The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1894-07-06

God or courts Of Justice A. never
made statement like that where would
have denied the existence Of the God that
l conceive, that | believe In.
=. Did you deny the existence OF a God
in any shape, not the way you conceive
a. | do not think l did except II you
might say the pictures Of God and the
| Saints or God that are placed in houses.
! That | admit that such God | do not
believe in.
q. You do not mean to say you have
| seen the pictures Of God in any house
A. Our people do believe so.
Q. You mean pictures Of Christ A. No,
sir; | do not mean Christ. l mean God.
q. God himself? A. Yes, sir our
| people have such pictures and ! always
said | do not believe in such IA God and
therefore before / told you l did not be.
! lieve in a God who has hair and hands
and teet, because It is among our people
current.
Q. Is it not fact you delivered discus
| sions or lectures in the public school in
evenings at shenandoah A. Yes, sir /
delivered scientific lectures but not on
this subject.
Q. Not on the subject Of religion at all
| A. No sir.
Q, State whether or not you were not
| debarred by the School Board from further
doing it because you were talking of
things A. 1t is everything lie, and let
me explain what it was. 1t is a lie.
| Father Demsky was teaching several
| Lithuanian men in the pupic school in
the evening and I visited once this school
to see what he is teaching, and found he
was teaching arithmetic and A. b. Cs in
English and a. B. C's in Lithuanian.
These people who never were in the school,
and among others is Mr. Radziewcz and
the second man was Rogers They went
before the School Board, especially Mr.
o. 'Hara, and accused me | am teaching in
the school Atheism and AnHrchism, and
went myself before the School Board
and they examined me why [ was in the
school or why | was teaching something
like that and they found it out il was all
false and then made public publiCa.
tiOn in the Shenandoah HERALD that
those gentlemen, prominent Citizprs and
prominent business men. are prominent
liars. This is the statement Of the fact
that occurred.
O. Did not you uutt teaching in the
! school a. | never Taught there.
G. Did not deliver lectures there A.
No, sir: not in the public school H. is a
falsehood,
O. | mean in the evening A. n Won
| mean of public lectures | did. because |
used TO lecture during two winter seasons.
O. Did not you there teach atheism ;
A. No. sir NOT in the sense Won claim
q. In what sense did Won teach atheism
a. never taught atheism.
II o. WHY did Won saw not in the sense we
look upon atheism A. Because Won have
examined me whether | believe like my
> country people do.
O. You do not believe like your country
, people dor A. | have said before | do moi
p believe in these pictures that are placed
in the houses and are said to be repre
seutations of God
o. Is it not a fact Won went into 8
church while they were going through
their forms of ceremonies with vour Tat
on a. No, sir: never in nv lifetime. II
, is a lie Whoever asserts it is n liar
/, They are misrepresenting me because
left the Catholic church We made ;
public protest in January against tn,
Russian Car and the Pope of Rome an,
, am prosecuted and prosecuted bv thos,
who dislike me. PEOPLE that hindred n I.
in the way Mr.. Whitehouse is hinderinp
o me at the same time.
Q. 1t is not fact you deserted al
churches and denounced All cbnrcbes A
! 1t is not because / frequent the Presbvter
= ian church and [ think Mr.. Glover car
testify to it.
Q. Have you embraced the Presbvterisr
faith a. am irving to learn H.
Q. You have not vet learned IL or not
, yet mbraced it's that ii ? A I conIf
not tell vet because IL yyould he verv barf
10 state.
o. Is il NOT n fact Won danorrcad tb,
government and courts of iustice sc
, A. Never: no. Sir. Otherwise couId no,
. have case in the same court If yyouIf
deny the courts and The government
| y. Do you believe in the existence NJ al
q Omnipresent BeingY 4 am Deist
Q. Do You believe in the existence Of tb,
o. Omnipresent Being who will reward an,
punish here or hereafter for GOOD and evi
deeds A. think | answered the Gues
tion before, that morally do,
o. IS not vour belief only n Won vioIs+,
= law of nature You will be punished i
II to IuNu n
e nature J. vii be punished in my health o.