The menace., 1917-12-01
angry and finally jumped off his

angry and finally jumped Off his
chair
az told him. Sister Basil said,
that il matters were not remedied
would report direct to Rome, but the
archbishop said he didn't care
"Later, the plaintiff alleges, she
wrote Archbishop Spratt, charging
that he was strangely influenced by
the mother superior and referred
to the strange friendship existing
between the mother superior and the
archbishop, which made him like
clay in her hands,
"The assault alleged to have been
committed on Sister Mary Basil oc-
CURED on tho evening of September
Il, 1915, when a police officer entered
her room when she had on only q
light garment, and with violence
threw her on the bed, where she was
dressed forcibly in cast-off gar
ments."
The KGnsas City StGr for Nov.
10th, tells Of the conviction in the
following:
CATHOLIC SISTER WON SUIT
"Awdrded $4,000 From Archbishor
Spratt on Abduction Charge"
Kingston, Ontario, Nov. 49,.
Sister Mary Basil, who sued Arch
bishop Spratt and others for $29, ,0OC
damages for assault and abduction
was awarded $4,000 by the jury be.
fore Justice Britton in court here.
"Sister Mary alleged she had re.
ported to Rome conditions in the Or.
phanage, with which she was con.
nected in the province of Quebec
were deplorable. AS a result, she
averred, the archbishop and his asso'
ciates attempted to abduct her from
the orphanage and have her confnet
in an asylum for the insane. They
had her taken as far as the railroad
station on the way to Montreal, il
was testified, when she appealed to q
priest VITO had her restored to- ths
orphanage."
Besides affording an example Of
the ever-greedy and ever-graspine
spirit of Rome, this case shows in
spection of such institutions to be as
badly needed in sCanada as in the
United States. While the cases are
not at all similar in some respects il
will be remembered that two sisters
were arrested recently in New Yorl
| in connection with the Ypnkers Nur
sery affair, and there the charges
were that the children in said insti
tuition had been allowed, not only Il
90 without sufficient food, but hat
actually been allowed to die for lacl
Of medical attention that coult
easily have been supplied.
The manner in which the children
were treated as indicated in the re
! marks on Sister Mary Basips repor
contained in the first clipping quoted
tally with conditions as found IL
Rome's Charity" institutions during
the famous Mitchell investigation
and the complaining sisters charg'
that "Sisters Of Charity" is an empt!
name is not surprising, though w
doubt not that many good wolnel
have been enticed into the organiza
ton believing it to be all that ROM
claims 1t is.
That Rome and Romanists woult
allow a campaign, in which it is rep
resented that If the citizens Of com
munity will put up $250,00 that he
sisters will do likewise, said fund II
apply to the building of papal hos
pital, to 20 its full length and wal
until the subscriptions have been OBJ
tanned before alleging that the pur
pose of the Roman sisters has beel
misrepresented and then fail to com
up with the papal part Of the purs
las was done In Tulsa) shows hov
unscrupulous the system is.
The coolness of the archbishop j
the face of the sisters MARY Basil
threat to report to Rome shows h
felt he had nothing to fear from tina
quarter, but, it would seem that whel
he began to fear that facts wer
about to be communicated to the out
side world that he was willing to d
most anything to get her into an in
sane asylum in order that the publ
would doubt the truth of her story
Il is O favorite trick Of Rome to re
sort To insanity pleas in defense o
crimes committed by her priests an
others of known connection with tn
hierarchy but this is the first cas-
come to light in many moons wher
the further promulgation Of depiol
able conditions seems to have hinge
ON whether or not the person in
position to expose them could be got
ten into the narrow confines Of a pa
pal insane asylum in time to preven
the explosion.
The $4,000 damage to the siste
is very Just and should have bee
granted, but what was needed NOR
was a sweeping inspection bill an
that is what has not been obtained
The children, too defenss'ess to figh
their own battle must suffer for tn
letharRy Of a Rome-drugged public.