The Detroit times., 1912-04-29
|MERICAN SUFFRAGETTE
| DESCRIBES HARDSHIPS
IN HOLLOWAY PRISON
Hiss Alice M. Wright, of Albany,
Saw Women Faint From
Being Forcibly Fed
FNDS TWO MONTHS TERM
declares U, S. Embassy Defends
Persons In Interest of
Voters Only
|epyright, 1912, by the United Press
Association.

epyright, 1912, by the United Press
Association.
LONDON, April 27.-Just what treat
ient the suffragettes who were con-
.cted OF rioting in connection with
he demonstration of the militant ele-
bent In London In February and
harch received at the hands OF the
british prison officials in charge OF
oted Holloway jail was today told to
he people OF the United States
through the United Press by Miss
lice NJ. Wright. one of their number.
Miss Wright is the daughter OF a
Merchant of Albany,sN. Y, and Is a
raduate of Smith college. For a
lumber OF years she was prominent In
ociety In Albany and then she went
o Paris where she studied art. AS a
culptor she earned by her own eff
orts a recognized piace In the world
Il art.
Volunteering to do what she could
Or the cause" Miss Wright went
rom Paris TO London TO take part In
|he demonstration which resulted In
Wholesale window breaking Then fol-
owed the arrest OF more than 100 suf-
Pankhurst, head of the militant organ
zation and Mr.. and Mrs. Frederick
Pethick Lawrence, editors of Votes for
Women, who are now being prosecut-
I'd on a conspiracy charge. Miss
Wright was convicted OF disturbing the
peace and served nearly all OF two
honths' sentence. She was released
Thursday and prepared the following
Recount OF her experiences:
During the entire time that | was
N Holloway prison | was refused per-
nission to communicate with anyone
outside OF the Jail. II was not until
kpril 10 that | was finally allowed to
write to my mother and even then
vas compelled to keep that letter for
mailing until ! was released from
prison on Thursday.
while was working at my profes-
ion in Paris on March 2, | read that
. he militant suffragettes in London
we're breaking windows in order 10
Emphasize their displeasure over the
Shameful way In which the premier
Ind his minister had violated their
.luties and had refused even TO permit
parliament TO consider the question OF
bqual suffrage. Desiring TO participate
, n the movement ! hurried TO London
hnd volunteered my services. My mo-
lives are easily explained. ! simply
hesired to share In the protest against
| he dishonorable treatment of the wo-
mems demands. Our cause is not
merely national, il is universal.
I'VE commenced our protest in Am
erica aeainst taxation without repre-
fhnrnfnFa
seemed reasonable for us TO commence
with glass in England. On March 4
by two suffragette com
who were armed with ham
(mers and stones | went TO the kens-
kngton postoffice. They broke the win
bows there Although had stone
II did not use it. merely carrying 1t as
Ian evidence Of my protest against eX-
listing conditions ! did not wish per-
sonaily to destroy British property, as
i was not a British subject.
After being arraigneL in court and
sentenced, |. with eighteen others,
as conveyed TO Holloway in the Black
Maria. the prison van. Enroute We
sang the votes for women song set
TO the Marseillaise.
After the entrance preliminaries,
We were hurried into cells. We com
municated with our fellow suffragettes
by means of brown paper megaphones
through the window gratings. In &C.
cordance with pre-arranged plan for
the first week did only the briefest
daily exercise and refused either to
attend chapel or to work and no real
effort was made to have us do any
thing.
Later | with others did some light
work, such as sewing and knitting
and thereby | earned the remission
of one-sixth OF my sentence. ! made
an American flag from a handkerchief
getting the red stripping by using dye
from a book cover and the blue field