Prosecutive report + Buffalo clips · p.75

FD-390TRev.10-19-77
(Mount Clipping in Spoce Below)
Link to IRA
Disputed in
Arrest of 2
By MARGARET HAMMERSLEY
Theattorney for two·citizens of Northern
Irelandchargedwithtryingto enter thecountry
with phony papers, today objected to the U.S.
Immigration and Naturalization Service's de
scription of them as Irish Republican Army
supporters.
John J. Malloy, a former assistant district
attorney, said there,was no proof to link men
identified as Michael Weir and Edward Howell
with the IRA.
Mr.Malloy, who said he was retained by
mutual friends of the two men, said that the two
Belfast residents and three Canadian landed
mures, ie ae mam qm.pasreuo sueiarami
ly employed."
The fve defendants, held without bail sinct
their arrestsSaturday at theWhiripool Bridge,
were formally chargedwith felonies and made
their first appearance Tuesday night in Federal
Court.
.Each of the two Irish nationals was accused
under a name and an alias taken,from theIrish
legedly presented at the Whiripool Bridge.
Weir, 36, also known as Michael Gilmore, at
first resisted."processing" by U.S. marshais.
Mr.Malloy said that Weir did not under-
stand why ft was necessary for him to supply:
personal details, such as the names of
his:
parents.
Weir then complied,.and he and the four:
bther defendants signed signature bonds repre
senting pledges of si0,o00 for their release.
Magistrate Edmund F. Maxwell explained
that they would be free to cross the border,if
immigration should deport them, but they must
return for all court sessions. Deported persons
facing criminal charges can be readmitted to
this country under parole by applying at the
bxidges.:
The Immigration and Naturalization Service
is holding the five without bail for exclusionary.
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