Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1912-04-27

HORRORS OF HOLLOWAY JAIL.
Victim Sculptor Who Espoused
Cause of the English Women and
Was Imprisoned.
Copyright 1912 by the United Press
Association).

London, April 27.-Just what treat
ment the suh'ragettes who were con-
victed of rioting in connection with
the great militant element in London
in February and March received at
the hands Of the British prison ottici-
ais in charge Of the noted Holloway
Jail was today told to the people of
the United States through the United
Press hy Miss Alice NJ. Wright, one
of their number. Miss Wright is the
daughter of noted merchant OF Al
bany, n. Y, and is graduate orr
Wellesley College. For number OF
years Miss Wright was prominent in
society in Albany and then she went
to Paris where she studied art. VC-r7
unteering to do what she for
the "cause" Miss Wright w.eft from
Paris to London TO taL .,epaTt in the
demonstration vi. resulted in
wholesale win;sis8 breaking, Then
followed the ,,4rest of more than one
hundred ssifragettes, including Miss
Papk..,fdrst, head Of the militant or
gan eltion and Mr.. and Mrs. Frede-
ricRWPethick Lawrence joint editors
of Notes for Women" who are now
Icing prosecuted on conspiracy
$charse. Miss Wright was convict
ed Of disturbing the peace and served
nearly all of two months sentence
She was released Thursday and pre-
pared the following account Of her ex-
;,rrirnceS:
(ey Alice Nj. Wright, Albany, N. ~
During the entire time was in Hol
loway prison was refused all per-
mission to communicate with anyone
outside Of the Jail 1t was not I'M
iii april l9 that ! was finally allow
ed to write to my mother and even
linen | was compelled to keep that
letter for mailing until | was releas-
ed from prison on Thursday
while | was working at my pro
fesson in Paris on March 2, | read
that the Militant Sufi'ragettes in Lon
don were breaking windows in order
enemphasize their displeasure over
the shameful way in which the pre-
rsier and his ministers had violated
their duties and had refused even to
hermit parliament to consider the
question of equal suffrage. pesir-
ing to participate in the movement
volunteered my services. My motives
are easily explained. | simply desIr-
ed to share in the protest against the
dishonnrable treatment of the wom-
EMS demands. Our cause IS not mere
ly national, it is universal.
eve commenced our protest in Am
erica against taxation without rep
resentation with tea and therefore IT
seemed reasonable for us TO commen-
ce with glass in England. On March
d accompanied by two sutfragette
companions, who were armed win
hammers and stones went to the
E;nsjnrton Postohiee. They broke
ths windows there. Although had
. stone | did not use it, merely car
rving il as an evidence Of my protest
AGAINST the existing condition. l ana
not wish personally to destroy btit-
ish property as was not a BRUSH
subject.
After being arranged in court ana
sentenced I, with eighteen others, was
conveyed to Holloway in the Black
Nlariah, the prison van. Enroute we
sang the "Votes for Womenn SonE'
set to the Marselleise.
after entrance preliminarles we
were hurried into cells. We commun'
Gated with our fellow suffragettes by
means of brown paper megaphoheS
through the window gratings. IN ac-
cordiance with prearranged plan
for the first week ! did only the brle1
est daily exercise and refused either
TO attend chapel or to work anu no
real effort was made to have US DO
anything.
Later, l, with others, did some
light work, such as sewing and knit
ting and thereby I earned the remis.
sion Of one sixth of my sentence.
made an American flag from a hand
kerchief, gettin the red striping b.
using dye from q book cover and th'
blue field from portions Of my cloth
ine. l placed only six stars in tn