Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-12-31
Who sacrege for the Love of
to lis Accompices.

to marry her. but he refused, and soon
afterwards he died. Then I asked my
cousin, Faclav Macoch, promising him
enough money to enable him to give up
his work. He consented, and myself
married them last June, in Warsaw:
Father Basil helped me to tie the knot
THE MURDER.
''Bu, Naclav was always wanting
more money One day he came TO
the convent and worried me for a
larger sum. | refused to give it to
him and we quarraled IN my cell. 1t
was night and I persuaded him to
lie down on my bed When he was
asleep I took the chopper and half
killed him with 1t. Then absolvcd
him from his sins. for I saw he was
dying. But he took so long to die
and cursed me so terribly tina, / finish
ed him by stransling him with my own
hands.
He lay in my cell for that nigh,
and the whole day. AT last, with tho
help Of my servant ! found an old
sofa and we packed the body in 1t.
After some weeks l did not think we
should be found out: but meant to
leave the monastery. so as to be nearer
the woman | love. Vaclav was very
cruel to her: that is one reason why
] killed him"
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picture OF It's gems: hut the police
have proofs that Mrs Macoch sold a
beautiful diamond to a Warsaw
jewcicr some months ago for 5000.
They know that he could not possibly
have kept Mrs. Alacoch in the COM
fort she enjoyed upon the money
stolen from the offertorics. When she
was arrested they found she had given
packet of gems to n friend to take
care OF and these have been identified
as coming from the picture.
The case made out against her and
Father Damatius by the police Is this:
Little by little, he robbed the picture
of its almost priceless gems, replace
ing them by false stones, some of
which were found in his cell He sold
the real ones with the help of his
cousin who. being postal clerk
stationed near the Austrian frontier,
easily disposed of them to some of the
big Vienna dealers. In time. however.
there were so many false stones round
the picture that one of the monks.
who was n Judge of gems complained
to the prior that some foul play was
going on Then Father Damatius,
Naclav Macoch and one of tho monas-
terry servants, who is still at large,
invented tho story Of the theft of the
gems, which electrified Europe II year
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the thieves outside the monastery,
while all the time they We're within
It's walls. Father Basil and lsidor, who
are also in prison. say that the idea
came from Father Damatius.
FEW NOW VISIT CHURCH
After a time .-aclav Macoch. who
had married the monks sweetheart
for q bride. began to get troublesome.
When Damatius refused him money
he threatened to publish the real facts
of the sacrilcgious theft. Then it was
that Dnmatius murdered him. Basil
and IsidQr whose cells are next his.
hearing the noise, entered and found
out what had happened Damatius
never slept In his cell after the muir
dor, but, when he was in tho monas-
terry. spent the night either with Basil
or with lSidor,
In searching Rasiis cell the police
found letters showing that he was on
intimate terms with n woman of bad
character who lives in CHenstockowa
CITY. on searching her fiat they found
some jewels, which she says Bash gave
her. These also have been identified
us coming from the sacred picture.
The woman's evidence proved that
Father 1sidor also had IL sweetheart
IN the town who was wearing some
icwelry he had given her. As all three
men are without private fortune the
gifts astonishcd the women them
selves. Further inquiries showed tn"
police that the prior Of the monnS-
tcry had n sweetheart IN the town as
well. The more orderly of the monks
were very indignant at this state OF
things. and wished to reform the
monastery. but before they could do
so. Father Damatius committed tho
murder which made all these things
uublic. Tho bishop of the diocese has
taken the administration OF tho
monastery aud the charge Of tho
picture from the monks. who now are
without authority in their own
church and cloistcr, secular priests
having replaced them, Since the dis
covrry OF the murder. however, few
pilgrims have visited tho church
which Is usually crowded all the year
round.