New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-06-09
MISS DAWSON DIES:
MARTYR TO M|L|TANCY
SucCumbS to Fracture of Skull
After Unsuccessful Attempt
to Spoil Derby.
NEVER RECLAIMED SENSES
Was One of the First Women
To Be Forcibly Fed-Chris-:
label Pankhurst Talks.
of Public Funeral.
LRy cable 20 The Trlbune.l


London, June 9.-Emily Wildins
Dawson is the first woman to die for
the cause Of votes for women. She
never regained consciousness after her
wild act on the EPSON race course
during the Derby, when she attempted
to stop the Kings horse. and died yes
terday afternoon in the EPSON Cottage
Hospital of the fracture Of the skull
then sustained. only the matron Of the
hospital and two nurses were present
.at the dcathbed. Miss Davison's rela-
tiyes having left the building when
told that there was no hope OF her re-
gaining consciousness.
4 few moments before her death two
comrades drapod the screen surround
ing the cot with the fateful colors of
the Womens Social and Political
Union which she wore when she made
hcr sensational attempt to interfere
with the great classic OF the British
turf
Miss Dawson had evidently expected
to gain the track at Tattenham Corner
i'm time 10 intercept and scatter the
field. but was detained a moment by
spectator. who tried To restrain her.
She reached the track in time 10 be
struck boy the Kings horse. which was
running in the ruck. The woman
turned a complete somersault. coming
down across the legs of the Jockey.
Jones. who had been left prone and
unconscious after the fall OF his mount
She struck on her head. and it was be-
licvcd at first that her thick hair had
saved her from more than conclusion
\ later examination, however. showed
a fracture Of the base OF the skull. An
operation was performed, but the case
was hopeless from the beginning.
Miss Davison's Career.
one Of the first militants. she was
often imprisoned and many times for
chilly fed. once at Manchester she bar
ricaded her cell and the authorities
were compelled to use fire hose upon
her for an hour through the prison
window in order TO overcome her. re-
sistance. She had studied law and held
the degree Of B. \.
Miss Dawson first came into public
notice in 1910 by getting into one Of
the towers of the House Of Parliament
one Saturday and remaining there un-
iii Sunday night. when her presence
was discovered. At another time she
got into the crypt of ST. stephens
Chapel. in the Parliament building, and
remained there all night. despite the
fact that dead mems bones were all
about her.
I'm a small English town she climbed
TO the roof of the Town. Hall, got in
through the skylight and let herself
down TO a position where no one could
reach her. She had carried mega
rhone with her and through it heckled
the city fathers.
on another occasion she cast herself
down a flight of stairs In the Jail and
was seriously injured. Her last eX-
plot before the fatal EPSON incident
was the assaultlng Of a Baptist clergy
man in the belief that he was David
Ilovd George, Chancellor Of the Ex-
chequer.
During one Of her numerous incar-
cerations the prison officials put her In
a straitjacket, but she was so slender
that she slipped through IT.
Sole Topic in England.
Yet this delicate woman Is making
au England talk to-day. II remains
TO be seen whether her death will give
an impetus to the militant movement
AT the Womens Freedom League gath
ering in Hyde Park yesterday, Mrs.
Charlotte Despard. speaking with great
emotion. said she hoped the case Of
Miss Dawson would kindle flame in
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