The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-08-28

1 alleges that in going to and from I her home to the business section of l the city she would see great throngs | of people going into and coming out | of St. Pauls Catholic church. on iiu- 1 merous occasions. She became inter- 1 ested in the Catholic religion, accord | ing to the allegations of the peti- 1 tion, and on or about Easter Sunday she went to the Convent of Mercy and told two sisters there that she wanted to profess, be baptized in the Catholic faith and become a member of the Catholic church. Aft CT receiving instructions for several weeks complainant alleges that she Joined Our Lady of Sorrows church on April 10. 1921.
 Feared Going Home
 The petitioner further ayers that bsequent to being baptized and on or about May g, 1921. while she was pursuing the duties of her em- ployment as a saleslady in the de- partment store of Loveman; Joseph & Loeb, she was advised by a friend that her parents had learned of her membership in the Catholic church and in her rtopinion petitioners life would be in danger, or that great bodily harm or injury might be done to her if she went back to her said home, So concluded it best not to re- turn home and went to the home of Fred. Bender, whom she had chosen as her godfather"
 It is alleged by complainant that she called her father over the tele- phone after dinner that night and notified him that 1t was true she had joined the Catholic church but that she was willlngto to come home if they | ypn nrnppica n nt1nigh her for 1t. She returned to her home.
 Locked in Room 9f
 Complainant ayers that on May 13, after she had returned from her days work ''her father by force impris oned her behind locked doors and nailed windows without ventilation in a room where he kept her inn prisoned until the following Monday" during which time The tied me with rope to the post of the bed in said room, and while I was tied and pre- vented from defending and protect ing myself, my father, with the use of leather razor strap, by force, beat and whipped me, thereby caus ing large welts and bruises to appear on various parts of my body.v It is alleged by complainant that "during my imprisonment l would try to give the neighbors in our community an alarm in order that I might get re- lief or released. Each time my father would rush in, grab me around the throat with his hands and choke me. During my confinement police officers of the city of Birmingham and other persons were sent to the room where I was imprisoned and tried to persuade me to quit the Cath ollie church and renounce its religion, which I refused to do'
 Taken Sick
 The complainant alleged that on her return from Texas where she went with her mother she suffered a severe sick headache which lasted for two or three days. and that her father insisted on having a physician. immediately thereafter, according to the allegations of the petition, lone Dr. E. l., Wyman called and asked me what church I belonged to, and pr. Hobbs, Baptist minister was sit ting there at the time and remarked, 'She belongs 10 snys cliurch,s whenDr. Wyman remarked. Well that isSl all right. but we are not going to have any Catholics around here, That was the extent of pr. Wymans ex animation and he afterwards left" About two weeks after Dr. Wyman's visit, the complainaint alleges, she was carried to Dr. Randolph for ex animation, who prescribed medicine for her nerves and advised rest. Two weeks later, the petitioner alleges. she returned to work and worked there for about two weeks or up un- til the time she married Pedro Gussman August IL