New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-05-07
SUFFRACETTES PROMISE
TO POISON RACEHORSES
Admit the Killing Of Champion
Dog and Set Fire to a
100000 Church.
BOMB FOR LONDON HOTEL
Tin Canister, with Lighted Fuse,
Deposited at Door of
Hosiery Opposite Ira
falgar Square.
lBy Gable TO The Tribune !


London, May THE reign Of terror
under which England is suffering from
suffragettes is increasing in violence
daily. and the rejection of the woman
suffrage measure by the House Of Com
mons is not likely to mend matters.
Miss Violet Ashton Cross. Of Egham.
who owned Choo-Tai. the $4,000 Pc
kinese champion. poisoned by the mill
itants. received a postcard yesterday
reading as follows
I'VE are very sorry Choo-Tsi had to
be sacrificed, but our rules must be in
eSorably enforced and we are resolved
TO stop at nothing now. Every valuable
prize winner or racehorse, such as a
Derby winner, shall be manned or de-
stroyed when the chance presents itself
until we get votes for women. You and
other owners of valuable property can
only enjoy peace by helping US to get
the vote. The money you offer as a
reward would be better applied in as
sisting the cause"
Ada Wood, a street walker who has
an extensive record in the police courts
for drunkenness. was charged at Bow
Street with putting a bomb under the
windows of the Grand Hotel. opposite
Trafalgar Square, where last Sundays
riots took place. The hotel is crowded
with American tourists. policeman
saw a woman deposit a can with a
lighted fuse in front OF the door. He
abandoned the bomb after extinguish-
ing it by tramping on the fuse. and then
pursued the woman. He caught one
woman. whom he supposed TO be the
culprit, and arrested her. The woman
was remanded.
The bomb was in the form Of tin
canister, TO which was attached a
lighted fuse. while a placard bearing
the words Votes for Women" was
wrapped around it.
Burned Down in an Hour.
i st. Catharine's Church at Hatcham,
in the South East Of London. one Of the
finest church ediflces in the suburbs
was set fire to soon after noon in a
mysterious way. and burned so quickly
that after an hour only the charred
walls and few of the pews remained,
although the fire brigade worked hard
The fire was watched by thousands OF
spectators.
The interior Of the church was like q
g., &c 80
the flames were discovered. The roof
fell in half an hour afterward. and the
crumbling masonry seriously injured a
fireman. The church was built in 1893
at a cost of 100000 An expensive
chancel and stained glass windows
were added later.
The vicar. the Rev. Howard J. Trus-
colt. when asked about the cause OF the
fire, said:
Il cannot ascribe IL to any other than
those delightful ladies'"
The heating apparatus in the build
ing. he said. had not been used for two
weeks. there was no electric wiring in
the church. and the gas had not been
turned on since Sunday. Although the
church was usually kept open all day
for prayer all the doors were found IA
be bolted when the fire was discovered
The vicar visited the church at noon
when ne noticed three women in the
building He supposed them to be
praying He now believes that they
arranged the fire, and thinks explosives
must have been used because Of the
rapidity with which the flames spread
The vicar managed to save the records
Of marriages and baptisms.
Workers for Pay Only.
A woman who had been asked many
times to contribute TO the suffrage
cause said yesterday that she had in
vestigated and found that many women
and girls who parade the streets with
suffrage banners. fight the police and
engage In rioting are totally uninter-
ested in the suffrage cause, but are
getting paid 10 shillings a day, which
is more than they could earn in any
other occupation.
She added that she had been led "a
make the investigation because one OF
her friends had a daughter who per-
sonally didn't want the vote. but who
against all her mothers entreaties. in
sisted on carrying a banner because OF
the good pay.
Miss Nina Boyle and Miss Anna
Munro. militant suffragettes. who were
arrested while attempting TO hold a
meeting in Hyde Park. when brought
up at the police court yesterday and
charged. chose fourteen days imprison-
ment in preference to the payment OF q
fine Of So each.
"Of course we will not pay" they
told the magistrate.