The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-09-05
WHOLE CORPS ARRESTED
Police Take Exception TO
the Ways of the Saliva
tion Army.

The Salvationists of Corps No. 8 of the
Salvation Army, on Tonnele avenue, have
a large grass plot in front of their build
ing. They have been accustomed to hold
open air meetings N this piece of ground
every night before their regular meeting
In the building. They had no permit to
do SO and had been warned several times
by the police to stop the meetings. Being
on their own grounds they did not heed
the warning. The police claimed that
the crowds they attracted blocked the
sidewalk and the street. and that there
fore they became a public nuisance.
Saturday night the Salvationists held
their meeting as usual. just as they were
singing Under the Salvation Flag a
policeman, acting under orders from Cap
tain Mango, of the Seventh precinct,
placed the captain of the corps, Miss
Florence Deighton, under arrest, She
was taken to the station house, but was
not kept there long, as Major Perry, chief
OF the Jersey City corps. went her bail.
Sunday Captain LANCE decided that it
would be best to hold the head OF the
corps responsib e, SO he had Chanceman
Brady serve a warrant. on Major Robert
Perry, their-hve years. old of No. 10 Sea
nian aYSnaS. ne Wac arfeSleu anu taken
to the Fourth precinct station house and
placed in q cell, He was there several
hours before bail was secured for him.
His bondsman was Mr.. Matthew Foster.
the wealthy citizen who has taken such
an interest in the Salvation Army cause.
ARRESTED EVERYONE.
Sunday night when it beeame time for
the open air meeting the S~alyationists
took their places on the lawn as usual.
Statf-Captain Marshall from New York
and the officers and several of the soldiers
OF Corps No. 2 were present. The meet
ing had hardly begun when, SO those
present declare, Roundsman Sheridan
entered the group and roughly Selling
Captain leighton by. the arm pulled her
and placed Staff Captain Marshall under
arrest. He gave orders to Patrolman
Williams to arrest anyone in uniform that
sang. All of the Salvationists struck up
song, and before the patrol wagon
arrived the policeman had twelve of them
prisoners. They did not arrest the captain
this time.
The Salvationists were taken to the
Seventh precinct station house, where
they were entered on the police blotter as
follows: Ada Young, eighteen years old,
OF No. Il Dick street; Emma Harnd,
seventeen years old. Of No, Is Ravine
Road; l homas Charles Marshall, thirty
nine years old, of No. 2T6 Nelson avenue;
Bella Burden, thirty years old, of No. 81
Montgomery street; Alice Walden, twenty
four years old, of No. 209 Monticello ave
nue.; Madison Ferris, forty four years old,
of No. 211 Belmont avenue; Elizabeth
Owens, twenty years old, of No. 209 Mont
gomery st eet; Chas. Douglas Anderson,
twenty-five years old, of No 20 C1enden-
ing avenue; James Steen, thirty years old,
of No. "a Harrison avenue: Oswald Vogt,
twenty Vp1rG old nf No 1923 MnnfioaI1n
avenue; Samuel W~interbottem. twenty
one years old, of No, 242 st. Paul savenue;
Jennie Niblock. twenty years old, of No.
% Snydam avenue. There was not room
in the cells for all, SO. they We're rolled
to appear before Justice Kimmerly in the
Third Criminal Court on Monday morn
ing.
INDICATION MEETING.
They all went back to Monticello ave-
nue where they held an indignation meet
ing within the building.
Mr.. Matthew Foster was the first.
speaker. He said: This is the first time
was ever on q Salvation Army platform.
feel that this outrage is not a case
against SalyationiStS alone, but against
the rights of all citizens. They used to
arrest people for being drunk; now they
arrest them for being sober. They permit
gambling saloons M horse racing In this
city, and yet they Won't allow people to
worship God on their w property as
they see ut. thought we had rights. /
pay between two and three thousand dol
lars a year for taxes, and | want to know
what l pay them for, if | have no rights
on the streets"
Kew. Mr.. MaeMinn, pastor of the Sum-
init Avenue Baptist Church, came in at
about this time and took the platform.
lie said he had received a note from Cap
tain Marshal informing him Of Major
Dn,.,,xyt - r,,A Sd -,,r.l A-ELlL-NALf. 10
house. to see him. | found he had been
bailed out, SO | came here. l regret that I
didn't have a chance, to- take my place be-
side. him when he was Imprisoned.
Friends. look what | missed! I might
been a martyr; | might have been
prosecuted and imprisoned, and all be-
cause ] preached the word of God in the
outrage that the authorities of jersey City
will allow gambling houses and saloons to
run openly Oh Sundays as well as other
days, and won't. allow salvation to be
preached
Why didn't every man of vol go to
the station house with these brave
soldiers and demand your rights as citi-
zens? Where is your manhood that you
didn't demand their release or else take
your place beside them?'A
MI. Cranston, manager of a Newark
avenue drygoOdS store, read q chapter
from. the Bible which wildly depicted our
Lords suffering, and told the soldiers to
cheer up, and to compare their libtIe suf-
ferlngs and prosecutions they have to en-
dure with the sutferings OF our Lord, and
see how much they have to be thankful
for. He talked very ~eloquently for about
minutes, and there We're tears in
many eyes when he finished.
Major Perry told his experience in Jail,
which prayer meeting was held.
When the net Was cast, one woman went
forward to the penitent form Captain
Walden prayed with her. After singing a
few songs, and trying In vain to make an
other, convert, the meeting was. closed.
THE HEARING.
Justice Kimmerly's Court was crowded
with Salvationists yesterday morning.
long before it was time for Court business
to begin. Every seat was occupied, and
there were as many standing as there
We're sitting. Most of them had lunch
baskets or boxes with them, as they were
going to spend the day at Salterls Wood
bine Grove. The staff band from No. 8.
Headquarters, tried to get into the court
room, but were stopped and compelled to
their instruments outside The
SalvatloniSt prisoners sat on the front
scat In the other seats were recognized
most Of the men prominent in mission
work in this city. Counsellor Alex Simp-
services had been secured 10 assist
Lawyer Ferris ia defending the SALIVA
When the case was called hv