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Show SENTENCES ARE SEVERE English Women Punished Punish-ed For Destruction of the London Mails IxnJon. .Inn 9. Lone ut n H er passed today on two of the mll-itant mll-itant suffrazottos who In Into months I have onpaHd in ;i campaign of de- Hf I structlon of the mnll-- H I May RMMnplmrsi and Ixnlsa Gay, 1 two of the first to be arrested in Hkf onnnectjon with tbeae outrages, wen HB! bronphi n;, for trial al the Old Belle; 1 trday and condemned to eight months jHB Of imprisonment. HBB1 May BiMlriLliursf. who is a i rl i i 1 - BBA .nil, in iii l- ii u i m . who is a ri i i K and Is. unable to pet about except on H A tricycle, has been imprisoned on H several occasions In connection with H the suffrage campaign H The evidence given today showed H that letter boxes throuuii th" r.n H ter and the weal end ol London had H been damaged together with their H contents by means of acids, itii H fluids of various kinds, varnish and H Ink. In some cases Inflammable ma- 1 terials. such as rags soaked in lamp J oil. had been inserted through the slits In the boxes for the admission Valuable Documents Destroyed Many valuable documents have been R destroyed in this way These includ- ( B ed money orders, contracts, checks R and bank notes, ft It was a matter of difficulty Hl capture the perpetrators of the out- H' rage in the act. as in most Instan- Bvfl ees the destructive ilulds v.er- pnss- H ed into the boxes in uncorked bot-ties bot-ties contained In ordinan envelopes. |