Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-04-07
WOMAN P|CKETS'
CASE GOES OVER

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u. S. Commissioner Post
pones Hearing Until Mon
day on Request of Counsel.
The State Department was to be
the next object Of attack by the
| woman pfckets. according to an
| announcement made at their head
| quarters at the Lafayette Hotel
The women said they expected to
! appear I'm the streets around the
state. War and Navy baiidlng late
this afternoon.
BY mutual consent of George a
Berry and P. ]. Ryan. counsel for the
defendants. and United states Assist
ant District Attorneys James B
Archer and ]. Randolph Mason. rep
resenting the government. the pre-
liminary hearing OF the four women
arrested yesterday for violation OF
section 4062 Of the United states Re
vised Statutes in picketing the Brit
ish embassy. was postponed today un-
til II o'clock Monday morning by
United States Commissioner Mason
Richardson.
Defendants Plead Not Guilty.
The pickets. Mrs. Honor Walsh of
Germantown, Pa: Miss Kathleen
OBrien Of Philadelphia, Miss Elaine
Barrie of Philadelphia and Miss Helen
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offices of the commissioner. in the
Fendall building, at 1880 o'clock by
Detective Sergt. Frank Helan. acting
United States deputy marshal. After
the charge had been read to them
they pleaded not guilty. bail Of $1,000
released. jeremiah O'Connor and John
NJ. Trant of this city furnished the
bail.
Charges Preferred.
The charge on which the women
were held was for "unlawfully. will
fully and feloniously menacing bodily
and by violence the person of his ex-
cellency the couselor of the embassy.
and charge d'affaires Of Great Britain
in the United States. the Honorable
Roland G. Lindsay. and that they did
there and then. at the dwelling house
of the said Mr.. Lindsay, assault. at
front and insult him. in violation Of
Sympathisers Go to Court.
AS early as 9 o'clock many friends
and sympathizers of the arrested
women, who had spent the night at
the wofnen's detention house on L
street. arrived at the United States
branch of the Police Court expecting
the hearing would be conducted by
Judge Hardison. But after waiting
until 1880, P. ]. Ryan. a local attor-
ney. arrived at the court and inform
ed them that the proceedings would
be held at the offices Of Commissioner
Richardson. and there was a hurried
exit of those present to the Fendall
building.
While waiting for the hearing Mrs.
Thomas J. Corliss of New York read
a letter purportinG to come from An
drew A. McErlean Of 80 East 6Sth
street. New York city. in which the
writer claimed that the State Depart
ment. Senator William NJ. Calder of
New York and Senator David l. Walsh
Of Massachusetts had been notified on
reliable English information that an
intended massacre of the Irish people
had been planned during Easter week.
Frank P. Walsh. chairman OF the
been retained by the women. and is
on his way to Washington. He will
assist Mr.. Berry when the case Is
called Monday.
Drop DOcuments From. Afrplanes.
Hardly had the doors OF the women
detention house on l. street closed yes
terday afternoon on the four women ar
rested for picketing than a little specls
was seen in the skies toward the east.
and Just as the government departments
were depositing their thousands OF
workers on the streets an airplnne hove
in sight and suddenly great packages OF
literature espousing the Irish cause
wendell their way home.
The machine. which started at the
aviation field at College Parls. Md. was
piloted by N. 8. Johnston Of Phi,adel-
phia, and Mollie Carroll. the diminutive
actress. dropped the propaganda from
the air.
Johnston tried hard to get within
''gunshot range" of the British embassy,
but owing to the tricky winds the near
est any OF the ammunition" reached
Dupont circle. where the pavements
were covered.
The plane continued its course over
the city, circling the State Department,
White House. La Fayette Hotel. head
quarters Of the pickets. and finally re-
turned to the spot whence 1t started.
Police Called Again.
Shortly after the pickets had been
arrested the police were called again
to the vicinity Of the British embassy
but this time 1t was to demonstrate
with Miss Mary Geagan of 1912 Con-
necticut avenue. who evidently had
caught the fever and had placed one
Of the standards in front OF her resi-
dence. The Inscription displayed read
Down With British Militarism. "
This was confiscated. but last night
Miss Geagan said she would fight the
case In the highest courts, as she had
been advised she was within her
rights.
That the women seem determined to
continue their campaign was evident
last night at their headquarters
when several delegations arrived
from different parts of the country
Mrs Thomas Curran and niece. Miss
Cecilia Curran. both Of Philadelphia
registered early. and a party Of six
from Newark. N j.. looked in for q
minute. but were mysteriously hug
ried away to other quarters without
giving any names. Others registered
included Mrs. Mary Duffy. Miss Mary
Searles. Miss H. Zuckerman and Mrs
Mary Mclean. all Of New York.
The British embassy. 1t 10 said, has
made no COMPLAINT 80 far to thu Ct 9