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Show IRISH SHOOT AN " OFFICER OF GUARD Intruders at Vice-Regal Lodge Engage in Fight 20,000 Rounds of Ammunition Taken at Station DUBLIN, Dee 28. (By the Associated Associ-ated Press. An officer of the -guard I nnd one member of a band of intruders I were killed early this morning in a 'shootine affray in PhoenlS Park, a short distance from the viceregal lodge. In some quarters the belief war expressed thai an attack was in preparation prepa-ration against the lodge. About eiqht men are believed to have made up the band of Interlopers Four arrests we re made i 1:30 o'clock ibis morning shot-were shot-were hftrd in the neighborhood oi the viceregal lodge. They continued intermittently in-termittently at intervals for nearly an hour in that portion of Phoenix Park between the lodpe and the magazine There apparently was no direct at-taek at-taek on the lodge itself. The Inmates of the lodge at first I hough I the shooting was connected with some sort of holiday revelry. Lleutenarit Shot Through Heart. As the firing persisted, however, a military guard, c insisting of an officer 'and two men, turned out ;md searched 1 1 ho grounds. Finding nothing unusual I there, they went through Ihe park near jthe mum road. While traversing the 'center of the park they engaged In a sharp exchange of firing with the In-tl'ildt In-tl'ildt r.-, and Lieutenant Boast who was leading his men, fell, shot through the heart. one of the attacking party also was Killed Hp was a civilian about forty years of age. According to some ie- ports he was wearing portions oi" a soldier's sol-dier's uniform. No weapon was fount.' un or near his body and up io the pres- at i he man's identity has not been as eertalned Pools of blood were found on the scene, which Is about half a mile from the lodge. After the shooting the intruders fled in ii darkness The lour men arrested arrest-ed were not taken into custody near 'he scene of the sbootin.u. hut were apprehended as they were having ihe park about two hours later. They de- inied having had any connection with I the affray and it is reported that no incriminating evidence was found on 'hem. Machine Gun Brought Out. After the shooting the military J brought a machine gun lo the scene (This was fired in the direction in Which ii was supposed Ihe men had taken Might. Nobody was hit by th-bullets. th-bullets. The bodies of the two men were taken to the George V. hospital, .where an inquest will be held tomorrow tomor-row Lieut. Boast was only 30 years of ase. He was mentioned in Saturday's Satur-day's Court Circular as having been in-vited in-vited to dine with Field Marshal Vis- count French, lord lieutenant and governor gov-ernor general of Ireland, on Saturday evening, un Sunday he bade farewell 'to his parents who had been pa ing him a visit. There was great excitement in the city when the newspapers announced the occurrence. Crowds visited the1 ocene during the afternoon. ROUNDS OF AMMUNITION STOLEN LONDON, Dee. 28. A band of men raided a farmer's house at Victoria bridge and carried off rifles At KII-larney KII-larney a constable was shot and wounded Christmas eve while assisting other constables to quell a rough and, nimble fiqht between soldiers and civilians. It 1s reported that 20,000 rounds of ammunition have been stolen from the Dangravan railway station The consignment, con-signment, it is believed, was intended' for Ihe military authorities. |
