ON FRIDAY night an R.I.C. motor driver stationed at Enniskillen was shot at and wounded a short distance outside the town, shortly after ten o’clock.

Constable Craddock, who is a native of Belfast, was walking along the old Rossory Road, and on his way home, about half-a-mile from the barracks, he was suddenly confronted by two men who emerged from the old Rossory Road, which branches off the main thoroughfare at Rossory Bridge.

The two men produced revolvers and fired at Constable Craddock, who was in plain clothes at the time.

He was struck by a bullet in the arm, while another bullet passed through his leg. Two more bullets passed clean through his hat without, however, inflicting any injury.

Craddock fell to the ground, but managed to draw his revolver and to return fire at his assailants, who thereupon decamped.

Thorough search

He was found lying on the road by a woman who passed a few minutes later, and news was at once sent to the authorities at Enniskillen, with the result that in a short time a couple of lorries of police were dispatched to the scene and proceeded to make a thorough search of the district.

In the meantime, the constable was conveyed to the military hospital, where it was found that a bullet had passed through the muscle of one of his legs, while the wound on the arm was merely superficial.

He is making satisfactory progress.

The injured man gave a description of his assailants and all suspected of the crime have been arrested, and later released, as the constable failed to identify those brought before him.

Amongst those arrested were a number of shop assistants who were in the vicinity of the outrage at the time, an official in the Income Tax offices, and a number of workmen employed in and around the barracks.

No one, however, up until yesterday has been detained.