The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1877-03-21
Edith, the Little Fraud.
The Davenport Democrat says:

tured IN Dubuque, and the Herald says OF
her. 1T is somewhat singular that with
all the converts and religious institutions
throughout the country the only escapes
we have ever heard of were Maria Monk
and Edith O'Gorman Why don't others
fee if they are so badly treated as those
two women assert? The doors are open
wide for all who choose to leave. The
fact is those two women should never have
been inside of religious institution"
And the Whiteside Times says;
we were somewhat disappointed in
the weather taking the turn it did so as to
prevent our wives from attending the lee
ture the next day, Ito be given to ladies
only as we were thinking that something
might be said in the privacy of that lee
ture that would explain why the hotel reg
lister records the names of Prof. Auffray,
wife and maid, and why the so-called
Mss Edith O'Gorman with a child ap-
parently about six months old) occupied
the same room with the Prof Now. if
Mss Edith, as advertised, is not really
Mrs Auffray, then this is all wrong. And
in case she is really his wife then WHY not
advertise as such, and save the criticisms
which any person Of her intelligence can't
help but know must necessarily follow ID
practicing such manner deceit upon the
public? Especially when she is, by her
own sayings, waging a direct war upon
one of the strong sects of America"
Our contemporaries ought not to be sur
prised it anything this excentric little body
does. 1t is said that she once left
Lafayette, Ind, in hurry, without paying
Mr.. c. @, Wright for the photographs she
sells to her admirers, and that several
hotels are the poorer for her company
but that is business matter we care
nothing about 1t is the fraud upon the
public, in advertising herself as Mss.
when her baby proves that she is some
thing else; the fraudin advertising herself
as an Escaped Nun when she is not;
the fraud in advertising that she will tell
how she escaped and then not telling.
When we charged this fraud upon her
agent he said: 20 she don't pretend that
she ever escaped from any locks. or bars.
or bolts, or doors, or gates, but she escaped
in her mind from being Catholic!o This,
OF course, was an admission Of the fraud
in advertising, We happen to have ;been
resident of Jersey City when Zeke
Pangborn brought Edith before the public.
She appeared first in Newark, and her
abusive and false TRADE so outraged the
feelings of some of her audience that they
disturbed her meeting. No violence was
offered her, bat good many uncolnpli-
mentary things were said to her and of her
and the meeting broke up in row. This
was exactly what she and Zeke wanted,
for they could then play the role of perse-
suited martyrs which they did, quite
successfully, thus hum bugging many we'll
meaning Protestants. Of course the pee
pie who disturbed her meeting were very
foolish in giving her that advantage - but
she has been pretty severely let alone since
that time. Edith was too full of the
world, the flesh and the devil to be con-
tent with the simple life and plain food OF
a Sister Of Charity, and at that bewitchiue
age when young women yearn for a mate
she left the Sisters, turned lecturer, anC
| pretended to have escaped from
somebody or something. He
false pretensions were once exposed
by the Clthollc priest at Paterson, n. J. il
a letter published in the Jersey City Stand
ard (which we read at the time and sine
then no attention has been paid to her
she can do no harm except to absorb fey
Protestant greenbacks.
But is it not little remarkable that sh
makes no effort to save souls2 1t is green
backs she wants She exhibits no Joy owe
Christianity-her forte is abuse. The pre-
cepts Of Our SAVIOUR receive no attentio
from her To stir up strife and rake in tn
Protestants cash is her occupation. An
? it is lamentable fact that Professionals, il
stead Of rejoicing that the Catholics al
Christian people and are doing great goo
all over the world, are most happy whe
they hear Catholics maligned, villfied an
traduced. True, it is only ABOUT 300 yea,
since the first Protestant was discovered
: while for 1900 years after Our Saviour Wa
, on earth the Catholics were the only Chri
2 tians in the world. They are still tt
greatest Christian denOmination-and tho
who left them and formed Protestant o
] CARNATIONS did so because they wanted
r live contrary to the rules of the churcl
just as Edith does. The numerous Pr
] testant scots are bitter towards each 9th,
but they allagree in one thing-they prote
+ against the Catholics, the greatest Chri
e tlan denomination on earth-hence IL
r name "PrOtestants"
e And we regret to say that thel
9 are some Catholics equally prejudi
: ed and bigoted There is too muc
s partyism in religion as we'll
g politics. But it seems strange to us th
/ Professionals should be so unhappy becau
= the Catholics are doing such wonders
the way of reclaiming sinners, and liftiI
up the lowly, and helping the poor and Il
weak They ought to be glad to see Il
. Catholic Church so Jealous in doing goo
i and in following the example of our DiviI
. Master
= Mothers do not let your darlings suff
with the Whooping Cough, if you have
I remedy so near at hand Use DR.. Bull
r oh tEo