Feb 15, 1932: death of Ben Salmon, a Catholic CO from Denver who refused to serve in army during WWI. There being no provision for Catholic conscientious objectors, he was sentenced to death, reduced to 24 years. He fasted and was force-fed in prison until his release in 1920.
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Salmon, in prison, wrote a 200pp ms. critiquing the church's just war teaching and justifying his commitment to gospel nonviolence. He was denounced as a heretic and a traitor, "Denver's yellowist draft dodger." He cited early Christians who offered witness vs idolatry of Empire.

Feb 14, 2018 · 1:49 PM UTC

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Replying to @RobertEllsberg
Is the manuscript still in existence? Was it ever published?
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Various scholars have worked with it, but it has not been published.