New-York tribune., 1922-11-15
Mrs. MacSwiney
i, Capital Jail,
Refusing Bail
did, Two Others of Nine
ekesers Carrying BAN
nsrs al British, Embassy.
Che Prefers Detention
s,x Women Accept Bond
I,emonslrasors Demand the
Release of Late Lord
aEsyor's Siste, From Jail

TssHTNGToN, Now IL. - Mrs..
v..;s, MacSwiney, widow of Teranee
w.ess;pey, the Lord Mayor of Cork,
.sa died in prison on hunger strike,
s. no others OF nine women arrested
:. riekesing the British Embassy to-.
s. ..seted to remain in the House of
n.,.ss;on .aver night and refused bond
i, ,Aeb appearance at a hearing be-
-. ! United States Commissioners to-
mercY
Thasis others accepted bond fur
k.:.sss by Thomas w. Lyons, national
{sxrssary Of the American Association
d, tie Recognition of the Irish Re-
.siIs, Of which the women are mem
II. Remaining with Mrs. MacSwiney
rt Mrs. Mary Ann Nolan, of Jack
sssilie, Fla, who is more than eighty
,gts old. and Miss Minnie Kearney.
The arrests were made soea after
u wsmen started their demonstration
protest at the detention of Miss
gry MacSwiney, sister of Terance,
"a is a prisoner OF the Irish Free
Isss,. The police, in taking them into
ss.s5y, acted under "A Federal statute
! sfder of United States District At
yry Gordon after they had issued
earning against picketing the
sssss y.-.....--.-.-
Refuse to Heed Warming
.s women refused 60 heed the
j uniHg, however, and, armed with
scssrs protesting the imprisonment
MISS. Mary MacSwiney, marched to
3, embassy on Connecticut Avenue
/ ii swung around the building. When
~ returned to the front entrance
Ey we're arrested by squad of police,
4 ,.ssisting of three captains, six uni
symfj eficers and ten plain clothes
81 and taken to headquarters, where
aa. fixed at $500 each.
A, arrests were made without COM
4 -atss the women laughing and chat
tsgswith the police who seized the
q hsa.rs while a number of newspaper
s. = vac had been informed in advance
IA proposed demonstration looked
It'd practically the only witnesses.
before entering Police Headquar-
~ NNrs. MacSwiney succeeded in call
# Nshslt and being photographed with
II ts banners waving overhead.
81 VIA MacSwiney was garbed in black
mi bore a banner which read:
E England murdered my husband, Ter
E ,a,s MaeSwiney. Will Americans per-
+ NIT the English Free State to murder
I hs sister, Mary MacSwiney?" ?"
y Other banners read:
r HEaglish efficiency. Terence Mac
4 sviHtg NNsd in seventy-four days.
al Mary NasSsney? Days ?n
& sThs Free State is England's smoke
n Screen
Y aWill America permit England to
q murder asctssr MacSwiney
n ABs Romen arrested, with the eX-
spttaa Of Mrs. MacSwiney and Mrs.
8H seae gave their addresses as Wash
II ifgsah they were Miss Kearney, Mrs.
N'ss Qninlan, Mrs. Sarah M. Rubin,
nGsadia Geary. Miss Louise Man
tIg8fs. Mary E. Balihaus and Miss
- sMHenningan. Mrs. Nolan was ar
Assdin suffrage demonstration here
4 Hnl years ego and, refusing bail,
Hheld In jail several days.
i Says She Broke No I&w
8 lna statement tonight Mrs. Muriel
Ltsviney declared that the charge
4 Which she was arrested was sab
4 sfd.n
4 Ihad no intention of violating any
is Of this country, which has shown
y 50 much hospitality and sympathy"
d. said, "and so far as know ! have
1 dslated no law"
She asserted that she would .'insist
In an immediate trial" because, she
idded, she would "not remain under
lis inputation of violating the hospi-
4 alsy Of country which has afforded
sguni to SO many of my race
1 Referring to the statute under which
lae was taken into custody, Mrs. Mac
sineS declared that "it is absurd to
q ~ that by carrying ptacard past
tie British Embassy I have assaulted,
1 rracs, wounded, Imprisoned or in
any other manner offered violence to
2EAs person of Sir Auckland Geddes.
Y Neither have / violated any safe
s0nalet or passport issued under au-