HC Deb 20 June 1916 vol 83 c38W
Mr. GINNELL

asked the Under-Secretary of State for War whether he has yet ascertained the number of unarmed civilians killed by South Stafford soldiers in North King Street, Dublin, during and after the insurrection; why no report has been made of, and no one yet tried for, the killing of Thomas Hickey, his young son, and a man named Connolly, all unarmed non-combatants, on the night of the 28th April in the house 168, North King Street; why the evidence of the woman witness, whom the soldiers threatened to bayonet if she spoke, has never been taken; whether, in consideration of her terror of soldiers, it will be taken by a non-military authority; whether the full public inquiry promised into the North King Street cases will comprise this case; and in what way compensation is to be made to the dependants of the men so slain?

The PRIME MINISTER

Inquiries are being made into this matter and, so far as they have gone, they do not support the allegations contained in this question.