WILD SUFFRAGETTES.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1498, 22 July 1912, Page 5

WILD SUFFRAGETTES.

SENSATIONAL DOINGS IN DUBLINAN EXPLOSION. ATTEMPT TO BURN A THEATRE. FOUR WOMEN COMMITTED FOR TRIAL. By Telegraph— Press Afisociatiorf-CopyriEht (Rec, July 21, 5.5 p.m.) London, July 20. Further particulars regarding tho Suffragette, outrage in Dublin arc of a mosA sensational character. Four Englishwomen,. named Gladys Evans, Mary Leigh (tho thrower of the. hatchet which grazed Mr. Redmond's oar), Lizzie Baker, and Mary .Capper, wevo aiv rested and subsequently committed fur trial on a charge of conspiring to cauee grievous bodily harm and malicious damage. It was staled in evidence that but 'for the action of a number of inwi tho tlioa tre would have, been burnt and many lives lost. Tho attendants found a basket, full of lighters, which were woll alight, mid the carpet was saturated with petrol* An alarming explosion occurred: Several Suffragettes who left England for. Dublin wevo closely watched. Alary Leigh admits throwing the axo at Mr. Asquith. Mr. O'Brien, tho Chief Marshal, tried to prevent her from doing so, but she fought with him, and tore liis epaulettes. , . Gladys ftva.lls was captured while trying to set fire to tho l;inema(iagi'aph box of the Theatre Roy.il. When, tho house was emptying, slio put a hand-bag containing gunpowden into tho box, and attempted to. throw lighted matches on to it. Tho carpet, wb'cli was saturated with petrol, flamed up and exploded. Two soldiers extinguished the blaze. Another woman, who apparently has not been arrested, occupied a private box, and set tho curtain on lire, after 1 saturating it with petrol. At defendants' lodging the police found rubber gloves, a small quantity of pil, and matches. Mary Capper joined tho other three shortly before they were arrested,, and offered to bail them out.