The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-04-05
ANOTHER COUNTRY
HOUSE BURNED
BY SUFFRAGETS
Railway Stations and Tunnels
Guarded BY Patrols
CASE OF ztLIE EMERSON
Mother of American Militant Not Al
lowed to Furnish Physician for
Imprisoned Daughter.

London, April 5.-The British SUI
fragets, continuing their campaign OF
retaliation against the sentencing OF
Mrs. Emmeline Pankhurst, their lead
er. to a term of Imprisonment, sue
ceeded last night in destroying an
other large country house by fire. AS
in most previous cases of the kind
the residence, which was situated at
sChorley wood, Buckinghamshire, was
unoccupied, but was being prepared
for the reception of tenant
The owners of the building, firm
of contractors, estimate their loss at
s12.500. Cards bearing the inscrip-
ton. "Votes for women and other
suffrage notices were found on the
grounds. No arrests were made.
The police believe that some of the
recent criminal acts attributed TO
the suffragets, principally the at
tempts to destroy railway property
was the work of men engaged by the
women. All the railway stations and
tunnels are being patroled. in order
TO prevent miscreants from damag-
ing them.
Warnings were sent out yesterday
by the directories of the railroad
systems throughout the United KING
dom to the effect that militant suffra-
gets had threatened to burn stations
in various parts of the country. Pa
trolls were ordered to be organized at
all stations and in the tunnels.
Miss Scott-Troy. the California
suffraget, last night forwarded to
Secretary of State Bryan at Wash
ington the samples of instruments
of torture" used to feed suffragets
forcibly, including Miss Zelie Elmer
son. An accompanying note explains
that the samples do not contain the
metallic tip which all the women de
clare are used in the prison. DR..
Mansell Moulin, who Mrs. Emerson
desires to visit her daughter in pris-
on, also has written Secretary Bryan
declaring that one of the greatest
dangers of forcible feeding as prac-
ticed in the prisons is the absence OF
proper antiseptc precautions.
Reginald McKenna the British
home secretary, yesterday eurtly re
fused to premit the physician 'chosen
by Mrs Emerson of Jackson, MICH
to examine her daughter, Zelie the
militant suffraget, now serving a
term of two-monihs Imprisonment
/ for window smashing and said to be
suffering from the forcible feeding
carried out by the officials in conse
quence of her hunger strike Mrs
Emerson had called at the home Off
ce at an early hour yesterday and
found that Mr.. McKenna had left for
the House of Commons Leaving a
letter reiterating her request, Mrs
Emerson started for the House OF
Commons where she sent in a slml
lar letter through a member OF the
House of Commons to Mr.. McKenna
Seating herself in the lobby, Mrs
Emerson declared she would not
leave until she had obtained a def
mite answer by message or personal
ly from the home secretary. The
siege was brought to an end when
Mr.. McKenna's secretary handed heT
a letter, which after acknowledging
the receipt Of her request stated
II regret that ! cannot grant your
request to have your daughter ex
amined by a physician of your own
choosing. The condition of your
daughters health is satisfactory and
gives no cause for anxiety. II your
daughter continues to be of good be
havior she will be released from
prison on April g."
Following the receipt of this re
fusal MIS- Emerson visited Dr. Man
sell Moulin, whom she had chosen
in the event of the granting of her re
quest. She described the condition
in which she had found
her daughter and the doctor thereup
on said. Serious and perhaps per
manent loss of health will be the re
suit unlss your daughter be immedi
ately released"