The menace. [volume] (Aurora, Mo.) 1911-1920, 1912-03-09
ANSWER TO THE ROMAN 4. iI:.:Es !: :,
IF SWORN TESTIMONY IS NEEDED TO CONVINCE
you or THE TRUTH or THE mENncE's STATE
mENTs. TAKE a souiNr AT THls, THEN PASS IT
on TO YOUR HEIcHBoR.

ahost thnes ueckn amer TIE assault
and 1 have nuncrui p1in IN the abdo'
nen ever lnoe. the pains are picrc
lnr and annoy mo very much frc.
qucnlly kcepInr me from sleeping
Signed. NAY 1. BAilNiousER ,
Tho elrl Florenoo Carey uss
locked 10 and nnaiiy found In thc
Magdaieno Home in Phlladclphia.
uherc she had bccn aant hy the board
Of Chiidren's Guardians % the DIS.
trict of Columbia. and her afndasit
was obtained which 10 a. follovs:
STATE or PENNSYLVANIA:
COUNTY OF PHILADELPHIA. -;
Before me. n notary public. for the
state OF Icnnayivania. residing IN the
county Of Philadelphia. personally
appeared Florence iFuatius Carey,
who. being duly sworn. deposca and
says a. follows,
first: = hive al the Magdalene
home. No. 2i3 North Twenty ilrst
street. Philadelphia. Pa. having beca
sent here by the Board of Childrcn's
Guardians OF the District OF Colum
bia.
Second: 4 sm seventeen years Of
age.
Third: -on the tWenty.third day
OF December. 1919. was sent 10 the
House OF tho Good Shepherd IN the
District OF Columbia. and left that In.
stitution on Sunday. the nineteenth
day OF January. 1911, Tor the frst
time. Two weeks afier that date. I
vas sent back TO the House OF the
Coed Shepherd. Three days after
thal I again left that institution. AMER
vi sent back again. left the
House OF the Good Shepherd for the
last time on Friday morning about
the tenth or eleventh Of February,
1911. afy
Fourth When { entered the House
OF the Coed Shepherd. I was given
the name of ceceiia by the sisters
/ in charge OF the Institution. was
compelled 70 iron from eight O'Clock
In the morning until Eve o'clock In
the evening: other times I was put
on hne sewing work from eight
o'clock In the morning until fve
O'Clock In tho evening. Other girls
had work assigned 20 them; some Of
Them had 10 do washing. some iron.
ing and others manual work We
were allowed enc hour for lunch. ana
except that time. We were COMPELLED
7 to- work IRON eight O'clock n the
morning until nve.
fifth: When was sent back TO
the institution after the first time |
ran away. I was treated roughly by
the sisters: they put me on bread
and water for three days.
Sixth: AT the same time I was
there In the House OF the Good Shop
herd there was n girl there named
May Barnhouser. who was ill-treated
by the sisters. One day che was at
the ironing board and a sister named
Mother Compassion told her 20 turn
her head around. The girl. May
Barnhouser. did Il and gave the sis.
ter black look. The said sister.
Mother Compassion then came over 10
May Barnhouser. slapped her face.
pulled her hair and knocked her
down. Then the said Mother Com.
passion threw her down the steps.
and after she got down there she
knocked her on the concrete floor
and slapped her and pulled her hair.
Seventh: "The date the sister.
named Mother Compassion. ill.treat.
ed May Barnhouser was on or about
January 26th. 1911. The black look
was given by May Barnhouser TO the
sister called Mother Compassion.
Eighth: "At the time that the as,
sault was made by Mother Compass.
sion upon May Barnhouser there were
present the assistant superintendent
OF the home called Mother Mackel
hart: think that Mother Rose was
present. remember Elsie Worth
lngton, called tMackelota in the
home. was also there and also a girl
named Mary. There were many
other girls present whose names
cannot remember
Ninth: After May Barnhouser
was beaten. she was very ~ and vom-
4 ited She complained Of pains In her
abdomen and back She told me that
her stomach was bruised where she
had been kicked Her side was
bruised. She complained 10 me for a
long time OF pains. principally oil
/ pains in her abdomen. May Barn
houser was In the hospital after the
beating and ] think she said Il was
the result OF the beaiIng she had re
lceived.
Tenth: AT the time the assault
was made Mother Mackelhart told
Neither Compassion 20 stop beating
May Barnhouser. No other persons
attempted TO stop Mother Compass
sion.
| Eleventh.: AFTER the beating and
while she was crying. Mother Com
passion made May Barnhouser get uT
from the concrete hoor where she had
thrown her from the door above. and
go back to her ironing work"
Subscribed and sworn to before me
this 2sth day OF November. a. D..
1911.
| "sALoME B. WEAVER.
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