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FD-350 (Rev. 12-5-78)
(Mount Clipping
3 arrested at border threaten fast
Toronto Star special
with making false statements.
pleading guiity to conspiracy to ex-
BUFFALO 一 Two Irishmen and
The five also were being held by
port arms.
. three Canadians accused of trying to
the Immigration and Naturalization
He 'and Joseph Nyles, of Garden
enter the United States illegally say
Service on civil charges of attempted
City, Mich.,were found then to be
hey will start a graduated hunger
illegal entry,making faise state
the leaders of a group that tried to
lptrike today to protest their treat-
ments and alien smuggling.
send 15 semi-automaticmilitary
Dment in custody.
Immigration officials said after
rifles and a machine-gun to Ireland
The five men, who were indicted
the arrest they had seized a shopping
via the the United States in Juhe,
yesterday, are believed to have been
list of guns and ammunition to be
1974.
planning to buy arms in the United
bought in the United States.
Nyles was stopped trying to cross
States for the Irish Republican
Immigration officials say the man
into the United States fromWindsor
Army. One of the Canadians, William
they arrested as Michael Weir actu-
withboxesofarmshidden inhiscar.
Gilroy of St. Catharines, was sen-
ally is Ellis, who is wanted in Ireland
Thatarrestledtosixmoreandto
tencedin Toronto in 1975 totwo
on charges of possessing explosives.
the discovery of a large cache of
years in jail for conspiring to export
weapons bound for Ireland.
arms to the IRA.
Gilroy admitted yesterday in
The other accused are Edward
The arsenal totalled more than 50
Howell of Belfast; Desmond Ellis of
U been sentenced to jail in 1975 after_ guns, including machine-guns.
Dublin; and William O'Neil and
James Kelly, both of St. Catharines
and formerly of Belfast.Gilroy also
came from Belfast.
* Joined later
The men say they' face up to 21
hours a day in solitary confinement
in the Erie County Correctional Fa-
cility in the suburb of Malden.
Howell said in a statement yester-
day that he will go on a hunger strike
today in.protest. If the fast contin-
ues, he will be joined on Monday by
Ellis, and then by each of the three
Canadians at five-day intervals.
The six-count indictment charges
all five men with conspiracy to
smuggle Ellis and Howell into .the
United States Feb. 6. As well, O'Neil,
Kelly and Gilroy were charged with
two counts each of smuggling aliens.
: Ifllis was also.charged with making
talse statements and presenting false
documents, and Howell was charged
(Mount Clipping
3 arrested at border threaten fast
Toronto Star special
with making false statements.
pleading guiity to conspiracy to ex-
BUFFALO 一 Two Irishmen and
The five also were being held by
port arms.
. three Canadians accused of trying to
the Immigration and Naturalization
He 'and Joseph Nyles, of Garden
enter the United States illegally say
Service on civil charges of attempted
City, Mich.,were found then to be
hey will start a graduated hunger
illegal entry,making faise state
the leaders of a group that tried to
lptrike today to protest their treat-
ments and alien smuggling.
send 15 semi-automaticmilitary
Dment in custody.
Immigration officials said after
rifles and a machine-gun to Ireland
The five men, who were indicted
the arrest they had seized a shopping
via the the United States in Juhe,
yesterday, are believed to have been
list of guns and ammunition to be
1974.
planning to buy arms in the United
bought in the United States.
Nyles was stopped trying to cross
States for the Irish Republican
Immigration officials say the man
into the United States fromWindsor
Army. One of the Canadians, William
they arrested as Michael Weir actu-
withboxesofarmshidden inhiscar.
Gilroy of St. Catharines, was sen-
ally is Ellis, who is wanted in Ireland
Thatarrestledtosixmoreandto
tencedin Toronto in 1975 totwo
on charges of possessing explosives.
the discovery of a large cache of
years in jail for conspiring to export
weapons bound for Ireland.
arms to the IRA.
Gilroy admitted yesterday in
The other accused are Edward
The arsenal totalled more than 50
Howell of Belfast; Desmond Ellis of
U been sentenced to jail in 1975 after_ guns, including machine-guns.
Dublin; and William O'Neil and
James Kelly, both of St. Catharines
and formerly of Belfast.Gilroy also
came from Belfast.
* Joined later
The men say they' face up to 21
hours a day in solitary confinement
in the Erie County Correctional Fa-
cility in the suburb of Malden.
Howell said in a statement yester-
day that he will go on a hunger strike
today in.protest. If the fast contin-
ues, he will be joined on Monday by
Ellis, and then by each of the three
Canadians at five-day intervals.
The six-count indictment charges
all five men with conspiracy to
smuggle Ellis and Howell into .the
United States Feb. 6. As well, O'Neil,
Kelly and Gilroy were charged with
two counts each of smuggling aliens.
: Ifllis was also.charged with making
talse statements and presenting false
documents, and Howell was charged