`."System- "Systemgl̆b-"System--@Times New Roman--- 22 x`cAlan Bells Star Chamber        2 x@c  @Times New Roman--- 52 `cIntroduction from Chronology         2 Sc  @Times New Roman--- v2 `GcA command is issued by Dublin Castle to ten bank managers in Dublin to                   V2 `2cappear before a commission enquiring into the wher              12 ceabouts of the Dil Loan        w2 `Hcmoney. The command, personally delivered to each manager by a member of                      }2 `Lcthe DMP, was signed by Resident Magistrate Alan Bell. The commission was a                    "2 `cStar Chamber       2 c   2 c  2 csee Dec  2 *c- 2 0c30   2 Dc- 2 Jc19/1.    2 wc  --- 2 "` cMore Detail    2 "c  ---@Times New Roman--------------- A2 >`$cThis commission starts its meetings      2 >~ con March 8    --- 2 9cth---  2 >c  82 >cand they are held in secret.         2 T`McOnly three of the ten bank managers summoned are actually called. The three                      s2 i`Ecwere Henry Campbell, manager of the Hibernian Bank on College Green;                  \2 ~`6cChristopher Tierney, manager of the Hibernian Bank on              %2 ~cOConnell St and      s2 `EcThomas Read, manager of the Hibernian Bank on Camden St. OSullivan                    2 `PcGreene gives a detailed account of the grilling all three got from Bell. They                       y2 `Icwere repeatedly asked about accounts in the names of prominent Sinn Fin                         2 `cpeople   %2 cand links to the     ^2 7cSinn Fin Bank but, due to confidentiality around bank                 @"Calibri------ M2 `,caccounts, Bell did not make much progress.           ---  2 c  --- |2 `KcAfter interviewing the three bank managers, Bell changed tact and summoned                  z2 `JcJames Davidson who was an accountant in the Dame St branch of the Munster                       2 1`c& Leins   O2 1-cter Bank. From Davidson, he got the name of             ,2 1cDaithi ODonoghue and       z2 F`Jchis address, 3 King Edward Terrace, Drumcondra. ODonoghue was Secretary                 2 \`Octo the Trustees of the Dil Loan and the key person responsible for setting up                      @2 q`#caccounts in the names of trusted pe          2 qvcople   2 qc-  2 qc  @2 q#cand in some fictional names. Into         2 `Mcthese accounts, money collected for the Dil Loan was deposited. (It is not                   2 `Occlear if Bell realised ODonoghues critical role.) Bell also got the names of                 b2 `:cpeople who were likely to be front accounts for holding pr                +2 coceeds from the Dil       2 ` cLoan. Bell    2 c "2 cs progress was     2 2cslow   2 \cbut  >2 v"c, with the interview of Davidson,          2 ~che was    %2 `cstarting to make      2 cinroads    g2 =c. It is likely that Collins knew that he was getting closer.               2 c   2 `cEv  2 vMcen though Bells Star Chamber was held in secret, news of it leaked to the                    ,2 `cmedia. There is a str     _2 8cong backlash in the nationalist newspapers (such as the                @Times New Roman--------------------- %2 $`cFreemans Journal    ---  2 $c  2 $cand --- %2 $cIrish Independent     --- D2 $&c) against the inquiry. It would seem          2 9`Qcthat the secret nature of the inquiry and its vague nature gave rise to alarm in                    J2 O`*cDublin business circles that it could be i         J2 O*cnquiring into tax evasion. Critically, on            --------------- 2 d`cMarch 13   --- 2 _cth--- 2 dc, the  --- %2 dcFreemans Journal    ---  2 doc  G2 dt(chad published a photograph of Alan Bell             2 y`Ncand identified him as conducting a Star Chamber Inquiry into the business of                      ------ 2 ` cIrish banks.  ---  2 c  ---@Times New Roman--------- 2 `cSee Mar    2 c- 2 c26   2 c- 2 c20/1.  ---  2 c  ---  2 `c  --- c2 `cBack    2 c @Times New Roman---c- @ !*`-   "Arial- - ccbbaa