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that might come from such wave of
hatred that I fear will come II these
men die, / would gladly go to the
electric chair in the place of Sacco or
Vanzetti."
Mrs. Jones continued that about two
weeks ago she wrote to Gov. Fuller
requesting him to commute the sen.
tence because OF the popular belief that
the men might not be guilty Of the
crime for which they have been
sentenced to die. She stated that she
volunteered to take the place Of either
man if they were to be executed.
This, she insisted, she was willing to
do in the interest of America-not in
the interest of Sacco or Venzetti.
Il am not radical in any sense Of
the word, nor Red. nor a Com.
munist. do not know any radicals,
nor Reds, nor do 1 know Sacco or
VanZetti. and have no interest in
them as individuals" she continued.
Born . Quaker.
But I was born a Quaker, and all
my life I have worked in the interest
of peace. l saw in the execution Of
these men a great possible harm to
the United States because Of the
belief that these men are not guilty.
| want to prevent the international
hate which the carrying out Of this
sentence would create"
Mrs. Jones, who said her suspension
was ordered by Sergeant-at.Arms
Barry of the Senate, said she blamed
no one for her temporary dismissal,
that it probably was the only thing
that could be done, due to a mis-.
understanding of her motives, and
that she felt assured the matter
would be Strengthened out salts.
factorily."
While in the bootb1ack establish
ment getting her shoes polished, she
said. she noticed that the man at
tending her was an Italian and asked
him what he thought Of the case
When told that he felt, and that all
Italians felt. that the two had beer
fided that she had offered to die ir
their stead.
Then. the next day, the telephone
call came to the Capitol Building
Mrs. Jones related. Inquiries were
made for "the lady who offered te
die for Sacco" and Mrs. Jones an
| swered the phone.
Transportation Offered.
A mans voice. which she did no,
recognize, she said, offered to. aiC
| her in her effort to save Sacco anc
| VanZetti and volunteerer to provide
means Of transportation for Mrs
Jones to Boston. Having heard nj
| word from Massachusetts officials fol
lowing her letter. Mrs. Jones declined
| She did not learn the identity OF
the person making the call, she said
The matter was reported to official!
at the Capitol and Mrs. Jones suspen
sion followed. :
While reluctant to talk Of her per
sonal griefs, Mrs. Jones, when inter
viewed last night at her residence ir
the Government Hotels, at North Capt.
toll and G. streets, said that she wa:
supporting her husba nd and daughter
both of whom had suffered nervou.
breakdowns.
A native of Maine, Mrs. Jones LIVED
| for II years in Wichita, kans., where
her husband, Prof A. w. Jones, wa!
a professor in the Friends University
Mrs. Jones is a graduate of the Ban
gor Theological Seminary, and at vari
Gus times was employed by the Maine
Mission Society in missionary work
preaching on occasions In Congrega
tionalist pulpits.
| While in Kansas, and later here a.
| Washington, Mrs. Jones maintained
some of her religious work. and onl,
last Sunday preached at a small
Methodist church in q Baltimore
suburb. She also Is to preach there
tomorrow morning, taking as her sub
ject Peace and Brotherhood"
Mrs. Jones also is the inventor o
numbers of mechanical devices. 4. ant
has obtained patents for many o
them, she says. She has been a deel
student of higher mathematics, ant
claims to have solved the famous Fer
mat theorem." an equationwhich ha
baffied the worlds leading kmathema
ticians for hundreds of years.