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Show ULSTER LEADER SHOTTO DEATH IRISH REPUBLICAN EXTREMISTS ARE DLAMED FOR MURDER OF FIELD MARSHAL .' , 1 Assassins Are Captured After Street Fhjht by Po'lee Who Guard Homes of Many Promln. ent Citizens London. Field Marshal Sir Henry Wilson was shot dead Thursday outside out-side ills homo in Eaton Square by two men. Tho mon wore captured. Field Marshal Sir Henry Wilson was Great Britain's representative ou the allied Riipromo council which dictated dic-tated allied military policy during tho lattor part of the war. Ho was chlof of staff ,of tho British army. In tho lattor capacity ho was respon. slble for sending troops to Irolnnd during dur-ing recent trotiblos. Tho war offlco bollovos thut Irish extremists wore rosponslblo for tho assassination. as-sassination. After shooting Sir Henry tho two nssnsslus ran through tho strcots pur suod by poltco who constantly guards Eaton Square, where many of tho most prominent men In England have tholr London homes Shots were fired after them down the narrow streets through which thoy fled, past houses of titled personages and cabinet ministers who were within earshot when Wilson was killed. The murdoros turned nnd- fired nt tholr pursuors, kooplng up n running gun fight for throo quarters of a mile. A policeman giving chase was dropped by a hullot from an assassin's gun. A civilian unablo to dodgo tho volloy, was wounded. Lord Corson Ulster's champion, has n town house within a fow rods of tho scene of tho murder. It is constantly con-stantly guardod by spoclal pollcoman. An oyowltuosa to tho tragddy told the United Press tho following story of tho shooting: "I was in tho neigh-borhood neigh-borhood of Eaton Squnro nnd hoard shots ring. I looked In tlmo to seo tho two armed men pumping bullets from their revolvers Into tho body of Sir Henry. When I reached him his head, legs and chest woro literally rlddlod with bullets." It was feared tho nssasslnntlon of Sir Henry may bo part of a general plot against military leaders sympathetic sym-pathetic towards Ulstor. An attack was mado upon tho residence resi-dence of Sir James Craig, Ulster premier, pre-mier, last Tuesday, but it was frustrated. frus-trated. Owing to recent political developments, develop-ments, Wilson was loader of tho Ul-sterlto Ul-sterlto causa In England. Ho was also hoad of tho Ulstor dofonso under Sir James Craig. An official of the American roliof administration nsslstod In tho capture of the murdorors. Describing tho attack to tho United Press, this official said: "Sir Henry was alighting from nn nutomobllo In front of his homo in Eaton Square. The assassins were on the sidewalk, waiting for him. Thoy soized him and shot him dead. "Tho murderers then walked into tho center of the street nnd bogan to make tholr getawuy. Thoy waived revolvers re-volvers and a policeman who attempted attempt-ed to halt them was shot through ths stomach. "An unarmed policeman ahead of tho murdoros nwaltod tholr approach at a street corner. As thoy enmo to the corner ho leaped out nnd struck nno of them on the bond with his night stick foiling the mnn. Three ot four of us grabbed the othor and pulled htm down." , |