The Socialist historian, Benham, describes the events of the Commune in his “Proletarian Revolt,” and the following summary of this description, with the pages for reference, appears in “Questions of Socialists and Their Answers” (p. 108), by Rev. William Stephens Kress: Forty thousand Parisians were killed in battle (p. 211); public buildings and priceless works of art were burned or destroyed; Napoleon’s column was torn down; the movable property of people who had fled the city was confiscated (p. 101); churches were pillaged (p. 57); Jesuits were robbed of 400,000 francs (p. 43); 12 unfriendly journals were suppressed (p. 75); 300 of the clergy were imprisoned (p. 59); 200 priests were held as hostages (p. 118); priests were murdered (pp. 169, 171, 172, 181) ... Deguery, the Curé of the Madeline, when catechised by Rigault, judge of the Council of Discipline, said: “We teach the religion of our Lord Jesus Christ.” To which Rigault replied: “There are no Lords. We do not know any Lords.” When Archbishop Darboy was questioned, he answered: “I am a servant of God.” Rigault asked: “Where does he live?” To which the Archbishop replied: “Everywhere.” Rigault then gave command: “Send this man to the Conciergerie, and issue a warrant for the arrest of his Master, one called God, who has no permanent residence, and is consequently, contrary to law, living in a perpetual state of vagabondage” (p. 57). Archbishop Darboy was ordered shot. When the order was given to fire he blessed the soldiers. “That’s your benediction, is it? Now take mine,” said Lolive, one of the soldiers, as he fired a pistol bullet into the Archbishop’s body (p. 158). Mr. Washburne, American Minister to France, said of Darboy: “He was one of the most charming and agreeable of men and was beloved alike by rich and poor. He had spent his whole life in acts of charity and benevolence” (p. 158). Speaking of the deadly hatred on the part of the Communards of all things religious, Benham remarks: “The actions of the Commune were proofs positive that they subscribed to the skeptical tenets which hold priests to be the advocates of human ignorance and a bar to the progress of the race” (p. 59).