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Show MRS. MflG SWINEY, GIVES STORY 0F 15811101 LIFE Widow of Late Lord Mayor oi Cork Witness at Washington ONLY BABE BORN WHILE FATHER IS IN PRISON Widow Declares She Never Would Interfere in Matter rjf Conscience ; WASHINGTON. Dec. :. The loft J 1 story 0 the lote Terence MacSwlnev, late lord mayor of Cork, who died as a result of a hunger strtl--'- while hi'-Brixton Jail. London was told t6 day by his widow to the commission; or the com mn tee 01 one nunureu investigating in-vestigating the Irish question; Mrs. I MaoSwiney's accounts of the numar-j Ous arres.s Of her busbanff, ilia ef-. forts on behalf of a free llah ri-1 tion. and the actions of ifiti UtitiShj government in gitempttrfg t "thiot-:io "thiot-:io iiish development.' won,- punc-tuated punc-tuated alternately by applause audi sobs. STORY 1 M UWtl .l.. Mrs. .'.;ncSuiny told of her marriage mar-riage to the late lord mayoi in England Eng-land in 1907 Just after :ier nusijund1 bad been rcl... ed from one of the! many prison terms. Sh-- related liow ! 1- ohly babj was horn while iis father vas iu Jail in Kcifaat.uUUl hpW-stfc hpW-stfc daily carried Che child to v sit the father In prison UUSBANl) VP.PJsTUJi. Mrs. MucSwIney recounted the ar rest on AllgtlSt Iti ll'CO. and the be? ginning t the last hunger stiike. ller; husband, she said, was charged a Ii h j having a COde U8I d by the poller and-; : , asserted that this waH proper because be-cause of his position as lord mayorJ she wa-s present at the trial and t 1 ; the lord mayor told her then of his intention to continue Oil hunger strike. She became convinced then, she declared, de-clared, that hu would die of starvation starva-tion unless the British government granted his release. BEX M 1 K1SS1GX1 D "After my husband made his Speech 1 nt tho trial," she continued, "I tee 1 I became resigned; accustomed to what Hie future was to bring The shock came rirst. it dame harder on I me then. After lhat i was reconciled and I was proud of his courage." As hunger wore Cuwn the lord may-: may-: or's atrength, Mrs. MaoSwlney saiil, I he "al, olutclv radiated peace and oontevtittent " "l know mj husband was happy, I she declared. "and 1 never, never, i would interfere with mv husband In a matter of conscience it was his choice. It was the decision of his ! spirit Iti , IK UKEDING III M. Her husband exacted a promise I from her, Mrs MacSwlney said, lhat j she would not Insist that he take food, i The prison officials, however, said, .they would not employ forced feed in:; until the prisoner became umon- aclous, Mrs. MacSwlney declared. i Five days before the lord mayor fllod the prison authorities began feoolnt, him. she asserted, and continued to do so until his death. Mrs. MacSwlney gave a vivid re- cltal of her experiences with the nrit-lan nrit-lan officials and charged that the i Lsritish hom.- offit e had spread propaganda prop-aganda to tho effect that relatives of the lord mayor were secreth pro Idlng him with food. ' That." she exclaimed, "is the sort j of lies that they use about every thing ! In connection with Ireland." |