The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1914-02-19
Has the Alleged knights of
Columbus Oath Been Proved
a Fake? Has ga Libel
Been Rebuked?
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Flaherty and Gafney told Judge Wilson
that they would be satisfied 'if the court
ecould discharge the defendants eaeder a sas-
pension OF sentence"
AS who should say, "These men have
vindicated US, but we aoags them kent In oar
poaoer. Leave that sentence hoaaq59q Deer
them, ready to come down upon them, and to
smash item, any day we choose"
- don't think very much of a vindication
like that, do you?
Judge Wilson allowed Flaherty to say in
open court, bit not W7oder oath, the following
words, indicating the vindication:
This alleged oath is tissue of falsehoods
from the first word to the last-absolutely false
rms prosecution was brought simply to vindicate
the Knights of Columbus, because of the wide cir
culatlon given to this vile and scurrilous circular
Its purpose was to breed strife and arouse reli-
glous bigotry. The alleged oath is absolutely
baseless and of such fragrant character that it
is indeed surprising that anyone would give it
the slightest credence.''
Now | hope Mr.. James A. Flaherty- and
his big lawyer, Gaffney, will read few words
OF mine, and then take 8ucb action as then
may deem necessary and proper.
g.. When James A. Flaherty and joseph
Gafney, side-stepped such publishers as The
Menace, The Jeffersonian Publishing Co..
Scarboros Llberator, and various other pub
hshers OF that alleged X. of c. oath, 6ei7a0
dt1aad to prosecute these strong companies,
and chose, instead, to Jump on two workmen
who have to depend upon their daily labor
for their daily bread, the said Fzaherty and
the SAID Gafney did q most coaoard5y and
contemplate thing.
~ Long before Flaherty and Gaffney
jumped that printer, Megonigel, and that
barber, Stage, the Augusta, Georgia, Knights
(N0I1 n IL
selves, In The Chronicle, to show that 4th
degree oath to three Protestant ministers,
Revs. DuBose, Cree and Jones; and after
h0ving published this pledge they backed
dorm from ii.
had scornfully and repeatedly defed Vic
tor j. Dorr and his brother Knights to show
that oath: Victor & Co. were afraid to do it.
(3.) The alleged oath is not tissue of lies.
The alleged oath IS substantially the true one.
The alleged oath does not vary, IN a1ay
essential particular, from the dan27aabze Jesuit
oath aohach Cardinal Gibbons took.
Every Jesuit priest takes an oath that con-
tains all the venom, the murder, the ruthless
persecution, and the blind obedience to the
Pope, that were in the published Knights Of
Columbus oath.
a. The foot-pY1nts Of the Jesu5ts, on the
records Of history, pro0e that they commit
the crimes a0hlcb they SaOear to commit.
That's the reason so nearly all Of the Roman
Catholic countries expelled these dia6ozicaz
Je8uit8.
co. The published oath of the knights of
Columbus IS IN substantial accordance aoith
the Canon zaa0 of Fzahertys church, IN accord
0nce a0ith popisb DEGREES, IN accordance aoitb-
the uotce Of Councils, IN accordance Nth the
dreadful anob~invagTa5ze practise IN Roman
Catholic countries WHERE TIE JESUIZ7S
HAVE BEEN SUPREME.
CO., The Jesults are 41olO supreme through
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