§ MR. T. W. RUSSELLI beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland whether the report in the Daily Express of Monday, the 23rd instant, to the effect that a young man, named James Sadleir, was fired at on Friday night, on returning to his home from Tipperary, is accurate; whether the report that Sadleir has been "frequently threatened" is true, and whether there is any evidence to prove that his unpopularity in the district is in any way due to the fact that his family has refused to join in the no-rent policy adopted against Mr. Smith-Barry; and if the police have made any report on the matter?
§ MR. A. J. BALFOURThe facts as to this outrage appear to be as described in the question. Mr. Sadleir and two friends complained to the police on the night of the 20th inst that they had been, attacked with stones and fired at 53 The police fully reported the matter. There can be no reasonable doubt that the cause of Mr. Sadleir's unpopularity is that he and his family have refused to join in the combination against Mr. Smith-Barry.
§ MR. T. W. RUSSELLHas the right right hon. Gentleman received information that last night an explosive machine was thrown into the shop of a boycotted man in Tipperary?
§ MR. A. J, BALFOURIt is the fact such an outrage has been committed.
§ MR. SHEEHY (Galway, S.)Is there any other shopkeeper in Tipperary of the name of the man into whose shop this explosive is said to have been thrown?
§ MR. A. J. BALFOURYes, Sir; there is a shopkeeper of the name of Duggan.
§ MR. SHEEHYNo, there is not.
§ MR. A. J. BALFOURThere is.
§ MR. J. O'CONNORIs there any ground for the statement of the hon. Member for South Tyrone except the assertion of Sadleir? Have the police been able to trace the shots said to have been fired?
§ MR. A. J. BALFOURNo doubt the police have investigated the matter.