Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-05-16

campaign and of the bad effect on
the women's cause of the outrases
committed by them was given, dur
| ing Wednesdays resumed hearing at
Bow street police court of the charges
against the Suffrasette leaders of IL
fringement of the malicious damage
to property act.
Those, who occupied the prisoners
| enclosure, were Miss Harriet Rebecca
| Kerr. Miss Agnes Lake, Miss Rachel
| Barrett, Mrs. Beatrice Saunders, Miss
| Annie Kenncy, Miss Laura Lennox ana
the chemist, Clayton.
| The case against General, Flora
! Drummond was postponed until July,
owing to illness.
| Testimony was given by letter car
riers ant lost Office officials as to the
| great damage done 10 the mails BY
chemicals and other fluids being pour
ed into the public letter boxes.
| The former business manager of the
| Suffragette gave evidence as to the
responsibility of the various prisoners
| for the different departments of that
l
that his services We're dispensed with
| by the Militant society as Mrs. EN-
| incline Pankhurst thought it was bet
ter that only women should conduct
the paper.
| The witness evidence as To the loss
| of circulation by the Sufffagette aft
| CT Militant acts had been committed
was somewhat surprising He said
that at first 10000 copies had been
printed but the sales were only 1Io00.
| The paid circulation then dropped to
| 900, but 800 copies were eireulateG
in other ways. Just before last Christ
| mast he told Mrs. Pankhurst that this
i falling off was due To the letter box
raids. but the Suffragette leader
| shrugged her shoulders and said that
| could not be possible because when
| the women we're most Militant they
were most successful.
| A receiving order was made by the
bankruptcy court. Wednesday. against
I Frederick Pethick Lawrence. ap romi-
nent and wealthy Suffragist, who re-
| Gently severed his connection with the
Militant Suffragette society. The order
Twas made on the application of the
director of public prosecutions because
| of Mr.. LaWrenee's refusal to pay the
costs of the prosecution of himself and
his wife and Mrs. Emmeline Pank-
hurst when they were brought up at
the Old Bailey sessions on charge
|of conspiracy in May, last year. The
Outstanding amount is $4,000 The
Icourt appointed an official receiver to
take charge of Mr.. Lawrenee's affairs
and thus he, although a wealthy man
will have to place his business affairs
IN the hands Of this official until the
/ government claim has been settled.
| The application was heard privately.
Mr. and Mrs Lawrence and a few of
their friends were present but other
wise the public was excluded from the
icourt in order to prevent a demcnStra =
ton. A crowd of won IN, however.
lcollected outside the entrance to the
Icourt which was guarded by a strong
force of police
Mr.. Lawrence on leaving the court
remarked:
Il am now Il financial cipher, but /
lam out for fight in the public in
terest against a wholly unjust law
(which gives the executive the power
with Il revolt by charging him with
the costs of his prosecution.
School BOYS on being released from
Their lessons are taking hand III
helping the Militant SuffraGettcs II
Their reign of terror. Several bombs
found. TUESDAY md Wednesday. which
lon examination proved TO be dummies
lhave been traced to the scholars. The
latest bomb" 10 be found, was picked
lup. Wednesday Afternoon, in the dean:
Iyard, Westminster Abbey. The discov
Iery of the machine created a sensation
until the police proved its harmless
mess.
| A business-l like bomb addressed Il
| Henry Curtis Bennett. the police mag
| lstrate. who is hearing the charge.
| against the Suftragette leaders, was
delivered by 4 letter carrier at Bow
street police court, Wednesday. Tht
package was marked immediate" but
ldisliking the looks of it, the cautious
court officer took it outside anc
plunged il into pail of water. WheI
| the package was opened it was found
| to contain q tobacco tin bound witt
wire and filled with powder, shot an1
q cartridge Attached to the cap enc
of the cartridge was nail which, II
| il had been struck would have fired
the bomb and exploded its contents.
Archibald Bodllin, counsel for tht
treasury, attempted to elicit from the
chartered accountant. who audited the
books of the Women's Social and Po-
litieal Union what became Of the So
called Secret Service fund of $780, 0l
which the newspaper The Suffr2gette
announced 100000 had been raised
.fhe accountant. however, was unable
10 throw any light upon the subject.
The women seated in the prisoners
enclosure smiled broadly at the attor-
ney's futile efforts to get onto the track
of their funds.
The accountant produced the salary
book of the union from which 1t APP
peared that the salaries of the leaders
of the Militant movement were not
princeiy.
Miss Annie Kenney received 81
weekly, General Mrs. Flora Drum
mond and Miss Harriet Rebeeca Kerr
ST. so, Mrs. Beatrice Saunders and Miss
Rachel Barrett sl5 and Miss Laura
I.ennox, $40. Miss Christobel Pank-
hurst, who is living in Paris, drew