On Friday week seven women and two men, who had
been arrested as a result of the police raid on the headquarters of the Women's Social and Political Union, were brought before the magistrate at Bow Street. Among the women prisoners were Mrs. Drummond and Miss Annie Kenney. One of the men was Mr. E. G. Clayton, described as a scientific chemist. A paper containing " Various Suggestions " for the destruction of property, which was among the docu- ments seized, was read in court. There were proposals for simultaneously smashing fire alarms, for burning down timber yards, and for setting fire to Government offices. On Monday the hearing of the charge was continued. A letter addressed to Mrs. Drummond was read which referred to a scheme for doing damage to a dockyard to the extent of £20,000. The estimated cost of the material (probably fuel or bombs) and the services of two men was £20. On Thursday the evidence was continued. Among the documents produced was a proposal for sending a woman shorthand-typist to apply for a position on the typewriting staff in the House of Lords. In that way there would be someone who could pass the police without being suspected. Particulars were also given of a new branch of the Society called the "Young Hot Bloods," members of which were to be unmarried and to be prepared to undertake any militant action. The further hearing of the case has been adjourned till Tuesday.
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