The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1915-02-11
J. E. HoSmer At Home
After An Unjust
Persecution

- HE editor Of the Silverton
Journal will be back to his
III duties next Tuesday, Deem,
N Der 22nd. We wish we could
spread this good news in
large type all through the pages of
the Journal; also tell of the deeds
of the kind friends, who have so
thoughtfully cheered his lonely hours
in that place of persecution. We
know you are all interested in his
homecoming, as the Journal will be
much improved by the aid of his pen.
-Silverton, Ore, Journal
Since finding the above we have
received Mr.. Hosmers first paper
since gaining his freedom. 1t gives
evidence Of the sincerity Of the man
and in order to let our readers know
something of his attitude and the
scope of his work we give space to
the following excerpts from his ex-
ce1lent paper dated December rs,
1914:
The greatest object in every HUI
man life ought to be to help bring
peace on earth and good will to
men"
To be locked up in prison for one
AunQIGu ucyS IS oil awful IulIS. IL
/ were guilty 1 would say nothing,
but l am not guilty.
I was not fairly convicted, but was
railrCaded to conviction and to jail
because of the downright perfdy Of
my prosecutors. My highly recon-
mended chief attorney proved a trail
tor in the hierarchy's employ.
The reasons 7 went to jail we're,
pay the fine; second, while l could
have secured the money from my
friends, felt that the payment Of the
fine would be something like ack-
nowledging guilt; third, paying a
fine is the rich mans method of es-
cape from the penalties of crime, and
usually the poor are our only citizens
who are really punished. The das-
tardly method of false system I
wished to emphasize, and fourth, by
going to jail I thought that 1 could
write my articles which would help
our cause more than anything else,
for, the unusual condition would at
tract many more readers, and the
writer would be inspired with
thoughts, and helped by conditions,
to write better against the awful
enemies OIL our american IlD6TIy.
From childhood l had a horror of
the disgrace of going to JAIL but l
concluded it was for the best.
Affidavit.
Silverton, Ore, July 10, 1918.
On Thursday night, Jun 26, 1913,
at about 1850 O'Clock, nun dressed
in full robe, from the convent at Mt.
Angel came to the Christian church
and inquired for the pastor. The
pastor, answering her call, was told
by said nun that she was fleeing for
refuge from the said convent.
She gave her name as Miss La
sanen, and her sister name as Mary
Louise. about six months ago."
said she, "having previously escaped
from a convent in the East, I was
kidnapped while walking from my
place of work to my home, on the
streets of Portland, and taken as a
prisoner and confined in the convent
at Mt Angel, Oregon. While there
| was forced to do all manner of
servile work as a penance for my
sins | was abused by the priests
and Mother Superior from time to
time. Tonight the priests from
many parts of the Valley have
gathered themselves at Mt. Angel
and are holding a drunken orgy.
Their uncomfortable treatment of
myself and other nuns who have Ia
ken the black veil became unendur-
Nile to me. | made my escape W. Fn,