The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-02-28
sLATTERY SEEKS PROTECTION
THE MAYOR ASST RES HIM THAT HE
WILL BE PROTECTED.

ffOn Closes It's Hall Against the
eN-Priest and His Wffe-CathOIIcS
and NOn-CathoIIcs Alike DePIore
the Outbreak of the Night before.
Much bitterness OF Feeling Exists.
Hundreds of Ladies' Go 10 Hear
Mrs. SIattery-she VIII Lecture To-
day and Her Husband To-niGht-NO
Further Trouble Anticipated.
Ex-Priest Slattery did not lecture on the
secrets Of the confessional last night. and
his wife did not lecture yesterday ar
ternoon on the life of the nuns and mem
bers Of the Catholic sisterhoods.
Tire Young Mems Hebrew Association
which has the lease Of the Masonic hail.
cancelled its contract with the ex-priest
on the ground that his utterances Tues
day night were incendiary and calculated
to provoke riot.
Slattery was unable 10 get another han
in time to deliver his lecture. He an
nounces. however. that he viii lecture
tonight at odd Fellows hall. ana hat
his wife viii lecture this afternoon at
the same place.
The ex-priest has the pleasure Of know
ing that he has created more excitement
and bad feeling in Savannah than has ex-
listed since reconstruction days The
more ignorant Catholics and the hoodlum
element. nominally Catholic. are by the
ears and thirst for his blood. The dis
graceful demonstrations ia front Of Ma
sonic hall has excited the American Pro-
tective Association sentiment TO a degree
which Il would never have reached in
Savannah had not il been for Slattery's
appearance here. Several hundred men
would have attended his lecture last night
prepared to resent any Orense TO the
speaker.
1t is reported that the secret societies
which are under the ban OF the pope mad
notified their members 10 attend Slattery's
lecture and defend him at any cost. 1t
is not believed that there is any truth IN
this report, but it is a fact that leading
men OF the secret societies urged their
members to attend the lecture last night,
and go prepared for violence. They de
clared that no police protection would be
needed.
This state of affairs is deplored by an
good citizens, both Catholic and Protest
ant. They condemn Slattery's lectures as
tending to provoke strife and they con
QeAln the dlLdchS ludue upon MIN as giving
him undue prominence and bringing dis
grace upon the good name of the city by
having 1t announced to the world that %
was necessary TO call out the military 10
prevent murder on pretext OF religion.
A telegram received from California yes
terday by Rev. Father Cafferty vicar
general, from Bishop Montgomery Of Los
Angeles, shows how Slattery is regarded
there.
Tell your people," says Bishop Mont
gomery, the miserable man talked
through California, harming himself only
Many go TO hear through curiosity. The
few approve but the great body of non
Catholics condemn such outrages upon
decency and such abuse of free ST eech.
Tell the people to let him alone as we have
else they will do more harm than he"
The board of directors of the Young
Mems Hebrew Association, which leases
the Masonic hall from Solomons Lodge.
the owner OF the building, met in the
morning and adopted the following resolu-
ton:
Whereas. 1t is brought to the atten-
ton of this association that in the course
of the lecture last evening by Rev. j.
Slattery he INDUCED in language which
is calculated to incite to riot, endangering
the lives and property of the citizens OF
it is
Resolved, That the contract of rental
made with said Slattery be, and is hereby
cancelled.
Resolved, That the deposit of s. made
by said Slattery be returned to him"
A certified copy of the resolution was
then addressed to Albert Freitag Stat
tery's agent, with the following note:
Mr.. Albert Freitag, agent Rev Joseph
Slattery, City-Dear Sir: Herewith find
resolution and the amount stated therein.
whereby l must consider the contract an
nulled. Max Robinson,
Hall Manager Y. NJ. Fl. ~"
Mr.. NJ. Hyams, corresponding secretary
of the association, started in search OF
Mr.. Freitag. He was unable to find him
and finally at ] o'clock he called upon
Slattery at the Pulaski and handed him
the communication The lecturer tore it
open and read the contents. l decline to
accept this" he said. handing it back to
Mr.. Hyams. The latter declined to re-
ceive and Slattery threw 1t to him.
II shall abide by my contract" said he.
IF the doors are not open when / arrive
at the hall shall break them OPEN" He
then walked on. Mr.. Hyams tried to
leave the communication with the $5-bill
Enclosed with the clerk at the Office for
Mr.. Slattery, but the clerk declined to
receive it.
Shortly after the ex-priest and his wife
left the hotel and started down Bull
street, on their way 10 Masonic Temple.
Slattery has previously requested police
protection of Mayor Myers at / o'clock
and O'Clock. Chief McDermott and
Lieut.. Reilly. with squad of twelve
men met them near the hotel and escorted
them to the hail. The procession attract
ed some attention, but there was TO ex-
element. There was only small crowd
at the hall when the party arrived. The
hall was open and Mr.. and Mrs. Slattery
entered and began preparing for Mrs.
Slattery's lecture to women only.
President Haas Of the Young Mems He
brew Association arrived shortly after
and notified Slattery that the association
had cancelled its contract Slattery de-
clared that he had made a legal contract
for the hall and would assert his rights
at law, Mr.. Haas replied that he was per-
fectly at liberty to do so, and that the
association stood prepared TO defray any
loss which might result to him by their
action. Slattery grew very angry and in
Quired of Mr.. Haas:
What bride do you get for this?"
MY standing is too well known in this
town for me to need answer such
charge" said Mr.. Haas.
A heated colloquy ensued, in which Stat
terry applied such expressions to Mr. Haas
as contemplate coward" and liar"
chief McI0arYnoff who was nraeapt lof1