The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-05-15
.SUFFR FRAGISTS SEND
BOMB TO LONDON
POLICE MAGISTRATE
Package Addressed "Imme-
date Was Box Of Gun
Powder
SEVERAL BOMBS
FOUND BY OFFICERS
Rrecaution Taken by Those Who En-
tertain Militants' Wrath Prevents
injury-School Boys Aid
the Militants

Hastings, England, May IA Joint
demonstration of the Tax Resistors
blacksmith shop and held the mob
sale of belongings to those who re-
fused to pay taxes was broken up by
mob. The women were roughly
handled and half smothered with SCOT.
The police rushed the women into
a Blacksmith shop and held the moo
at bay until the arrival of reinforce
ments The women were then escorted
to railway station.
London, May 1l.--Miiitants this even
ing set fire to the organ of the old
parish church of Penn, Buckingham
snlre, Whlch, because of its ASSOCIATE
with the founder of Pennsylvania WAS
or great interest to Americans The
flames We're eXtinguished before they
spread TO the church. but the organ
was ruined. \ paper was found in
scribed; "Suffragists cause incendiar-
ism for votes"
London. May IA business-like
bomb addressed to Henry curtis Ben
nett, the police ma agistrate who is hear
ing charges against the suffra gette
leaders, was delivered by a letter car
IleI at Bow street police court
The package was marked "ImmedI-
ate but dislil<ing the looks of IT. the
| cautious court officer took it outside
ana plunged 1t into pail of water.
When the package was opened it
was found to contain a tin tobacco box
bound with wire and filled with gun
powder shot and a percussion cap Al
| tached to the cap end of the cartridge
was a nail which. If it had been struck.
| would nave exploded the bomb and
discharged the contents
Sutfragette bombs were found today
IN one of the passenger cars of a train
| running between Kingston on Thames
and London on the Southwestern rail-
| way.
This makes the third outrage of the
Kind on the same line within two
months.
Other Bombs Found
! on the trains arrival at Waterloo
terminus. the conductor noticed in one
! of the compartments three parce1a
which aroused his suspicion on inves-
| tigation two of them were found tn
contain tin canisters filled with COM
bustibles and We're wrapped in suffra-
gette literature.
No explosion occurred and the bombs
were handed over to the police
| The treasurer of the Women's Social
and political union tried to elicit from
| the accountant who audited the books
what became of the so-ealled secret
| service fund of $125,0O0 which the
newspaper, The Suffragette, announced
| mad been raised to the amount of 500
600. The accountant could not tell.
| The accountapt produced the salary
book from which it appeared the pay
of the militant movement leaders was
not princely. Miss Annie kenney re-
ceived s2t weekly.
General Mrs. Flora Drummond and
| Miss Harriet Rebecca Kerr received SIS.
| Mrs. Beatrice Saunders and Miss Ra-
chael Barrett received $50, and Mrs
Laura LennoS received only $40. y
Miss Ghristabel Pankhurst, who -
| living in Paris and said the fund would
reach $1.250,00O, drew 1875 in four
months according to the books
| A receiving order was issued by the
bankruptcy court against Frederick
| Pethick Lawrence a prominent and
| wealthy suffraeist. who recently sew
cred his connection with the militant
suffragettes' society.
The order was made on application
| of the director of public prosecutions
because Lawrence refused to pay the
cost of the prosecution of himself, his
wife and Mrs. Emmeline Pankhurst on
a charge of conspiracy last May
Outstanding Account
The outstanding amount is s3oOi
The court appointed an official receiver
TO take care OF lsdWreneeS affairs and
thus, although well to-do. he will have
to place his business affairs in the
hands of this official until the gov
ernments claim has been settled on
leaving the court Mr.. Lawrence re-
marked:
81 am now a financial cipher but
am out for a fight in the public
interest against wholly unjust law
which gives the executive the power
to strike a blow at any man who sides
with a revolt by charging him with the
costs of his prosecution"
Schoolboys are helping militant suf-
fragettes in their reign of terror Sew
eral bombs which, on examination
turned out to be paper dummies, have
been traced to the pupils.