The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-05-15
Neat Little Bomb Is Sent to
Magistrate Who Is Presid-
ing at Trial of the
Militants.
CAUTIONS OFFICER;
PREVENTS TRAGEDY
Interesting Testimony Is Ad.
duced at the Hearing as to
the Extent of the
Operations.

LONDON, May IA businesslike
bomb addressed to Henry Curtis Ben
nett. the police magistrate who is hear
ing the charges against the suffragette
leaders, was delivered by letter car
rier at Bow street police court today.
The package was marked "Immedi-
ate, - but, dislilsing the looks Of it. the
cautious court officer took it outside
and plunged it in pail of water.
When the package was opened it was
found to contain tin tobacco box
bound with wire and filed with gum
powder, shot and a cartridge. Attached
to the cap end of the cartridge was a
nail whicn, if 1t had been struck, would
have fred the bomb and exploded its
contents.
Striking evidence OF the extensive
operations Of the militant suffragettes
and the bad effect on the women S
cause Of the outrages committed by
them were given today on the resump-
tion OF the hearing at the Bow street
police court OF the charges against the
suffragette leaders. They are charged
with infringement of the malicious
damage to property act.
"GeneraP' Still Sick.
Those who occupied the prisoners in
Dnl
Kerr, Miss Agnes Lake, Miss Rachel
Barrett, Miss Beatrice Saunders, Miss
Annie Kenny, Miss Laura Lennox and
the chemist, Clayton. The case against
"General'' Mrs. Flora Drummond was
postponed until July, owing 90 her i'll
ness
Letter carriers and postoffice Off
cials testified as to the great damage
done to the mails by chemicals and
other fluids poured into the public let.
ter boxes.
The former business manager Of the
Suffragette testified regarding the re,
5ponsibilty of the various prisoners for
the different departments of that news
paper. He said his services were dis
pensed with by the militant society be-
cause Mrs. Emmeline Pankhurst
thought 1t better that only women
should conduct the paper
AS to the loss Of circulation by the
SuRragette after militant acts had been
committed, the witness said that at first
10000 copies were printed, but the sales
1xr
dropped to 1900. but 5000 copies were
circulated In other ways. Just before
last Christmas he told Mrs. Pankhurst
that this falling off was due to the let.
ter boz raids, but she shrugged her
shoulders and said that that could not
be possible because when the women
were most militant they wore most suo-
cessful
SuffraRette bombs were found today
In one Of the passenger cars Of local
train running between Kingston on
Thames and London on the Southwest
ern railway, making the third outrage
of this kind on the same line within
two months.
No explosion occurred and the bombs
were handed over TO the police.
militant suffrage Carson squad'
destroyed large unteuanted residence
on the highlands at Sand dgate on Sea
near Folkstone on the English channel
last night. Postcards addressed to the
ishonorable prime minister and to
the "Dishonorable Reginald McKenna,
homo secretary" were left lying about
on the premises There was also a
postcard bearing the words:
"We hope this Is not poor widow y
choice"
Salaries Are Small.
Archibald Bodkin- counsel for the
treasury, attempted to elicit from tho
accountant who audited the books of the
Woman's Social and Political union what
became OF the Bo-called secrat service
fund Of sl.126,000 which the newspapsr.
the SuffrHgettc. announced 100000 had
been raised. Tho accountant. however,
was unable to throw any light on the