The menace. [volume] (Aurora, Mo.) 1911-1920, 1913-05-24

f"lENACE readers are already Ia
NH miliar with revelations made
@ concerning the Roman Catholic
Home OF the Good Shepherd,
Troy hin. Pittsburgh. Pa. whore Il
was discovered that the city Adminis-
tration had been paying the institution
i've dollars a week for the maintenance
OF each inmate committed there by the
courts. at the same time charging
these items in the city's budget" en-.
pendlture TO "the care OF policemen
Injured In the discharge OF duty"
This institution sailing under the
"nonSectarian" guise. has not only
feeced the city OF Pittsburgh out OF
thousands OF dollars, but Il Is one Of
hundreds OF others which receives
state aid and which is stlll asking for
state aid
Z The revelations which have come 10
Tight in this Romish slave pen are no
different than those which would come
ito light In the rest OF them II Il we're
lonly possible to force Investigation,
and the testimony OF the officials and
inmates Of this place Is the strongest
fevidence that could be adduced OF the
truth OF every statement the Menace
has ever made in regard to such insti-
tutions, in Pittsburgh and elsewhere.
Previously We haye quoted the Har-
poon, a weekly magazine published In
Pittsburgh, relative to this particular
case, and since the hierarchy IL dis
posed to accuse the Menace OF lying.
regardless Of what Il prints, or the evil
dence In the case, We wish TO again
quote the Harpoon In its issue OF May
eth. The testimony herewith Is both
convicting and convincing. and VIC give
you the most vital part OF II, together
with the closing paragraph OF the edi-
tors introduction:
'"The statement which follows is an
afidavit OF a woman, now married,
who was an inmate Of the home for
a period Of eight months. She Is a
Roman Catholic and admittedly has
no axe 10 grind against the institution.
She simply gives her statement In n
matter OF fact manner, but In the facts
admitted, is to be found the corrobora-
tion OF the allegations made In previ-
Gus issues OF the Harpoon.
For obvious reasons we have omit
ted the name of the woman. The in
terrogations were made by an attorney
in the presence OF three witnesses.
The Testimony.
20. When you were at the House OF
the Good Shepherd, you went there
and paid your own way2
"a. Yes sir, my mother gave mon
ey there.
20. How much did she payl
"a. don't know that Every time
she came there she gave them some
thing.
20. How old we're you when you
went there3
"a. wasn't quite seventeen.
20. You stayed there how long?
4 "a. Eight months.
20. You are a Roman Catholic your
self?
"A. Yes. sir.
20. Who has charge Of the house?
"a. The sisters and nuns.
%. And the Mother Superior is In
charge2
"a. The Mother Superior is over
all, but the classes have separate
heads.
%. The building up there-the
doors are always kept locked and fas-
tened?
"A. Yes. sir.
%. And the windows are barredi
"A. Yes. sir, those on the ground
floor. All where the girls are-they
are barred.
%. During that time did you work
IN the laundry2
"a. Yes. sir. all the time.
20. Did you 20 to school?
"A. No. sir.
%. Do you know what they taught
them in school?
"A. They taught reading. writing.
geography, but mostly all about re-
iigion.