The menace. [volume] (Aurora, Mo.) 1911-1920, 1913-01-18

rev. 4. 4 o'Connof. pastor of the sac
red Heart church. oeiwcln. la. has
,slseeesdsd in ssP.SsinE another ,ypissl
lodical known % The Menace The
following article was printed In The
Menace % saturday. Nov. a.
Editor % The Menace;
Something IKE three years ago a
younE lady Vas found murdered in her
bed In Toledo, ohio. blood hounds
we're employed 20 trace the murderer
from the room % the Firl 20 another
room In the same house and jumplng
on the bed where a Roman Catholic
ON the strength OF this the county
prosecutor ordered the arrest % the
priest Immediately the komnniHta
got busy. and thc next day The p.T,99sss,-
man OF God" and hbjectly npoloEized
Tor ever thinking it possible that n
priest could commit a crime.
Prom that day 90 thH that murder
has remained a mystery 90 far a. my
aiIas not The Menace some bright
correspondent in Toledo who can giye
"''' A SUBSCRIBER.
Father o'Connor took the matter mp
with Perry u. Knapp. chief of police
ed the following communication;
Toledo, O., Nov g. 1919.
"P. 8 oConnor. ESQ., oelwein. Ia
Replying 20 your letter OF nov 81 IN
regard 20 the reliability ot the en-
closed clipping. viii say that there has
heen no Woman murdered IN Toledo
in the past ten years that the case has
remained mystery 10 thls aag,
ns,Sner tSshty HSs Years S"''S Where blood hounds
have been used 20 trace the murderer,
70 my knowledge. nor has a priest
been arrested for any crime IN Toledo.
"Whiie I am not n Catholic, am
making this statement 20 correct the
error and Injustice that has been done
by the publishing the within clipping.
S'n'e's' -" PERRY d. KNAPP.
chief Of Police. Toledo, o.
-From The Catholic telegraph,
Cincinnati. o., Dee. 20. 1919.
The above article reprinted from
The Catholic Telegraph. as credited
above. IL only another sample OF the
frantic attempts OF the degraded but
willy priesthood OF Rome 20 evade the
searchllght OF truth that mercilessly
exposes their crimes 10 the eyes OF
more than a million readers In the
columns OF The Menace from week
TO week.
Through some mistake OF the print.
or or the correspondent, the name OF
the city I'm question where this dast'
ardly and cold-blooded murder was
committed was transposed to read
Cleveland" instead OF Lorain, Ohio
as Il should have been. This gave our
friend, Pat-the-priest, what he mistak.
enly supposed TO be a chance TO WELD
the white-wash brush with the result
which appears above In the article
which we have copied.
To The History and to The Facts.
Here is a brief review Of the story
in its revolving and murderous en-
tirety Sure. Pat, and you never
dreamed you were inviting The Men.
ace to publish the facts TO the gaze OF
the world as you read them here par
agraph by paragraph, did you?
The murder referred TO was that OF
Miss Richland, sister and house
keeper Of father" Richland, priest
of the parish Of Lorain, Ohio. Accord
ing to widespread newspaper public
ity al the time, this murder was COM
mitted some ten years ago in the res.
idence Of priest Richland, a certain
priest (name withheld purposely at
this time) OF the order OF &c PIP. s.,
("Congregation OF the Precious
Bloody who was also at the time a
member of the faculty OF 81. Joseph s
College, of Rensselaer,. Ind, was TAX
ing a little trip over the country eel
ebratinu his silver jubilee" During
the progress OF his hilarious "celebra'
ton" this priest of the order OF &C.
PIP. &" visited father" Richland, at
Lorain. Unexpectedly, however,
father" Richland was called TO con
voy the ehivering soul OF one OF the
faithful" TO the purgatorial gates at
one Of his outlying missions. The de-
parting priest left the home In charge
Of his sister. with the &C. PIP. g."
priest as the guest
During his absence that night, a
brother OF priest Richland "a layman
living in Lorain) came to the house
10 join in the Jubilee" celebration.
After the usual all-nlght debauch the
three celebrants retired, Layman
Riohland slept In a spare bedroom,
Miss Richland In her own room, while
the visiting priest Of the &C. PIP. s."
brand Of sanctity was assigned TO the
bedroom of his host. which adjolned
that Of Miss Riehland.
During the night Miss Richards
head was crushed with a blow evil
IDENTIFY inflicted by stone such as are
sometimes used as doorweights!
A ladder was found leaning against
the wnidow-sill OF Miss Richards
room. by the police, when called next
morning.
The sc. PIP. s." priest Immediately
hied himself to an institution conduct
ed BY the sisters" where he prompt
ly fell into a dreamless stupor.
Miss Richland's throat bore tell-tale
marks OF strangling fingers. Blood
hounds were at once secured. and
straight they bayed the trail to the
sleeping &C. PIP. s." priest! Not
once. but again and again.
This priest was arrested--and the
rest Of the story is substantially as
ouotad ahova froun The MANAGE