The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-27
STANDARD O|L KING NERVOUS IN CHURCH. Rockefeller is guarded by Force
 of Detectives HE IS STUDIED IN HIS PEW An interesting Pen Picture By Man Who Attended Services at the
 Euclid Avenue Baptist
 Church In Cleveland.
HE IS STUDIED IN HIS PEW

 regular service; ani there he was, sure enough. ths morning when l arrived late and took a seat in the front row Of the gallery, during the singing of the sec ond hymn. The subject of this sketch was easily discernible on the floor of church in the fifth pew from the rear of the main aisle His face bore the ruddy glow that comes from exposure to the sun; as he removed his glasses and sat down, at the close of the hymn, he moved aside and left the seat next the aisle vacant, plac- ing his hat there; this may have been mere chance or it may have been wise precaution against sudden attack. The sermon followed the hymn immed- lately, and with it began my astonish- ment, for instead of the calm, quiet, self possessed man I expected to see, l beheld restless, nervous individual. Paying no apparent attention to the sermon, MT. Rockefeller began to look right and left, careful and suspiciously examining the congregation on the floor; he then turn ed to the galleries and serutinized them attentively, actually staring for long time in my direction as well as at the opposite side of the gallery; he looked in every direction except behind him. This examination lasted for five or six min utes, the manner of looking being curi- ously furtive. When it was concluded MT. Rockefeller composed himself to listen to 1 the sermon. He wore black frock coat, with a white blossom in the button-hole, & white waistcoat with dark cravat, slate gray trousers and wide comfortable boots; l a sailors strow hat completed his cos l tune.
 | Occasionally, as he sat there, hand | stole to his face, but as 1t smoothed the l cheek or brow, only the index finger was extended the other fingers were always strangely closed, except for two short moments; the first of these was when he placed his extended hand palm downward on the arm of the pew, stretching across the vacant seat; the other was when, for a brief while, he rested his head on | his hand.
 He Makes a Note.
 | Dr. Eaton was preaching on the duties | and trials of a clergyman; he came to a passage in which he said, Christ, man. fest in the flesh, justified by the spirit" l Notice" he said, Christ was not justi- fled in His body but in His spirit" MT.
  right, then In his left coat pocket; fin- ally, he produced bit of paper and made note; this passage had evidently ar rested his attention During the sermon | there were many things at which the | congregation smiled. MT. Rockefellrs face :, remained unmoved until the description of the entrance of a book agent into an office, and his preparation for work; an uneasy ghost of a smile fitted across the a,,A foA Tod rlrE ly.
 l About the middle of the service, a pale, sickly man, his face surrounded by bushy whiskers appeared suddenly at the front | door, and heads were turned in his direc- I ton. Like a flash, one of a row of ushers, seated near the door, jumped up and led l him away; whether he was one of the congregation, or had come from the out | side, I cannot say.
 | Any evidence of a system of guards was artistically concealed during the service, although there was a little army of ushers evidently lusty young volunteers from the congregation. The instant the sermon was finished, however, everything changed. had hardly turned around, when a tre- mendously powerful, broad-shouldered young man came to me, shook hands and said. Wasn't it fine?' This being appar- ently the limit of his intellectual appre-
 
 interesting; another sharp-looking man, with about the same mental capacity. and the appearance of a prosperous mechanic, also approached me. There were clear evidences of a well-planned sys- tenn of examining all strangers and if it extended over the rest of the church in the same degree as in the gallery, there must have been from thirty to forty pro- fessional detectives there.
 Man Who Was Embarrassed. Outside the side-door stood plain black automobile, with a plainly-dressed chaf- feur A small group of people stood wait Ing. l joined them, standing back, and found myself beside a large and power- ful man of about fifty-hve. with pink face and white moustache, and turning to him, l said: What are all these peo- pie waiting for?" To which he replied: ''They are waiting for Mir. Rockefeller to come out" With a view of testing him, as our talk was being overheard by others. l said, looking straight into his cold blue eyes: "Mr. Rockefeller probably has very complete detective force" The man blushed furiously, to the roots of his hair; "I don't know anything about MT. Rockefeller's detectives" he said.
 Well" said l, T have already spoken to one in the church.
 T don't know anything about them,, he rejoined.
 You ought to-" I then said.
 l have rarely seen a man blush as he did. Why ought I to know? What are you trying to get at?" said he, with a slight attempt at angry display
 You ought to know" I answered, "be- cause you seem well-posted, and know about MT. Rockefeller coming out"
 I started as if to walk away, but turn ed suddenly; there was the big man talk ing to another short, swarthy, muscular man, of the watchman variety. and point ing me out to him. These two men guard ed the door for half an hoor, watching the crowd. The two other iu4un of a differ ent type also stood watching and seem guard system. Finally Mir. Rockefeller and his party came out, followed by a man looking like policeman in plain clothes, with rubber heels, who walked off to the left. leaving the party to them selves. Into the back seat mounted a lady, a gentleman and Dr. Eaton; the front seat next the chaffeur was taken by MT Rockefeller. who turned to a man who, bareheaded, had followed him from the church. T will telegraph the first thing in the morning" said MT. Rockefeller. his curiously twisted fox like face glowing in the sun, and with that the automobile sped on It's way.
 The detectives slowly faded away; at the street corner stillN vtood the big fair man. watching me.