, 1877-12-30
The Fate of Bishop Rese, of Detroit---
Clearing Up Of an Ancient
Mystery.
Views of Correspondents on the
Existence of the Eternal
BOttO1nleSS Pit.
progrcss of the Reform Movement Among
the American Jews-Abrogation
Ct Old Tenets.
General Ncws-.-pers0nal Notes-..Per.
rcrtcd piety---Chureh .Sery-
ices To-Day.

pAp41, nSNTnTTCAT
THE FATE or h'satof A1eI' of o1lhott"
In THE SUNDAY TRIBUNE OF the 10Th inst.
thcrc appeared communication copied from
~ c,era1,nd Tender. which contained m ev
'he ~ 49,. t.>,.s,, .1r.,.1.,,s.. e.,,;.u
tract 'to'a 'ue 1'. ' ,A1'.tS ~
mind some "reminiscences OF Tue Roman lnqul-
kjtion which prevailed from Pope Grcgory's
tiuc tn 1s3a. when the Republic of Rome ras
.la,arad .'A which &, soon oftor f.1, Tho aim
ues'-e1' 80 49,.
zion 10 n'sno' ~as"u.. VI I,,o' "no '.aa ocen
found ID the cells OF Inc hois olnce' a1tef an
imprisonment Of twenty-five years; TO an aged
monk who had been for twelve years buried in
H.. horr;11e dungeon of the Franciscan, Convent
Luz ..as.a.; 80 snrara, o,,,or NJ ,,,,o
d Luz Aa:eol' "Aa sAl ot.s1 D1suops-"1o
Ead been a:sso'csco a'1'e aitef na'i!'s' enuuico
the horrors and t0rrures Of the 1nquisition
for wears, The writer OF tue communication
,,od ,t,ent,on #, .l, fart that this nrorc7 that
~ tho 1o,,o, r,hur,,, y, oro oso,,,to
the powers u 'ae no'''''i ~nu4ea' "c'e aoaoiu1e.
too liberal in his religious teachings, as laid
down 1y the OF d the Church he % could be-
ss" sun " es,, ~. @ BALANCE - of his IT. and ;n-
tmmured ID ecu ttle paiucs " h4s i'lc' auu in-
qury m stned 1Si ~ announcing @ q X h5s hs oeatn .,.
In 1888 bishop hcsc, OIL the Dloeesco1 DetIoit'
was ofacreo 10 nous, " " I.''.se'l ue4otc
Pope GreSory anu Tue Ia{ai Court. 10 answer
tH04EC ~ uNA--'sa -" 49,
his preaching ot the doetr1nes ot the tnurch:
Bishop keSe went 20 rome, Us requesteo, ana
old citizens OF Detron VIII remember tnat n0lh-
Ing WAS ever heard from nm afterwards, anu no
one ever khe" se..a'n's "iIst oeea.iag u u.ln on
ultimately. In lsii q letter appeared IN the
press Of the Country cal'ihc 1nc ATTENTION OF our
Government ITO this latest outra5e OF the
Jesuits," as It was fhus called by some
ot the papers OF the time. Inc letter created
comnlotion iu the Church, and some OF its dig
uitaries denied that Bishop Kese was ever a clti-
zen OF the United States, and that nc had been
retired to monastery IN kome, "here LIE nnal-
II died.
Recently book has appeared entitled
tsThrilliug Incidents in the Political Life OF an
1taIiau:, by francesca CrEos, an officer in the
nrmy Of GaribaIdi The volume itself is un-
pretending; its author Is blind, and he states
that he was made SO BY poison, because he had
in his possession certain documents relating to
the Jcsuits and their intricues, which they thus
o},taincd from him This man Crgos now lives
in Chicago, and he earns q living by selling
these books. lie was discovered by TRIBUNE
reporter ut 74l South Haistcd street, a day or
two a-o. where lie lives in very humble ciryum-
stances. Crgos' tale, as related in
his hook, bears the impress OF
truth, :-uccause the facts are borne
ont ny history. Grgos is Is wears old and na-
tive Of Nice he is of an ancient an illustrious
family He himself is well educated, aud
lincuiist. being the master Of six or seycn Ian
cua.cs Though blind, be has taught the mod
gan, .nu his plain and clcanly-kept rooms show
that hc and his wife apprcciate tue beauties aud
rtiineucuts OF life, if they canno: reyel i'll its
wealth. The family oI Urgos in Italy arc
owned him because be- rebellcd against Catholi-
cism. Ills mother wanted him to enter the
priesthood, whirl llc refused to do, though he
studied the theology vi the CATHOLIC Church.
He claims that all his persecution mas ogei On
account of this, and that tic Jesuits
are the ones who hare carried out
pll the tortures to which he has been subjected
His book is marvel Of adventure, and What he
Fays OF tue Inquisitlon is coroaorated " other
writers. In his work he ali,,dcs to having met
those who were rescued from TIC !aqulsltion
after the Republic MAS proclaimed IN lo49.
When Pope Plus fled, he did SO under tue m
structions OF the Jcsuits. He WIS liberal III Ills
tcndcncics aud proposca TO me- me-, eefta m lam IT,
lcctc, 10 the Ponti1ic1tc III 1871 He left koIne
in 1S4S, aud c,nGncd hiinsclf in Fort Gaeta,
Na,lcs, where nc staid uatsl the papal Gorcrn-
mcnt over tho Church states was ;,l iestgFe, nn md
the declaration OF the Republic, the first thing
tlou The Court Chamber has been pictured
time and time again, and the crueltlcs wi,lch
we're -uracilccd under the auspices o1 the
Church ,lur:n.. thc power Of tue lnquisition
find no parallel in history. When the rooms
were entered ihcy were found Us the court had
left them. Underneath were " found rooms win
~~*%S
were searched and IN the eataco'lbs were found
Inc skeletons and remains u thousands who
had been tortured to death. VI all the victims
.hirty were found alive. Among these were
6yc bishops, one of whom was without doubt
Dishup Resc, OF Detroit. Among the rescued
.ere Protcstants, Greeks, anu Ca1noiles. rs
Fatncr Cas!lur, OF Cairo, was priest OF the
Greek Churcn, and sowas priest who belonged
to South America, who had been confined twelve
years III these horrible hcll-loics. Some Of the
rrorpscs were found with their arms heightened
nut against tic walls. Their wrists were held
by iron rings in the walls, aud they had iron
rinrs around their nccks aud ankles,
fastened into the walls by chains. They
were buried, some OF them, to the neck
in earth and quicklme. Some had become
Dctri,icd but all the horrors were there to speak
inuicr t.,an words OF the crucltics ol tue Jesu-
its during pope Grcgory's reign;
The living victims found had been burlcd TO
the neck in earth and limestone, in positions so
that they could not move. They had IRON rings
on heir 1lecks and ankles WHICH nctc leIeu.
upon bread and water. How they endured the
torture seems almost beyond human conpfe-
hcnsion.
OF the five Bishops, Bishop Kcsc, Of Detrolt'
was no doubt ono. a letter written in French;
md published in 4 book now out ol prlnl, anu
whic1. the writer Of this has in 1;s posSesslon'