The Washington herald., 1917-11-10
"SUFFS" CHARGE
PLOT AGAINST
PICKET LEADER
District Authorities Are
"Railroading" Her to St.
Elizabeth S Is Claim.

Charges that the District authori-
ties are engaged in a plot to rail-
road" Miss Alice Paul, hunger-strik-
| ing leader of the White House suf-
fragist pickets, to the insane asy-
lum were made at the headquarters
of he woman's Party last night.
The charges followed a surrepti-
tlous visit Of two party leaders to
Miss Paul, who. with Miss Rose
winslow. her fellow hunger striker.
is held incommunicado in the hos
pital Of the District Jail. The pair,
with five other suffra gists, are serv-
| ing sentences of seven months for
picketing the White House.
.suns, Visit Jail.
Beyond the announcement of the
Jail authorities that Miss Paul and
Miss Winslow had been taken to
the jail hospital, the leaders of the
woman's Party had been for three
days without exact knowledge of
their whereabouts. Thursday. how
ever, IT was learned that the two
had been removed to- the psyche
patio ward of the hospital.
Late yesterday afternoon Mrs.
Agnes Morey, of Boston. and Miss
Helen Paul. sister of Alice Paul,
went to the Jail grounds. The pair
walked through the grounds, trying
to locate the ward in which Miss
Paul was incarcerated when they
heard her voice from an upstairs
window.
This is the story Mrs. Morey says
Miss Paul told her:
II have fought every effort to feed
me- This morning they told me that
1 would have to undergo an exam
ination as to my mental condition.
| 1 objected strenuously, but this af-
ternoon five physicians forced me to
undergo the examination. They told
me that my mental condition was
such it might be necessary to send
me to st. Elixabeths Hospital"
| Mrs. Morey also declared Miss Paul
told her that w. Gwynn Gardner.
| the District Commissioner in charge
Of police and hospitals, was present
at the examination.
II am being Systematically perse-
cuted in an effort to break my will
and make me give up my fight for
decent conditions for the other suf-
frage prisoners" Mrs. Morey says
Miss Paul told her. They won't
| permit me u nave my tnlnSS neTt
I asked for air and they boarded up
my window. I asked for privacy and
they took down the iron door. leav-
ing only the bars, while scores of
men walk through the corridors
| Headquarters of the Woman's party
was working at high tension last
night rounding up strength to try a
new battle with the law for the free
dom of Miss Paul. Meanwhile, the
District authorities were denying that
there was any trouble. Superinten-
dent Zinkham. of the District Jail, and
DR.. ]. A. Cannon, the Jail physician,
both stated that Miss Paul and Miss
| Winslow were fed three times yes
| terday through a tube without
| trouble.
"These women are trying to make
! martyrs of themselves" said DR.. Gan
I non last night "As a matter of fact
there has been no trouble, whatever"
/ A story snugalea out from Miss
Winsl0w, however, Is entirely diff
! ferent. She says Miss Paul, who is
/ frail, could not fight strenuously. but
in her own case she declares the ef-
! fects OF the feeding left her gasping
| for breath for an hour afterwards.
while the administering physician and
! attendants were spattered with the
! food as a result OF her fight.
Seventeen New York leaders of the
party reached Washington last night
] to take part in a great picketing
| demonstration before the White House
! today. More than 25 women will be
| in the line. which will again faunt
banners before the Executive Man
sion in defiance of the authorities.