Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1915-04-21
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Private Heme Attacked by Priest and Pro
tcstsstant Sunday Services,
On the afternoon of Sunday,
March %. religious services in the
home of Michele Zarlengo, at Wei.
by, Colorado, were broken up by
. Roman Catholic priest, STAN
islao Giambastiana, with the as.
sistance of mob he had collected
and brought to the place for that
purpose.
Italian citizens Of Ws'by, who
had become disgusted with their
priests and at the same time in
terested in the pastor and services
of an Italian Methodist church In
north Denver, bad arranged for
Protestant worship at the home
or Zarlengo under the direction of
official member of the Denver
church.
On the afternoon of March 20,
five active membe of the Italian
church in Denver went to Welby
and opened the desired meeting
with singing and prayer. In the
midst of the prayer Priest Clam.
bastiani burst into the house and
disturbed the service by peremp-
torily ordering everybody to leave
and the services to stop.
When the leader of the meeting
showed the priest his Bible and
explained that they were there for
the purpose of worship, Giambas.
tiani denounced the Protestant
Bible aud declared that Protest.
ant prayers were not wanted; and
when told that they we're all there
on invitation to exercise their
rights 40 free citizens of q free
country, he became more abusive,
gave them to under.tand that be
was in authority, denounced
everything connected with Pro.
testsnism, and again ordered
everyone presel to disperse.
By that time the large mob on
the outside became demon.trative,
and an egg was thrown at the
window. The priest very oonsid.
erately ordered she mob to refrain
from any attack on the house but
to wait until the heretics came
out when they might do with
them as they pleased.
With the armed mob shouting
and jeering on the outside it was
impossible to proceed with the
service. so the men from Denver
left the house to be pounoed upon,
rocked, egged. and shot at for
more than q mile by the frantic
and bloodthirsty hoodlums in
spired by thu arrogant priest.
The above details are vouohed
for by responsible parties who
were present and afford an elo.
quent object lesson on the spirit
of popery as axemplified by the
agents of the system where they
have the power to override and
terrify the people. And yet there
are those who say that we must be
friends with such an arrogant mob
leader as this priest who holds
American law in contempt when
acting in behalf of his pope.
Such Incidents as this show the
real essence of Romanism more
clearly than all the preaohments
of papists and near paplsts for the
past century. When charged
with intolerance they can put on
a mealy mouth and find Jesuitical
sophistry q plenty to prove that
they are law.abiding and free CT
the least blgotry; but actions
speak louder than words. These
imported agents of the pope drive
their dupes here just as they did
in this cd country; and find spine.
less officials contemplate enough
to allow such practices and even
apologize for it,
Suppose the .so.calIed "wave of
bigotry," now said to be rampant,
should lead a mob of Protestant
to break up . religious service con.
Quoted by papists, what howl
would go up from one end of the
country to the other. But every
one knows shat such an act is logi-