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(the past 1964 - 1967) |
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H. Dolson R/Constable
December 12, 1964 Dear Sir, I beg of you in this time of holiday to consider this letter in a spirit of both humanity and humility before the Almighty. The forgiveness of God toward us is not just a religious historical footnote, but rather a lesson for us all, an example. My prior letters have gone unanswered. I beg at least a line of communication so that difficult issues, any issues, can be resolved. With the death of my wife, my daughter Katharine, far before her due years, has taken on the mantle of lady of our household. With premature responsibility came carriage that might seem precocious. Meeting persons at the door (never inside) otherwise unattended is what a housekeeper does. What else could she do? She is a lovely child and a frail child. I am certain that despite her high spirit, she will not hold up physically in jail. There is no reason for her to be there. There are no accounts of any activities on her part to warrant any penalty, let alone incarceration.
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I have retained counsel, but his probes have been thwarted by verbal claims of national security and subsequent need for secrecy, which is just preposterous. If you have children, you know that they have infatuations. The McGuinness boy is only one of, I would guess, ten lads who have been drawn to my daughter. Those youthful attractions are as fleeting as sunshine in our city. The best thing, if one disapproves, is silence. Forbidding and reprimand fixes such passing activities the way a photograph freezes a dropping stone. Let me, though, not be hypocritical and also say a positive word about the young man this is really all about. He is NOT like his father. There is no trace of anger, irreverence, nor sullied character in him. His "notorious" essays, natural poet that he is, have all been about love, fair play, mutual respect of all citizens for each other. He recites Milton, Goldsmith, Wilde, and Joyce verbatim. Such leanings are not seditious, but marvelous and, if anything, healing. You, we all, have to see past our own hatreds to be free.As to the facts of the matter, my daughter Katharine was given a simple request, by me, to purchase some baked goods from Drinn's. As you can easily determine, that bakery is near our home. She was grabbed by two men as she left with her packages. One shook her severely causing her to drop her purchase which the other deliberately trampled. She was bruised and had lacerations from her beating.
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She did nothing, said nothing (but cry, I'm told, terrified she was going to be killed by thugs) and did not, frail thing she is, resist. When she learned that the men who beat her were on duty out of uniform officers, she went to the near by neighborhood constabulary office to set straight any misinformation which might have led to this and which might also, somehow, harm me in the security of my job. She demonstrated her wounds and bruises with a verbal complaint of unnecessary force. She was taken away, her accompanying friend thought, for closer physical exam and documentation of her injuries. We have not seen her since, but word has it that she is under lock in an isolation cell somewhere on the outskirts of the city. There have been no charges nor even communications. I understand that the McGuinness lad has also been locked up. At this time of universal spirituality and good will, I pray that you will, on behalf of God, release these children from their bondage.
Humbly,
cc: Percival Stanley Chief Inspector, R.U.C. |
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The Royal Ulster Constabulary - policing Northern Ireland
This is not to be disseminated beyond level 1-2 officers. 1) Due to increasing radius of damage of explosives recently confiscated, all security officers in secured areas ought not station themselves within twenty feet of any outside door or window regardless of its assumed strength pending inspection and site changes. 2) A special work detail will be dispatched by the Architecture Liaison Officer to your facility shortly (at the earliest possible availability, without further notice) for inspection of site architectural integrity and implementation of required security structural reinforcements. ___ Bogside Holding Facility, Custody Sergeant Note and shred.
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