New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-07-09
'ARSONEHES' AT WORK
BEFORE PANKHURST TRIAL
Burn Sir William \. Levers
Residence on Morning SUI
frage Deputy Is Arralgned.
GIRL VIOLENT IN COURT
Sentenced, She Welcomes Pos
sible Death-An American
Woman First Jailed.
Then Fined-She Pays.

London, July S.-Only a few hours be-
! fore Miss Sylvia Pankhurst was arraigned
and found guilty to-day of melting people
20 commit disorders, an larson squad OF
militant suffragists set fire to the country
! residence Of Sir William II. Lever. the
/ founder Of Port Sunlight and the chair
man of the Liverpool School Of Tropical
Medicine The damage was estimated AT
more than $4,000 The mansion Is stu
! ated at Rivington. near Norwich, Lancd-
shire 1t was not occupied by the family
| but contained valuable paintings ana
| other precious objects, all Of which we're
destroyed message was left by the in
/ cendiaries stating that II Sir william
| Lever had been as loyal 10 the suffragists
| as Lancashire was TO the King, who is
now paving visit to the industrial cen
/ tres of the county. the fire would not have
/ happened.
! Miss Pankhurst, daughter of Mrs. tm-
incline Pankhurst the suffragette leader
was brought up at Bow street Police
/ Court to-day and found guilty Of incit-
| inc people 10 commit disorders on June
! %. when she led a mob TO Downing
/ street TO raid the official residences OF
| the Premier and the Chancellor of the
! EXChcquer. She was ordered by the
magistrate TO find sureties in $4,000 TO
be Of good behavior for a year or as an
alternative TO go 10 prison for three
months Miss Pankhurst refused 10
! find bonds and elected TO go TO Hollo-
way Jail. declaring that she would at
once start hunger strike and also go
! without water
! Miss Pankhurst who defended herself
harangued the people crowding the court
room. She said
| Revolt is the only way left TO us. l
wish what happened had been more seri-
| GUS because it will have to come 10
something moro serious There will be
rebellion and the East will march toward
/ the West with sticks and stones. II YOU
| drag me back TO prison under the IN
| famous cat and mouse act ! shall con-
! tinue to protest as long as life lasts. Very
probably some of US will die, but all say
| il is worth it,"
Miss Zelic Emerson. OF Jackson. MiCh.;
| Miss Mary Richardson and Harry Golden.
male sympathizer with the woman suf-
frage movement, who were arrested last
evening while trying to liberate Miss
! Sylvia Pankhurst from the hands Of the
| police at Bromley. were all sentenced TO
! jail by the police magistrate to-day.
Miss Emerson and Golden were re-
placed i'm the prisoners Enclosure I'm the
police court this afternoon when they
were informed by the magistrate that he
had overlooked the fact that he was
obliged by law to offer them the alterna-
tive OF a fine instead Of Imprisonment.
He therefore fined them each SO. Con-
trary TO the custom Of the militant suf-
fragettes and to the great surprise OF
all I'm court the money was at once paid.
Miss Kitty Marion, suffragette. VINO
was sentenced on July 10 three years
renal seryitude for setting fire to the
stands OF the Hurst Park racecourse, was
released from prison tonight on license.
she was in very weak condition. When
sentence was pronounced after her trial
% the Assizcs. Miss Marion said Il shall
hunger strike and shall refuse to leave
PRISON under the cat and mouse act.
shall insist upon staying there until dead
or released a free woman
The King has sent a message Of SYM
pathy TO Sir William II. Lever, whose
country residence near Horwch was
burned by the suffragettcs