The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-05-01
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SOWttVheu JTOW FUSt f-0Ve.
because they had received a request from
% Broadway to stop the demonstration.
! present my compliments to Mr.. Rookie
Teller and hope that he will enjoy his
meals for the two OF us during these three
Gays"
Again the subject Of the divine affiatus
was preached to Mr.. Sinclair. lie shook
his head and the big eyes looked sadly
withal.
u may be writing a poem ten minutes
after YOU go. I did start to write one
this morning. hut my wife stopped me.
She said she was afraid I would kill my
self. got only these two lines
Prisoner oil greed. prisoner Of fear,
Prisoner Of bleEoned suilt -
that's where my wife stopped me.
I shall write this poem to show Mr..
Rockefeller that he is the prisoner and
not !. II | only had a rhyming die
tionary,
Privilege of Talking Renaias.
Have you thought OF this? They put
me IN prison and can still talk. but
out In Colorado they put them In prison
and hold them incommunicado. A new
word In America scores OF them have
been put In prison. No charge against
them, no trial. no communication. How
very convenient for Mr.. Rockefeller IL he
could have done that here. But. you zee.
no owns everything out there. He doesn't
own New York.
But wish I coula see my wife.
Couldn't one Of you to engage her to come
M Inc sb
IN here after hours. but that wouldn't
be fair, would IT. That would be y
deception. But am not so worried about
her now that know she Just marched
and didn't make any speeches. I have
perfect horror Of speeches"
Over on the other side OF the prison.
assigned to cell No. In the lower tier
but for the time In the office Of Mrs.
OBrien. the matron. were Miss Freeman
and Mrs. Leitner Ida Claussen was there
too when the reporters called. Miss Free
man said right at the start that she
would neither eat nor drink so long as
she WAS imprisoned. She explained that
Mrs. Leitner had tried to eat the prison
1are, but couldn't.
II an in physical pain" said Miss Free
man. who explained that contrary to popu-
lar opinion this was her first hunger
strike, because hunger strikes hadn't been
invented when she was in Holloway Jail
hut I will not eat, and II would be hard
20 eat anyway. because the food Is not
particularly appetlzing. But then It's bet
tar than you get in English prisons.
MRS. O'Brien Is very kind woman.
eho lacks the dogmatic officialism OF our
English wardresses. And the cells are
larger here. although with two OF us In
60 It's rather hard to be comfortable"
DN~~~va far Fat yV0men.
"And that's no merry jest" interrupted
Ma Claussen. eff you happen to have "A
little advoirdupois they have to use a
pair OF pincers on you to get you out Of
one OF these cells
ave had no agreement with Mr.. SIN
clair to 90 on a hunger strike" Miss Free
man went on. I'VE expected a much
longer sentence. When the Magistrate
said three days and Mr.. Sinclair said he
then 20 Join him
"What would be the result II the hun
ger strike theory were carried TO q con- |
clusion and you should starve to DEATH"
thousands Of people starve to death
every year she answered. "Of course.
not from principle. but from necessity.
~ persons in our station starved to death
" would arouse the people and shock ]
them into an understanding that women ,
are willing to 90 10 their death for what
they believe Is their right as we'll AZ
mon"
Miss Freeman said that she was a
writer. lecturer and a tango teacher. |
She had dance with some Of the girls !
In the prison on Wednesday, she said, |
while waiting for her case TO be called
When asked what would be done II the
prisoners had remained and persisted In |
their abstinence from food. Deputy Com
missioner ~ Corrections Lewis said
we should have done our full duty at
any cost. and II they had really chosen
10 harm themselves We should have been
forced TO prevent them doing so''