The herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1835-1837, 1836-02-13


truth of Maria Monks story, thought it incumbent
upon me to make some inquiry concerning it, and have
asceraned where she has been residing great part of
the time she states having been inmate of the Num-
merry. During the summer of 1882, she al service
in William Henry; the winter of 1928 she passed in
this neghborhood St. Ours and ST. Denis. The
given of her conduct that corroborate
the opinion had before entertained of her character
w. ROBERTSON.
Sworn before me, at Montreal this I4th day of No.
veRiber 1885. BENZ. HOLMES, Justice of the Peace.
On this day. the twenty fourth day of October one
thousand eight hundred and thirty fve before me, Will
liam Robertson one of His Majesty's Justices of the
Peace for the district of the city of Montreal, came
and appeared Isabella Mills, of the city Of Montreal
widow of the late William Monk, who declared that
wishing to guard the public against the deception
which has lately been plactised in Montreal by de-
signing men, who have taken advantage of the occasion
al mental arrangement of her daughter, make
daOus accusations against the priests and nuns in Mon
rea and afterwards to make her pass hersclffer
who had teft the convent.
Early on the afternoon of the same day, Mr.. Hoyte
came to my house with the same old man. wishing me
TO make all my efforts find the GIRL in the time
speaking very bitterly against the Catholics the priests
and the mentioned that my daughter had been in
the nunnery where she had been ilI-treaed; denied
that my daughter had ever been in nunnery that when
she about eight years of age she went to day
school al that time came in two other persons, whom
6Oyto introduced, one was tue NeV. MI. DfeNS-
ter. do not recoect the other reverence's name
They all requested me, the most pressing terms, to
try to make il out daugeer had been In the
ry and that she had connexon with the priests
OF the seminary of which nunneres and priests he spoke
in the most outrageous terms said that should make
that out, myself my daug hter and child would be pro-
tected for e-l expected TO get rid of their nportuni
ties in relating the melancholy circumstances by which
my daughter frequently deranged in her head, and
told them that when al the age of about years.
4 shO brOke
time her mental faculties deranged and by times
much than at other times, but that she far
from being IDIOT that she could make the most rdi-
cuous but most plausible stories, and that TO the
story that she had been in a nunnery it a fabri-
CATION for she never was ina nunnery.
She MARIA Monk was leaning on the west railing of
the parade we went to her; Mr.. Hoyte told her, my
dear Mary, | sorry you have treated yourself and
in this manner hope you have not exposed what
has passed between nevertheless; will treat you
the as ever and spoke to her in the affec
onate terms took her in his she al first spoke to
INN cr0ss, ans scseu its fnf ~ fasi
consented and away with him, absolutely refus
ing to 10 my house; soon after Mr.. Hoyte came
and demanded the chlld; gave il to him next morn
ing Mr.. Hoyte returned and pressing than in
his former solicitation and requested me to say that
my daughter had been the nunnery that should
so il would be better than hundred pounds me
that would be protected for life. and that should
be better provided for elsewhere answered that thou
sands OF pounds would not induce 10 perjure N.Y.
SELF then he got saucy and abusive to the utmost he
said he to Montreal TO detect the inamy of the
priests and nuns that he could leave my daughter
destitute in the wide world as had done afterwards
sad no. she is your daughter, she is sensible fol
that, and went away.
retired more deeply afflicted than ever, and further
sayeth not. ISABELLA Mills Monk.
Sworn to before me- this Oath day of October 1885.
w. ROBERTSON, Justice of the Peace.