Albuquerque morning journal., 1922-11-15
ARREST WOMEN
FOR P|CKE TING
IN WASHINGTON
Mrs. MurieI MaCSWiney and
Eight Others Parade in
Front of the British En-
baSSy, Carrying Banners.

Washington. Nov. 14.--Mrs
Muriel Maeswiney, widow of Ter
renee Macswiney, former lord
mayor of Cork was arrested today
with eight other women members
of the American Association for
the Recognition Of the Irish Re
public, while marching before the
British embassy armed with ban
'ners demanding the release of Mac
Swineys sister, Miss Mary Mac
Swiney, who is held prisoner in the
Irish Free State,
At the police. headquarters the
nine women We're held Al $500
bail each, after police officials had
consulted with United States Dis
'trict Attorney Gordon. Mrs. Mac
SWiney announced that she would
not attempt to furnish bond, and
the eight others indicated they
would follow her example and re-
main in jail awaiting trial
When the women arrived in the
vicinity of the embassy they were
warned by police captain against
pIcketlng. Refusing to heed these
instructions the group marched
around the embassy. When thcy
returned TO the front Of the build
ing a squad OF uniformed police
Iand plain clothes men took away
their banners and marched them
to police headquarters
The n01ipa guiI tha z1r,,,,l,, - !
violated a District of Columbia law
by picketing the embassy.
Mrs Muriel MacSwiney, who led
the procession, was the first woman
arrested, She was bearing a ban
.ner which said:
England murdered my husband,
Terrence MacSwiney. Will Amer
leans permit the English Free state
TO murder his sister, Mary Mac
Swiney"? On the various placards
Ireland was referred to as the
English Free State, which was de-
clared TO be a Smoke screen" Of
England.
The women did not resist arrest
but laughed and chattett with the
police who took them in custody.
They were led away wirhour com
motion, only one raising a feeble
cheer.
Just previous to the ARRIVAL Of
the picketers. Ambassador Geddes
emerged smilingly from the en-
bassy, walked across the street and
shook hands with Captain Flat
her, who was in command of he
police.
Mrs. MacSwiney, who has been
in his country for several months
recently completed q lecture tour
during which she spoke in favor
of the Irish republican movement
hearer by Eamonn De Valera.
The women arrested with Mrs.
MacSwiney gave their names as
Mrs. Mary Ann Nolan, Mrs. Bessie
Quinlan. Mrs. Sarah Rubin, Mrs
Claudia Geary. Miss Minnie Kear-
ney, Miss Louise Manning, Mrs.
Mary Z. Balthaus, Miss Nora Hen
nigan. Several are past middle
age. All Of them gave their ad-
dresses as Washington. except Mrs,
Nolan, who said she was from
Jacksonville, Fla.
On arriving at the police station
Mrs. MacSwiney succeeded in. call
ing a halt while she was photo
graphed in front OF the station
house, surrounded by all the ban
ners that had been carried by the
picketers.
The nine women were held in
violation of q statute which pro-
tects foreign ambassadors, min
listers and attaches from violence
or menace. The penalty for vic
lation of the statute is tnree years
mprisonment.
This is the same statute under
which four women picketers were
arrested at the British embassy
two years ago after they had par
AIDED with banners asking for the
freedom of ireland. On that oc-
casion state department and other
officials, after a thorough invcsti-
cation and long considered an In
suit to the representatives of a
friendly power.
Mrs. Nolan. who Is so years old,
was one of the women arrested in
a suffrage demonstration here sew
eral years ago. She refused bail
on that occasion and was held in
jail several days.