Show ARRESTS MADE IN OH I G GIN S MURDER CASE Five Men fen Assassinate AssassinateS Vice President of S Free State DUBLIN July 11 By By The Associated Associated sled Press Press Several Several arrests were re reported re- re reported ported to have ha been made today growing to out of ot the assassination o of Kevin vice president of the Free State council but no indication has been made that persons implicated in iii the crime had been found An official account of Jt Mr O Hig- Hig gins gin's assassination says that five ne men were vere engaged in It it two of whom acted as scouts All are believed to have been between b t een the ages of 20 and 35 SIGNS SIGS OF OP MOURNING l Signs of mourning were everywhere today for Kevin Ke O O'HIggins the th strong man of the Irish Free State whose well-filled well young life liCe came t tan to toan toan an abrupt end at the hands of assas assas- assassins assassins sins yesterday esterday lIe He was shot from Irons an automobile as he was walking to mass from his home at Black Dlack Rock near nea Dublin and died within a short time Urn with words of forgiveness for fo bis his enemies on his s lips Mr O O'Higgins usually accompanied by an escort of detectives cs was alone alon at his own request for tor the first firs time In three years jears and his assail assail- assailants assailants assailants ants three of them sped Quickly away after aner Inflicting half a dozen doze wounds No motive motle was apparent The dying man gave the authorities a good description of the men When O'Higgins who was vice vice- ce- ce president of the Free State te council counci minister of justice and foreign af affairs af- af affairs affairs fairs fell with bullets In the neck I Continued on Page Ia Two ARRESTS MADE IN FREE 81 STATE A TE Continued from Page One chest and one ear he gasped I forgive them alii alit HE III DICTATES WILL SILL Eamon Fleming of or the ministry of finance and Professor Protessor John Mc- Mc Neill NeUl former minister of education were In the neighborhood and were soon on the scene As the wounded man rested his head In Flemings Fleming's lap he whispered got me just as they got my father Later he tie said I forgive them them them-r I die at peace with my enemies and my God Calmly end and decisively he dictated his will bequeathing all his posses posses- possessions pos possessions s- s to his wife and baby daughter Then he lse was taken home Dublin's best surgeons came but there was nothing to be done gins knew he was dying He em em- embraced embraced embraced braced his wife ViCe and child and said ald farewell to friends and coworkers workers in inthe inthe inthe the Free Iree State Slate cause Shortly before the end he raised himself from hU his pillow to say 63 I am dying at peace with my en en- en enemies emits I die for my country I go goto goto goto to join Michael el Collins One of ot his friends at the bedside remarked Kevin ln while theres there's life lire theres there's hope Ah there Is no hope he an an- s But I was vas as always a bit of ot ofa ota ofa a hard dIe SERIOUS SITUATION The Free State cabinet was called Into session immediately to decide on the necessary steps in what is looked lo ked upon as a a. a serious situation for the slain official was regarded as a n bul bul- bulwark bulwark bulwark wark of the Free State cause He had only returned to Dublin last lut Fri FrI- Friday FrIday Fri Fri- Friday day from a League of ot Nations con eon conference conference ference at Geneva He Ic had bad conducted a vigorous wide country campaign In behalf b of ot the government representatives in the parliament STRIKING INCIDENT T TOne One Instance of or O'HIggins' inflexible ible will characterizes the man He lie was the close friend of Rosy Hory OCon OConnor O'Connor OConnor O'Connor OConnor nor who was executed In 1922 as leader of the Four lour Courts uprising The utmost pressure was brought on to have ha OConnor O'Connor reprieved ed but sitting up a a. whole hole night deliberating sting the minister of Justice decided that this was U incompatible with his hs office When after aCler the execution OCon O'Connor's nor's nors r will was read it was found f that e adl Se lh he had left everything of f which I ho he was as possessed to the fam fam- ily Kevin nearly collapsed on learning this |