The menace. [volume] (Aurora, Mo.) 1911-1920, 1914-03-07

has had a practical touch OF ho-
mAnim As Il vas IN the days when
"heretics" we're stretched on the
rack, broken on the wheel and
burned at the stake, and as she Is
today.
Under the laws Of New York you
can put the lnquisition in foroe on
the least provocation. You can &C
cuse "John Doe" Richard Roe"
or any other "straw man" Of having
slandered you, and then summon
the whole town as witnesses, take
men away from their business,
swear them as witnesses and then
grill them for hours, at their own
expense, in an effort 10 ascertain
what they know about the alleged
SANDER.
For the last two OF three weeks
business in the city hall in Buffalo
has been practically paralyzed in an
effort Of the Romanized political
slobs Of that city 10 find out who
slandered Father" Bubenheim, and
who first started the story that a
nun had given birth to a child some
time ago at the Chippewa Market.
The daily papers have been full Of
this John Doe business for several
days, but, strange as 1t may seem,
they never give out any information
that would give the uniformed the
remotest idea as TO what the slander
about the priest is. They give THE
MENACE fits, as we'll as every friend
and subscriber Of the paper, but
they never mention anything about
what the priest is accused Of.
THE MENACE has never published
anything about "Father" Buben-
helm, but we understand that there
is plenty to publish il we only had
time TO get around 10 it.
We understand that one Of the
stories concerns alleged intimacy
with certain female parishioner, re-
sulting in a black eve and a bruised
mug for the priest at the hands Of
the husband Of said female parish
ioner.
THE MENACE heard this story
from several different sources, but
such things are 80 common we sim
ply ignored il for the lack Of space.
IL we were TO print the story of every
priest who gets "thick" with female
parishioners We wouldn't have room
for anything else. It's all We can
do TO find space for the priests who
murder their sweethearts, cut their
bodies 10 pieces and dump the parts
into the river; for the priests who
commit outrdgcS on the persons of
small boys and then murder them !;
for the Roman thugs who mob pub
lic speakers and burn dorm the
houses Of those rho do not happen
10 agree nth the pope Of Rome m
his claim that he is king Of heaven,
earth and hell.
Suppose this priest has been GO
ing the gaits? Suppose he did
get his eyes blacked?
Is that any reason that Buffalo
should suspend business and try to
trace down the man who first gave
the thing away?
Are the people paying taxes 10
run the courts for the purpose Of
cleaning Rome's sewers2
II this priest is guilty Of what
he is charged, u is no more than
thousands Of other priests are guilty
of.
If he is not guilty, a lie won't
hurt him-at least they have never
hurt US, and Ue hare thousands Of
them told on us ddily-some of them
even appearing in the Buffalo daily
papers.
If some one told a lie on you, Mr..
Common Taxpayer, do you think
the city Of Buffalo would constitute
itself a detective agency for the pur-
pose Of running down the guilty
eulprit?
OF course Il roulda'tl
But il does it for this thick.
necktd celibate, Boob-enheim.
Then, suppose this nun did get !
hard pressed. Suppose she did BE- |
come q mother dt The Chippsua
MorketP
Is that any Of the City of Buff |
falo's business?
II it is true it IS no UOrse than
is true Of thousands Of other nuns
if We are TO believe history, or hon
est people. or nuns themselves who