The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-11-16
POLES BESIEGED
CARDINAL GIBBONS
POLICE PROTECTED HIM.
FOLLOWED BY MOB INTO PRIESTS
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Church Forced Their Way Into
the Rectory, Where the Cardinal
WINS Waiting for Anniversary
service to Begin-PreIate Took
Refuge In a Room Until Police,
with Clubs, Dispersed the Rioters.
From the Baltimore American.
Cardinal Gibbons suffered indignities
at the hands of an impetuous mob of
100 or more, all members of st. Stanis-
laus' Polish Catholic Church, Sunday.
His Eminence had accepted an invita-
ton to attend the twenty-f1fth anniver-
sary services of the congregation and
confirm a class of boys and girls.
The Cardinal arrived at the rectory
about o'clock, and a few moments
after a crowd began to congregate in
front and an effort was made to enter
the residence.
Rev. Thomas Morys, who was or
dered few weeks ago by the Cardinal
to resign his charge after causing the
arrest of Father Weizok, a former as
sstant, and charging him with sending
obscene letters Through the mails,
was the pastor of st. StanislauS'
Church. and many of his parishioners
regretfully saw him leave the parish.
This element has never been recon-
ced and the elimination of their SEN
timent toward the Cardinal in causing
Father Morys to resign was reached
Sunday.
member of Father Morys' sympa-
thizers rang the bell to the parish
house, and instantly, upon the door be-
ing opened, the whole mob endeavor-
ed to force their way into the house.
All succeeded in gaining entrance and
made a rush to secure an audience
with the Cardinal. AS soon as the
cause of the commotion was realized
his eminence. accompanied by several
of the priests who had attended the
afternoon services, assembled the stairs
and locked themselves in a room.
The police were notified by telephone,
and a number of the night squad who
had arrived at the station were inn
mediately dispatched to the scene I'M
der the leadership of Round Sergeant
Reifner. Before the arrival of the po-
lice the factionists had climbed the
steps leading to the room where the
plate glass in the front doors was
smashed, and the factionists, it is said
declared that they would not allow the
Cardinal to attend the services in the
church unless he promised to allow
Father Morys to return to the parish
one of Father Morys sympathizers
said after the affair that the fac
tionists are determined that Father
Morys shall returned to the charge
~. .
ing that the Cardinal would be pres
ent at the jubilee service, decided that
they should get a final answer from
him.
Our people," he continued, forced
their way into the parsonage mainly
to get an audience with the Cardinal.
We are more than anxious to have
Father Morys return, and we thought
this good opportunity to endeavor to
have the Cardinal promise his return.
We were eager to see him, but he was
behind closed doors. We did not mean
to modest him, except to make him
grant us this one promise. And If he
does not allow Father Morys' return
we intend to organize an Independent
church. The people did not get angry
until one of the priests addressed
them in an ungentlemanly manner. 1t
was then that they grew determined
to see the Cardinal.
When the police arrived they found
the house all in turmoil. Round Ser
geant Reifner Immediately realized the
nature of the trouble and commanded
the ten men under him to force their
way into the house.
The crowd was simply crazy" said
the round sergeant, "and became quite
indignant when we ordered them from
the house. After all had entered the
house the outside door was locked be-
hind them. Father Dulski, one Of the
priests in the room with the Cardinal,
yelled to US from the second-Story win
dow, saying that the Cardinal was be-
ing mobbed. He threw key to me and
it was with difficulty that my men
managed to force open the door,
"->bout fifteen women and 100
men had crowded into the house and
all grew angry when we started to
force our wav among them. But we
showed them that they must vacate
the house. and it was not long before
the place was clear. A patrolman and
myself then went to the room on the
second floor where the Cardinal had
been locked in. and we found him
somewhat nervous. He declared that
ne would not attend the services in the
church, and then we escorted him to
his carriage, he saying that he was
going to his own home A crowd gath
cred in the street, but we kept them
pack from the pavement"
IL had been announced earlier in the
week that Cardinal Gibbons would off,
ciate at one of the services and had
consented to be present at the ves-
pers. The storm, however, caused him
TO postpone his attendance until at
night. A fairly good crowd attended
the vespers, but at night the church
was filled to overlooking. A class of
boys and girls we're to have been con-
nrmed, but were not because of the
CARDINALS nonappearance.
rather Barabasz, pastor of Holy
rosary Church, the adjoining parish
70 that Of st. Stanislaus, attempted to
enter st. Stanislaus Church rectory to
greet the Cardinal, but was not allow
ca oy the crowd to do so.
sympathizer with Father Morys
salo that Father Barabasz was
threatened by the factionists, who told
MN to go away or he would receive