NEWS OF THE WEEK.
THERE was an extraordinary affair in Phoenix Park in the early hours of last Sunday morning, and probably the exact truth as to what happened will never be known. There is no doubt, however, that about 1.30 a.m. the guard at the Viceregal Lodge heard shots in the Park. A little later the officer of the guard, Lieutenant Boast, accompanied by three soldiers, left the Viceregal Lodge to reconnoitre. Mr. Boast and the three soldiers met and challenged on the main road near the polo ground a civilian named Laurence Kennedy. Kennedy did not answer the challenge, and the soldiers were attempting to seize him when Mr. Boast was shot through the heart. The soldiers simultaneously fired upon Kennedy. At the inquests the evidence was conflicting as to whether Mr. Boast was shot by Kennedy, who was said to have used a revolver ; or whether he was shot by some other civilian from a distance, for evidently there were several other civilians about with firearms ; or by one of the soldiers in the general and rather wild firing.
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