The menace. [volume] (Aurora, Mo.) 1911-1920, 1915-07-10

III Times. Omaha, Neb., we are
IIM- enabled 10 give our readers,
in an adjoining column,
Photographic reproductions Of the
original affidavits made by Gather
inc Egan and her father, James
Egan, Of South Omaha, Neb. We
have gone into the EgAn case at
length on two occasions, but now
give il additional notice because il
seems TO have developed along pc
culiarly Romish lines which show
the length and depth 20 which the
papal power will 20 in order 10
blind and mislead in the matter Of
Romish practices and preaching.
II matters not how we'll The
MENACE may authenticate or verify
q story concerning the trescheries,
criminalities or crookedness Of
priests and other pspsl persons,
the cunning Of the Romish mind
will find a way around through
which the public may Be led away
from the point at issue. The Egan
case seems to be a concrete example
Of the workings Of q we'll oiled and
well organized machine
The afiidavits reproduced else
where on this page tell the story,
make plain thL pernicious practices
and sufficiently expose the system Of
slavery which the Roman Catholic
church is promoting upon Amer
ican soil in open defiance Of law and
order. II is useless TO delve furth-
er into the crueltics Of this particu-
lar case, since the point at issue
here and now resolves itself into q
consideration of one question
How and why is truth denied by
Rome7 There is q studied effort
made to discredit witnesses, deny
allegations and confuse the public
mind, and the result is that truth
is disbelieved when presented. In
limitation is used TO controvert
testimony and befog the issue, in
desperate attempts to damage the
case Of the people against Rome.
Menace Rouses Ire
The story, together with the afi-
davits, was first published in the
Iincoln, Neb., Times last March
from which paper THE MENACE
copied the affidavits. The story ap-
peared to be, and was, 90 well sub
stantiated that II seemed there
could be no denial, but denial was
made, after The Menace gave the
story publicity. James Egan de-
nounced the story as false in every
particular in a letter 10 the Omaha
papers, and THE MENACE was
asked to publish q retraction OF the
story. The Catholic press through
out the country carried on q cam
paign of abusive and lengthy denial
which extended over several weeks,
but the truth Of the statements
made in the matter By The Menace
and the Times has not been success
fully attacked. The story will not
down.
Miss Egan, according to her own
affidavit, pds in slavery TO Rome
for a period Of almost seven years.
Her place Of servitude was q House
Of the Good Shepherd in which she
was kept hidden, utterly cut of from
friends and relatives without war
rant and without hope. She was
located By mere chance and liber-
ated. Her story was sworn to by
herself. Then came the denial and
a careful covering Of tracks, but
the notary public who took her ac-
knowledgment has not been re-
moved from service nor his doings
publicly questioned except by the
papists who are defending the
papal prison in Omaha. In this
connection il might be well to state
that Geo. A. Keyser, the notary |
public who took the acknowledge
ment Of James Egan's "repudia-
tion," which was printed in THE
MENACE No. 206, dated May Is, is
said to be q Roman Catholic and
Knight of Columbus.
James Egan made a sworn state
ment substantiating his daughters
sworn statement, and neither Of
these have been proven false.
When publicity is given to the
matter, and Rome is suffering expos
ure Of her pernicious business. her