CONSPIRACY TO MURDER.
' '(Keuter's Telegram.) ' LONDON, March 11. • In i ho , conspiracy ..^.ria-1, Mrn/Wheol- 1 don was sentenced to TO'yen'iV* imprisonment, Alfivd Mason to' seven years, Winnie Mason to five years, and Harriet Wheeldon was tiequitted. They con-' spired together tu assassinate Lloyd George. On February 4 last a charge of conspiracy to murder Mr Lloyd George and Mi 1 Arthur Henderson was laid at Derby 'i£g£in'&t''Mrs AliW Wheeldon and" her daughters,, Harriet. Wheeldon and Mrs Wiuifred Mason (suffragettes) and the husband .of the latter, Alfred Ma--- ( son, a. oonscieiiitioiis objector. The' 'charge alleged that the accused, conspired to take, the live* of Mr Lloyd George and Mr Henderson by Hie uso of poisoned dart*. After a preliminary hearing the case was referred to the Old Bailey. • . . . ,
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 14244, 12 March 1917, Page 5
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