The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1900-10-20

without Mile. Nouailher. She simply
turned her attention to private hospit-
ais, and last Saturday she brought with
! her twenty men and women all in the
/ most hopeless stages of tuberculosis.
No law could forbid a private hospital
/ to discharge its patients. The tempera-
/ ture was about 100 in the shade. The
! patients were suffering terribly from
heat, exhaustion and fatigue.
1t was evident that no amount of
philanthropic intentions could justify
| subjecting the poor people to the tor
ture of a railway journey of many
hours. On the way to the villa one of
the women died in the street. A num-
Der of the poor folks were unable to
walk, and they were carried on filters,
The sight of death in the street infu-
rated the citizens of Limoges. AS only
a few passers-by had witnessed the oc-
currence the armed guard of Mile. Nou-
ailher easily overawed them. A few
hours later, however, extra editions of
the Limoges papers were in the hands
of the inhabitants. They came togeth-
er in the cafes and excitedly talked
over the latest outrage and decided
q
thousand citizens assembled before the
villa. A number of skeletons, borrowed
from a medical college, were carried,
tied to long poles. Ladders were pro-
cured, and an immense skull painted
on the facade of the mansion. Come
here and die cheerfully; why live and
be sad?" was the inscription beneath
the skull. The defenders of the noble
morgue keeper evidently We're under or
ders not to shoot. Collins were carried
in triumph and funeral dirges sung by
the participants of the demonstration.
After this the ef1igy of Mile Nouailher
was publicly burned
Soon the door Of the residence was
beaten /, giving way under few we'll
directed blows with a Ratchet and the
terrified owner of the premises informed
that if she would not leave town in five
days she would be lynehed in the APP
proved American fashion. In the
meanwhile the mayor and the project,
both fearing that the violence of the
mob might carry it too far, appeared on
the scene with a squad of regular
troops and dispersed the rioters.
For several months previous to this
taken for I4ourdes, with the one excep-
ton that the people came here to die,
hardly having any hopes of a cure,
while they focked to Lourdes, hoping
to be healed from their diseases. A few
days after the riot no invalids arrived.
Brought face to face with a possible
1ynching, Mile, Nouailher hesitated.
Finally she telegraphed to the minister
of the interior, and, referring to the
fundamental laws of the state, demand
ed protection. The minister promised
to protect her from bodily harm.
Statements thereupon appeared in the
papers of France, signed by Mile. Nou
ailher, in which she defended her ac
tons She stated that her only desire
was to make death less terrible to those
who must necessarily experience it in
one of it's most cruel forms. She had
no desire to proselyte. Although a de-
vout Catholic, or rather because of it,
she believed that forced confession Of
faith was mockery She, therefore,
surrounded her patients with clergymen
of their own religion. She counted
among them Hebrews and Protestants
as well as free thinkers. Each was
puTleu according 10 tne rites Oh tHelF
individual belief. A Protestant minis
ter, a Hebrew rabbi and theistic lee
turer were called by her, as the case de-
to conduct the obsequies.
She has now carried her case to the |
state council. the supreme court of |
France, and the decision of that august !
body is anxiously awaited. One result |
Of the riot, however, was to compel the |
inmates to seek a safer retreat than
that afforded them in the Villa Nouail- |
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