SUFFRAGETTE VIOLENCE.
: :: ' POLLING BOOTH RAID. " 1 (By Telesraph-Prtsa. Association-Copyright! ! v ... London) November fj. In connection with' tho- outrage at tlio' Bcr- . mondsoy . by-elcction—where two Suffragettes pouwd what was called a "corrdsive fluid" into the ballot ' boxes; with ' the object,. apparently, .of upsetting- the : cleotion—tho two accused, Mrs. Chaplin and: Miss Neilson,' have been committed for trial. ■ With regard ■ to the condition of Mr. Thor- , Icy, presiding- officer, at the booth, on whoso face some of the fluid was splashed, tho doctor is-unablo to affirm whether or not the injury will be permanent. Suffragettes, in Birmingham- posted posters on tho windows and. doors, and broke the windows of Dr. Cassell's house, as a protest against his helping to forcibly feed; the Suffragettes. in , Winson. Green Gael. : T -/Only a few papers were spoiled ''far, the acid. 11j iff® , s League :■ officials admitted that a deliberate plot was on foot "to inyalidato the/ election, but 1 thov denied that vitriol was used. Thoy stated that the' ifluid used; was an alkaline solution of pyrotrallol not a corro';ive.l/ ■ - - b ".'
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Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 658, 8 November 1909, Page 7
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176SUFFRAGETTE VIOLENCE. Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 658, 8 November 1909, Page 7
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