But the Morning Pod prints an intercepted - letter—quoted by the Chief
Secretary in the House on Wednesday—which places the incident in a very different light. This letter, dated Se? tember 26th last from " Tipperary No. -3 Brigade," was addressei to Daniel Breen, the desperado who murdered two officers Dublin the other day and is now a fugitive from justice, with 1 price bf £1,000 on his head. The writer of the letter says :— E. O'Dwyer is resigning because there is too much fight He thinks the enemy's way of burning-is *-knockout blow to active servipe. I felt like ohuoking it myself because, lilu yourself, I think things are too slow, and that we should burn England, but there is such a lot of terror creeping into the Repub- lican ranks that my monkey is up, and I will see matters through this crisis if I can."
Now Edward O'Dwyer, who was killed at Ballydavid, was " adjutant " of " A " Company, and his brother was " captain " of "F" Company, in the lat Battalion of the 3rd Tipperary Brigade.
It is fairly safe to infer that the writer of the letter thought to counter the " terror creeping into the Republican ranks " by shooting two of the weaker brethren in order " to encourage the others," as Voltaire said of the execution of Admiral Byng, An " adjutant " who resigned because there was " too much fight " was dearly a danger to the conspiracy, and we may.
presume that he was therefore " removed " by someone more violent than himself. Yet the Irish public is told that the O'Dwyers were murdered by the police, by way of " reprisals,' and many credulous people in England will accept the tale without further inquiry.
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