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Ab~ newspape r ,s . I ha .vc ol.w ays lovedt hem. f romwhlCl i I [ w as a ,ch ild s,ke~,chjng UI~a fron~ :p ag e o f a n im ll.g itlW 'Y oop y of " N O f " -deF N 'ew s,n t,o C lollle:gc wl l ,en I sp c :n ( m oret im e a~ th e s~uden t o o w s p a p e r office, t h a nt :v~ywli ICro else ~pl!Jt tQ ,g .e,h er.. T here 'isn oth in g else qu :~ te I. i ik.csee ing .solli'le~hing: youwrol.c. de .s lgnoo: or edl;~edc om e off a presswi th you r naM e on it J : t h o u g ! h . t aoo,ut, ms k -inga cnreeir Q~t !O f it ! bltl th e pay In the f iel 'dwas just too low 1 : 0 man, consider. Now .1publlsh and edit this magal. i:me!, which I- _e : , n j o y tT ,emendcmSly .

Bu t when i l t com es to :R !pp ero~og y. the :newspapers reports ere a mixed bless~ng . ,W e can re ad a ll s orts of W 'on d e d u l detailsabou t th e c a s e " , m~rve~~a t ~ Ihe~lorie.5 wit -nesses to'ld.ll!liId sec how Ripper '~y$leda:sp ,re ad a-cros s LO lild ~1iI a n d a Ua !l't 'ltm d lheworf:d., Of COUlrse the probfem is Ihat nllar:geporHon . ( ) i f wha t thoseacc io l ln~ cla imedabou t the ca se turnedl out: lobe; oomlp te t . e l ywrong, . . It w fls n't u ntil Ih e la te 20 th centurywh e n al(llhofS s~ a : r1edge t. ti n g a c c e s s t o . wf uurem ained of th e o f i i ! i ; h l ~ 1 p olic e files l ihat w ,e" 'ould ' . ; - l- ~ u 'l ~ _ ,_ H C - :- ' ~ I . h o w mu c h o f w e,I sau _c rca_ ._ l:e JI!.L _ ._ ..' lL~~_~ ethougiht we koowaOO1U the Wbitechapdn1I llJ .r d cr s was based i l!lpon th e c on fu sio .t il";s p ec 'u la :t ~o n a nd s ume ;t im e :s omri ,gh t imagi-n adon oJ th e: j o u r n a : l i S : l S : of th e day.. The :: popula r , c o n c e p , l i o l i l l of th e R ip p er~ s sm ~largely just the cha:mc~er'ofMted br thep res s from long ago. [f I~ w e:ren 'tfn r th epapeu, many of the ml.~oncepl:to[lsaooutUle ca se w o u : M m , " l ' e . X ! S t .O u t tl e - ( I lher h a n d . , i f t h i s . l i n y s t c n . Q U S ;a n d In rg c lym y tb ic a'i Jook the R ip per h adn 'tbeen p la yed up in the n ew s., w e m o.y blSV6Iflcvcre"~,n litea!rd of th e ease ' ~ o d I E l . Y . A nd insumcinst l lncc .s . wi th th epollicerocords, a s ,8 p(Jc:tyas lim y are'. th e Q.MMtJe les I lFC e h C !olllly thi.ng .s w e have (0 t v y t O o HillIn s o m e ; ofthe gaps of mrrkno1whxJge.

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We S~m1ou t w U l h Don SmJ.:den~sc: l ,am i-na 'Hon of just how badly man,gled Iheaccoormts of Mary Jane K ell,+ g dea th werew be :n t h ey re ad ted pl" int;ylOu c a n use tha t a soometl1l!ng 10 keep ' In m ind "oV :henreadingos he r n ew s a rticle s . f rom t~le~~.i ini le"The in AlanSharpwti[esaool1t th e pondcs~nvolved.~n~ he jo um a H s lS ' ,o pin ion s of h ow th e p o l i c . eled th e investi lgrl!tiOli!1 wi~h a . s p e c i a ] tmptul'sis onrepcrtstrem Ireland (wh~ch had vc rystw ngpoth rca i vicw rs: becausc: of 'the hu ge, Q o n . l r o v e r n y over E:~gland'.s con t ro l over t l i J r a tCQYi)~ry).As..'i~ialt Edi~or wo~rV'nnderliR-den fuU ow s t:ha i l . wiltih a p iec e. . spo tng ;h t .~ngsome spedfic anicles tosee Wh3~.hey migh tlen us aibmn Ihe ease ..Then weget into ~he a r t tc iea t th e head{)ftl i l :i~s issue or R ip p er N ote s:a . special io-d ep th loo k a t th e W h ~~ .c c:h ap cim u rders , fromt! ile ea rly vic tim s now not: g en .e ra lly b elle vedto havebcen I;;JU'cd by the FUppe,r.. ~hro~ght ile c la ss ic v ic tim s . o f the A utum n 'o f Teoof and the n into (.he arte rs lhocik s of the e aseyearslai te:r. . Thjs is a,reprint ora . series ofarnc les ~lI! .1929 ' that w a s , r ed ls ee ve re d byN klltdla s C onooU . a w h ile back a nd n ow~bl ishedf tere ~O r the : f i : 1 i ' S 1 lim e in '15 yea rs "Whi1e mnny ,of the : i lndividtlai d~ta~ l s pre~sen ted h ave s ince been :sh ow n t' O 'b e 'Wra llg .a n d som e: of th e ; con c lu s ion s th a t: a u th orN o rm a n : Ha:;.ti l l i lgs mad e den' t c o~ nc id e w i thm odem beH ~fs 08 th e c ase, ovc ra U t hep ieeeis an amazing ~ookat the lmpat,t the killiingsh ad on : s o o i : c r y . And. a s Flas thlg5. elaims toha ve g otte n I n rOtmi l t~ondirec41yfroUi l offi-cers ,a t. I the ~;im;c~some Qf~ ihe- d e ~ m i l : S i I ' n j g h ~ .e ven p ro v.id c seeds . fQ r funber . roscarch.After .hat we have a eoeple ofanielesthalt could be con~idered fOinOW-Ups~o ou r

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In t h e . s ame w ay" '.llIO's t [o f th e new:s -pa.pe::rs,g o t some of the: d:etails correc t . ey,enin _heir [earliest aceouats, 'but overaU th equ a li ty o f th e repor t ing w as very ba d . N a ton ly w ere t!h e n am es or p oop :le a nd placesren dered in a eeu m t ely .bUI a l so a n manne r ofr u m o r s w e r e r e t o l d a s fact. A s 1 1 . r e s u : m t : ,s to r ies th a t condnue t .o fru s tr a le R ip per- ologtsts to t bi s d illY- li b th e 'ta le th at Ma r yJ a n e K en " ba d a s on (d es crib ed ,a s.a ny w h e:rre'from seven- to 11~yearsl"!I)~d.)~ :~v i ngwi th he r~ .. g a in ed im m edia te ' O l r J e :OCY . a : r u i dledeeper we dig into newspaper reports C l h eless reliable they become ,

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Ln 'N 'ew York ,. w he re ~he ' e s c a p e of amu rd e re r ls a s ra re a s i t is com m onh e l i e . t h e r e p o l i t e r n a r r e f i l s m o r : e utlllvc-ag en ts in feJ :r et i ng nu t ,eri.m ethan thedle t (: ( :~hC $, The; ) ! w:enQrno~! ' IUmet-ou s or m ore in ite Utle ntlha n t h e : r e p o r : . .ters of Lom lan, but t hey a re ,@;iive;n,e ve .ry fa dlh .y a n d , oppo l1 lun i t y ~Dg el, : : d l t h e fa e ts and n o p a n of a n y c a s e I Sh l d d , C I l (m m th em un ~es s , th e detee-l i v e s ' p ~ 3 1 i1 I m i 1 k c . " St n e c e s s a ry ' t o k e e , pit a ~re t.1'I iIe ,con se qu en ce~sha t al a rge number of sh ru p sn d ex p ed-enced l e y e s tl!rc f O O U l s O O . u .p on e ve rypoint o : f a case , a n u m o o r of dUferentlht."t.l:f~(\S dev,(dop wbi~h ~he reportersfQ lI ow u p , .amd i n S la n c es i Iil wh i c h thedetection of a m m i . 1 i U l : 1 is due to an ew s:pa perrep or.1er arc s~mply to oc o mm o n to ' c rea t e . I J i I i l l Y p tm : i c u ~ a rc on lm e ;n { .. . . The sooner ~he ponce6 1l1llh orities ap prec ia te- an d. a ct o n lh~sth e SOGJI : l c r l l 1 l 1 . ~ ,WhilcdJ8iPCI: f i end wil l ibe caph! l red a n tih um an life jnl - Q . n d o n r e n d e ' f O O amHe m O f ! e s a f e ; .or c o a rs e ;, . t h e~S la r w a s open ly c r it ic a ]

Q . f t he: Me:t ropol ilt tl ln Pol lee , from Warrendawn to the lo 'W : l~ ics~ca t~wa l l k~ : r~an d i t sd f : " s . c r i p d o n o fpO l k e~ p ress r e'l'a ilio ns .O h e r . QFn o w ) il l th e Uni too S ta l~ s w as o\'c:rlyge ;nerous , M.oreov,er, i ts letters: c olum n s (a nd!Idlo.se ofnvnl newsl i ' .c ln t l~fS) WCle fiUed F u UF 'l" !' LI ~ '! II II !' .w H h t,hoori:cs a nd . s ~ gg~ t h :m s ; i l J o o u t Cap~'llIf~i :n iS th e R .ip p er. so th ere w as no dea rth 'O f't l l!put upon w hIch. re porte rs migh t act.: FiU rlh c r, . t he way O O O l e : n .e w sp a p e r s w o u i t d ![ , I f U n l h u m t l y meoition dc tec : t ive5 , re laHvcly,

low in thehler : :a l iChy s:u:gse-sts ~hat tbey had .d 'e ve lope d ne ws sou rce s w l.thin l i h e , d c p a n -ment, Fi:naUy.~lhe. . N ! Q V ( m i i l O O r 1ij~,888~Nf tWYar:k Sunaco(ml1lt of th e nlulider. w h ~ c hseem s: ~ n h a ve been wrn~i~n4-.- : ' t - . . w -.. . ... _ VI;). . ... n~ _ Ijjl IS o. nc o m ' S ' J ' K I n d e ! 1 J t ~ obs.er\i\ed. uchly, "The poriced o n .m l h in g ln n observc sc c recy - a s ec rec yea8ilymeJt("oU wi th 8 . h.alf c;f : I ( fwn.by ~Iheway.."

None l hel ec s s t m c s t re per te s s WCfe forced1. 0 s cm m ble fo r w h a tever in fo tm a doolh ey,could , o b 1 : a i : n f m m d u biou s, s ou litie s a lild t h i sw as n e :ver m ore obv iou s I i lmn ~n th eimmcdlll! le nfh.nmath of thcK.ell ly mu rd ter . .Unl i ke ~ h e 'otoor mUlUc r s a s cdbed to (h eRipJJC r., th iis one w as n ot disc overed ul i l l~~r icar~y n l l f d - d a y . , . and I (h at .me3f1lt th e numbe tof ~he curious d lmwA to Dorse t SUice~~even.wi t h (1m o omp citin ,g L ord M ay or 's Dayf l e s H y Ide s ,w . a s cmnme! f i l sumfe ly t a r r g e : r . W l li h:repol1ersspec:UicaUy exclu~ from c.1Je,scene;" [h ey h a d to seck . infurm atiO :l1l from .811yOiRC cl!liiming knQwledge , of the, decea sed- and Ih :erosecms. 10 b3i\'C been .mnny inthilit c a te go ry . .

O ne of th ose 'soU Jrees oif~nfOF1naHOil lw a s .D r.,J . R .. G a h e of M eek I .en burgh SijUaNtwho s e ; rlHIllC appea r s in e a rll y s !t or ilo s a hm l t~heH1I~rder MOlle; onhe. p ihycs i c i ans immedi - ale~ycal led ~oMiUel's C o ur t. T h e Novem~ber IO ~ , .~ S8 S ! .Dai~Y Te , fegT t1 ,ph lW coun ti n clu d ed : 'U r. . .J . R . Oobe , . w hovl:ew ed ~h ef O O d y . , . said he had seen a great deal hid i s o o c : l i n g r ooms , . b U ! ~ . h e h ad n everW ~lne sse d S l!1Ch a . h m m i b l c sighl las ~h.eim urdered w om an pnlscntedi."Thc :firstrep ol1s of ~ ih e m urder s e e i n G in o1h c rn e w s ;p 3 lp c r s , w e r e ; :illsoclea:r.lyp:ro'Vided byG.o:oo;,a~d h is com m en ts co!1ore d pre sscQlvcrage g loo aUy . 11m d.emllsw,e re , o:(tei!lg l ' r ! ph~c . .Tbe Ne:w York He.mldquoled h ~ms a y : i ng , ~H P.m t: ~ 'B elow th e neck I l l i t e t n ,U 1 k :sugges ted a sh eep 's careass In 8. s la:uglueri b o u l s e . "

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q .u lcfd y as Dr. G abe ts n ru ne appeared inp rin t~ t d is a p p ea red. . H e i lSDut . evenm.ent io.ned in th e ' e ,ncyc lopedic Th :e J ac ./( th eR,i~,. A toZ The : po$ibility su.sts~tselrthat UDr.G8!be~' wa s : t~ i k e " L iz zi ie F i sh e r. '! < taf igme.l!lt of tim i lm;agiMtion or thegarbUl i Ig ofa noth er p hy sic ia n's n am e . }Jo:wyer:. SQmrecen t ( a nd mp id) r es rea reh by N in a 'T hom a s~Robert. Charl.es LinfooJ. am i Chris Scottes tabl ished thl l t John R. Gabe t Qr ig jnaUyfrom. Walest was. practidng doctor and m . e d l : c a l Gffic i ,a lu at 1 6 M o o k li e n ib u _ t : & h .Sq: l i Ia fe at the (im e ; a m d ve t ) ' Hk.e lyhad been,o ne o f th e; [u stm e dic a l men of th e s c en e.. Pe rbap s hisspoody d i sa s soc i a t ion from th e,e ve n lw a s o c ca s io n ed by h is loos e Ups . ' T hepo li ce s tr ove 10 k eep a s m u eh ~n t:brrn ation a sposs,ible secrel,and Gabe;'s wiUiJi lgness to&pmk w ith th .e p res :sp roltably 'c a s t h im intoth eir im m e dia te dis fa .vO f . .Gabe . h n w e v l r r t w as lh e ex cep tion fmanyoneoffic . ial ly ' C O I l _ n e c te d t 0 1 th e i ~ n v e s t i " ,gatiooand reporters 61!1lhe scene had to letin fon na don from among O le ir f ellow eSpecm~tors .. lbis w as 'no dau !h!. respons~bEe fu r thedi:ffm ::n t n am es in iC ia ~ly g iven t!h e dec ea sedand desc rip tion s th a t: va ried from "dad,c om p lex ion ed '" to ~ !fa ~ra s a 1 I I f P a s w eU a sth e w eU -P "lblic~zed slO ry room an avqua tn -t a n o e ef ti le m urrderedW O JiDan llIat herdesp air w a s so g rea t: ,b.ep r:evioos even in gth a t s t1e w as ,con templa t ing s u i c : i . d e . GreatSOb- iS tO ry stuff, . b u t 'W i f l .o u t MI.)" , a ! n d b u t i c : n .and a t odds w hh e v e Q ' i l h _ h , g (albeit l l i t t le )we:havecom.e to koowabout KeI~y~s coonwte r .

A n oth er rea son fol' th .ep en rM l\i 'en cs sandper:sistence of :s om oo1il p !:e S s m : i: s : i n f o t . .M atian w as tec bn olog ic ail. a dva nc es .. 'loday~wllh the J l l l temet ,ceU-pbon,es a n d . real- t ime:s ateJU te relevis .lon tra nsm is sion . w e dailym an tI a t h ow ' sm all th e~w odd h as becom e.There i s . no deny .~ng tha . t r 3C t~ bu t. to ou rS J i n \ l 8 i n e s s we Q fte n fbt':g e :thow 's hru n te n d I~globe had l i l r e adybeco .meby ISIS. T h etr an s -o ce an i.c c a ble s ;a n d ~el.esmpb l and~in . e s

m ean ltlh a t n erw -s of M a ry KeUy'sr:t:IililT&rrea c -h .ed rea der .s In A tc h is on , K a n sa s , o r.B ismarCk . N .'D .~ ahNost as q , u i c ~ l . y as it did lth ose in wndQQI .

Un[hrtunately. th e re w a s , a .p e n aliy It o be, - > ~ 4 i " . 1..i -- , - - - d - c . d s -Rlination o f I theWu JiM :U.I.IS pee .y.sse ._ .. ' ....n ew s. F or ('I l1C d dns , ~he dis t lm.ce from th eey .en t O ) ea n ~ t h at t h e earl ies t repons . w U i b .t hen : i n it ia l n li S iD!forma t i nn , funned the bas isIb rd1e~m a lin s to r ie-s o f a n . even t in . mos t .overseas newspapers.. And, ex,cept for acouple Qfblg - c i t . y new$~r5, a n t l : l crepolis ttn iO ugh O ln N orth A m erica . w ould bec ulled foo m the .s a m e fe!w s ou roes . B a sed ons e v e r a ) . ke,y p h r a s e - s ; . repea. tedcl' ibat im. i~ :i sp roba ble tba t.n lIo s , t 'o f th e ne ;w spa j)e ,fS ~~rorn th e .A itch ison .Daily ' ( ;; lvbe and~heBlsmaook Daily Tr ibune lO , th e W in nip eg .Can_ Manitoba . D a i I Y .l're.ss- a U giott li le irs to ries fl1m n th e .N ew York n,,.,f.T here w ere s om e eX .c ep tlo n s. T h e .Freder ick(Marybmd) News an d M arion . Ohj~Q" DailyStar,. .among othe : r : s~ ,appe ' a r to h ave h ad adUTerem,t,t l l iJoughcom n ron ,souroe .and! a :fewne .wspaper s d~dh a' e repen s filed. by theirOWD. ' cOffCSjporu!e.nIS i . n .London .

Nonethe ies s , t l i l i s ,commomli i ly 'o fsources for m any N orth A m eric an p apers(am d p rov in c la ~B rilis h en es a s w eU ) mean tt ha l the s am e m t st :o :lres w ere broadCast fa ra n d w ide and bec a u se a fth is g a in ed anu n d e " s . e : A ! ' e d v e : r : : a c l t y . M o r o o ' \ i ' G r ~ o n c e n e w s . ." ' . . . ' o o d . . ; ~~(Jf ,-., -boot lihe RinfiP[p a p e r s , p n n . . . ' som.e _ I . n g a i_ --~- -- -~I. .r"'-m 1 l . r o e r s t h ey s e e m e d to; accepthstrudl ! f i l l i~~ness toomselvesand would. c-Olilil inue ~o p,rintthose " : fac t8u~nSl i1bseq.uc ln t stcries,'T his w a s e~ sp ec ia l~yso in NQr t h A.mer i -c a . w here m os t of th e n ew sp ap ers c tm l:i'n :ued10 aU ude to am es~e sup p osed~y sc raw ledn ea r A n nie C bap m oo"s body: 'five:~Fi f teenand I g ive. m y sellf up ,, '" ' l ' J : m t lM s s tm y w ast o c . a l . l y discredii too. ; a .most F r o m themomeifi!ti t w a s fi Q t e[pOn : e.d . d tdnm dete.r man~ed i to tS . S om etim es thcy ,a lso got . I he i r f a c r sscrambled! , a s : when tbe F tede r i c k .H~,ald



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l i I l e~ru iomedin It s . f i t ' S t K e : l l l y s tory Ithilit earUerIU pp er v ic tIm A J!!n ~ e C h apm an h ad.~ n' ~5,abbcd 39'l jm~s;."a fale dun had oou .mUybefaUeli l! M a r t h a . Tab r am . Eve:n I h e - Londonn.ews:papef '~h howe\1er~ we re not i lmUlne tofallin,s to . I:!eep u p \ : l l ! ' h h , h e " n e w s and. th eSI;ar of Nove .m .ootl O~ .1S88~s l i l l . identj l iedC a th e r i n e ; E d d o w e s a . ' S K e : l l l y . i ; ~ h e s U ! r n a m ef ir s t ,a tta ch ed 'io h er ..

F in a J Iy ., som e of th e; blam e ~br th ep .I 'e lh oM of Ri 'pper ' ~poJ1lmge I 'irOrn mus t be]aiid at d ile fe e t o( t ! i l e -mewspapers ' ihe:r :n~se lves. The re wasce rm in ly no l a c k . of,competit ion" w : i t h s ome t5 J : t lonl ing, nine'c 'Vcn ll ilg , !l ind 3 ': ; y"eefdy ncwspapcB readi ly.av,;dlabh:; in Lnndon. . N( !I ~ d id th e I f !ew~papers lack iH Oe lfltive .ror a . J a ck the R .ip pe rm urdeli w as a .s to ry g tuu :a n leed ~os e] I . a sm any ,copies as coo'id oopri :nted . T hat sa id .h O W ( l : v c r , a pe ru sa l (liF t o o p r e s s , c o " ' ~ m a e l O r t h e Ripper ' s m ullde:rs~ S lugges ts a lo w' t o J c r a n c c ; l a r a cc ura cy ,. a . 1 'O C ko f hdt iadvc : ,u:h,c,Tdill l!stinct: (ewn a c c .na in doc iHty ) and,w ors~. of a n,. 'C QV C 1'n g c in a lii to o manytnstalfK";es 'ha~ w as , dr iven ibypomica:~oon s :i dc r ndoA s . .In reg a rd to t li te f irs t cha rg .e ,~ i l laccuracy~I llle S ra rw ,as q uite op tJn abo'[lt:Us approachw h en it w r o t e ~ n i~ s N ov. :110i s - s . u e ; : nnede~ire to be in teres t ing has had i ls efl'ec l o:mthe people w ho Uve i f l (h e ~ t~ slrCC t~c m . n : l . D ! n d ~ o d g i I O t g w ' hO o \ ! l s e s . . nnd. fb r w h o c N c rc a r e s 10 lis - ten . th ew , a re A H UN DRED~E nGH Ly ClR:C1IMSTA'NTIAL STOR IB S ~which j w hcnc a refu iU y sm cd. p rove tn betIC'I:-II] d 'y . " '1 I _ -f ~-, t li :' ~ ' ["~-- .- ,eh - s is iIIOI.ih.ye _O J . o~ dill! ncmp _ W _ L _ [ I ]o r i g . i . ! i 1 a l l ) ' . . And. b 8 . " , ~ n , g sa. id Ihali , ~h e Sta.f'frfln w~n t on ' 0 :reooumlaU ~illose alse-Slones . . Of possible i f i l te~t ~o m odernresea rc hers , < on eof th ose i S l o r i c c s s3i id to ber a l lac ious wa5EUzabe ih lPtat~t!'s accoun t uFhea r i i "S . ! I : C I iY of "mlurder)~i.nilhe:W O O : hoursof ~he;moming.

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did anse; f rom a J [ th e sto ri.e s I read, suehu,d e e a dy eme t gmc e of ' i~L , iz i ieFishef'~at id! ,. . ' l ! a r l . " 'M . J' . La .... toIDOJ ie pa l1l ,cu_~_Y. , __ l ll 'Yru te - , .wrence.Although there are some who s till w a 1il,t

to s ee , th e w ork in g s 'o f a m urk y conspi :mcyin (he i n ,t ii R lm i si ,d tm lt ~f ic a ti on o f KeUy a s' ' ' 'U zzief isber/'i t s eem s es ta b lis h ed tha t .F ~sh er w a s a noth er w om a n a ~log elh eF w how as c o n f u s e d w i lh K elly by a n e a r ) y S ,( iU F O eused by b o t h . th e Pre s s Assoc ia t ion andtheN ew .y o r k T im es (and, truoughthe: latterrc :peat~, by m ,ltn ), n e,w spap en in NorthA m e ric a ) .. I t s eem s Uke ly ~h a t UMary J a n eL aw rence"' w as a noth er ear ly mis iden t i f i c a -t ion p rov ided to a,cmcspondentfor s o m eiL. __ A ,.(',ty:~ .. m e f lc a J l l n e ; w . sp a p e r s ,H ow ever, a s 10ngas w e: a r eh av . ~nga ,

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The London Police:The View from the, Irish P r e s sBy A lan S ha r;p, A l a n S h t J r p ' is a w , , " it e 'r ~ tn em r e d ir tQ r a nd/r e:e l'au ce , I T , e x p e r t in D u b lin .lrre ,la nd . H is b o ok L on d oF t COrN~{J 'Onlene ,e , : J (lCk the' R r ;p~ 'r ,o 'n , d tli" . 1m . 'P r e " { A . s , h ./ i e ld P : r e s J : ) 1 i s scheduled , t o ' b e , ,~emed i: q F : e b m a r y : .

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Il i.rUtUer lim w h ic h d iu~ )'ou8 h t 10 bave; lhed e t e ; r m i l i l i n g v u i ( , ; ' " e : , S i , F C h a r l e s : W ' c !l ld d n otrem ain anolh er w eek in lh e !pos ition h e h a s00 oro"sl!i l l 8 '0 0 .,1 '" " , .. ,.Ii. - m . . . . . . . ~ - . . . . . . ~ . -'--'c' -""".r"- - -~. ~ ., u ,c ~ .'o J o( ll JC ; I I. " . .. .. .. . .ndl! l :-ued, c : l i i l t i : d s :m oFWarre,naoo hisforee wou1dsprearil [o other I l iU,~w8papers: and . O : t J h e r,coun tries , but i t was The. 'Star wh. i 'h , s to~e:ajump on aU o f them . On l Se,ptem~r lst~jUls~.a day a : f t e i f ( h e m u r d e r " the} p u , b U s h e d i ~he, i rfirs t in tim aden th a t: W arren m ig h il be unf i t [0'le ad . the hllnt:for I t b ; e IdUer., "W hen S lim 'Cha rles h a s. d lo .n eqoo rr el,l.i fll w .U ih liI is :d e! to o"l ive;5e r' lf ice ,, " ~ .he,y \l i! ro .e , "~he w ~ n pe rhap sh e]p~he c~ tjzen s o!FE as t, .bund(m lo c a t c hh im ,n

O ne eve;r ;p resen t elemen~ . o f preU:ymu c h eve r R ip per book WT . h , t c : n . li n ~hc l a s thu nd re d y,e ars , bas be ena c-nm me nW ryont h e effic~,c:lm-.. o f ; 11F-C; -li~ f'-: -;;~, - 1 I l " , 1 m i . ' -0~&-_" _-. _.__-J - ---c p o--",, , - ()JI:(:C. iL . \ ! ! . It_",-cu~ar l !yof I t h e M e l m ; p o l i1 l a l i l l p olic e" A I th ou g ,hi n recen t y e a r s ~ h i s ' h a s tended t o . O O n l l p r .i l s e a:weJ I~ reamned fn v es ti ga ti on ~ .a n d t he Ute s ofPall! Begg: BI!:'!dPbiHp Sugdc:! i i hav~ defendedth e a c ,[~ons of Warren and h is force"mallt-Yw r~ ters pa r:t icu la rl:)t in th e ea rl~er y ea rs ,bo:usht :~nUU.edylo, th e id~ :a of thej rinoo!l flpc tcooc. . .Donald MCCORd c k ~sD!~d.fWarren Clila,tli1:e w:a .!J ;I< i. a moot unsl!l l i~albJe:cho i . cerN~he off i ce" and t h a t h e : 'Was ,' [ ' un imag ig i l~ 'Ye~ lUllhoritMiM~inclI,pab]e, 'O fassc$S~:l i Ig anyprob:lc:m e :~.cept , 1 : 1 1 1 1 mi:li i tary. t 'fn n s , h e up set rh e e l O O t ii r e p o l io e f o r c e by h i s ,i facHcssne8s a nd a r n ~ ; a g o o i : 7 . e d th e C r tm hw ][n vc stig atiomD epm 'l:m e nt by h is ; s ca n~ .regaedfo r Ihu t .hody ,n w hUe T om CiuJle n : s a r d of h i l s ,3 ! p p o i n h 1 1 l . e n t t lun it w a s '" .li id c s hor t, o f . nn a t i o n a l d is ru l 'l e r . .~T h e a l t i tude l : ! i l : d U in e v i -d e i H c e t .oday~ w i t l h :Pau ic ia C Q f . p ; w - e ~ 1 i S i t o t i n g ,i l :b~li ' riddln,g London ofWnrren mlly be th eo n ly g o o o d . d e e d J P C ' k t ' h c R i ; c p p c , r ' d ' i d . H

T hese w r.iters , hav,ebeenl .most ly t a : k i i m g~h c ir 'oad from . iO ew s:p ap er reports in th el~ tke5of th e SI'arolildi th e Pall .~fallG a . 4 C u c .~~.:t Ie - les - --c e:lt~~i { l i r e D~l' Tlie-'I'-''''i.UwiN ,0 a~e r'"_ ..eifh_-' . ( U _ y _e'--8 aY'~' .mmdd b e ; ' r e m : e 4 n ! b e r n d ~ h ow e:\ler , th at ti le

farsl. lWl) o r th ese h adla radic a l a g enda . touphaM. a n dW am eo h ad bl~l)ued h i s ~ ' owncop ,book whh ib is a c tion s in reg ard to th ~Tm ,fa 19a r Squa r e rhltslhe previous year e.w .an :en w as portrn "yO O .by them asa teol of~ihe;C'olillserva!liv,e. Go. . ,ern:mel i l l : .a l l~hough infa ct n O lh in g. c o u ~ d h a . v 'C O O e n nu t he r fremtlbe tru th . H Is m a n y d i s , 3 : B r e e m e n t ! S wi t h n i l e :Horne S ec reta ry H .e:n ry Mauhew s ,a re 'WeUdoc um e nted . a nd it is s e ldom rem em bered 'tha t W am ;l:1il w . n s i~ [ : n e t a n a p ( ) I J ~ ~ : l m e J n ~ (IfH U ' . . kChHd-.i-M.,-'~~lh, w e . ' - ~-"{l-: ~~-.-. ','I_ .&'~ __,_ e rs~ .ih~._ e s P l.~e ce ._ sor I ,nG~ a ds t.o oo" s L i be ra l Govcrnmc:lilt Warrenw as ~" fac t II . U .fe~ on gL ,i'bera l w ith .surp ri~s : in~dy pr 'og i l "ess i !v lev iew5~ I m l . he was ,3i~SO afllalil of p rinc ip le w hooolie;ved th: l l i th~sprofessionaJ. duty owns 10 up'boM tlil:ellllws ofe h e la :n dl'C g a n l! l'ess , of h is : ovro. person~([ I(unuJrl ls.

I t w asn 't I O n l y Ih e L ondon p :res :s w hopoured reprQiOOli.on. upon the heads ofW aJ:1ien an d h ism en . T he, N ew fork T imesreported (hat " t o o London police and detec-tive force is probably th e sw p ides t in 'th ewor l d " and t h a t j'(h~y COnf( '! . i iS t h e m s e ~ ' f I e ; swithout a Ch IC ' ; and l b . c - y devQt~tlilck ent tFee n e rg ie s to p re ve n tin g the p re s sfmmg e u .i:n ga t, t h e fo c ,ts ." w 'a s h in g ;t on ts Ewm i , ~g Sl -a r.s aid . '~ T he s tu pid L on don p o~ ioe :h a ve beenc h n s i . r l l _ g h im fo r m o re t han a )P 'ea t whllil. 1 1 1 0h o p e - Q f s u 'C C C S S . '~ a iJ 1 : d ~ h e , M < ) I { j r e a l DailyStar s ta lled . 'NO I , on e of th e p erson s m J eS ilO Oon sU5p i,d o!i1! h as been c : 0 1 n n e c l o o w ith th e: I:cm o le st c i rc um s t a n c es , th a t could! indoc .,cbeH ef th a t h e- 'Was , even aware IliIs lE rhemurde r l l l Jad b een c orn m jt:~ ed ! a nd th e ~H c cWOUMI h ave been a s , th oroug lidy ju sU fic d inn IT ~s li"g tih e Q~~tl herse l f as they wereint a k . l n g in to c us tody t h e p e r s o n s Ihe,y w e r ec em pelled to s eta l. Uoony fo r w a n t o fevidenoe.'How-e\ ! '~r . onoe 3 _ g , u i t l w e , c an ,a ss ig nmot ive to th ese u~tenm(;es . N orth A m ertc aw as s u n th oogh t of a s th e N ew W 'o rt1d.t!3 . m J bocihc()u n rr ie s H k e d It o 'lhtnk of them~



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selvesa s m o o.eom a nd progre.ssLve",a fa r c ryf:m :m . tbe old (a sttion oo,!, o1 . ltm ooed . tm di tion~aH s~ othe B ritish Is les . T he p ress" th en asnow ,w r i t e s wh a t th e p ublic Wlmls to hea r .a n d th e p u b o U o wMtedto h e a r ' how m u c hi be tt er p r ot ec : ted t hey were ih a n th c ,1 .B r h ls bc~un{erparts~

E r e t a n d ! w a s a ~cia l ! c a s e '. H e r e , we h a d ,,Icount ry that w8S , s t i ( 1 u nder direc t. Br i t i sh:ru l,e an d w h ic h . w a s d iv ided betw een ~h oses l rUggUng [o r i,nd epe nd e;nce and (hose w horem a in ed loy al. to the C rown . U Dlight havebeenthougbt . t ha t , ( h,e O f} in ions e xp re s sed onth e London poU ce.a s re 'p te-setua tives ofCrown. a u th o ri lt y. . m ~g h t h av e been div idedon th e s am e lia es , bu ta s tudy of the press a . : fth e da y s i,g ,w s tha t t h i s wllSpal.ent!ly no ( (hecase .o .n e fa c tor w h ic h do:uded th e is s :ue J atleast as far as th e Na t fo n ;a l~ s tp F e s sw aecon cem ~ w a s th e r e S i g n a t i o n of J l u n e sMon ro in t h e , w eek s p r io r to th e ' ponyNichols mumer.. Under norma] c~rc:um.,s ta nc es on e m~g h ,th a ve e , l pec red ,~he H o m . eR u l f e r s louse Myopportt tnH y lQ sunckW:arren1 especia'l l ly a s : 'I l had bee!A .h i sp roh~-bi tion ora . p ro tes t a t th e p r is o n. t re a trmen t of.N a tion alis t . M P W illia m O B r ien w h ic h had .10010 th e even ts at Bloody S u nda y,. H ow -c :V t e r.Mon r .o~ w ' h o a s wel l a s h is dunes a sCilrli.efoftH , e m , was alsoin.cllar!e of d 'le ,s ec ret J r is h dqm r tm en t, . Sect i . (H i I , D,.ifhefG ren :rO !n er 'o ' I le S pec ia l B ra n c h , w a s a nev 'c n g rea ter ila rg eifor their s c orn . T he,Fre ;em an ' .s Jou rna l welcomed his resigna.~t i . o n in t h e i r " leader c o l u m n of S e p W m ! o o r ' I ,s t : :

U i s s a ti ;s ra c to ry ~o fiind Iha t th . c re is 3 .pre~ ty u nan~m .ou s feeHng among th eLondon ponce th at S ir Cha s War r en '8ni" l} rcv i : n " ' . . . . . . l l ;> . . .d y . ",--'Ii, -I." h . '1r""- .. ,if "'- - ' ~ "':"~ ~~ .' ,.mY:~ Wld.C. on yla st . w e ek brou g!b~ a bou t dWR sig na -li .on ,of M r. M on ro* th e A ss :is ta n tC 'ommi i s s ione . r , w m h ave 'th e , e f f e c t . ofabol ish ing tlieCriminal In 've"stcgaUoo

D ep artm en 1t. or c rip pling :i~ s 'u sefu ]~ness very matenaUy. U any :5l!1Cbm uh fon g ,w son S irC ha sW arre .n 'sacdonan decen t m en w ill. he ready tosu p p ort th e C h ief C om m iss Ion ert n s t. ead . o f hdldin,g a loof a s , fu el' dor n . o w , 1l1e C r 1 _ ' _ m j O i B I I I i l ' Y e - s , t i g a t i o nDep a rtm en t w a s up to s om e y , e a m a g oa . very use:fu l.~n st1tu tion in a b~g 'c itylike Lendoa, and it wou ld , con t inuea iw ay s lobe reg a rded. a s s U (: h I f H sf:1!In cti:Gn s we re o o : m f i n c d eo thein v e s tig a t iio n .o f c rime . .Bu t latterly ita s been C O l1!vertedin loa sort ofp olit ic al 'bu rea u. T h e hun t a fcer th ed.y n am i ters c om p letely demora~ised~t. M r. Monro' and h is detec t ives"~nstead .of coli lt i1 :nr in ,ghe~ra~,tendonsto the m en . w h o come to I. .ondo11l tob~ow upbr idgeS1 mades set up on aUI ris h .N a tion alls ts . .They foU ow ed ;a nddogg ed m .en w hQ h ave a s h ea r tyabhQrre n ce of cdm e as t h e m s e l . v e s . .T h ey sw am ted abou t~ h e H ou se of, ( > . . , . . . .. . - m o , - n n s t l o r , ti l - - i ! 'I . .~t~~w'"e s s i o n s. . . . . . , u , " _ _ _ _ _ _ ,~E r.::1'.... " ...... su :ms .subject lns l r i S i b :memoo r s tQ I th e m .os toffen S :i"fe form of e s p . l o : n a g e J ; . andc rea tin ,g s uc h ,I l sc an da l tlla t E ng ~is .hm em bers lik e M r. B m d!~ aug h .,a n d S irWilfrid L a w .s olil avowed wi th shamefro :r""e~ f p ~~ s in th e h ou se thi l,~n os uch . h um i lia tin g sp ec m c .le c ouM be5ee41 in :a n ycRp ita l in E urope'. 11I isbe in g the sort o fw 'ork d on e by theC rim in al.bllves tjg ation , D ep artm e nt;,,n obod y w iU reg re 't . th a t S ir C h arlesWar : re li l! h a s ; g i ven il t B k in oc k . o nlh eh e'a d. W ba .tw O Iidd h ave p lea sed M r.M on ro w as to be ten a . perfecl ly freeba lld . a t Mi1~teha l l -p l ace" and . to bea~l.owcd.to do IS he liked wi th h isdC tri.ves and p la in c loth e-s ,p ciU ce.m en .. E 'Y id e n,t~- S 'I I" r:'---'II~- W-~,--(-,-- - -~.--'1 ---- ....,!!a r,e ,s ~ amnO O s \ l e r y d i f : fe . r e r li t n O ' t h : m s . S . t r C h a r le sWa rre n is a . 'V tE Y s remmW liton d h iS

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A nd Ih c fanow -ing da ly ~h ey c O l u i . I i 1 J U O O ,i n ml lJlChrt~esame \ i'e , i!n : :

It s ure lly i s an e , x p e r i , . e n c c of t h e ~ m o s , uappa l 'l io g d~ r ip t iu , n lihat in th l;':s eI ; a t t e r days o f the N i ln e c o o : n lh . C e n t u l r y-w h on ~ he:r.c !iisin e : l l : is t c f l l C : e a tm ioodmm :y of off i c i a l s un d e r th e diood,eo!i ltroJamd goVetlUlilcml of th e S : t a ~ e : "pro:vhloo w i t l i J l prac l i~aMy u n H m i i l l O O ]oppoot l! l!n i: tl ies or tracing th e co1il_rscsoft ! tm C ' lO ' : i l - d o c r nnd~neuntifilg I l l . . : ,I nmo s~ . r e c e s s e s o f h is . h , a 1 ! l n ~ s ofw ick ed n e ..~s~ the sight. of p olle em en,a nd of the d e , 1 e c , t ~ V t e shou ld be soshort as 1 . 0 be uaa'b~e, to (< tH aw at I n o .re m ote : d i.s ~a l1 loo th e bloodstainedfoots te ps of tihe - liA ilu 't le re r whese. su rpass Ing dM in g . and r o c i k ~ e s . . " i J J i l C 8Sset upon his brow the aw fu l a n dr 1 X O g ln im b l'e m a rk : o f C A I N "H O ' W e v ' e : r . the~Clivol'\1~;mle,nt o f ' th e C ' iJ t y

po~ice fuU:owjng~he mu r d e r olr Cnthet ine!S ddO w c:5 did no1inv.ite th e m ole rt;~badon. A ,clue t o w hy I I 1 I s lhoo]d ,ooa p p e a r e d in ' t l i l esame O c m : i o o l i 2nd e d i . H o l 1 l ofthe JriJ.h T im e s ;

The co.nd~el ' l ) ' f the City Pcd~cenu(h o-:rirtie"ii;n c ootm tU stin cH on w ~thth3i1 'O f the M e u up u lU an P oU ce inconnect io-t l Wt~h th e la tes t di!t-i,; 'overed... -1:-. 'j- ~.'.,.- r r ~ - - J ~ < - - f nm .en t edu~ue" IS 1J}t;,!ngI.reeq' 00 "__

on by a n sec~.ion.s: of th e ~ s s . Themurl'Jer'! ln Mitre squm being: w ~ t h i r : 1th e ,ci lyboundarle .~ pooperco:meSIv.m:fer lie. jurisd~cU'on of th e c i typoH ce"w ho h a;vegi\i\en t ' l \ 1 , e r y fadU~.yto tlile P re s s hi! th.e~f' unp feasa f l i t:IA ~rs;; w hjle ~heijr mctropQlltmiibmlihre:n w : h o h o . v c charge o r d i . eBe rn c,r s< tre e t oUrlra g e a re by onmean s~ hils s aid , a n .xlou s loa ss is ,tnewspape r men , but an t ! h e otherh a nd ra~ h er fmlstraitc t hem i n t h e~ rilllqui,rJe.s..O n c e a , g ; a i n jl t w a s t h o o e i n c < o m m a n d o fd i e , ( b r l O O w h o , c a m e , ~ n f o r dIe . 1 ~ ~ o J i l i s~ l i t : a r e o f

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T h e i .nd i8 llla t ion l o f m e 'p ubU c a ga in stth e H om e 8ecm ta r y for d8C~ iD i ng t ooffer ,0, rew ard :for t he . d ts cO 'v ,e ry o fdie Whi . te f:bape .l lIOI ! .m terer its be oom ..' i nS , sof ie rc :e I i h . a t .ll i s a lm o s~: ce rt a ~1 !ith at, 'the Gove rnm .e n t.w jU have t O o get .r i : d 0 ' M r . 'M a n n e , 'W s . M J : " . Mat thews ,may h a ve boom ; ju s ti f ied . in n o to .ffe d ng ;a rewaM " bu t the public w an tsom e: vic tim . ,a nd.M r. Mal tb ,ews ' s i n sin 'oth er directions a le so' num erousth.a t h.e c a n , : searce1y w: i ths~and th epresent storm,T h e Dublin E~niJtg Ma'il,. on th e ollerh and. ~h e 'm os t loyal. of' a ll th e LoyaUs.t

press. 'coli1' tinuail lyresisted jumpi.ng onto- thebandwa . " .o'" ' ' : '"~.-.avq~If.".-'c ' 1< . .. . , ., . t . . . . . l ' : "U.... -,e - n ~U\!l 8.....",.., o. e:rmnelil . 1",IUsuppo r t . On, Oc t o b e r lId they s eem ed tosug ges t. th a t . fa r from th e poH ce bei.ng: incompe~lent . ill w as lihe;v:lcti:ms Ihemselveswhowe . re tob l r une :

It d o e s n o t s e e m . t o h a r y e o o c u ! l T e d 10anyhod.y dia.l the murders , cou~dbee f f e c u v e l , y s topped by t he , un fonuna tew om en fh em sc IY,es , w ho ,a re indange r . . L et tbem lu m 10 ,a n hone s ttra de, B ven chor ing would be benerth a n be in g m u rdered . T ha t is th e wayw e should.sugge.stfor tbem -~n 'Iliedefau lt of th e P O :I:ic e- to defen d th e~rh um ble h om es , 3 nd p erson s . I fnobody w m b e , found t o . e;mployt h em , they can ta k e snel te r in awmihousc.Even 'thaI is bel.let' t h anbcii!l8 :mmdered. The y W U~ not needin th a t c a s e to be in . th e s treets , a nd inth e m o ot d!lln :g erou s ,comers of th~m~a t houFS .w ih en th ere. is no w i.tn ess 1:0pro t ec t th em ..T h e a ba se s low e lled on .dl.e Lando.1it p olic e s eem s io u s lid leu -1,005. The (KiUce cannot 00 every-whe r e , 'The public c a n n ot , o f f O r d tok ~ p a n o ft loo rp e rm a : n en t ly . s . l a d o n o oin e 've rybU:n d aUe y l ind afi:sibJe

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court .y ,aRI in L ondon ; and the demanddlat t ld s ex pen se should be under -ta ken fo r th e p ro tec tion o . f a d is gu stin g and dem om i:s ing tm de~ m ark s a nex .t re .m e ly low I ,evel of inteUigeli ' tce, Itis a Moral. ceffl l iinty I h a t lh e poHce .from the h igbes t ~olhe lowes t . medmmg the~r l evel best to detect d t e .m u llderer, a nd to p reven t a rep e'tidon 'o f 'h is 'c rim e s.S imH l l d y th e ,BelJast & N ew ry S lan dar:d

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' lII lI3rcers of the !J K Ilic e a tu h or :id e s ,wouldseem ~:o 5 U g g : e , S t that the H l u r ~derer d:es irod10 p rac 'tlc e a p iece O tg rim and gha s t l y hum our a t th eex pen se o f ' ~I~e,foree ( h a t hasshewni~;lf ;00 woefu l l y ineffk:ienli:n dj~,cnvering th e mons ter w lh o h as th row nLon d on in ~o s uch a . f e rmen tThemontli l ! 0,( Oc;~OOOT 'ou ld s ee th e

op en in ,g of the P armeU C 'mnm is stOIil"a nd , itwa s llo ti e- e8 b l~ edudng ~hl:smonth th at . m K bo f ~ h e c n tlc is ,m , fO c us edl n ot so 'much 'on th epo!ice themselves, bu t , 0 11 , c o m p a : d s Q i R sbetw ee:n th ee coooilti,ons l rnBngls ,ndand,I rela nd" T h e C o . r : / ( . ,Examiner on Oc tobe r 6thh ad th is to s a y :

.M im he w ,s a nd War r en , a re (horoug~~yd~scredited in th e e,y es of t h e ' pubUe ;bu t tbey a rc su c ih u sefu l too !s in theh .a nds of th ec la s ses in .suppressingth e m o vem en rls of the .Dtunocracy 1 1 1 1cLomd~n dH'u tbe G(iiv~rmnent areu.nw U Hng to S O C T I , f i c e them . to' fie:[p u blic ,c 1nm o ur .. .. . One res :u lt of ~h e-eErnl outburst of cf.m~ i l l . London_ . . . ._ . . . - . _ . . . - . . _ . - . _ . - _ . . - . . . - - . - - - . .w i i 1 be p ' [ o 1 m b 1 y t h i s ~ h : E U M :rCunningtHt l1le Graham. Mr' Cony-bea.ro. 0;[' s om e o ~h eli B r it is h . m e m o o , 1 iInay be t emp t ( ld toilntroduce 8 .C oerc ion B iU i~ thePll.!ll~nU!1 for ~ ih epurpose: of :preve.ndn,g brurta i .cr lmeand m .u rag e in E liIg l:!:m d.Tbe Jdea of ' ' C o o r e I O ! 1 l I J O T Englamd ' "

w a s ll. c o . n s t l ' l ! n ts u g g e s t i : o l i l i o f the N a t i o n a l i s tp ress , and ~lbemo:r-emicn '! n ew , i j ; p . n : p e r s : were;more than happy t6 use , th e muroenasaanexcuse H) "vent ~heir sp leen .t O f a ll dtejournals there was none so redicalas theUn ite d lr e .l-m t d. O w n e d by C h arles S :~ ew a dParne l l a o o . edhed hyWiUin :m. O ' B r i:en . ~ib.isn e : ' o \'~ ' i l p a : p e i ! ' a d ! b e e n p , r o h i b h e d f r o m s a l eunder the, Coercion Acr. and several new:!:,.SllUelTShad,ooCLn.amsltedaod r m p r i s o o c d . .

O n S ep tem ber 2 91!h l lu: iy ~ade th eir feeU ng so J ilt h e ls s u e m O . s t forcef id ly fclt~S .' . lh Wh hat1 I P JX 1 ' S lI :1 S . .. .. e ...I lte c."pe_ assassm~ations bad taik!eli l lplace : inrK.crry ' w h a ta U !!il~ ve r sa ~o u tC I'y there' w m .!!Id be,a bou t th e inalle de:pravily , and brura. l~, ily o . f the Irish race. There ' has beenn oth in g in K c-ny ..w ith a n th e f ierce' P r o \1OCa I1~On ln whiieh th e wretthedinhl l ibhants a re s u b jec ;ted. a h un dred -part as, brutal as these purpose lesscrim e s . The re wou ld bema loss for amo t i v e ln I :r d a od . .The 8ssassi.l! I !stions,H .w e u l d be mke lD for g ira il'le d , w e recommlaed at "lllIe secret orders" ofas a v a g e . ir ro.s .ponsi M e u:.ibulJI8iI ,and lirefn .ilh .:n 'eof (h e pelieeto discoV'ler ae luew ou ld be ,ex p k tin c d by the se cre tsympalh.y o f ~he : il il hab iU lin l :S WI'I I i l , t i le,c r i .m~na~s . A ve ry n e a t. pamphle l .would . be publ i shed on dtc tex t topoove t h a~ t l l l i e b i:s h p eop le a rea ra c e ;'O f degradedassa. ' iJs i .ns uU cr'b U IiI ,fit ('(iiiself~g 'O !vem m en t. H ow w ould E h e ;E !n gH 8h p c op te n k e th e quotei ' l lpressed hom e tiQ ~hent.seMV'e.s .for those e;lcment.s of the press

d e l : e o r m : l n e d ! 1 1 0 Miqlu ir e S . ir Cha r l e s 'Wanen'ss c a lp ! ~ .h e era s in g o f th e G()'I!I~SlCin. S t ree : twddng; was a godsend . . 'TheF" r t t f ! . t t t ; (m, sJO lm raJ , w h o ea rlier s f y ou rem e m ber . h adreferred ~ ,oW arren a 's havi:ng!~troBgDind ! I ' IO~alnogelher oojecdonab1e\!i i :ews.ti seemed 1 0 0I t ll!'i"e chan g e d ~he lr vJew of him a ,t som epo in t , poss ib ly ' w h e n h . h a d appea r edp ri litu ic al'!y s avvy tn do s o .. O n Octnbe- r l 3U ,t hey desc r i bed 11m i . 1 l1 s o m ew h a t s t ronge rI t e . r m s :

Heappe 'MS wh:o l~y i n c apab le of doinga ny th in g bu t b~undcrf rom IDondng tonight . . Heis now c h a r g ed wi lh . h . a l l d n gooenU nl person w ho d iF ec~ ed th ewdt i ns ; on the walil over whe r e th e

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fragm en t of th e ap ron w as found lnGols ton . (sic1s tree t to be ,obliterated.The" e:xp]anadoll i offeredby ' f I I e pal iCeis tha i . th ey fea red a n an t~~ Jew i5 :hQti!t~ i i : ! dleE a s t E n d , B tu .~ ~would.ha .ve been quite , e a s . y f 'O r t hemu) h av,e h ad th e wr i t~ng c , 1)ve red. , a tleas t un .til. it wuphctograpbed.In s tead of fh a ( S ir C hIU lJ .es W a rrenin sta n !t~ yg ot. aU tmces of itremovoo ..' Th i s deserves It o t a k e rank a s on e ofthooebh, l f iden wblchis w O r n e than ac ri m e ~ fo r i ,t a.m o u ll! ts t o th is -that th ec h ief o f th e Lendon p oU c e deslroysw fJa t:seem s. to havebe:e:n . tile mos tiAlpor tan t due yel t obmined as to tbei de nt ~t yo f I le : m u rd c re ,r ,The Co r k E.mnriner . o f Octobe r 11( i l l .

w e : r e i r a nyR dn g e ve n more ,vmeme:n t int he iFcondemna t ionand man~ged.oincludeHen r y Ma t t hew s . in the : m i x :.P eop J e in c on s equen ce: a re .a sk in gw h eth erW arm n is an . imbec i le m r' ac rim i na l. M atllew s ,. th e. Home , Seere-tary , I S of course p r:h na rily res po.n -s ibJc , for a s head. of (h e M C c t r o p o l llanp o~ ic e, h e hassYS[emat l caUy defend-ed every a ct of Wm~, no mlU l te rb o w ; a M .u rd it m a y ba ve been .Matters w ere, of 000 rse st i rred up even

fu r th er w ith .h e m u rder of M a ry K en y . .M a n y M W , S p a p e n ; pw iieJed th a t S ir C h a r lfiWar re l l wou ld have 10 re .s .go ! ,unawue dla tibylihll: l t im .e h e ' a lready ba d .. The Con :, E ' x a m i n e r o f N O l i e im l b e o r 10 lh m ade th ecom pa rison to, how su ch e : v ' e n l S wou i fdbaveibee ,n recei .ved . .i n . .l re land:

Utde c:mi~tcare given t a t h e po~ice:ey en sh ou ld t h C J f effor ts he , e . O O t w r n o owlt 'hsucce.ss" whiiClill , everyone :mUSIdesire 10 see accompliShed. DiepOf ioehavc! it aeem s , com m enced

th eir old pracdce .ofre~tJs:ilng in,fbri-mationto the Press , . but it wouLd notbeat a n .s ur pr ls in g ir ~, w e re u~Hm a le -Iy th rou gh . th e a s~mcy o ftlh e P ' r e s sand Q . O : t of the pol i ce that. tilem urderer 'W ere broug ih t lo Jw ;~lc e . . Bu .tit is a terr ible state afihings w U hw h .l~ h lh e i .n h ab im n . ts of Londen a reconfron te d,. a nd if the .p 0~ice . fa n toth eir d uly , d le y a n d l!h e i!r~ oo de rsw ins uffer f:o r it, I n I re la n d I!be;policeandthe i r 'omcm~a nd m l th e R em o va blesa nd In ca pa bles w a x [a tO ! nd s lron ga stbep op ula r i'n d~ g:m a tion ris es aga in s tl he m,bu t the:reis a . s t rik i ng d:irrer-'eoee in lh e cL fiC um sm Rces of ih epo~ ic e a n d ttle p eop~ e in llh e twocountries. I t is, I t he re foR~ more t l i t l iDprobable that Sir CHARLESW ARREN iand M r M ATTH EW S wH Ih ave tog o. . .In tnuh~Ww ren. w as not at a n th e man .he w as, m ade nut. t o . be.. ' iTheaccuul iOfi lS .o fhis being a ""mili tary m artin et" w ere in .reality baood . s impliy O l il his attempts to

m o dern ise : rh tfo ree;. a n d th e a c cus a tion th athe cou 1d ! n .ot g e n a long w i~h his men . seemsto h ave been ck01GnsJ tab~yijc t i i jolLS~if th ereport of the T i m e s 0 . November ~6th ISanylhingtogo &y~

A dep uta don rep res en ti.n g, th e,w h ofeof ~be, M e it ro p o l i la n . PoHceFo I !Cewa i t ed ( U ' i I S ir C ha des W:aIrena~ [h isprivoteresldcn~ SI George ' s - road.),c& tcmo.y. fo r th e pa rpe l . se of e} ! ; lp ress~t o , g th eir reg re t a t bilsresigna*:ilon.Criticism of Mauhews may ba.ve been

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