PICTURES DAMAGED
Ivy Bon, a young suffragette, smashed. two pictures in tho Dore Gallery. One, Francisco Bartolozzi's "Lovo Wounded," is almost priceless. Tho other, Chaplin's #i Grand Canal, Venice." is of minor value.
Bouilet. an attendant, who was guarding tho pictures, rushed forward on seeing tho action, and -seized her, whereupon she slasued wildly at him with tho hatchot, which 6ho had concealed in her clothing on enteritig, and with which sho had hacked iho picture.
Bourlet was badly wounded before the woman was disarmed.
Sho was carried scream ins and kicking to tho nearest polico station. '
Later in tho day she was brought before tho Court and committed for trial. Sho had only been released from gaol in the morning after hunger-striking.
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Press, Volume L, Issue 14986, 5 June 1914, Page 7
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