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Show SUFFRAGIST PASSESAWAY Emily Davidson Succumbs Suc-cumbs to Injuries Received Re-ceived When She Attempts At-tempts to Stop King's Horse in the Derby-First Derby-First Martyr to Suffrage Suf-frage Cause London. June 9. Emily Wilding Davidson, the first martyr to the militant mil-itant efforts of women to obtain the suffrage, died yesterday at the. Epson I hospital as the results of a fracture-of fracture-of the skull su6ta.lnod in an attempt to stop the king's horse during the ' runnlnc of the Derby on Wednesday j last Only the matron of the hospital and two nurses were present at the I death bed. A few- moments beforo 'her death two comrades draped the screen surrounding the cot with the faieful colors oT the Women's Social and Political union, which she wore when she made her sensatJonal attempt at-tempt to stop the horso In the English Eng-lish classic The woman turned a complete eom- ersault. coming down acroBB the legs Of Jockey Jones, who had been left prono and unconscious after the fall I of his mount She struck on her j I head, and it was believed at first I that her thick hair had saved her i from more than concussion, but a ! later examination showed a fracture j of the base of the Bkull. An operation was performed, but the case was hopeless. Mis Davidson was noted for her daring feats In behalf of militancy. One of her earliest exploit! was to barricade herself In a cell, and sho was only subdued with the aid of a fire hose On another occasion she cast herself down a flight of stairs in jail and was seriously injured Miss Davidson was one of the most persistent invaders of the house of commons, which she gained at one time by way of the airshaft. Her last exploit lefore the fatal Epsom acci-lent acci-lent was the assaulting of a Baptist clergyman In the belief that he was Chancellor 1 Joyd-George. The inquest will be held Tuesday The funeral will take place In Iondon and many members of Ihe Woman's Political and Social union will take a prominent part. Speaking with great emotion at a Hyde park meeting yesterday afternoon, after-noon, Mrs Despard said she hoped that .he cause of Misr. Davidson would kindle a flame in the souls of men which would end the present awful aw-ful situation Miss McGowan, another suffragette leader, said Miss Davidson had riven her life to call attenMon to the wrongs of women. She knew Miss Davidson had always held the view that a woman's life would have to be sacrificed before the women of the country would eot. justice. In striking comer to the meetings of 'he Constitutional society in Hyde park this afternoon which met only with mild heckling, attempts of the W. S. P..U speakers to address the crowd resulted in considerable disorder dis-order and a number of fights between be-tween the male bodyguard . of the women wo-men were rushed off their feet ind the police had to osrort them from the park Several arrests were made The Dally Sketch has received a message from Chrlstobel Pankhurst, who is now in Pans In which she said ' Miss Davidson died for women She did this to call attention to their wrongs and win for them the vote. The government's refusal to graut the vote drove her to make her protest The argument has not convinced Mr Asquith of the seriousness of his position, po-sition, hut perhaps the woman's death will. Miss Daxldson's memory will live In woman's heart and history for all time There will be a public funeral fu-neral honor of this soldier who has fallen In the war for freedom " |
