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SPENT FOUR WEEKS IN A GAOL
Feels Sorry For Prisoners
NOW LECTURES
For four weeks Miss Clara Codd, who is lecturing in the Theosophical Society’s rooms, was merely “Number Nine” in Holloway Gaol. She was arrested during the memorable Suffragette raid on the House of Commons…
Prison Garments: Once in Holloway, I was ordered to remove my clothes and to don some extraordinary prison garments. The dress was of coarse material, and pleated so that it would fit any figure; thin women had to tie it round their waists. I was given a blue deck duster for my neck and another for my waist. That was to be used as a pocket handkerchief. Over my head I drew a three-cornered handkerchief, tied with strings.
On my first day I was put in solitary confinement in my 10 x 10 cell, alone with a Bible a
