tha- te -- mayor's He went on a hunger strike the day Funeral Arrangements. he was arrested, as they had no right LONDON, Oct. 27. Relatives of Terto arrest him; It was an offense against ence MacSwiney, the late lord mayor of the laws of the Irish republic, replied Cork, who (lied In Brixton prison- Monday Mrs. McSwiney spiritedly to another of morning following a huager strike, were the today completing arrangements for exSolicitor MacDonald's questions. funeral of the lord mayor. It was over Medical Officer Testifies. to turned be would the body pected them, by government authorities following Dr. Griffiths; the senior medical offiset and for this morning cer of the prison, said he began attend- the autopsy announced contemplate its already He was plana ing MacSwiney September 1. cathedral. It to St. removal George's then weak and had certain signs of tuber- will probably remain there until Thursadded the phyculosis In the chest, celebe will mass a when requiem day, sician. brated, after which the funeral processalon Dr. Griffiths read from a book in which will start for Euston station. he had noted a history of the case. He The cortege Is expected to reach there said the prisoner had consistently refused at about 4 when the procession food all the time he was In prison; that will line up oclock, and be dismissed. The body his body had deteriorated slowly, scurvy will probably reach Dublin early on Frideveloping October 11. and the patient be- day and there will be received by various coming worse until he had an attack of organisations. court-marti- - acute delirium on October 30, growing very restive and requiring two officers to hold him In bed. He then became unconscious. On October 23 the heart became weakened and dltalated, upon which the attendants administered food. There was some slight Improvement, continued the doctor. "Then, between I and 3 o'clock In the morning of the 25th, 1 was called to him. I found his breathing labored and his he obviously was feeble and fu)se very critical quick condition. I did what I dould and having got to the end of my redources, told the priest to go to him. H died at 1:30 o'clock. The coroner asked what Dr. Griffiths considered the direct cause of death. The doctor replied: Heart failure following scurvy due to . I,, ; Bn r ' ,u Cork City Is Quiet. CORK, Oct. 27. (By the Associated Press.) Outside of the Cork city hall nothere was posted today the followtng ' tice. "The second republican lord mayor' of Cork lies, as lay his predecessor, murdered by the British government. Cork Is In mourning. Cltisens, or any section of them, will take only authorised action. Orders will be Issued by proper authority. Today passed quietly, with the excep-- f a slight stir caused by military raids on banks In search of firearms In vaults for safe keeping. Sol placed dlers not on duty were restricted to their barracks. The body of Joseph Murphy, one of the - to 100, and the huge crowd, marching four abreast, largecars and six lor- ly made up of women and girls who wers ries with troops, thousand of present chanting the rosary. Preceding ths hears followed the body to the cemetery. The and far In advancs of the military there single fils In parallel columns, dlsplav'hf armed force was even greater marched,hundred Irish volunteers. than at the funeral of Michael Fltagerald, several In died who the other hunger striker Cork Ths burial of Murphy had a remarkable jail, hut this created none of the tension finale the firing of a salute over the that prevailed at Flttrerald's funeral. Six men comgrave by Irish volunteers. As the coffin, draped In the republican prised the squad and thres vollsvs w- -r was from Brittaken the church Buried. the Striker. had The mlltarv flag, fired. The departed. Hunger ish officers and soldiers near the entrance soldiers did not enter the cemetery. Thev Oct. 27. (Ry the Associated to the church grounds CORK, saluted. Thev drove off before the burial aervlr had of Joseph Murphv. then c'lmbed Into the lorries which, with concluded They mads no attempt to InPress.) The funeral who died white on a hunger strike In the armored cars, fell In behind the with the procession on ths wny to terfere . of ths mourners. Cork Jail, wna held today the cemetery. The procession passed through the prinThe military Inquiry Into ths death of Notwithstanding an order limiting the df who number persona might participate cipal streets of ths city, followed by a Joseph Murphy has resulted In 'he hunger strikers In Cork Jail, who died last night, was removed tonight to a church, from which the funeral will be he'd tomorrow. With the exception of Kenny and Donovan, who are believed to be rapidly nearing death, doctors say there Is still a chance to save the lives of the remaining hunger strikers If they are released. In the funeral procession presence of two armored car-rlne- rowing verdict: "He feloniously killed himself by refus' ' ing aH form oI nourishment," - Urged to Break Strike. DUBLIN, Oct. 27. (By ths Associated Press.) At a special ir acting of the Dubtoday, Ciptain McWaller, high sheriff, urged that those persons In the confidence of the remainwho ara ing hunger strikers ask them not to persist further. "It enuld he too shocking and horrible, he raid, "that after thres have died, the others should be allowed to drop off The spirit of humanity, of all Ireland must appeal to these men snd not show them to stsrvs themselves to death." lin corporation BRINGING UP FATHER ARRANGE PRESENTATION. NEW YORK. Oct. 31. Presentation of the Oordon Bennett trophy to Lieutenant Ernest de Muytei,.tha Belgian who piloted the victorious Belglca" In the recent International contest from Birmingmade Armletlce will be night. Noham, vember 11.. t the reunion of wartime air pilots. In announcing this plan today the Aero Club of America added that medals of merit te the srmv filers who made the serial vovage to Alaska snd tgck alas will be presented at that t me. General Invitation to the reunion has been extended to all pilots who served In the aviation corps of nny of th allied armies and navlss. By George McManuj OMC PACXACE) C.O.O. BY tENT ARE. YOU THE HICK ELeCTEo To COUCH, OVER. TH CAH? ? - |