+   `."System- "Systemgl܉a-"System--@Times New Roman--- 2 x`cThe  )2 xcKilling of Alan Bell      2 x$c  @Times New Roman--- 52 `cIntroduction from Chronology         2 Sc  @Times New Roman--- }2 `LcResident Magistrate Alan Bell (who had been investigating the Dil Loan and                  --------- A2 `$cSinn Fin funds held in nominal bank             2 |c  2  caccounts    2 c   2 c  2 cSee ---  2 c --- 2 cMar   2 c- 2 c02   2 1c- 2 7c20/2   2 Z c) was taking      |2 `Kcthe Dun Laoghaire tram from his home at 19 Belgrave Sq in Monkstown to the                      y2 `Iccity centre when he is removed from the tram by IRA men and shot dead on                    @"Calibri--------- V2 `2cMerrion Road in Dublin near the Simmonscourt Rd.             ---  2 c  --------- 2 "` cMore Detail  ---  2 "c  --- 2 >`NcMick McDonnell and Liam Tobin did the shooting. Bell is shot three times with                   2 T`Ocone bullet entering his skull. The other IRA men present were Vinny Byrne, Joe                    2 i`cDolan and Joe      g2 i=cGuilfoyle. They were members of the IRAs Intelligence Dept               z2 ~`Jcand Squad. The IRA men did not wear masks. There were about 60 people on                   d2 `;cthe tram but nobody came forward to identify the killers.                2 * cAfterwards,    2 cAlan   --- q2 `DcBells body lay in front of the railings of the Royal Dublin Society                 2 ic. ---  2 sc    2 `c  --- g2 `=cTownshend comments that Collins was a finance minister with               2 [ cthe unusual      J2 `*cadvantage of also running a death squad (             )2 cTownshend (2014), pg        2 dc  2 ic91  2 }c).   v2 `GcOSullivan Greene says The shooting of Alan Bell marked what might be                   h2 `>ccalled the end of the beginning of the War of Independence. (                   2 D cOSullivan     72 4`cGreene also argues with OHal       R2 4J/cpin and Hopkinson about the reason why Collins               ,2 I`chad Bell assassinated       b2 I:csaying that it was mostly to do with his investigation of                --- 2 _`cDil   2 _c  2 _ caccounts    2 _c   2 _c  2 _csee  2 _c  =2 _!cOSullivan Greene (2020), pgs 190        2 _c- 2 _c196.) ---  2 _?c  ---@Times New Roman--------------- \2 {`6cFanning says that this shooting took place on March 20              --- 2 vcth--- 2 {!c.   2 {+c ---  2 {0c    2 `c  --- c2 `cBac  c 2 ck   2 c @Times New Roman---c- @ !*`- "Arial--ccbbaa