Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-11-12
41 SUFFRAGISTS J
FOUND GUILTY
Three Philadelphia Women
Among Those Convicted
of Picketing
SENTENCE IS DEFERRED
With One Exception Bond of
Convicted Was Supplied by
Miss Mary Ingham
wAsHINGToN. Nov. -.

wASHINGTON. Nov -.
The forty-one women arrested last Satur-
day afternoon for picketing the White
House in behalf of suffrage were found
guilty in police court this afternoon. Judge
Mullowney did not sentence the women. but
took the case under advisement and said he
would give II deep consideration before
making the sentences known.
Three women from Philadelphia-Mr
Lawrence Lewis. Miss Elizabeth McShanc
and Miss Catharine Lincoln--were among
those found guilty.
Attorneys for Mrs. Harvey Wiley. wife
Of the pure food specialist gave notice Of an
appeal and she was released under 500
bond The others, among when are MrS.
John Winters Brannan. social leader of New
York, and Mrs william Kent, wife of the
former California Congressman, were re-
leased under the SIO25 collateral put up by
Miss Mary lngham. of Philadelphia whom
they were arrested saturday.
The suffragsts were arraigned in Court
in groups Of fours. skies and eights, just
as they marched in different groups to the
white Houhe Saturday, and after each
group was tried and found guilty they were
asked by Judge Mulowney to step aside
until all forty-one had been tried, when he
said he would pronounce sentence.
BY his careful questioning Of each Of the
prisoners as 10 whether they had been ar
rested and sentenced before for similar
offense it was plain that Judge Mullowncy
intended to give "reDeaters" sentence Of
perhaps six months and stoffenders only
thirty days In jail.
Court opened promptly at nine, but it
was eleven o'clock before the cases OF the
SuHragists were reached on the dockets.
During the long wait the prisoners and
their friends who crowded the court
no ing nt.Cf, nor
clippings about their arrest, knitting socks
and sweaters and discussing the recent suf-
frage victory in New York.
Many Of the prisoners brought suitcases.
handbags and bundles containing toilet
articles clean underclothing and other
articles which they intended taking to Jam
as ALI we're determined not to pay fines.
DOCTOR WILEY AIDS HIS WIFE
nr Harvey Wiley, Of pure food fame.
WAS in court with Mrs. Wiley, who was
among the picketers. and took a seat along
aide his wife on the front bench With
him was Raymond B. Dickey, n Washing
ION lawyer. who had been retained as
counsel for Mrs. Wiley,
Police Sergeant Lee in charge Of the de-
| tail which made the arrests, was the first
witness for the Government. He said the
forty-one suffragists. hearing their ban
ners came to the White House In eight
sroups at 4 30 o'clock Saturday afternoon
| AT a time when the Government depart
,nents were letting out. BY stopping at
tho west gate of the white House they had
drawn a tremendous crowd. which OBJ
structed the sidewalks
| ue had told eacr. of the pickets that they
| we're violating the law, he said, and di-
| rec,ed them to move on. Only one OF the
| forty-one made ANY response, and when
! they declined to move they were arrested
and taken in patrol wagons to the station
| house.
The one picket who made response, he
| said. replied:
| 81 cannot move until ger directions
| from our leader
| Tho suffrsuists called witnesses who said
| the crowd was not dense and that IL had
| formed because the news had been spread
| broadcast that the pickcts would be ar
| rested when they appeared rather than pc
| cause the pickets were there. Pickets had
| stood at the White House gates Tor SIX
| months and nobody paid attention to them
| the witnesses said, until II was announced
| they would be arrested, when great CROWDS
| gathered
Mrs .Iohu winters Brannan. Of New
| York who was in the first group arralRnen
made scathing address I" the 'ourt WIZ
| Judge Mullowney asked II any of th'
| women wished to say anything before sen
tcnce was pronounced.
| HOLDS PRESIDENT RESPONSIBLE
"We will hold the President responsible
for this whole thing. because ne VIII no.
urge the passage of equal suffrage legisla
,ion for us" shouted Mrs. Brannan
| "your courts, your policemen. your Jalls
cannot stop US in this effort to obtain equa
| .rssraye Whatever the verdict OF TIM
| Courr NAV be we shall go On picketihg' W.
shall picket again at once and Keep II ul
| rhe responsjbility for this thing viii res
| upon YOU and not upon us
This aroused the ire of Judge Mullowney
Sbo handed out vitriolic rebuke Tor VIVA
ne declared their wanton ana "lilu' pre"''
| Of the laws OF the country
"Do YOU think it is the DUTY of the polic
ia make the crowd move on ana leave yo,
women standing there with your banners!
be asked I've tried to explain to you u
vour various trials here that you are preah
eng the law and that the practice must p
| stopped. ,. ..
You are attacking the foundations am
, standards of democracy, and we shall no
narn1It you nor any other organizations t
stand above the law. To say that you
orp.nization is to adopt methods which IN
statutes condemn IL a dangerous doctrih
and an outrage against this country
Look over in Russia" he went on; sc
What happens there. when the people aban
don law and order and there IL nothing bu
a mob and everybody stands on rights
imssines he has I tell you it's dangerous,
He then adjudged them guilty and said n
would announce sentence at the conclu-'o
OF the trial OF 4 em all
Mrs william Kent. of California WI
of the tariff commissioner and former Cor
pr.ssman. was in the second group al
taigned. 49,, r.u,.
81 want you to tell me what the Demo
cratic party had me arrested Tor shoute
Mrs, r. B, Quay, Of Salt Lake cl,y, WI
was in the next group wheh asheu