The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-04-27
REBA EDELSON TRIES
TOCONVERT WARDEN
'Tween Hearty Meals She
breaches /. W. w. Logic to
Handsome Jailpr.
HOPES FOR APPEAL TO-DAY
Miss Davis Glad Hunger Strike
is 0ff and FOrrible Feed
ing Unnecessary.

The visitors he'll changing insistcntly In
the warden's office of the Queens county
JAIN over in Long Island City yesterday
afternoon failed utterly to overcome the
voice OF young woman upstairs In the
old brown prison who was discussing the
vronrs OF the human race and catalogu-
,rr Big Bill Haywood with the saints
The young woman was the !. w. w
vivandicrc. Rcba Edelson. who refreshed
by light. special luncheon of broiled
steak. creamed potatoes. bread and butter.
apple pic and coffee, was trying to con-
vert the handsome young warden. Henry
Schieth. tn the tencts OF the /. W. w.
When the warden answered "A surdmons
frcm a reporter for THE sun he looked "a
trhe exhausted. lie was hoarsc. Argu-
ing with Becky Edclson tshe Is known as
Becky to the agitators OF RUTGERS Squsre)
Is Job for n we'll. strong man. and the
warden has been suffering from touch of
cold and wasn't IN the pink Of condition.
Yes" volunteered Mr.. Schieth. Miss
Edelson's hunger strike has been called
on THE Sun had IL right this morning.
She. has decided that there is no use to
starve herself. since that won't obtain her
release from prison. aud she has been taxi
inR her meals regularly since last night.
"Of course We had TO he careful at
Arst what We gave her to eat because she
had gone without food for forty hours.
Deputy Commissioner Burdette q Lewis
sent over chocolate and a few delicacies
for Miss Edelson last night. She enjoyed
them and this morning she ate a hearty
breakfast of chops. potatoes. bread and
butter and coffee. At lunch to-day she
ate quantity OF substantial things and
have no doubt that her appetite for sup
per this evening will be excellent
"Why did she decide to cat" Well.
hardly know myself. except that she be-
lieves now that her friends win be able to
set hcr out of Jail on a writ OF habcas
corpus which they mean to apply for to-
day. I understand. But we were pretty
nice TO her and maybe that had somethinr
20 do with her changed attitude. ! GER
tainly never met 4 woman who could talk
faster than Miss Edelson. I haven't been
able 10 got In a word edgcvise and I'm
a pretty fair rapid fire talker myself
Mostly she has been interested in the
Mexican crisis. She has been trying 70
make me think that Governments have nc
right to make war and that soldiers have
no right TO kill the armed enemies Of their
country. Yet she maintains that her or
ganzation. the W. w. has a perfec,
right TO kill people II IT Is opposed or at.
tackled. Her logic is too much for me-"
As a matter Of fact Miss Edelson's de.
cislon to pay a little attention to her food
was a great relief to Miss Katharine 3
Davis. the Commissioner OF Correction
to Miss Davis's subordnates. and to the
prison authorities When the young
Woman was taken from the workhouse e
the Queens county jail the warden va.
afraid she would have to he fed forciby.
Or. John Oquaro reported that Mist
Edelson was in good physical trim. Their
she was placed in the custody of Matror
Mary +. DAILY. who talked to her ir
motherly fashion, The warden reminded
her also that II she persisted in starvin-
herself II might DO necessary to place q
charge of attempted suicide against he,
and that she would find herself compelled
TO answer felony charge as well as IN,
mlsdemeanor case against her. SO Mis-:
Edelson thought overN her situation ant
finally told the warden that she was will
ing 10 eat. II she had not come to tina
decision to-day the prison authorize.
would have found some humane way o
making her eat. That had been decided.
Justus Sheffield. who is acting as coun
sci for the young woman, will argue be
fore Judge Mulqueen to-day an applca
ton for an appeal of the three months
sentence. Miss Edelson's friends sen
word 10 her yesterday that the chance
were good that she would be released in
few days