" The Dublin murders were committed by Sinn Fein desperadoes
from various parts of the country. A gang of three men, driven by a nurse in a motor-car, was intercepted last Saturday and captured ; they had ten rifles taken from murdered policemen, revolvers and ammunition. Three men who were arrested on Saturday night and detained in a police guard-mom at Exchange Court, Dublin, tried on Monday morning to overpower the guard and escape. One of them seized a rifle and fired at the sentry ; another threw a bomb which fortunately lacked a detonator. The guard then opened fire and shot the men dead. They were identified as Peter Clancy, who took part in the attack on Lord French, Richard McKee, who was a member of the Dublin " Republican " executive and an expert on bombe, and T. C. Clune, another ringleader of the murder gang.
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