1 31 Guild St.
North Wall, Dublin. 10th May 1916 Hon Sir I beg to bring the following facts about your
notice. On Tuesday morning
May 2nd in or about 6 o clock
I was coming from Kingsbridge
Railway Station. I was challenged
on a couple of occasions by
some members of the staffordshire
regiment who were on duty and
allowed to proceed. When I
arrived at Arron Quay I was
held up by three members of the
same regiment and brought
round to the rere of Arron's
Quay R C Church and these
three soldiers searched my pockets in a very rough manner
I had on my person the sum
of £13 in Bank notes, on the
Bank of Ireland and Provincial
Bank, and a sum of about
3£ in copper & others. They
forcibly took this from me, along
with some other articles including
cigarettes. I was satisfied from
information I received the Times
evening that a train would leave
Kingsbridge for Cork at 6.30 am
and it was it that brought me
there. When I arrived there I
made inquiries from a Corporal on
duty & he very kindly made inquiries
and informed me that the train was
cancelled & it was, on my return
home that the incident referred
to took place. The amount
stolen from me represented a 2 years hard savings and I will
esteem it a favour if you will
cause inquiries to be made into the
matter in order that recompense
may be made me as it means
a big loss to me in my
circumstances. I have the honour to be
Your Obedient Servant Thomas Smyth.