HC Deb 07 August 1912 vol 41 c3163
74. Mr. VINCENT KENNEDY

asked the Chief Secretary whether the police in Cavan have yet any information in reference to the tarring of Lord Farnham's statue in Cavan; why the police formed the opinion that the work was done by drunken rowdies; and is he aware that the Nationalist urban council of Cavan offered a reward of £20 for the discovery of the perpetrators?

Mr. BIRRELL

I am aware that the urban district council offered a reward as stated in the question, and that this was supplemented by another £20 offered by Lord Farnham. In spite of this reward the police have obtained no further information in the matter. The police, as a result of their inquiries, believe that the outrage was committed by drunken rowdies, and they cannot think that any respectable inhabitant would have been guilty of such an act.