The menace. [volume] (Aurora, Mo.) 1911-1920, 1912-08-24

NAHAA"AM
Eihsi Williams secured a tsnpor
ary Srit of habeaa oorpas throaEh
her attorneys AuEunt TN. charEina
hat she is being made = slave aEnlnsi
her uin ~ the Cincinnati CITY hoe
pltaL Ethel Williams. a patisnt Al ths
city hospital an lnHtitution ertirely
apart from rcllEioua innnence lsup
posedly) and supported By the tan.
paysrs of this city, further CHARGES
that not only 4 she forced 10 slave
az the hospital but that the onciais
OF that Institution are using means 10
persuade CD her TO ENTER A con.
VENT
Ethel William. patient. must
bring habeas corpus proceedings
against the authorities Of Cincinnati's
city hospital 10 even regain her free.
dom 20 return 10 her home In Louis.
vile. Ky.
Think that over.
Common Pleas Judge Dickson. 10.
sued the writ al bic home after hear.
ing the charges brought By Ethel vii.
liAms' lawyers.
After snpL Fehrenhsteh had treated
the writ of the court with silent con
tempt for twenu-four hours. be vas
sent for and appeared. With him came
some more OF RomeG servants.
Health ofioer lands and Assistant
City Solicitor Merrill came with this
worthy superintendent 10 help him 70
stat the release OF Ethel Williams, on
the ground that the health regulations
require her detention.
Romeb "three guardsmen."
OH By the way. forgot 10 aak--
how do you tax-paylng. non-Catholle
American citizens like this cradle
robbing. home-breaklng. schoolseduc.
ing. Clncinnati-domlnating Romish
bosses, the cream OF the scum OF all
Southern Europe that you sleepily
tolerate. even whllo the bit OF their
authority cankors your very mouths
Clean cincinnatis city hospital OF
all Catholic harples and sycophantsl
"EAR the Romans howl! The
reverend and sanotimonlous old
~ superior" IN charge OF the
convent OF the Good shepherd
at Carthage 10 on q leg-twiating very
undignined but extremely earnest
sprint 10 cover. Her terrified Romish
eyes are enthusiastically seeking tall
timber on the horizon. The cruel lips
that have hissed her merciless threats
into the affrlghtsned ears OF countless
helpless little girl-slAves now ashen
and trembling whisper smoothly word.
ed explanation and honiod lies 20 ex'
tenuate, IN a futile attempt 20 avert
the impending storm that when Il
breaks will not leave one stone upon
another IN any convent wall In Amer.
ica.
After a contemptuous silence OF cen.
turtles OF unbroken silence. the silence
OF dominant and unbridled power
Catholicism lashed TO fury by the ter
rible whip OF exposure and yet cowed
by fear is by turns a shrieking. ours.
ing hsh.wife and again she covers
forth n slobbering, sobbing. snifeling
apologetic hypocritel In this role this
superior" wrote the following letter
A letter wrung from her shaking hand
by The Menace with It's awful arraign
ment Of the Carthage convent.
A good son OF the church" who
happens TO be the editor Of a Catholic
sheet printed In Frisco recently wrote
this superior" and strongly sug
gested that some answer or soothing
explanation ought 70 be thrown 70
the non-Catholic masses OF American
citizens AZ cop 10 save their precious
Romish neeks.
The following article In letter form
10 the sop being circulated by the
Catholic press TO "explain-away" The
Menace-we reproduce the supposed
letter entire:
Provincial Convent of the Good
shepherd,
Carthage. Ohio, July IL. 1919.
Editor Monitor,
Dear slr:-Your kind letter Of the
10th inst was forwarded 20 US by ths
Mother sypsriSr q our house In c,n, ,n,
we can say IL that the three girls rar
away from our reformatory class foI
young women located at Carthage, Ohio
hssy wsr prS%PS Snn, " .ss ,y to b, NJ S
one OF them-Louise Fagg-hat
hurt her foot she was sent for a day OF
two 10 the city hospital BY the ofnser,
time she was interviewed by several
reporters and Protestant ministers
as the Riri is not truthful. the reports
published are entirely Incorrect.
she stated she ran away on account
OF hard work. These girls are EN-.
ployed at machine sewing. aud, as Z
matter OF fact, owing 20 the dull time
we have had no work supplied US since
last March. This is the real reason
OF the disturbance, not having any
regular employment the girls became
restless and. OF course, when In bad
dispositions. will make every EFFORT tc
escape. A TO the statement that she
was beaten, Il 10 strictly forbidden b.
our rule either TO as much as slap 4
child or any OF our young girls, or e
lock them Up for MISCONDUCT neither
are we allowed TO deprive them OF thelE
alton that We have the same class Of
In state reformatories. where we up-
derstand they are locked up and given
only bread and water, you viii readily
admit the injustice OF such sensational
reports. which we sincerely deplore.
The Catholic Telegraph OF this city
CincInnati-and the New York Sun
have published refutatlons. but our
experience has been that where one
hundred people read the untruthfut as
sertion, one may read the refutation-
Leaving II entirely in your hands 70
DO as you wish In regard to the article,
and thanking you most sincerely. for
your kindly Interest In our behalf,
beg 70 remain,
Very truly yours.
-sR. MARY OF 81. AJoYsIus. :.
Provincial Superior"
No comment Is necessary upon the
above significant tissue of worn-out
denial and romantic and blear-eyed
falsehood. We leave comment entirely