The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-08-29
4 TISSUE OF LIES
Father Ter Woert Denounces
"rhe Journals Attack
on the Catholic
Cemetery.

With more than Its accustomed venom
the Eventng J0atrnG yesterday endeav-
ored to man facture a sensation by pub
fishing a wanton lie concerning the con-
dition of the West Side Catholic Gene
terry.
called on Father Ter Wosrt today and
showed him the attack or the JournG l.
Father Ter Woert is Secretary of
the Board of Cemetery Trustees.
He had not seen 1t before. and he real IL
slowly with occasional EXPLANATIONS OF
indignation. When The priest had nn-
ished his indignation could scarcely be
controlled.
tits a tissue of lies from begiuning to
end" he said. and you may say SO for
me.
You may say that instead of being
the production Of a conservative news
paper. it Is one Of the bast EXAMPLES OF
wild Western journalism that can be
produced this side of the Rocky Noun
tains. The man who wrote IL was Crazy.
and the man who allowed IL to be printed
Is an ass.
"rhe publication of it is In pursuance
or the we'll knows policy OF the journal
to hound Catholics not only In life out TO
send sleuth hounds after them in death.
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and 1t Is brutal because 1t tratEcs with
the most sacred feelings of u great great
number Of the people OF this city.
"You may say that / am willing TO
meet the reporter who wrote the arlicle.
or n representative OF the E1e ming
journal. at the cemetery at any time, aud
l aul willing Co furnish the representa-
tive of the Journal, or Of any other news
paper, any aud all information that the
public Is entitled to know In regard to the
financial or any other management OF
the cemetery. The financial condition of
The cemetery l have never attempted TO
conceal, but have repeatedly made 1t
known. The cemetery is in del and has
always bsen in debt. That Is no secrep.
As TO furnishing newspapers with the
list OF deaths aud interments In the GEM
etery this is no duty OF mine, for all this
information n,ay be had at the Office OF
the Board of Health. An accurate LIST is
kept there by the Bureau OF Vital Sta
~tistics, aud anyone can obtain the infor-
nation by inqutrjng ut that Office"
NO NEGLECT.
"What about the statement that the
poor graves are neglected, sud the graves
OF the rich are cared for, Fatherf"
That is as false as the rest of the
article. As a matter OF fact, We are not
spending any money gu the part of the
cemetery used by the Weather class,
and about all we expend is on the 90
called poor graves. Paths are being laid
out, aud all that eau be don we are
doing. II the reporter who wrote the
Journal article visited the cemetery at
all, ne do so after the terrific cyclone we
experienced several days ago. and, of
course. the storm played the same havoc
there that it did everywhere else.
Branches were broken from the trces,
aud two trees were uprooted. AS soon as
this condition was reported to me. I put
men 20 work &C once clearing up the
wrecKage OF the storm. lEeep 6wo men
at work In the cemetery all the time. As
TO the sewerage, II is iu perfect condl-
tion.n
"How often does your Board of Trus-
tees meetf'
I'VE meet at three o'clock on every
Monday. holidays excepted"