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-HE Rev. 60 A. J. Foley. editor
cf the Western Catholic. OF
Quincy. M. having called at
Y tention 10 the inmates OF some-in
fact all--of the Catholic converts and
Houses Of the Good ehophcrd Il may
not be out OF order 20 can our prcsi-
dents attention 10 some Of the things
that have gone on risht In Washing
ton end Baltimore 90 near 10 him that
he can readily investigate for him
solf, n he 80 chooses and see n the
statement made 10 him By the edi-
itor OF the Western Catholic is true
in a very strict sense.
So that he may have something 20
start on We will give him the story ~
Mary Barnhourer as related BY Der
self and az h further borne out BY
an ufiidavit OF another girl who saw
the occurrence which the Barnhouser
giri relates.
MY name IA Mary Barnhouser.
Age ~ yenrs. Bern az Harper's Fer.
~, w. Va. but do not know any.
thing about my parents or relatives.
Was committed 20 tho House Of the
Coed Shepherd In Baltimore. Nd,
about years afo. Remained there
until September 10. 1905; theo went
TO work fer Mrs. Carew. f0i Franklin
street. West Baltimore. where I r..
mained about three and one-ha'i
months; thon came 10 Washington.
ID. C.. and got position at 929 q
street. n. ~. With Mrs. Sworkin, Was
there until Decefnber rs. 1910: ,vns
then sent BY Judge Dc Lacey 70
House NJ the Good shepherd IA lNilsh'
ffkton, wherc-f-reinaine until March
!, 1911; then transferred TO Florence
Crittenden Home on @ street. n. w,
where remained until April l, 1911;
left there and was sent back 10 Bal
timore at 1891, w. Baltimore street
20 Mrs. ]. Mccormick; remained
there two weeks, then returned TO
Washington and got work at Mrs.
Easleys, 401 q street, n. W., where
I have been except during the time
was In Washington Asylum Hospital,
''while in the House OF the Good
Shepherd In Baltimore met Mother
Compassion who had charge OF me
last year I was In the house When
was committed TO the house In Wash
fnRton, Mother Compassion was there
In charge of the ironing room. In
baltimore house Mother Compassion
had charge OF the Preservation class,
which embraced all the girls.
aWhlIe IN the Baltimore house
Mother Compassion clipped the ends
Of my fingers, tongue and the lower
iobes Of my ears; that was In 1904.
"In January, I was called out in
the class by Mother MacKelhart and
Informed that I had been misbehav.
ing. told the mother that ] had not
been misbehavlng and looked at
Mother Compassion who was standing
near BY, and at that Mother Compass
sion grabbed me by the hair OF my
head and threw me down upon flight
OF steps and while in the act Of aris.
ing, she grabbed me by the hair
again aud violently dragged me down
the flight Of steps to the prick hall.
way: when she dragged me across
the hallway 70 another flight Of stairs
three stems, then she commanded me
to get up; ] got up and ascended the
three steps when she again seized
be by the hair and dragged me back
down the same steps to the brick
hallway: and commanded me to get
up again, and when told her could
not and while lying on the brick floor
she kicked me three times violently
In the temple: she then pulled me up
and sent me TO the class room where
i remained the rest OF the day; this
happened about II O'Clock in the
morning.
my back and hip was badly
bruised. also my abdomen became
very sore; head was bruised and be
came exceedingly sore and large
quantities OF my hair was pulled out;
had severe headache and was sick Al
my stomach -yomlted all the rest Of
the day. The children in the ironing
room saw the assault; the girls were
Elsie Woolenton (Alice Mactlin)
Florence Carey. Margaret Evans and
n girl called Josie Miida.
aNexf morning was required 70 sit
in the middle OF the floor and eat my
breakfast. amer breakfast was order
ed to the dormitory up stairs where
was confined for two days aud kept
on dry bread and black tea. when
got on my knees and asked Mother
Macklehart to please excuse me. 4
month later ] ran away from the in
sfituuon