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Show 4 CATHOLICS DRAGGED OUT If BED; SHOT Terrorists Wreak Destruction Destruc-tion in Early Morning Raids in Belfast ':IC1,F.ST. May 1 1 1 By the Asso- iatcd Prosa.) Four men. all of them Qatholltfs, wero draffffod form their bodi 0.1 DfiMrtmartln, county Derr'. early today and murdered. Half of the v iiiao war. burned. r iTrorists bepan their work 'i In early today. Two hours before the vtilr.itlon of the curfew period Incendiary In-cendiary blazes started in different parts f the city, and before 9 o'clock six buildings wore on fire, Including the offices of a dis(iller Soon after midnight a number of firmed men attacked the barracks of the special constabulary In Dock street Mid fierce conflict ensued In which -ev.rui of the attackers were Injured. 1 It 1 b reported that three motor cars were used to remove the wounded. Nouo of the constables was Injured. The Bttttt, at the offices of the dls-Lftterj dls-Lftterj which was the Doran plant, were forced to face the wall and wen overcd with revolvers while the other raiders carried out the work of deduction. de-duction. After a time, however, the guard 'old the men to make them-iflvea them-iflvea comfortable and handed around Carets. f The premises jinolved in the Incen-llarj Incen-llarj attack included principally .-ablishtnente .-ablishtnente conducted by wholesale :oncerns. In one case the incendiaries entered I motion picture theatre, held up the ;aretaker and sprinkled the place with rn The caretaker was struck on the nead by the butt of a revolver, but aped and gave the alarm. The to-al to-al damage, it is estimated, will reach ii m thousands of pounds. I 1 VRfi POR PB ( I DUBLIN, Uay 19 (By The A.o-dated A.o-dated Press). Pears were expressed in poLlhal circles toda that the D Kotiatlonx for peace between th'- 1 v .1 factions in Ireland renewed Wednesday Wednes-day after what had aopeared '.o b? II litial breakdown would again n nti In a report by th negotiators that they had failed to come to an agreement. Further attempts were in progri j ioda; however, and there was hope In Pom quarter: that th lat moment mo-ment might see a favorable, turn. Michael Collins, head at th Provl-tioii''.i Provl-tioii''.i governmehl, and BSoimon dc '.-leri, '.-leri, the uefublican leaders. In a prolonged pro-longed consultation with no othere present, are believed to have been near a settlement. 1 00 |