SUFFRAGETTES.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 722, 22 January 1910, Page 5

SUFFRAGETTES.

SMALL,. DAMAGES TEEATirENT, •P i ft- •>■ ■ } - - : '' ■ ','■ ■: ■ i ' ■■■.-•....••-.: ■-.•Hγ London, 'January "' : ; Court '-:. has awarded;-Mrs, fjDavisohi'.the.-.sun'ras'ettp'; iOs.;,damages?against tha. Visiting >justicci of Straigeways'-Gaol, Lancashire.'.wbo Imy dered ■ a\ j;play yinonf/her ?while '•?!?? /P? detention 'in a : cell: ■!■;

:C!RCyMSTANCES^bF;HTH|yHbsi^d; : yiOir: October,SZeVfiiTwis- 'stated;'-' on' 'the a u ffi? r # ; T of : '% ,; Women's - •Social-:-and ■foliticalVpmon, .that, one of ; tho:;Su(ffagetto,.;: prisoners : * iny; Strarigoways •' Gaol, Manchester,;'as,. aiprotest-.at'ainst being, ■forcibly: fed,-barricaded-.-her:cell4by-; ! a plank;,bed.>The'.■authorities vbrdke-apane in'; a; window;-.inserted a ■'■'~. hosepipe,;■ and' threatened :to. pour .'water-upon her unless ■she opened ,the door; ■'. On?her refusal, :the Union ''.allege,, they.:, played the.hose ' for nearly an ijiour',. drendhing. her, : but /without;: the .slightest oftept-iindri :hbr resolution.;,, They ..then' forced^the', door; i-'.;^v : y-lhe. :s'ame- day; , in tho' House -.of Coin-, mons, .Mr.-: Keir.Hardie'asked .'-the . Home , Secretary v.(Jlr. i: ' H:> Gladstone,' , since ' appointed -first --/.Governor-General.'; "of ''''the Union'i .of.:vS6uthrv'A^rica) : :;by ! ''whose /authority a-firehoso'TOs.played:on one:of' the^^wpmen - :suffrage 'prisoners'.in : ,'a cell in Strangeways Gaol,' Manchester; .whether. tno.Mdy was'at.the timo:weaTx , .from , 'waht .of food; whether thqwatbr was played'on' :hcr:for:aboutran-'hmir', : -and!-what action•no .was: taking'to puiiisfi those, responsible for ..authorising: and -out ';■ this ■assault on;a.prisoner. :■;'■'..: -v s-ij-.<•:■■: 'v , Mr.;.Gladstone: lam sorry;.to say:"th'at ;tho;- newspaper? roport,; is v true,- -though' ■Bomowhat:: exaggerated. v,l.;need not: say ;the.,use:6f l thenrehoso::was not .'authorised' :ky., me ..or.' ; ,by,..tlie- Prison.'.Commissioners'.' :'lj;'was,.em])loyod; : .l!-.understand,- by;order qf >. me..-• visiting [committee,\and■':as ! ■ soon -yetiiliaul ranycreply,. J; have; to-day,' sent : one 'ori.-tnel .'Commissioners .-to'tfJUaii-: chesteTihvith; -instructions', to fully, into;cffl; the'circumstances;-':'-- 1 V:f■' :'■ ■.:,".'' :h'Mrf KoivJHardie': -May;l ;'ask ,whdther: in ■■.tho.-.Jmianwhile.j'thqse. '.responsible:-: for :outrage;Vill b'o/suspended? !: VV ■3'Mh'''-'GladstoueV-;I T oiave/^.' , alrea(ly-i- : pla'in'ed,l''l£now'.ndthing"more tn'a'n-I' .statM.",,, l rhavo;.sentVdoTO'.the:.Commissioner the. : facts;:v..l ; :may; add. ' r-'havb ordoredfi they di3cha'rge.i((!oKi;-tho. ;prjsoMrcin:;auMtion;j':i|;irpiJ-:-';iis( < |',V ; .,,f