A police inquiry was held in Limerick, Ireland, involving Constable William Bryan who was accused of neglect of duty by District-Inspector Cusack. The charge was related to the breaking of windows at Dr Long’s dispensary on Thomas Street. As a result, the Inspector-General has cautioned Constable Bryan. Since then, Dr Long’s windows were broken again, and the police have increased their efforts to protect him and his property. A constable is constantly with Dr Long during his rounds in the city, a special constable watches the dispensary from 9 am to midnight, and other constables patrol the vicinity of the doctor’s private residence, which is half a mile from his surgery.

Belfast News-Letter – Tuesday 17 December 1901