, 1879-08-11
He Has Returned to Rome, but Not
to the Jesuits.
A Lady Calls upon Canon Knowles
to Get Ills Clothes.
Reference Made to tho Case at the Cathe.
dral Yeat:rday.
Expressions OF Opinion ns to the Cause
OF His Relapse.
Statements Regarding Him Made by Some
st, Louis Jesuits.

st. Louis jeBults,
There was no room for doubt, after the dovel'
opmenta OF Saturday night and their Wide pub-
ltcauon gtycn In yesterdays TRIBUNE that the
Rev. ,rhcophllus Van d. Moortcl, voluntarily or
Involuntary, aitor deep reelection. or upon per.
saasIon, II not pure compulston, had returned
to tic arms of tho Charca Of aoinc, which he
30 recently left to Join what he believed to bo
tho trucat representative OF tho Church God,
--lhc Ep!scopacy. The Developments OF ycstcr-
day only served TO confirm what WIS already the
certainty Of this conclusion.
Father Van dc Moostcl did not return to
Canon Knowles house, from which he SO quietly
took bis leave Saturday evening npout halt-past
7o'clock The light burned dimly In the hall
for him, even after TIE TRIBUNE reporter left
there at o'clock Sunday morning, but tc came
not. There was no stsrtl!ng null at TIC door
bell, NJ turnng out Of the Canon's household
to receive q bela.od priest Tie light wns ex-
ttpeufsllcd, the household went to bed, and,
what was more, Father Van t!o Htoortcl did not
disturb 1t lnrIng the remaining hours Of tic
night, nor has he bcnn there since. But at an
carly hour yesterday forenoon
LADY PRESENTED EtEnsRLr
at tic door bcarlng letter from the Rev. The
ophtlns, dated Aug 0. hut wholly dark ns to the
place In which, or tho hour at which, it was
written. The letter WIS similar, In It's sub
stance, to the notc which the rccantng Father.
Bcnt 10 THE TRIBUNE at latc luur Saturday
night. It stated, In effect, that tho sympathy
expressed for the writer on all sides WAS too
much for him. lie couldn't stand 1t. So muell
influence, In fact, Ind been brought to bcar
upon him that he felt himself unable to
resist II any longer, and no hau there
fore resolved to return to the Church
OF Rome. In closing, Father Van do MoortcI
thanked The Canon for bis hospitality, md cx-
pressed his regrets that he should have given
lin any trouble. postscript contained tho
request that tho bearer be allowed to arfapgo
| his effects.
The Cnuou's first impulse wns to got up, nr-
J range the priests cffccls, and give them to tile
| messenger. But !n Ills pEcscur Illness hc did
not feel able to do so, and the idea Of allowing
my peraon whom be didn't know to como Into
his house and gather up what tho Father Ind
left, was one which didn't atrfko his fancy
| fayorably. Hc did not know ut tho timo that
! tho lady had tho key to Father Van dc
sgoortel's trunk, though, before going out, the
| messenger stated that fact to one OF the
]ntu-communIcatc 1t to shc Canon. Acting
upon what he conceived 70 be the propf1ettcs OIL
tho case, he snt down n''d
INpITEDA REILLY
!, Tho otrcct Tint r. Tim Kcy. Father. Vau dc
nnie ~ ,so,ih sord lin ts tcv nj lila trunk.
~, .", hts "ifcrs wcro lrcatcly md
ronoriv ~ disntaet1 nY nn scnt. on thc Fnihcr,s
psdapSs.y y .hpptovar 1tsrc hc nimht desirnnte.
,n y, 80 :" .s,,ncr too,t In nntn ani icft
4nu ,tho,s0' ,,nohio ~ tokr his Tnntcd nnrt In
, ',.nr .arvices ~ fTc f,othc.jrnl, G;nnnn
Knnwics yns present, and at tho Of.
crtory, Immediately inter tho Rcy.
III, Larrabea lad preached tho SER
mon, briefly addressed. tho congregation
on The subject Of Fa.her Van 10 Aloostel's re-.
turn TO papacy. Tie matter tfaving attained
such wilc publicity, he naturally Injured that
the n1nts Of his hearers would 10 more or loss
exercised over It, and ho therefore deemed It
only right tint he silnuid officially inform them
Of It, lie stated. In elect, tl.at ho considered
Tur SINGULAR EXPERIENCE
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"n!e' W. ~. sn,nn ~ ,nnnths mn nonr ."s
pasL !aH uaYs, 81 Soo rn,nn 70 b, ,,ta pool
seno''ns SOU ,tnn Nu eI' ~" su,rn % ~ "' ,t
esd cscapco IRON tno s'a.o ~. ~ ~. t't
towss ne '1rnS no, Tns a nnrns @ III a hos, o1
was ucl'sorea me eauo H. wp.ner ellen, s ons.
| to nfG1. Htiu TIC uuu DEGN stftlt EfGEf IEEcuuH