`."System- "System gl<-"System--@Times New Roman--- 52 x`cWho Killed Constable Kearns?         2 x_c  @Times New Roman--- 52 `cIntroduction from Chronology         2 Sc  @Times New Roman--- "2 `cIRA men try to      (2 cdisarm two RIC men        2 c   2 c  52 cSgt T. Wiseman and Constable        2 c  2 cG.   2 `cWaters    2 c   2 c  M2 ,cat the Customs House (or GPO) in Derry City.             2 c   2 c  )2 cThe two RIC men are        ,2 `cshot (but not killed).      2 c   2 c  \2 6cLater, three RIC men were found wounded in Foyle St.             U2 `1cThey were in civilian clothing. One of these RIC              2 cmen    2 c   2 c  2  cConstable    2 Qc  2 T cHugh Kearns       2 `c   2 jc  42 oclater died from his wounds.        2 Gc  ---@Times New Roman--------- 2 "` cMore Detail  ---  2 "c  --- 2 >`PcFrom the accounts given by Gallagher and Grant, it would appear that, after the                      s2 T`Ectwo RIC men (Wiseman and Waters who had been wounded) staggered back                    C2 i`%cinto their barracks, a number of RIC             J2 it*cmen (including Constable Kearns) left the            2 ~` cbarracks in     2 ~c  n2 ~Bcmufti and went on a rampage throughout the city shooting, burning                    w2 `Hcand throwing bombs into buildings, singling out the houses and business                     k2 `@cpremises of prominent republicans. It would also seem that they                "2 Lceven shot at a        2 `Vcfire tender on its way to tackle the fires they had started but the fire tender had a                   --- ;2 ` cmilitary escort which shot back.          2 \c ---  2 ac  --- M2 `,cIt emerges at the inquest into Kearns death             2 c   2 c( 22 cand at compensation claims          2 c)  2 c  2 cthat    ,2 `cthe three RIC men were       2 c  2 cnot only     2 `c  2 e cin plain c     2  clothes but     2 c  2 chad been     2 Gc  2 L cshot by the      "2 `cBritish troops.    2 c   2 c  a2 9cOn the other hand, Abbott says that Constable Kearns was                J2 1`*caccidentally shot by the British military.              2 1c   2 1c  C2 1%cHe says that three RIC men were sent          q2 F`Dcfrom Victoria Barracks to investigate reports of gunfire from Foyle               2 FacSt.   2 Fwc   2 F|c  2 FcAbbott   --- ^2 \`7cdoes say that the RIC men were in plain clothes but doe                 2 \cs  2 \c  2 \$ cnot say why.     2 \c ---  2 \c  --- 2 x`McThe IRA carry out some retaliatory attacks on unionist business premises the                     @Times New Roman---------@Times New Roman--------------- >2 `"cfollowing night. On the November 8          --- 2 wcth--- 2 c, the  --- 2  cDerry Journal  ---  2 c  +2 cwas to report a Sinn         2 `cFin   t2 Fcspokesman drawing attention to the lack of response by the RIC to the                       M2 `,cloyalist killing of Constable Flaherty (see           2 cOct  2 c- 2 c06   2 c- 2 c20/3   12 c) and contrasted it with        y2 `Ictheir response to the wounding of the two (or possibly three) RIC men on                     =2 `!cNovember 6th by the IRA. The spo          J2 p*ckesman went on to say that reprisals were          --- @2 `#conly directed towards nationalists.         ---  2 pc  --- 2 !`cBack    2 !c @Times New Roman---- @ !*#`-  "Arial--ccbbaa