St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-09-21

were proceeding to carry out the threat to
burn down the house when Father Bapst. not
wishing to see his protector made to suffer,
pushed up the trap door and
Assembled FROM THE CELLAR.
He still hoped that the instincts of humanity
would prevail in them over the spirit of
bigotry; that they would be open to reason
and justice and would dispense to their
homes. But he misjudged the spirit which
controlled the mob. With 4
yell they rushed upon him, dragged
him out OF the house and up the road
They placed him upon 4 sharp rail and thus
carried him along, yelling, hooting and
cursing him, splitting upon him and raining
blows ut him The men carrying the rail
logged it up and down so as to inflict more
pain and injury. Coming to lonely place
outside Of the town they took his watch and
money and his Clothes stripping him naked.
They then dragged him into a wood, as |
have learned since, and tied him to tree.
They piled brush around him and some of
the ruffans tried to set it on fire. They
would most likely have burned him to death
did not their supply Of matches give out be-
fore they could get the brush lit. They then
united him from the tree and flung him on
about to perpetrate a terrible outrage when a
few of the mob revolted at the attempt and
SAVED HIM FROM 1T.
was sitting in my home during all this
time, unaware OF what was going on. A
rap came to the door, which opened and
neighbor told me that mob had seized and
carried Father Bapst off to the woods. l
could not believe it, but started out and on
the hill outside of the town met my brother
and the sheriff coming in. They had gone
out to look for the mob and try to save the
priest. They encountered the mob, who
flung stones at them, breaking the lantern
the sheriff carried. The sheriff WIS man
of courage and told the roughs that if they
did not desist he would empty the contents
of his pistol among them. This had the
desired effect; the crowd passed on, but we
were unable to find Father Bapst among
them. This, suppose, was only part OF the
mob, the other part Of the mob having the
unfortunate man in the wood at the time.
We assembled the hill and searched for the
body, believing they had killed him. 1t ap-
pears that after they released him from the
tree, where,
COVERED WITH TAR AND FEATHERS,
they had attempted TO roast him alive, they
dragged him back to the town and told him
to get out that night or they would most as
suredly kill him if he attempted to say mass
next day. When he got back l learned that
Father Bapst was at Mr.. Hunts residence.
l went there and asked to see him. was at
first denied admittance, but was afterwards
permitted to enter the room in which he was.
There STOOD Father Bapst covered with tar
and feathers, and almost
EXHAUSTED BY HIS INHCMAN TREATMENT.
He was surrounded by a few friends who
were en- leayoring to cleanse him with soap
and warm water. He extended his hand to
me. 1t was trying moment. The priest
said that fortunately ne had escaped more
terrible fate which his abductors had in
store Cor him through the pleadings of
two or three of the maraud-
ers. As | stood there and saw the poor
priests hair and eyebrows shaved off, as it
was impossible to get the tar out, vowed
that would fight Blaine until died. did
fight him in Maine for fifteen years after.
Father Bapst preached next day in his
church, for although of mild disposition he
had the heart of lion in the cause of duty.
That Sunday we feared the mob would gather
again. TheHon. Charles Jarvis, one of the
leading protestants Of the town, took the
father to his home, protected him all night
and drove him TO Bangorin his carriage next
day. / saw him get into the carriage and
shook hands with him when he was driven
away.
THE RESPECTABLE PEOPLE OF BANGOR
Were much incensed at the outrage, just as
we were in Ellsworth. We received to punish
the rufians, and got Hon. George Evans,
then attorney general of the state, and after
wards a United States senator, to come to
Ellsworth to present the case TO the grand
jury. But the grand jury were all Know
Nothings and refused to find indictments, al
though the evidence was most conclusive
Mr.. Evans was so indignant and disguised
with the grand jury that he said he would
not sleep a night in the town if he got a
present of all the state. Late as ii was, he
insisted on shaking the dust of Ellsworth
from his feet"
"soME TERRIBLE PRovoCATIoN."
''Did Mr.. Blaine in his Kennebec Journal
dcnouce the outrage upon Father Bapstl''
the reporter asked. ''No, sir, he did not.
On the contrary, he said the people-mean-
ing the mob-must have got some. terrible
provocation when they were forced to such
extremes"
Mr. Jones has been twenty years in bus
mess in Greenpoint, and his reputation is
the very highest a man Gun achieve Father
Bapst never fully recovered from the effects
of the usage he received that night. He
died lately at the principal establishment of
the Jesuit order in Canada.