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Show TRACKING DOWN THE WOULD BE AuSAuSfNu DUBLIN, Dec. 20 Government po'icc today are engaged In tracking' down thi I men who yesterday attempted to nssass- inatc Viscount French, lord lieutenant of i Ireland. Hellof s expressed that evidence has been ohtained that may result in the arrest of BOVerkl prrtons. Absence of Independent witnesses nr.u the qnlekness of the attack caused a number of discrepancies in aeeonnts ot the occurrence, it w is at find suld th it Police Loughlln. guard at the Ashtown cross roads had been killed but it developed de-veloped he we only wounded. Detective Sergeant Halley, who waa also wounded, Is at the vico regal lodge Hij was a body gunrd of ViflCOUnt French, succeeding Constable Hoy, wno was recently killed by purties unknown Icnt recent reports state the motor car In which the viscount rode was not struck by bullets, tho attacking party centering its attention on the automobile I immediately behind which contained tne lord lieutenant The car was shattered 1 by a lonil |