At the door of Mansion House, Dublin, a queue of mourners formed last week, four abreast and stretching back a distance slightly greater than one mile. Within, tall white candles lighted the bier of a 34-year-old man robed in the habit of Our Lady of Carmel. His expression was serene. The pallid hands enfolded a crucifix resting upon his breast. This was Kevin Christopher O'Higgins, in life Vice President and Minister of Justice of the Irish Free State. Three undetected gunmen had murdered him from their automobile...
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