The daily Gate City., 1914-03-10
PANKHURST
BACK IN JAIL
Lay on Platform and Kicked
Her Feet Like a Bad Girl
VS. the Police
Arrived.


lihtamed leader of the militant suffra- /
gettes, rearrested for the seventh
time since her conviction for inspiring |
the bomb explosion In the home OF
David Lloyd-George, chancellor OF the
exechauuer today was spirited" out
of Glasgow by Scotland Yard detec-
tives and started for London and Hol-
loway jail
Apprised that suffragettes, armed
with umbrellas, hammers, bombs and
other weapons, ware picNeting all
railway stations, determined to rescue
Mrs. Pankhurst if possible. the detec-
tives took her by automobile to a way
station outside the city and there put
her aboard a train, tagged for the
purpose. They then got her to Lon
don without incident
Despite the injuries Mrs. Pankhurst
received in the riot that attended her
, arrest, the militant leader strongly
resisted every move Of the police. She
refused to walk and was forcibly car
ried from the local jail to the auto
mobile that took her to the way sta
| tion. The police had to hold her in
the vehicle.
The arrest of Mrs. Pankhurst here
was the most spectacular Of her ca
1rser. She came to address a meeting
4 in st. Andrews hall and was no soon
er on the platform than Scotland
4 Yard men, who had trailed her, burst
1 into the place. The detectives met
their first resistance when they fell
/ foul of barbed wire netting that the
women had rigged UP. The wire was
{, concealed by flowers and the officers
wsre tangled in it before they knew
J, what it was.
The suffragettes offered desperate
! resistance. They beat the police with
4 Umbrellas and chairs. pulled then
Il sidafl, scratS 80 their faces and hurfes
u buckets Of water on them Many O
Il the women and detectives bore mark.
I of the fray and some of them were
painfully injured. Meanwhile Mrs
Pankhurst lay prone, on the platform
and had to be dragged out by the de
tectiyes. She was finally forced int
Il taxicab and driven to jail for tn.
Il night.
$200,00o Worth Of Revenge.
LONDON, March 10.--In retaliation
for the re-arrest Of Mrs. Emmelin
Il Pankhurst, Mary Richardson, one o
!, the most active Of the militant suffra
gettes today mutilated Valasquez'
!. 100000 painting Of Venus in the Ma
. tional Gallery.
: With meat choppa. with fv
!, inch blade the woman slashed tn
, canvas six times. Officials of the ga
I lery which was Immediately closed t
1.-THE public, said they believed tn
n damage could be repaired The pain
! ing was recently purchased by pop.
4 lar subscription.
d Il tried to destroy the picture G
q the most beautiful woman in mytl
: clogy as protest against the go,
8 ernment destroying Mrs. Pankhurs
i the most beautiful character in mo.
. ,zrn history Mary Richardson salt
i. W1lSn SHe WAS dFT6StoQ and taken
J. police station. She was held fe
Il trial.
). In Bow street police court, whei
Mary Richardson was arraigned an
held without bail for trial, Dawes Ha
rison Turner, keeper and secretary (
i the national gallery since 1898 test
q fed that the suffragettes mutilatior
j, had reduced the selling price
q Valasquez's Venus from 100000
. STE, 1000.
" Home Secretary McK5nnas' c
"a and mouse act has made the Britis
J, criminal code comic valent 'ne,' sa
" the Richardson woman, admitting tt
q arrests within the year, for militia
e outrages.
!, McKenna is afraid of killing n
"a and the other suffragettes by forcib
4. feeding, but am not afraid to d
for the cause