The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-05-14

smile. "tSere was not one word OF truth
In my confession"
A strange ConSsasIOH.
Cries Of Liar! seoundrcll Rascal"
came from the angry audience Some
OF the angry clergymen left their seats
and went out Of the hall. protesting Wig
orously, Those who remained scowled
bitterly az the speaker, and Few only
regretted that their canes and umbrcl-
las were not at hand, Indeed, u was
well fOr TaXil that these useful weapons
were not within the reach OF certain
muscular arms. But he seemed utter
~ indifferent, and. smiling blandly. he
continued his tale.
About this time. he said. the pope Is
sued his eucycllcal against the Free
Maaons, and here was "A golden OppOr-
tunItY to show zeal for tho church.
He showed his zeal by writing critl-
ciGms on certain books and doctrines OF
the Free MRsons, aud by the barefaced
assertion that Free MasOns worship Luz
offer, the prince OF devils. This asser-
ton he tried hard TO make plausible by
miBQuoting sevral passages from Ma
sonic text books He succeeded beyond
his utmost expectations, and straight
way he evolved out OF his inner con-
scIouSneSS = complete ritual OF devil
worship and a thorough history OF the
manner In which modern Free Nasons
worship the devil.
For this Iaudable work he not only
received high praise from the Clergy
and warm encouragement from lay
Catholics, but he also received bless
ing from the Pope himself, Moreover.
he also received q large cheese from
the Marquis De MoreS. on the rind OF
which religious texts were printed.
This cheese" remarked Taxi, had a
very pronounced odor. and impelled me
more than ever to wage an unrelent-
Ing war against the Free MaRons'
Shouts of You reprObate!" You
tramp" were heard nom the audience
Meanwhile some more clergymen left
the hall.
Taxi smiled and went on to tell how
he iOurneyd TO Rome, and how Cardinal
Rampolla received him graciouSiY and
cave him high praise for his 'dIstin-
Gulshed works" against devil worship
and the Free MaSons, The pope, too,
gave him an audience.
That's enough for me, remarked a
Catholic journalist, leaving hiS seat,
mo Christian person can remain Ia
this hall"
AcarSsE OFFruud.
But the others paid no heed to him.
being determined to hear the strange
story to the end.
The bishops" continued Taxi calm
ly, who examined my books found
them entirely trpA Especially Mgr.
Meurin, who, after q thorough study,
arrived at the same conclusions that
did. But I wanted further evidences
of this truth. One Of my friends. q
navy surgeon. elaborated with me I'M
der the name OF DR.. Batatue: ana me
result was book entitled, The Devil
in the Nineteenth Century in which we
gave our own experiences OF devil Ior-
ship, or PalladlBmuS, among the Free
MasonS
Next / engaged as secretary an In
telliEent young girl. who was copyist
for an American fiTm IN Paris, and ]
got her 70 write letters from Womep
who were formerly Free MRsons, IN
which all the horrors OF LucifoF worship
we're graphically depleted. ! paid her
for this work 80 francs a month. In
this way got tho material for my
book. Are There Women Free Masons!
My secretary, under the assumed
name of Diana Vaughan. entered into
direct correspondence with the diEnita-
rIes Of the Catholic church, especially
with the private secretary of the pope,
and he sent her with each letter the
special blessing OF the holy Father.
III the clergy were triCked they may
blame themselves. We had told them
that the head centre OF Palladismus was
In the Masonic lodge at Charleston. In
America. Moreover. in my book on the
devil published ground plan OF sa.
tan's chapel which, said. formed part
OF the lodge in Charleston. When tie
bishop OF Charleston heard OF this he
journeyed to Rome and told the pope
that the whole story was pack OF
lies, He assured the pope that he had
searched carefully, but could not find
a Satan'S chapel anywhere. and he
maintained that the Free Masons OF
Charleston were honorable citizens, who
would certainly not take part In any
devil worship.
What will He DO NsItI
The world was to be made to believe
that the heart of Joan OF Arc had been
discovered in an Italian nunnery. Taxi
took the hint and wrote a hymn in hon
or OF the Maid Of orleans, which he set
10 music and published under the name
Of Diana Vaughan. This hymn was
sung at patriotic gatherings In French
churches, especially at the Sacre CouTe
in Paris, and no one noticed that the
melody was that OF a popular song.
Again bitter cries nssailed the speak
er, and II looked for moment as
though a rush would be made 10 the
platform. But Taxll softly assured
them that his story had been told, and
that he would not worry or annoy them
longer. CYnically he explained why he
made this brutal confession.
To he brief, he knew that, u he did
not confess, some one would expose
him. To use n slang Phrase he saw
that the game was up" In conclusion
he said that. having worked the eccle-
slastlcai field for all II was worth, he
would now look Tor FRESH fields and
pastures new" In France, England and
America
II is certain that he could not have
kept the deception up much longer. Al
the Anti Masonic Congress, which was
held in Trent in September. 1895, and
over which Prince Yowenstein presided.
a heated discussion arose In regard TO
Diana Vaughan's Identity, and the
Archbishop OK Cologne did not hesitate
10 express his opinion that she was an
lnpostor. He admitted that many let
tiers could be produced In her hand,
writing. but he said that no one could
be found who had actually seen her or
who could prove that she had really
been baptized or converted TO the
Catholic church.
Now the archbishop represented the
potent Cardinal KrementZ, and his Sc.
we're attack must have convinced Leo
Taxi that he could no longer hope to
make capital out OF Diana vaughan.