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A Strand Hotel
London, January 18.
Armed detectives were watching early to-day the entrance to a small hotel in the strand, W.C., where three mysterious young men stayed for a few hours on the night before Monday's bomb ex- plosions, which shook wide areas in South-East and North-West London.
thirty;
The young men left the hotel at (5) Aged twenty-five, to 5 a.m. on Monday' in a taxicab an 5ft. 8ins.; very fresh complexion; hour before the explosions occurred. dark, wavy hair, brushed back; The driver was told to go to Villiers-clean shaven. Fawn macintosh. street, nearby. "We are meeting (6) Aged twenty-five; 5ft. Sina. three others," said one of them to fresh complexion; clean shaven. the driver.
Dark suit. Belicved to have a squint in one eye. Irish accent.
The instructions accompanying to all police the descriptions sent
They had arrived at the hotel at 1.15 am, One, tall, wore a long macintosh, reaching almost to his ankles. He spoke with a Scottish stations suggested that if the men' were located detectives going to The others, shorter, had an arrest them should be armed. Irish brogue. None seemed have hats. They had one small suitcase between them.
accent.
to
The men asked for a room with three beds. "We want to be together," they said. The night porter was asked to call them punctually at five, with tea and boiled eggs. When he knocked. they were already up and dressed.
Members of the staff were taken to the Yard to seë photographs of known Irish revolutionaries. They were unable to identify any of them.
Scotland-yard offered special protection to Ministers of the Crown yesterday. Mr. Malcolm Secretary, negotiated the recent pact with Mr. de Valera, was allotted a guard of two plain- clothes officers. A pylon at Great Barr, Staffs, to have been was discovered damaged.
An
was ent many p --and at
the roof
munition firemen part of
Sacks of dynamite had been tied Later in the day Scotland-yard special Branch detectives made in- to three legs of the tower...Fuses quiries at the hotel. They examined led from each to a mound of powder
in the centre of the pylon. Two I.R.A. "pr the room.
during the of the "bombs" had exploded.
Another pylon, which carries the mer, anoth main Manchester-Warrington elec-attendant, fourth a trical supply over Manchester Ship
clerk. Canal at Davyhulme, was found to have three sacks of dynamite and gelignite fastened to it seven feet from the ground. An alarm clock was connected to them by wires.
EXAMINED ROOM ·
Last night Scotland-yard circu- lated to all police forces these de- scriptions of six men they wish to interview in connection with the explosion in Southwark, S.E.
The clock had been set to go off at six o'clock, but it had (1) Aged thirty to thirty-five
stopped. It started tickling as 5ft. 10ins; fresh complexion clean shaven; sharp features long nose; a policeman picked it up, and
he immediately cut the wires. thin face; slim build was dressed in
A double police guard on the vital long fawn macintosh reaching to ankles, brown leather shoes of heavy points of Merseyside was maintained all night. Revolvers were issued to type, no hat. Scottish accent.
··(2) Aged twenty-seven; 5ft. 7ins; the officers guarding Clarence Dock ruddy complexion ; clean shaven; power station, largest in the North dark hair; medium build. Dark of England.
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grey suit, collar and tie, no hat. A day and night guard has been Irish accent.
placed at the B.B.C.'s Droitwich (3) Aged twenty to twenty-five; transmitter. No one without
The Vau 5ft. Gins; ruddy complexion; dark dentials is allowed. inside the build-40 m.p.g. hair: stiff build, clean shaven.ings.
trial, over Dark suit, no overcoat or hat. Irish Last night armed patrols were the 10 h.p. accent:
posted along the line of pylons car-And-it- (4) Aged thirty, 5ft 8ins; clean rying current from Liverpool to Hydraulic chromesh shaven. Overcoat and brown trilby Preston and Cumberland,
features... hat.
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