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Show 4 FAST TERRIFIED BY MURDER AND ARSON I CPM BLAMED 1 PREJUDICE ON RELIGION Three Men Shot Upon Avowing Themselves as Protestants CATHOLIC IS SLAIN Servants Eound and Blindfolded Blind-folded and Mansion Set cai Fire BELFAST, Mnv 20. (By the Associated As-sociated Press.) An agreement ne-tween ne-tween the Free state and tho Republican Repub-lican faoUone r the iail Elreann re- nrnlln ill,- rnrthenmtn Irish clce- i inns and other questions waa reached reach-ed ihu afternoon, according to :d- vlt received in Belfast hue today. DUBLIN, May 20. iBy the Associated Associ-ated Preessi Strong rumors were current cur-rent hero this afternoon that an agreement agree-ment had been reached between Michael Collins, head 'of the Provisional Provis-ional government and Damon do alia al-ia .he Republican leader The rumors ru-mors began circulating when at 3.56 o'clock this afternoon, the Dall F.lre-ann F.lre-ann had not yet resumed its sessions. MURDER M RsN BELFAST, Ma 20. (By the AjSMOlr ., d p -i Murder and arexm inspired inspir-ed by retlglous prejudice continued to terrify l ister today. Reports of the number of deaths in csierdav's shootings In Belfast ar from five to eight, whole a dozen or more persons were wounded Damage caused by Incendiary fires aggregated many thousands of pounds. Iriree men who were shot on avowing avow-ing themselves Piotestants died during dur-ing the night Two men today entered the sawmills in the York street area. Inquired the religion of the various workers and shot dead a Catholic. John Connolly, apparently in reprisal for a similar shooting of a Protestant vesterday. Shanes Castle the County AMrlm home of Lord O'Neill, whose son Is speaker of the Vlster house of commons, com-mons, was burned today. The caretaker caretak-er was wounded. Lord O'Neill who is 8 3 years old and Lady O'Neill were rescued. M WspiV FIUED ROSCREA. Tipperary. May 20 Fifty Fif-ty men attacked a mansion here today and after binding and blindfolding the servants sprinkled oil about, and set fire, to tho place, and departed, firing hots through the windows. The servants ser-vants succeeded in freeing themselves and after a long struggle, extinguished the fire, saving the mansion. BARB KB CAPTURED DUBLIN, May 20 Dispatches from Northern Ireland say that Sinn I eln forces have captured the police barracks bar-racks at Glenarm Martlndown, Carn-lough. Carn-lough. and Cashindall. all In County A nt rim. , , , The garrison of the Martlndown barracks, bar-racks, put up a stiff fight and held off the raiders until its last cartridge was expended. The bank at Glenarm was raptured in addition to the barracks. oo |