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first applauded and then Chected evi.
I IDENTIFY by persons who had attended
the lecture and had got TO the street
ahead OF the speaker. After the au.
I tomoblle had started west In North
! Diamond street some boots ard iccrs
we're heard. Some members OF the
crowd started TO run after the auto.
mobile, but Capt Dean aud a suuad
OF policemen in the North Side auto.
mobile police patrol followed Sir.
Tharp's car for several blocks until
they saw that no harm could come to
the occupants and then returned to
the North Side police station.
Brands Demonstration Disgrace.
The demonstration OF last night Is
a disgrace to the CITY," said Dr. Tharp,
"and | think that all good citizens
should demonstrate In some manner
that they do not approve such meth.
DDS. | do not believe that the good
people of any race or religion approve
methods of this character, and | feel
that they should assert themselves. In
my lecture, treat Martin Luther
from an historical standpoint; Il Is
delivered in a scholarly and instruc-
tive fashion, and there Is no attempt
TO attack any religious denomination
or stir up religious animosities. Il Is
purely an attempt TO instruct. do
not know what methods should be
pursued to demonstrate that Pitts.
burgh will not stand for methods simi.
lar to that employed by some last
night, but whatever Il Is II should be
aN aalra. and a..
an outrage that a man cannot rise
In a great city like this TO give a
quiet, scholarly and instructive lecture
on the life OF Martin Luther and his
philosophy, without being disturbed,
and II Is a blot on twentieth century
civilization II such demonstrations are
allowed to continue. | have received
many anonymous communications
threatening my life ifL continue these
lectures: | have also received some
letters which have been signed. and
/ could hand the writers over TO the
peace officers. but there is neither
animus in my lecture nor in my ac-
tions."
DIR. Tharp Is right in his conclusion
that such demonstrations are q dis
NAeNNf AeN A4N9 NuAg hAorAaNt AuNnc
who engage In them, and by such dem
onstrations the people are learning
the real spirit OF the Roman Catholic
church and It's teaching.
The people who composed the mob
in Pittsburgh are the same kind OF
people who tried 70 take the life Of
jeremiah J. Crowley IN Oelwein, Iowa.
on the night Of June 18th, and they
are the victims OF the teaching OF
such traitors as compose the Ameri.
can priesthood and who say ito hell
with the government Of the United
States" when the United States and
the Roman Catholic church are in
conflict.
Il have received a number OF let.
ters," DR.. Tbarp said to Dispatch rep.
resentative after the meeting, warn
ing me that IL | persisted In lecturing
on Martin Luther I would be assas-
sinated. ! was TO have delivered my
lecture in Gains hall. West Diamond
street, on May 18th, but could not do
50 because another enlargement pre-
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stanislaw o'Connor. OF the Sacred
Heart Eugene had taken such a
interest IN the coming Of Rev. CroWley
% Oeiwein that be had gone 20 George
Phillips. owner Of the Phillips opera
house. where Crowley vas destined To
lecture. and said: Nov I warn YOU
not 20 let that fellow Crowley use
your opera house. ~ you DO. you had
better watch out for your opera house
or you win not have any"
The Menace reporter caught JUDGE
Eugene iu the mayors once In the
city ball.
Il represent The Menace" sald the
reporter, "and I would like 20 get
your opinion OF the riot that took place
the other night and the attempted
murder Of the Rev. jeremiah J.
Crowley"
O'Connor stood Up from a small faat
desk where he was resting IN an in
ner room In tho mayors once, and
walking up 10 within six inches Of the
reporter. arched his heavy eyebrows
and pushed his goriila-llke head for.
ward and hlurted "What riotf What
attempted murderl I don't know OF
any riot"
why" said the reporter. that ID
funny, when people thousands OF miles
away know all about Il. II IS the ab
tack on the Rev. Crowley. after he
LEFT tho Phillips opera house, on June
18th, 10 which I refer"
Il never heard about anything lIka
that" Insisted the Judge. "You must
have" retorted the reporter. because
two men named George Mealey and
James Hanlon were arrested and
brought before you, and you set them
free"
"lt's a lle," shouted the Judge, n
did not set them free. I merely re-
leased them on their own recogniEanca
until the next morning, and as no
one came 10 press the charge at THAI
time let them co."
We'll, now that your memory Is
coming back 20 you" said tho repor-
ter, what do you care TO say about
the riot9 Do you think Il was some
thing that the citizens OF Oelwein
should be proud Off"
IT'S none OF your damned business
what / think You would not print
what | would say, anyhow. You look
like n big lump OF an Irishman, buo
you must be a damned renegade--a
turncoat-to work for such a dirty
newspaper as The Menaca. Sow vet
out OF here, or | will throw you out"
"On, no you won't" said the Men.
ace reporter" It would take a MAN
TO do that"
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e Press and Pulpit Unite DenOunGng Attack Jeremiah Crowley of Cincinnati
While One Thousand Rifles Are Said Be Stored the Catholic Church!

John- 20 save Us. Spare usi- Cried
-Fathor Pat" in a voice that sounded
Ike the vail of q Loot soul Spare
ua' Oh save uaiT repeated Pat several
times. A reporter for The Menace
was present AZ the 10 O'Clock mass and
heard him. 20 Pat viii not be able 10
deny a. The tone OF Pats voice indi.
Gated that there vas something more
than ordinary Eurplication In his mind.
Below are a feE OF the many ox.
nrcssions Of opinion. received By a re.
porter for The Menace. from tie
newspapers. preachers and business
men OF Oelwein. concerning the az.
tack on the Rev. Crowley:
What The People Say.
Pred s. Robinson. editor. Oelweln
Daily Register believe In free
speech, a free press and n free Amer.
lea. Mr.. Crowley had a riFht 70 come
here: had n rirht 20 speak. gnd n
right 10 be projected. Z believe the
Ak tntion he represents ls necessary.
r. T. Baroody. editor. oelwcln In.
dependent: "Such an outrage should
not have occurred In this country OF
FREQ speech. where everyone N en-.
titled 10 the constitutional rlght OF
life and liberty In tho pursuit OF hap
piness. and the privilege 10 worship
God as ne plcaseA"
The Rev. A. n. Nlcken. pastor OF
the First Baptist church OF Oelweln.
who is regarded as the foremost
preacher In the city. a man who has
tho courage OF his convictions, and
has always fought for American lib.
critics and the public school. said In
sermon entitled, Some Problems
Of the Church." after the attack on
Crowley: 1T Is not only the duty
OF the church TO create an atmoa.
phere In which Il can do its work. but
Il must insist on its right to speak the
truth whenever and to whomsoeyer
Il wills. The conflict between Ca
tholicism on the one hand, and pure
Christianity on the other has ever
been a dispute over the right TO free.
dom OF speech. Professionalism has
won the battle az the cost OF her best
blood. This is not the day nor the
hour when the children Of fallen mar.
tyrs and heroes may rest from the
conflict To sleep is TO be again
drawn into the maelstrom that shall
cngulf us In the darkness and igno-
renee, and suporstitlons Of n past age.
The monster OF the middle ages
faces us; threatening not only our
right 20 speak the truth IN the name
OF the Christ, but she declares by all
the saints that our public school sys.
tom and every free institution shall
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Outrage Is Branded rs "a Strike At Liberty Free Speech
14ndhePTtaS Of Onr Government ''-BnSinen Men, Nvs-
papers, Preachers and CiSe1s Of OeIsUei sua, Ayonsed
RebHafe 1Zuruyons Cahbolicism B,fng lhe UonL4-be
ASsaSnins to tie Bar Of Jshce'' N0uo The ue and Cty

Be dominated by the pope and his
henchmeh.
The attack upon Mr. Crowley was
an attack upon the right OF free speech
and human liberties. The riot OF
Thursday night vas a disEruce to the
city, and an outrage against good cit.
iEpushin
we can see that the cali 20 the
church today % 10 hrht or die. Every
Protestant minister must b. aroused.
Every patriotic citizen must align
himself with the cause Of protcEtant.
tam and asalast the Hierarchy. having
Tor its aim the making OF America
domlnantly Roman Catholic with an
that such a result would entail
Awake and TO the battle, ye sons
OF frocdom!"
Rev c, L. McKlm, pastor OF the
Oelweln Christian church: 4 regard
the ettack on the Rev. J. J. Crowley as
most das,ardly and cowardly. II is
blot on Roman Catholics that will
take years 10 eface. I am surprised
beyond measure at this attack upon
free speech by citizens OF our own
fair city"
Rev. J. p. Van Horn. pastor OF the
Grace Methodist church Of Oelweln:
Il regard the noise and interruption
OF the address OF the Rev. J. J. Grow.
ley, In Oelwein, June 18th, and the
violence shown him following the adj.
dress as a shame TO the community
and disgrace TO those who were rc.
sponsible for u. Il was an assault on
the fundamental right OF free speech. q"
Il. c. Belt, president Of the Iowa
Savings Bank, Oelwein: while I do
not care TO say anything that might
stir up more strife, think that those
who took part In the assault on Grow.
ley should be ashamed OF themselves
The affair is a disgrace TO Oelwein. q"
y. s. Knapp, wholesale and retail
coal dealer: Il consider the mobbing
Of Mr.. Crowley an outrage against
free speech, and I regard IL as a dis.
grace and a blot on the Roman Catho-
lic church"
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I" EVER. since the RsvoiutionAry
M War Of iTTs. have any people
been 20 thoroaghiy aroused a.
81 the oitiIens Of the state Of Iowa
bfer the attempt 10 aasassinate the
Rev. J. J. Crowley. the famous AZ.
nor. lecturer and publioist. By a Ro-
man Catholic mob. In ociwein. Iowa.
the details OF which were given IN
The last edition Of The Menace
The newspapers. bankers, preachers.
business men and all the American
eitiIF : OF oelwein unite In vehement.
B sounolng he murdorous system
o. .,omhn Catholicism that attempted
TO take Crovisy's life because he
dared TO deliver a simple. patriotic
lecture on the putllo school
HAS the death kneil OF our liberties
been sounded alreadyf' HAS our
constitutional right OF free speech
been swept away by a foreign, mur.
derous, putrid system Of religion that
has been literally kicked out Of every
country In the old worldG" they ask
IN unison.
And the answer comes back nom
Americans In every city, town. hamlet
and hillside IN this country. Mo- NOT!
Not while we have a drop OF blood
jeff In our bodies!l!"
Rather" Pat o'Connor. and his
gorilM brother. Judge Eugene. and
their band OF thugs, assarslns and dis.
solute women have heard the answer.
ing echo ana have run 10 cover. Vita
indictments by the Grand Jury and
sentences OF from Ave 20 twenty years
each staring them In the face. their
faces are blanched with fear, their
knees are. clicking together. their
hands are trembling and they are rush.
inc about like rats on n burning ship,
crying: Save us! Save usl! Virgin
May, Save us,!ll"
But Il viii take more than the Virgin
May TO save them this time.
Father" william II. Taft was kicked
out OF the White House on March 9Th;
they have few friends In the cabinet;
sleeping Protestants are waking up
by the thousands: The Menace Is
not going 10 be barred from the malls
''in the Interest OF progress and civil.
ization." and, altogether, the outlook
is most alarming 20 them. Il IS no
wonder, therefore, that Father" Pat
O'Connor at the 10 O'Clock mass last
Sunday morning prayed TO THE N.r-
gin Mary, tho Arch Angels. 81. Peter
ST. Paul and Matthew, Mark, Luke end
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By y. Y. sraR RErorrEn.

w A. Thompson. largest dealer in
aEricultural machinery IN Oelwcln:
oh. Lord. words fail me when I try
10 express my feelings concerning the
assault committed on that good man.
The Rev J. J. Crowley. II % a blot
On the Roman Catholic church that
Is inenaccable Every man and woman
who took on active part In the attnck
onght TO be cent 10 JAIL
Mrs. Elizabeth Armftrung. a visitor
TO Oelwcin. has sent the following
letter TO Governor Clarke and Attor.
ney General CosSon, regarding the
outrage:
oclwein. Ia. June 20. 1913.
To HIS EHcciiency Governor Clarke and
Hon. George Cosson, Attorney Cen
ernL state Of Iowa, Dcs Aoincs.
Iowa:
sIGs.
\ great crime against the people Of
the state Of Iowa, and against the con-
stitution OF the United states was COM
mlttcd In Oelwcin. lows. on the even
Ing % June 18th. when az attempt was
made TO murder at the entrance 20 tho
Moaley Hotel one Rev. jeremiah ].
Crowley, a Resident of Cincinnati. who.
exercising hM rights NJ an American
Citizen, gave a patriotic lecture on the
value of the public school
After the lecture was over he was
attacked By n gang of Roman Catholic
rufhans who attempted 20 murder him.
one hoodlum In particular, by the
name of Edward Murray. OF IS Fred
erick street. Oclwein, struck the Rev
Crowley over the head with a heavy
iron instrument, innlctlng a serious In
jury The names Of the other thugs
are known also.
As the local authorities seem unable
60 bring the criminals TO Justice. will
you not use your good Offices. Ia the
interest OF law and order. and see
TINT this matter Is probch by properly
constituted authority and the guilty
parties punlshcdG
tSlguCdl Yours truly.
MRS. ELIZABETI ARMSTRONG
Regarding the assault upon the Rev.
Crowley, Mayor J. r. Cole. OF Oelwoin,
said: Il thoroughly believe in the
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be has 1890 church members In oel.
Ucin. but when be started 20 preach,
there we're less than 30 persons IN
the audience. according 20 an actual
count made By the reporter.
Father Pat took Tor the text Of
bis sermon the passage relating 10
Christ feeding the multitude. and this
gave him en- excuse for pouring forth
a torrent OF vitupcration because "the
colleges and universities IN this coun-
Try have hlasphemcra. biEots and In.
hicls In their chairs OF learning who
want 10 analyEo the Bible In the light
OF modern science aud logic.
ore Thousand Rihss stored In the
Basement of the Church Hall of
the Sacred Heartf
There "a a story going the rounds
In OClwcin that there are 1000 Win.
chester rihcs stored IN tho basement
0f the hall OF the Sacred Heart. This
o. a building that stands directly back
OF the church proper. n was formerly
the church Uropcr-that vas before
the time Father Pat got next 20 a
dough" bag and was able 10 put up a
brick church.
4 Roman Catholic. one OF the good
kind who is within the inner cir.
Gle. let the cat out OF the bag In a snir.
Il OF boastfulncss IN these words. after
the attempt 10 KIN Crowley: I'VE have
one thousand guns In the basement Of
the old church building. aud a dozen
rounds OF shots and when the timc
comes VIC are going 10 make good use
uf them on your dirty Protestants.
Father O'Conuor told us the Sunday
before that n we allow that dirty ren.
egade, Crowley. 90 come here and
speak we are a big set of towards. We
will convince Father O'Connor that
he has no towards In his church."
Pete erar and Free Bricks.
Pete Graf, the son Of a shoemaker,
In Oelwoin, offered to supply every
one with bricks free for use on the
Rev. J. ]. Crowley. His offer was
hailed with applause. Graif Is a mem.
Der OF Father" Pats church.
Judge o'connor Wanted to Lick Men.
ace Reporter.
In securing the opinions from the
prominent residents OF Oelwein as to
the attempted assassination, the re-
porter for The Menace thought Il
would be n good idea, "a the inyesti-
cation was practically completed, and
he did not care who knew his identity,
20 get the opinion OF superior Judge
tGod save Amorlca) Engone J. O'Con.
nor. barroom bum, wouli.be political
boss and brother OF Father" Patrick
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Shepherd disclosures, made by the
council OF that city.
The spirit and practice OF the pa.
/ pacy displayed by this mob makes
plain Priest Phelan's declara .on. ITO
hell with the government II in oppo.
sition to Rome"
The attitude OF the peace officers,
as charged by Attorney Jackson over
/ the signature Of John Pence, alderman
OF the committee In charge OF the
Tharp meeting, Is certainly astound'
/ ing.
To hell with the peace OF the cityl
To hell with law and orderl
To hell with free speech and free
assembly!
To hell with life and property. says
the hoodlum Catholic riot.
And now comes the charge that the
/ police OF the city were among the
instlgators OF that disgraceful Catho-
| lie demonstration.
The petition Of Mr.. Spence reads
| in part as follows:
That your petitioner charges that
the officers whose duty Il was TO pro
I tect the lecturer and the audience as
semblCd in the said Carnegie music
/ hall knew prior to the date OF said
I lecture. to-wit, juno 18th, that there
was an organized conspiracy 10 break
up said lecture, to terroriEe the audi
ence and TO do bodily harm TO the lee
turer and that the said conspirators
had printed upwards Of 1000 false and
spurious tickets OF invitations in imi-
tatiOn OF those that had been issued by
the managers Of the lecture aud that
they had distributed these false and
spurious tickets for the purpose OF
collecting a mob TO break up and pre-
vent the said lecture.
Letter Distributed.
THAT the said tickets so dlstrib-
uted were inclosed In the following
letter:
"'The inclosed card Is an invita-
tion from the Guardians OF Liberty
who despise Catholics. We are In.
formed that this lecture is intended TO
be direct insult TO Catholics. the
sisters, the priests and the church. Il
is also charged that the lecture is
most degraded in talk OF womanhood.
On May 18th of this year. he tried
10 NNlA n rluAllaI UltEAluA III NAll
on the North Side, which was broken
up. Won't you attend this one 10
see that justice Is not trampled on?'
"The circulation OF this letter with
the spurious tickets was known to the
police authorities, and notwithstand-
ing this knowledge and that the man
ager Of the lecture had applied for
police protection, having heard rumors
OF threatened attack. but four police
men were sent 10 protect him from at
tack and these four were well known
to be in sympathy with the conspira-
tors.
Policeman Attacked.
That in the attack tnat was made
upon the door Of the hall by the riot
ers, one Of their rinE-leaders was ar
rested and the police officer who made
the arrest was violently attacked by
the associates OF the man arrested.
but succeeded in taking his prisoner
to the station house on the opposite
side OF Federal street from the hall
and that In a very few minutes after
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[ On Tuesday evening, June l1th.
Rev. Wallace Tharp, pastCr II the
First Christian church, North Side,
Pittsburgh, Pa. was scheduled 10 de.
lllver lecture at the North Side mu-
lsic hall on Martin Luther and the Ref.
formation, under the auspices OF the
!Guardians OF Liberty, Junior order
United American Mechanics and other
patriotic bodies.
In keeping with what seems TO be
an established custom, here Of late
at least, when the Romanists in Pitts.
burgh heard OF the meeting they went
on the war path and Immediately be-
gan TO organize a mob for the pur.
pose OF breaking up the meeting and
breaking the head OF the speaker.
Admission TO the meeting was by
ticket. and the first thing the Roman.
lists did was to issue several thou
sand bogus tickets for the purpose Of
packing the hall with Roman Catholics
and thereby be able to start the
trouble from the inside after the
speaker had taken the platform and
launched into his address.
When the hall was comfortably
filed with men and women, probably
$500 being present about o'clock, the
time the lecture was supposed 10 start,
a rush was made ON the doors by
Romanists with fake tickets. Ticket.
takers accepted number OF them be-
fore they discovered that they were
counterfeit. The ushers advised the
ticket men OF the fake and the police
were notified and were asked to
belp close the doors.
( When the effort to close the doors
twas made the holders of the good
Tickets who had come to attend the
Injecting protested in no uncertain
tterms. but the doors we're forced shut
knd word was sent TO the North Side
lpollce station, across the street, for
lmore policemen.
4 There were probably 500 people
standing on the steps OF Carnegie hall
fwhen the doors closed. These per-
sons got into arguments among them
tselves. Part of the crowd held good
tickets and othars the fake ones.
First there started cheers, and then
came jeers. BY this time a squad Of
10 policemen, members OF the day
force. all that could be mustered at
that time, was marched 20 the lecture
hall.
Police Charge Crowd.
The police. in charge of Capt. John
Dean and Leuts. william McCul.
lough, Harry Moore and Henry Regel-
man, charged up the steps. The men
on the steps refused TO give way and
,ihe oficers had a battle to get to the
lecture hall door.
J After the doors had been locked. Mr..
Tharp started his lecture. The han
was fully lighted at first and when
tthe crowd outside saw the minister
making gestures and delivering his
hddress they started to jeer and call
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Looks Bad for Rome

A friend Of ours in Minnesota has
just sent us letter from the warden
Of the state penitentiary, located 40
saltwater, In which he gives our
friend some very interesting statisti-
cal data concerning the inmates OF
the institution az the close OF the fis.
cal year, July 3lst, 1912. The number
OF inmates at that time was S24, and
their religious affiliations as follows
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vented. Then / feared that something
would happen, and for this reason did
not make any other date for a future
I lecture. Following this, these patriot
I ic orders asked me 10 deliver the lee
ture In the North Side Carnegie hall
and In response 10 their request | ar.
ranged to give the talk"
Here again we have the spirit OF
Rome. II she cannot-bluf her critics
into silence with the boycott, she Is
willing TO try assassination! No rem.
edy IL too severe for a hertic!The ends
Justify the means, and even murder Is
no crime when Il Is committed for
the glory OF the Roman Catholic
church and for the purpose OF adyanc
ing the interests OF "our Lord God
the pope, king Of earth, heaven and
hell"
II is refreshing, however, 10 see one
Pittsburgh newspaper with the
courage to brand this outrage as a
disgrace, as you will observe from
from the Pittsburgh sun:
A Cause for Shame.
at Is not necessary to consider the
merits Of the controversy to pronounce
the attempt made last night to break
up a meeting In the North Side carne.
gle Music hall, on tie occasion Of a
lecture on Martin Luther and the Re.
formation a most unIustitable pro-
eeedlng and a cause COR shame. The
rights Of free speech end 10 held meet.
inss In an orderly manner are all that
need be considered. Therefore punt.
tive measures are called fer to guard
liberty In those directions.
at Is a serious matter when a meet.
ing under respectable auspices cannot
be held In one Of the most prominent
assembly halls Of the city without be-
ing subject TO a riotous attack by
those opposed TO the opinions to be
upheld"
What the Effect viii BE.
The Menace has received numerous
letters concerning thir latest outbreak
OF Roman fury, and hey are all OF
the same accord in .he belief that Il
has set the ball rollIhg in Pittsburgh
as never before. The people are
aroused to the true character OF the
followers OF the pope, and from here
out il will be hard fJr them TO repeat
this performance in Pittsburgh.
While the Menace ooplores these
exhibitions OF fanatl.sm on the part
Of the opposition, they establish the
truth OF our contentious and make Il
impossible for Rome 10 get sympathy
in the future from a certain class OF
citizens who have heretofore believed
that We were too severe in our criti-
cisms and unfair in our conclusions.
To say the least, II Is amusing to see
the enemy spike their own guns in
the manner which the did at Oelwein
and Pittsburgh. And. the end is not
yet, for Rome never Changes"