Skip to main content

'Assault in the The daily morning journal and courier (New Haven), 1880-1900'

Refuse to Give British Officials Information Regarding Mysterious Murder

Item

Title
Refuse to Give British Officials Information Regarding Mysterious Murder
Source
Evening World
Date
20-Mar-20
page
1
Identifier
Image 1 of The evening world (New York, N.Y.), March 20, 1920, (Final Edition) | Library of Congress (loc.gov)
Crime
Murder
Subject
Assassination, shot
Gender of alleged offender
Male alleged murderers
Gender of alleged victim
Male alleged victim
Law enforcement involved
Police
Stage of the Legal System
Extralegal
Length of story
679 words
Description
Cork, Ireland, March 20- The sensational murder this morning of Lord Mayor MacGuin in his home by masked men, has not yet been solved , but two days ago he received a threatening letter which directed the Lord Mayor to prepare for death, as he had been doomed.Two hours before the Lord Mayor was murdered Constable Murtag of the Royal Irish Constabulary, was shot dead in the street. His body was riddled with bullets. When