The menace., 1915-11-06
Patmout Vindieated

Our readers vail remember the
case of Louis Patmoni. the man who
because he was exercising the rights
q an American citizen az he saw
ft, was kidnapped and treated as
only savagcs treat their prisoners.
HE various dissppearances and the
newspaper tales concerning him.
All this eliminated in his arrest on
the charge Of burning a church al
Newark, n. J.
Great vas the glee of the Roman.
lists over this Catholics Wed with
each other. Growing over this ex-
posure a. they termed Il, Of a re-
former. and their letter writers be-
fouled the mails with their taunts
and scurrility.
All things have an end. The
case Of Patmont was tried in open
court al Newark. y. j., apd as no
Catholic papers will ever refer 20
Il, and a. no Romanized secular
paper will give the case more than
the brief Associated Press report.
We give place 10 the following from
the Post Dispatch Of ST. Louis Of
October "a.
Newark, n. J., oct. s3.-The Rev,
Louis r. Paimont, indicted jointly with
Maear Luhieh for arson in connection
with a Gre In the Christian Polish church
here, April 10, 1919, was acquitted in
the Quarter Sessions Court here today
Lubieh was never apprehended and Pat.
mont surrendered himself 10 stand trial.
The Jury was ont only 10 minutes.
The state failed 70 connect Patmont
with the FIRE. The minister. who was
pastor ~ the church. testified that he was
on his way 10 Europe AZ the time the hre
occurred. and submitted In evidence an
affidavit made by Luhieh in his presence
before q Justice Of the Peace in Denver,
Colo, eonfessing the offensc. Following
his arquittal, Patmont announced that he
was going back 20 Wisconsin and would
never return 10 this part Of the country
Attorneys for Patmont told the jury
that anti.prohibition interests in the
Middle West were responsible for the
present charges and his kidnapping in
Illinois two years ago.
What was Patmonts offonse? (?
Was it that he was preaching tenn
perance to the Polish people at
Westville, III? In the eyes Of the
Catholic priesthood he was guilty Of
greater offense.
OF Polish descent himself. he
dared TO exercise his rights as an
American citizen, to use his liberty
Of conscience and to preach religion
as he saw il to the Polish people.
who are regarded by Rome as one
of its especial preserves Of graft
and plunder. That was the sum
and substance Of Patmonts oiTense.
Had he been a Catholic priest he
could have preached prohibition to
his hearts content and would have
been only laughed at rs a fool By
the other priests and the anti-pro-
hibition interests would never had
laid hands on him.
Rum and Rome are so near akin
that one never prosecutes the other.
II Patmont had been a priest he
could have been a drunken de-
baucher and the worst punishment
he would have received. would have
been a transfer to another parish.
But for him 10 teach religion as
he saw IL and believed il TO be, to
those Of his own language and race,
was an objectionable offense to the
priesthood. And he was crushed to
the earth.
In this case the dirty work was
laid at the door Of the liquor in
terests, as Rome always strikes from
under cover and if possible gets
some one else to do its cowardly
bidding.
We are glad that in this instance
Rome's fendish work came to
naught.
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