§ 17. Mr. O'DOWDasked whether Major Price, now one of the chief advisers of Sir John Maxwell, is the same gentleman who at Newmarket, in county Cork, some seven years ago, as inspector of police, ordered the police to fire on the people during an election riot when there was no necessity for such action, with the result that one innocent man was killed and several wounded; and, if so, who recommended this gentleman for the position of responsibility which he now occupies?
Mr. SAMUELMajor Price, who was appointed to his present position on the recommendation of the late Inspector-General, had no connection whatever with this matter. It was another officer, with the same surname, who was in charge of the police on the occasion referred to.