The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-11-04
SUFFRACET BURNS
POLL'aG OFFICERS
WITH DEADLY ACID
Leader of Movement Says
Governments Policy Drives
Women to Crimes.

London, Oct. 30.-Mrs. Chaplin, q
suffraset, furnished an early morn
ing thrill at tho Bsrmondsey bi-elec.
tion today whom she smashsd q bottle
containing corrosive acid on q ballot
box. Her intention, evidently was TO
destroy tho ballots Ia the box 40 q
protest against the exclusion Of women
from the right Of franchise. What she
accomplished was the painful burning
OF some Of the election officials and
the assurances Of her own arrest.
Slipping into one Of the booths. where
perhaps a thousand ballots had been
deposited, Mrs. Chaplin drew from un-
der her cloak a bottle In which ink had
been mixed with corrosive acid, and
before h could be stopped, hurled the
bottle upon the box
1t broke into many pieces and the
acid splashed upon the election officers.
a number of these were 20 severely in
tured as to require medical attention.
Similar Outrage Attempted.
About h same time a similar OUT
rage was attempted at another booth
by a girl, who wore the suffraget colors.
IN the latter instance little damage was
done beyond the burning of the finger
tips OF the election officers who removed
the bits OF broken glass. SO far as
could be asccrtained none OF the acid
had reached the ballots. PIX
Later. In an interview, Miss Christa-
bel Pankhurst, while depioring the
wounding of the officials. asserted with
much emphasis: H.,
sible. IL is the government that drives
women to these acts"
Violenee Prearranged.
II anpaara TINT fnAaxt m ,,inIaano go.
planned by the Women's Freedom
league, tho members of which glory in
what was done. Members Of his same
league picketed the house Of
for Is weeks. The leagues secretary
is Mrs. Edith Martyr. In an interview
following the attack on the ballot boxes,
Mrs. Matryn said: a..
1--WE thought that az Premier AS
quith had not shown himself amenabie
to our requests, the time la come to
take more active measures. Our plans
were thought out most carefully and
we foundd delight in the opportunity to
carry them out on the anniversary of
h Grille protest in the house of COM
mons, which was perpetrated by the
Women's Freedom league.
Our object this morning was to i'm
validate the election. We had various
plans n the others would have been
tried during the day had this one
1a1led.' ..
On October rs, 1908, a suffraget DEM
Onstration was made in the ladies' gal
leries during a sitting OF the house Of
commons. III
When attendants sought to employ
h galleries they found that two suf-
fragets had firmly chained themselves
to the grille or lattice from behind
which feminine eyes must view the pro-
ceedings of the house.
For q time the two volunteer prison.
ers resisted the efforts to remove them.
Today's bi-election in the Bermond-
Fey division OF Southwark Zone OF the
parliamentary boroughs of London), is
of unusual interest and II is expected
to afford n good test of the feeling in
London and the country generally on
h impending struggle In parliament.
A strong fight On the budget against
tariff reform a been waged In this
constituency, The candidates are: Lib
eral, S.. l.. Hughes; unionist, John
humphreys; labor, DIR. A. Salter.
At the last general election the lib
erals had a majority of I 80