Jasper County Democrat, Volume 23, Number 72, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 December 1920 — IRISH COUNTESS IS ON TRIAL [ARTICLE]

IRISH COUNTESS IS ON TRIAL

Mackiewicz Woman la Brought Before British Court-Martial. Dublin, Dec. 3.—Countess Markiewicz, M. P., one of the most prominent Sinn Fein leaders in Ireland, who was arraigned before a court-martial charged with conspiracy and sedition, admitted while in jail that she had killed British army officers, according to the prosecutor in opening the state’s case. Following the example of the late Lard Mayor MacSwlney of Cork, the countess announced from the outset of the hearing that she refused to recognize the court.