The menace. [volume] (Aurora, Mo.) 1911-1920, 1912-07-06
Roman Catholic Priest
Criminal of Deepest Dye

1 AlhEh LOUIS ". EENNEH,
H7 rector % ST. Ladisiaus Nas.
X yar Catholic church. sl1th ave
nus snd Chestnut street. Cam
eria City. today vas made defendant in
Sensational desertion and nonsupport
case By Helen 0rusborth. Who Eiyea
her home address a. Newark. y. J..
and her occupation a. q maid ln rich
families. Her eharGs is that the priest
I married her. or made her believe abe
vas bis wife. that he has hypnotic In.
nueuce over her. thai q criminal opera
ton vas performed upon her. that a
second child is living and that she
vas cruelty beaten.
A hearing was set for this afternoon
before Alderman James W. Reese.
Prior 10 the formal arraiHnment the
parties 10 the suit. with her counsel.
were IN conference. II was said that
the woman asked AZ least 5000 In
settlement Tho woman confirmed
this She said no agreement had been
reached and that she would be salts.
ned with whatever disposition was
made OF the case by the alderman or
the court. but she wanted 10 eHposs
the man who, she alleges. ruined her
whole life.
The story sf the woman. on which
the information was based follows:
Il was born IN Hungary, near tho
German line. In 1852. NJ father was
an officer and was what you call a
peace officer IN this country. He mar.
ried people and made sales OF land
and was high In that town. ! came 10
America when I was twenty-one years
old and landed in New York, where I
was a companion 20 ladies' Of wealth.
such a. could afford 10 hire me and
keep me and pay me handsome wages
spoke three lnnguages-GermAn,
Hungarian and English.
Met Him Al Newark.
Il met Father Fenyss at Newark, N,
J., where my people live. although
am employed in New York. At that
time I was working hard to help raise
money TO build q new church there
I always called him father. Finally
the family with whom I was companion
90 the ladies' was leaving on a trip TO
Europe and I told Father Fenyes that
I was sorry that I had TO leave the
good work OF building the church. He
said that he, too. was going TO leave
Newark. He said | was the cause or
his uN AONeu me
the time he had first seen me and that
II did not return his love be would
kill himself He begged me 10 stay
In America, but ! had to go with the
family and went 20 Europe. | sailed
on June 4. 1908. He told me that he
wanted me 10 be his wife. But / was
nothing had I 10 do with any fellows
n a. VrNN fWa
that he would give me a beautiful
home, his mother would be a com.
panion and mother 10 me and every
thing would be quiet and nice and that
] would not need TO work out for other
people, who would regard me as their
stock.
Says She Married In connsIlsvllIs.
II said that was afraid and that
knew that our religion-ror I am a
Catholic-would not allow me TO marry
a priest. az that would be great sin.
He said that he knew that would not
be allowed 10 marry him just yet but
that everything would be all right,
that he was going 10 get lot OF money
in ak years and that he would leave
the church then and I would be his
wife Just as II he had never been a
priest. He said that God had made us
all to be happy. and man was man
and woman was woman everywhere.
that Il was not a sin for a priest 10
marry and have children. He took me
20 a church and with me and God
present svore that he would never
leave me. He told me never 20 worry
as he wouldn't leave me and would
never get tired OF me and would al.
ways love me and be good to me and
that he would soon get $4,000. This
was all before ! went 20 Europe. and
he wrote to me many letters whi'e
was in Europe. He told me to keep
everything a secret and on October rs.
when I came back to this country, he
took me to Connellsville where, on No
vember rs. he married me, so |
thought. and ] promised 10 be his wife
and ! was called daughter by his
mother and he called me wife. He
swore In church with both hands up
that he would never leave me. 4
never had any money; he wouldn't
give me any. When I was in Europe
he sent me plans and a picture OF the
home where we we're 10 live.
Mrs. Russell In the story.
Il only stayed a week at Connells-
Vile until ] found that he had some