Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1913-05-14
SUFFRAGETTES ARE.
ON TRIAL
EXTENSIVE OPERATIONS TO COMMIT
0UTRAGES ARE DISCLOSED At.
HEARING IN BOW STREET POLICE
COURT IN LONDON.

London, May 14,-Striking evidence
OF the extensive operations of the mill
tant sutfragettes and the bad effect OF
the Womens cause of the outrages
committed by them was given today
on the resumption of the hearing al
tie Bow street police court of tbs
charges against the suffragette lead
crs. They are charged with infringe
rent OF the malicious damage to prop
erty act.
Those who occupied the prisoners
enclosure were Miss Harriet Rebecca
Kerr, Miss Agnes Lake, Miss Rachael
| Jarrett Miss Beatrice Saunders, Miss
Annie Kenney, Miss Laura Lennox
and the chemist, Clayton. The case
against General Mrs. Flora Drum
mond was postponed until July owing
70 her illness.
Letter carriers and postofIlce Of
licials testified as to the great dam.
! age done the mails by chemicals and
| other fluids poured into the public let
ter boxes.
The former business manager of the
srlfragette testified regarding the rel
sponsibility of the various prisoners
for the different departments of that
newspaper. He said his services were
dispensed with by the militant society !
because Mrs. Emmeline Pankhurst I
thought it better women should con
duct the paper. AS to the loss Of cir
culation by the suffragette after mill
tant acts had been committed, the wit.
ness said that at first 10000 copies
were printed, but the sales were only
10000. The circulation then dropped
to 1900, but 5000 copies were circulat
ed in other ways.
More Bombs.
Suffragette bombs were found today
III one of the passenger cars of local
train running between kingstion.on.
Thames and London on the Southwest
ern railway, making the third outrage
of this kind on the same line within
two months.
When the arrival at Waterloo Of the
Kingston train, crowded with passeng ;
ers the conductor noticed in one Of
the compartments three parcels which {
suspicion. On investigation, '
two of them were found to contain tin l
canisters filled with combustibles and {
wrapped in suffrage placards. No ex- {
p4osIon occurred and the bombs were j
handed over to the police. +
Arson Squad Busy.
A militant suffragette larson squad {
destroyed a large untenanted resi- q
ience on the Highlands" at Sand II
fale-on-Sea near Folksfone on the t
english channel last night. Post cards
addressed to the "Dishonorable Prime r
Minister and to the "Dishonorabe I
Reginald McKenna, Home Secretary"
we're left lying about on the premises
There was also a post card bearing
he words
We hope this in a poor widows
,cuse." lC
Twas Busiress.Like. U
A business-like bomb addressed to II
ienry Curtis Bennett. the police mag. y
slrate who is hearing the charges IL
eainst the suffragette leaders was de- ="
Eered by letter carrier at Bow q
treet police court today. The pack N
ge was marked Immediate but III
the look of it, the cautions
curt officer took it outside and piung- ~
d it in pail of water. ct
When the package was opened it az
as found to contain tin tobacco box 1T
Cund with wire and filled with gun
owder, shot and cartrige. Attached 10
, the cap-end of the cartrige was ca
all. which, if it had been struck,
ould have fired the bomb and explod z
its contents.
Refused to Pay Costs. II
London, May IA receiving or
r. was issued by the bankruptcy
urt today against Frederick Pethick m
iwrence, prominent and wealthy do
ffragist who recently severed his or
injection with the militant suffrage fr,
ciety. The order was made on ap- "a
ication of the director of public Tb
osecution because Mr.. Lawrence re- m.
sed to pay the costs of the prosecu of
N Of himself, and Mrs. Emmeline an
nkhurst on charge of conspiracy oh
st May. da
The outstanding amount is 5000. col
le court appointed an official receiv mo
to take charge of Mr.. Lawrences r
airs, and thus, although well to do, co,
will have to place his business af- ele
rs in the hands of this official un- he;
the governments claim has been eig
tied. Sr
The application was heard privately. 7
;. and Mrs. Lawrence and a few poy
Ter friends were present. but other we
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