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Show MRS. MACSWSNEY WITNESS AT HEARING WIDOW Of LORD I MAYOR ATTENDS I LONDON INQUEST I Composure of Mrs. MacSwiney Indicated by Strength of Her Replies HUNGER STRIKERS AT CORK NEARING DEATH Relatives Making Arrangement Arrange-ment for Funeral of Irish Patriot in Erin LONDON, Oct. 27. A Jury ef ten mep lfter twelve minutes of dellbera-tlon dellbera-tlon this morning, returned an open verdict at the Inquest over the body '.. Lord Mayor MacSwiney, of Cork, whb died In Brixton prison early Mon-day Mon-day from the results of his seventy-three seventy-three day hunger strike. The verdict was that the deceased had died from heart failure, dun to a dilated heart and acute delirium foi-loVlng foi-loVlng scurvy, which was due to ;-haustlon ;-haustlon from prolonged refusal to take food. The widow, dressed in black and H heavily veiled, was the only witness H ion behalf of the MacSwiney famllv. H and was the dominant figure of the proceedings Her composure was In-! In-! dieted by her quick and pointed re-plies. re-plies. Mrs. MacSwiney successfully resisted the continued attempts of the coroner to nave her characterize her late hus- I hand's occupation otherwise than as H I'u volunteer officer of the Irish re-I re-I publican nrmj " There was a erowd about the prison 'entrance when the members of the ' family, accompanied by Art O'Brien. head of the London office of the Irish Self-Determination league, drove up In a taxlcab. Mrs. MacSwiney stepped briskly to the door, which was imme-dlately imme-dlately thrown open the constables H guarding the entrance standing aside, H deferentially. The coroner arrived 1 shortly afterward and the party filed I into the governor's room of the prls- WIDOW TAKES STAND. Coroner G P Wyatt opened the pro- H I ceedlngS with the usual formalities. Hi suggested that the brother of the late Lord Mayor might desire to testify for the family. Solicitor MacDonaJd, representing the family, interposed. however, with the reminder that the lady mayoress had been summoned for H that purpose. The coroner asked Mr. MacSwiney if she desired to testify She replied "yes." laid her veil bad; over her hat. stepped to the end of I the table opposite th coroner, and took the oath I She sale! her name was Muriel Fran- ! ces MacSwiney, and that she lived in Cork. Her husband was Terence fa Bwlney. aged 40. H 'What w-.ia he0" asked the en-oner "An Irish volunteer," was the ans- 'Did he make a living bv that"1' "No," answered Mrti. MacSwiney. "Had he my other occupation?" ilr was si hool teacher for a num-her num-her of v.irs." ..plied the lady mayor- The coroner pressed the point and Mrs. MacSwiney replied: M husband did nothing for years but work for his lountry-" Coroner Wyatt objected to the wit-Ii wit-Ii s rit.ing her husband an an Irish volunteer, to which she rejoined' "I don't see why; England has an army of Its own. don't you call that an occupation in your army?',' V. v laid the coroner, "but that is a different thing entirely." "Quite,'' was the monosyllabilic re- H ply of the witness. Solicitor MacDonald sought to ques-lion ques-lion the lady mayoress about the Charges upon which her husband was arrested The coroner objected to thl- aylng he did not desire the inquiry to 1 go beyond the cause of death. Mr, MacDonaJd said the famllj regarded H the death as the result of the lord mayor's arrest and court martial. He went on a hunger strike the day he was arrested as they had no right to arrest him; It was an offense against the laws of the Irish republic replied Mrs. MacSwiney spiritedly to another of Solicitor MacDonaldS.ques NOT I IT CORK. CORK. Oct. It. (By the Associated Press. ) Outside of tho Cork city hall there was posted today the following "The second republican lord mayor of Cork lieu, as lay his predecessor. murdered by the British government Coii. is in mourning Cltlsens, or any 11 of them, will take only author-isod author-isod action. Orders will be issued by authority." Today passed quietly with the ex-ception ex-ception of a slight stir caused by mill-1 mill-1 .try raids on banks In search of fire-arms fire-arms placed In vaults for safe keep-ing. keep-ing. Soldiers not on duty were re-stricted re-stricted to their bar nicks. The body of Joseph Murphy, one of the hunger strikers in Cork jail, who died last nlgnt, was lemoved tonlglb Church from which the funerul will I..- h 10 tomorrow. With the ex-COptlon ex-COptlon of Kenny and Donovan, who are believed to be rapidly Hearing death, doctors say there Is still 11 chance to save the iives of the remain-Ing remain-Ing hunger strikers If they are re- FUNERAL PL m n LONDON, Oct. 27. Relatives 0 Terence MacSwiney, Ihe late lord mayor of Cork, who died in Brixton Monday morning following (Continued on iayc TWO.) t ! Widow of Lord Mayor Attends London Inquest ( Continued From Page One j hunger .strike, were today lornpleting' arrangements for the funeral oi the i lord mayor. It was expected that the ' body today would be turned over to; them by government authorities following fol-lowing the autopsy set for this morning morn-ing und plnns already nnnounced eon-I i im plate its removal to St. Oeorjrc'e . al hedrol. it probabl will remain 1 there until Thursday when a requiem mass will be celebrated, after which the funeral pro"-3don will .-.tai ' Bust on station. The cortege is ejepected to reach' there at about four o'clock when the I procession will line up and be dls- j missed. The body will probably reach I Dublin early on Friday and there v. ill be received by various organlzaf ions. THRUMS FTTERKD. UJNDON, Oct. 27. The Evening! News today prints the following statement state-ment which It says was made by the deputj lord mayor of Cork "We are leaving behind us in your capital man of our patriots who will i see that the debt of your government Is fully paid. The English government govern-ment may think they have stifled us. but therti will he reprisals and soon-" (A Dondon dispatch Tuesday said a deputation of twenty-one members of I the corporation of Cork, headed by I Deputy Mayor O'Calla, had arrived J that inornlnc to attend the London services for the lale Iord Mayor Mac-Swlney Mac-Swlney and accompany the funeral I I party to Cork.) |