THE SUFFRAGETTES.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXV, Issue 49, 27 February 1913, Page 5

THE SUFFRAGETTES.

SCURRILOUS AND UNWORTHY DOCUMENT. MRS PANKHURST GAOLED. ;By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright.) (United Press Association.') (Received 9.0 a.m.) London, February 26. During the hearing of the charge against Mrs Pankhurst at Epsom, the Magistrates handed Mr Marshall Hall, Airs Pankhurst’s counsel, an unopened letter addressed to the Bench. Mr Hall, on opening it, stated that it was from the suffragettes at Epsom, and was a scurrilous and unworthy of notice. Mr Bodkin ,for the prosecution, emphasised the seriousness of the charge against Mrs Pankhurst, who was an accessory before the fact to the commission of felony and an abominable outrage, avowedly intended to overawe the public and the Government in the furtherance of a seditious and illegal scheme. Mrs Pankhurst, who was committed to the Guildford assizes, was gaoled, declining, in the event of bail being granted, to refrain from agitation. AT THE TELEPHONE WIRES. The telephone wires of a dozen call offices at Belfast were cut. HOME OFFICE METHODS. The Home Office continues forcible feeding until life is endangered; thereupon the prisoner is released. It is hinted that a Bill is in course of preparation enabling release on license, also for the recovery of fines.