Danger in the Dark - ZseZse

240 DANGER IN THE DARK.
were proved. The verdict of the jury gave the priest
damages to the amount of one cent. The character
of the jnrymen was assailed by some of the friends
of the priests, or the priests in disguise. In consequence
of which the jurymen made a publication, stating,
that but for the instructions of the court, they
would have been compelled to find a verdict for the
defendant (Rice). The testimony was taken down at
the time, signed by the court, and filed away among
the records of the Nelson County Circuit Court. A
full account of the trial, with the testimony in the
case, soon after was published in a small volume, as
well as in several newspapers of the conntry .
"The fate of Milly McPherson, the lost nun, is
still involved in profound mystery. Many believe,
and will believe, that she was murdered to prevent
further exposures of the priests and nunneries. I
might give you many similar instances, but it is
unnecessary .
"Since you have alluded to the pledges of Catholic
institutions not to interfere with the religious opinions
of Protestant children, I will here state a fact well
authenticated, to show how little they regard their
pledges. Dr. Rice is my author, who now resides
in St. Louis, and who not long since stated what I
am about to relate, in the presence of a large assembly
in Cincinnati; I will give it in his own language:
,A Protestant lady who resided in one of the southern
states, several years ago, sent her adopted son to St.
Mary's college in Kentucky, an institution under the