The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1889-04-11
A Highly Sensational scono in tho
Priests Rosidonoe,
In Which u Revolver Holds Prom
lnent Place.
A Prieat Against Whom tho Breath Of
Suspicion Has Never Iioon Turned
lila Apologotio Gard.

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tits not exaggcration 10 state that
tho clt OF MasslllOn Ia IN n tumultOua
BOclalupr0ar
For some days past there has been an
apparent undercurrent OF feeling over
some unknown cause. Az day passed
into night, and night lnto day this un.
derourront showed by ita troublesome
spirit that 10 was only the matter or u
few days until there was an upheayal
OF enormous proportions.
IL has como and II has caught all
MaBslllon In la cOnyulsl0nB, When
the facts are known II viii stir the en-
tire county.
Several days ago a NEws' DEhoOnAT
reporter was placed in po9aesaion OF
facts 10 show that tho impression was
current In Massillon, that an attempt
had been made 70 blackmail Rev.
Father Kuhn, Of the ~. Maryb CNlho'
lie church in That CITY.
gAn investigation was started and the
result showed an astounding state OF
Affairs. The investigation lacked only
one thing, and that one thing was sub
sanitation.
Thia subslantiaton came In an un.
looked for manner, In view Of the fact
that the parties In tho case would not
talk. IL was the card Of q, s, Schworm
published below,
This Schw0rm is q prominent bust
ness man Of Masaill0n and no II was
who has been charged by no other than
Rev. Kuhn, City solicitor Young and
Constable Shepley with attempting TO
...aalla.s Alualftuuil
ON THE REV, FATHER,
The story goes that schwom some
weeks HgO dco)Sted Rev. Kuhn as he
was making his exit from the house Of
a female parlshoner about the hour OF O
o'clock In the evening.
He had been there but q few moments,
having called In regard " arranging
the date for q social which had been
noatponed. IL 10 said that Schw0rm
charged Rev. Kuhn with immortality
and
DEMANDED Si 1000 FOR his slLENoE,
With him no had a boy whose name
was Joseph Rost,
Rev. Kuhn was astounded at the do
mand, aud knowing Sohworm very
well, at first took the matter as a joke,
but showed hls dlsapproYal Of this
sort OF Joking by his talk.
He soon Raw that the man before
him was In earnest aud then began n
scone that could not be described by
others than those present. Finding
himself Borely pressed Rev. Kuhn ar
ranged meeting at his house with
Schworm to talk over the matter,
Unknown TO Schworm the priest
atAtioned In closet City solicitor
Young and Constable Shepley, These
gentlemen
HEARD THE CONSULTATION
between Rev. Kuhn and Scdw0rm.
IL N stated that Sghw0rm was o0dur'
ate In his demands for $1,000 for his 81
lence, but finally decided that II given
800 he would preserve the reputation
Of the priest
Rev. Kuhn went to n closet and took
therofrom bag containing some mon
oy and counted out 800 demanded by
the man before him. Just as Schw0rm
was reaching ~ draw the money toward
him Rev. Kuhn, In voice heavy with
emotion, thundered "rouchthat money
and
I'll BLOW YOUR BRAINS OUT"
B,inQ backed up in this with revol.
yer polluted at Schworm, the latter con.
sldered discretion the better part OF
valor and touched IL not.
Just at this moment Young and
Shepley jumped from the closet and
rushed TO thetable. Then came angry
voices and no one present can tell
JUST WHAT WAS SAID.
IL is charged that Schworm was
loaded down with imprecations from
these three mon for trying to inIure the
reputation OF pure man and man
against whom the breath OF suspicion
had never been turned. The meeting
broke up by Young asking Schworm to
TO visit him at his Office the next day.
AT that place some law was read.
lie was asked TO sign u paper but no
refused. He has later signed one and
II is Us follows.
THE GARD.
MAssiLLoN, April Q, 1880.
To ED. NEWs.DEMOORAT.- Sir
Rumors IN circulation about Rev. Mr..
Kuhn are false. Very slight inquiry
diaclopes that ! was ignorant on the