§ MR. LONSDALEI beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland whether he has received particulars of an attack upon the farmhouse of John Cassells, at Drumraney, Westmeath by men with firearms, when many shots were fired into the dwelling, and the farmer's two sons had a narrow escape of being killed; whether he has any information as to the cause of this attack; and whether the police have any clue to the perpetrators.
MR. BRYCEIt was reported to the police that on the night of June 26th one shot was fired through a window of Cassells' house, but from the direction in which the shot was fired it would not appear that personal injury was intended, and it is, I am informed, not the case that Cassells' sons had a narrow escape. Whether more than one person was concerned in the matter is not known, nor is the cause known. The police have not yet succeeded in bringing the offender to justice, but are pursuing their inquiries in the case.