The Omaha morning bee. [volume] (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927, 1922-11-15
Mrs. MacSwiney
Is Held in Jail
for Picketins
Washington Police Break Up
Protest Meeting Before Brit.
ish Embassy - Bonds
Are Refused.

Washington. Nov. l4.--Mrs. Muriel
MacSwIney, widow Of Terence Mac.
Swlney, the ex.lord mayor OF Cork,
who died IN prison Of a hunger strike,
and two others OF nine women arrest.
/ I'd for picketing the British embassy
4 today elected 10 remain in the house
/ Of detention over night and refused
bond for their appearance at n hearing
before q United States commissioner
tomorrow The other six accepted
bond furnished by Thomas w. Lyons.
national secretary Of the American as.
/ sociation for the Recognition OF the
Irish Republic, Of which the women
are members. Remaining with Mrs.
MacSwiney were Mrs. Mary Ann No
than so years old, and Miss Minnie
Kearney.
The arrests We're made soon after
the women started their demonstra.
tion in protest at the detention OF Miss
Mary MasSwiney, sister OF Terence,
who is a prisoner Of the Irish Free
| State.
Act Under Federal Law.
! The police in taking them into Gus
tody acted under federal statute by
order Of United States District At
torney Gordon, after they had issued
warning against plcketing the en.
bassy. The women refused to heed
the warning, however, and armed with
banners protesting the imprisonment
Of Miss Mary MacSwiney marched
to TN embassy on Connecticut ave.
nue. and swung around the building.
When they returned to the front en-
trance they were arrested by squad
" police, consisting OF three captains,
six uniformed officers and 10 plain
clothes men and taken to headquarters
where bail was fixed at $500 each.
The arrests were made without com
motion, the women laughing and chat
ting with police who seized their
banner while a number OF newspaper
men who had been informed in ad.
! vance OF the proposed demonstration
looked on as practically the only wit.
nesses. Just before entering police
headquarters, Mrs. MacSwiney sue.
ceeded in calling halt and being
photographed, with the banners way.
ing overhead.
CARRIED in Black.
: Mrs. MacSwiney was garbed in
/ black and bore banner which read:
England murdered my husband.
Terence MacSwiney. WIN Americans
permit the English free state to mur.
der his sister, Mary MacSwlney9"
Other banners read
English efficiency. Terence Mac.
swiney killed in IA days. Mary Mac.
Swiney days"
THE free state is England's smoke
screen" -.+
VIII America permit England to
murder another MacsYlney?"
! All the women arrested, with the
exception Of Mrs. MacSwiney and
Mrs. Nolan, gave their addresses as
i Washington They were Miss kear.
ney Mrs. Bessie ounlan, Mrs. Sarah
4 NJ. Rubin. Mrs Claudia Geary Miss
Louise Manning, Mrs Mary II. Ball
I haus and Miss Nora Hennigan Mrs.
Nolan was arrested in a suffrage
demonstration here several years ago.
and. refusing bail was held in jail
4 several DAYS.
Nill Plead Not Guilty
I John ~ Finerty president II the
I American Association for the Recoeni,
tion of the Irish Republic. who wns
retained by the women as counsel,
stated tonight that they would plead
NOT guilty at the hearing tomorrow
on the grounds that thcy had violated
ma law
In responac "a questions Attorney
Gordon said there would be no At
tempt o. make an example 81 The
women prisoners tn an eftert 70 stop
picketlng lea Washington, bat every
precau,ion would BE- taken Ia prevent