New-York tribune., 1921-11-14

ment. was excited by the presence in
the lobby of the hall with CAPTAIN
Donohue OF Mgr. Dineen, secretary to
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New
| York
Refuses to Discuss Presence
Efforts made to learn from Mpr,
/ Dineen the meaning of hisspresence at
the meeting were without result. When
asked whether he had been active in
bringing about police interference. he
replied that it was a matter he could
not discuss.
When Mrs. Sanger and Miss Windsor
were arraigned in Night Court the mob
had become so dense that it was with
difficulty cleared for witnesses, The
courtroom was thronged with repre-,
sentative citizens, and many clamored
to furnish bonds. The prisoners were
released in custody OF j. j. Goldstein.
counsel for the Birth Control League.
! After they left the courtroom the wom-
en- were escorted through the streets
by cheering crowd Mrs. Juliet Bar
rett Rublee, of 242 East Forty ninth
Street, and Mrs. Noel Leslie, of 342
Lexington Avenue, remained with Mrs.
Sanger and Miss Windsor from the
time of their arrest until after they
had been arraigned. Mrs. Anne Ken
knedy, secretary of the Birth Control
League, also went to court
The action of the police at Town
Hall created a disorderly scene. Just
before the meeting was scheduled to
begin at o'clock, Miss Kennedy, league
secretary, received instructions from
the police to notify speakers it would
not be held. AS the announcement was
made shouts of derision and jeering
cries proceeded from every part of the
| house. A mans voice called ont:
That's what you get for voting
Hylan into office again.
After hearing the orders, Mrs. Sanger
rushed onto the stage and, addressing
the audience, by this time on its feet,
asked all to be seated
Declares Right to Hold 1t
This meeting is not suspended" she
cried; sit is legal meeting, legally
: announced. We have right to hold it
under the Constitution. Police inter
ference here is disgraceful. We will
stand on our rights as citizens under
the Constitution. Let them club us if
they want to-"
Turning to Mr.. Cox. who was stand
ing at the speakers table with a manu-
script in his hand, about TO begin
speaking, Mrs. Sanger said she hoped
he would proceed with his address. The
doubt. He began to explain his po-
sitlon to the audience, but he was or
dered brusquely to "cut it if you want
to keep out of trouble
Mrs. Sanger again pleaded with the
audience TO remain, insisting that the
meeting would be held, but already
squads of the reserve force numbering
ninety-six men were hustling the a,l-
dience toward half dozen doors. While
a lvreo Htn1, Co,,,
Cling with Mrs. Sanger in an effort to
prevent her speaking, Mrs. William De
Graw, of Detroit, jumped to the front
of the platform, shaking her fists.
"Tammany!" she screamed "This
is Tammany! Do we stand for it?"
Calls on Men to Resist
Just then Miss Mary Shaw, friend
of Mrs. Sanger, also appeared down
stage. She extended her hands ap-
pealingly, shouting:
Aren't there any men? How many
men will come and help us put out
these policemen-let's throw them out;
they've no business here"
Mrs. Sanger was led away under ar
rest and the arrest of Miss Windsor
followed.
Mrs. Sanger, whose home is at 104
Fifth Avenue, has been in frequent
trouble with both Federal and local
aulhoIlVles IN tile SeVeIdi years Fast
because of her birth control advocacy.
In 1917, Mrs. Sanger and her sister,
Mrs. Ethel Byrne, were both sentenced
to thirty day terms in the Queens
County penitentiary. Mrs. Byrne,
after hunger strike, which she pur-
sued TO the point of death from starva-
ton. was pardoned by Governor Whit
man.,
Captain Donohue, when questioned
| 10 ha inin Of fo str
the meeting. said they came from
Police Headquarters. All efforts last
night to reach Mayor Hylan or Police
Commissioner Enright were futile.
DR.. Harriet de Vilbs was to have
presided at the meeting. She was al
ready on the platform when the police
entered. Others to have spoken were
DIR. Royal S. Copeland, Health Commits
sioner; DIR. Y. M. B. Moens, of Holland,
birth control advocate, and DR.. AL
leyne Ireland, of Manhattan. Deacon
css Young, of the Episcopal Home for
Delinquent Girls, II Beekman Place,
was among those occupying seats on
the stage.
Mrs. Sanger Makes Statement
Mrs. Sanger later gave out the fol-
lowing statements:
'The meeting tonight was culmina
tion of three-day conference held at
LIE n idLd uotei W ulSCuSS lUc VdllVun
aspects of birth control. Harold Cox,
editor of "The Edinburgh Review" and
former member of Parliament. was to
deal with the subject from an economic
aspect and the immortality of war.
''My idea Of calling the public to-
gether tonight was in the belief that
this subject could be discussed at the
Town Hall with as much dignity and
delicacy as it was discussed the last
two days at the Hotel Plaza. We were
In no way violating the law. consider
my arrest in violation of every princi-
Pile of liberty that America stands for
and ] shall take this case to the high
est courts if necessary to preclude the
possibility Of it ever happening ag1in.
"The discussion that was to have
taken place tonight would have been
no moro against the law than the dis
cussion of the same subject in the
book Women and New Race which
is sent through the mails and which
has received the highest recommenda-
tion from scientists and students of