Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1915-12-15
: Looks Like Schmidt Hut Die
4 Priest vhs Ruined ard cut up a Girl
DaI be EisClfeCuted.

nlY be Eisclfscuted.
The Menace.
Death waits at the electric chail
to sla,m Priest Hans Schmidt. 1t 6
l.eherous brute who killed his
svestheart, Anna Aumuller, and
hacked her body to pieces, The
Court of Appeals ut Albany, N. Y,
having upheld the verdict Of the
lower court unanimously Schmidts
last hope is gone, with one except
ion. executive olemency. 1t ls
hs' dly probable shat any further
interfsrsnce will be made with the
soarbs of justice. Tire insanity
: dodge faiisd and every other pos
sibls avenue of escape was tried
without success. Shsms, subtsr-
fuxes, oonfessions and repudis-
tions did not avail and there Is
nothing left for Priest Schmidt
bat to take his medicine.
Perhaps the execution CT
Schmidt may serve as q warnlug
to other priests who are prone TO
use their peculiar position to pro-
nots certain Ubiquitous sntsrIr'ses
At any rats, Haus SoEmi IS not
10 nush TO blams as - the dlas
bolical systsm Of secrecy and ar.
X granoe which Rome ls folstlng
sp u Anerlca as a religion and q
church. The cloisted convslts,
which are not closed to priests
the confessional, which gives Of
portanity to probe into the mos
inner rsosssss of innocent minds
and plant tho sesd of dangerous
knowledge which may drag down
10 rain ; ths command of obedience
which nxkss the communicant
the slave Of the church and 10
snsA 10 ths advances Of lecherous
priests; tho horrible hypocrisy
which x:asks ruin in religion,
4Asss, as c.nturlas OF schooiirg
in sunerss,si ,n aud sreacherv, are
tAs ttluss What have made the
Dfisss* ia n.auacs to life, VII
sus And edu~ss:ou. Some of the
aessA obs r~cters, noted for their
DroAisssy. are PRIEST Dsnes, Of
Belt, Mont, who liz now serving
Svsasy-ysar sentence in the pen'
Nsntiary for a serious crime;
Priest Mullen of Chicago who kill.
u The aged station agent At Hill
side, H., whiIe Oh a drunken sprse
aad WIS made tha insanity dodge
work nicely; Priest PstEarca of
Massaehussstss whose horrible his
tory has been aivei, in these COL
amns and Priesz Rivera of New
York uszo fed fir m jastlcs and is
still priest. Hans Schmlds may
hs 4 wa ming TO other priests, t.
not get canght.
A SLAVE SEEKS FREEDOM.
An application fer writ OF ha'
bsas corpus to bring abb ut she re-
lease from 8 convent of young
woman who wanted TO be nun
and then, it is alleged, changed
her mind will be heard before Su.
prsns Court Justice Giegerich to-
day The proceeding was brought
bv Mrs. Maria Buceliaeo of 328
West Eleventh street, a widow. III
behalf of her daughter, Engelna,
20 years old.
The petition states that the
young woman is detained at the
Sacred Heart Convent at Fort
Washington avenue and 19Oth
street by the Mother Superior. II
10 alleged that the authorities at
the convent are falsely represent
ing that Miss Buoellato intends to
take the vows as a missionary sis
tor Of the S.crsd Heart.
Mrs. BucelIato says thas her
daughter has pleaded TO be taken
home New York Times. Nov. 26,
1915.
No comment is necessary ex
sspt to say that chances are
against the victim of Rome q con-
vent system. Withous inspection
Of these prisons she public is
forced to depend upon the word
Of priests and other WHY repre-
sentatives of the Catholic church
for information concerIin ing the life
and conditions of the inmates.
Secrecy gleed hypocrisy sreach.
sfy!: All ths se and more are
.nasssd against the innccent VIC
,in Who listels and yields to the