Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1920-04-07 | Page 8 | Sinn Fein Riots Result in Loss of Valuable Records

SII Fl ITS RESULT IN LOSS OF VALUABLE.REGORDS DUBLIN, April 6. There have been riots in Mount Joy prison where nearly near-ly 100 Sin Fein prisoners are on hunger hun-ger strike. They demanded bettor treatment, and receiving an unsatisfactory unsatis-factory answer, smashed the furnituvo in the cells and broke down a wall between be-tween the cells. It was rebuilt, but they tore It down again. The men ave now manacled, with their hands behind be-hind their backs, and a strong military guard has been installed within the .prison! . Income tax officials returning to duty today after the holidays had no place in which to work as a result of tho Easter riots. An official described the exploit as a master stroke-, saying: "It may tako nine months to catch up with the damage." Not all the Incorao tax papers wore destroyed. Some were carried off, and there Is a story from the provinces of an amused audlenco listening to tlio reading of a letter among the captured papers, in which a local wealthy farmer farm-er tried to persuade tho authorities that his income did not exceed 700 poudns yearly. j 00 I Women have poor heads for figures. I That may be why it is almost impossible impossi-ble for one to fijruro her age correctly.