The sun., 1906-02-19
RAID NEGRO REYLVALlSTS.
CONTRABAND STREET MEETING
vERGED on 4 NOR.
Pastor Retaiiates In CO,irt win charge
% That Dance Nails win 10 Murders I"
Their Credit We're Running at ! ~. NJ.
saw Drink Passed Out to Z tOp. lie says

saw Drink Passed Out totOp. lie Says
william j. johnson. assistant pastor oi
the Abyssininn Baptist Church at 4i West
Fortieth street, and three members OF ms
.(hrstia, Band we're arraigned IN the
Wcst Side court yesterday for ho'dihg
n regi3,I9 meeting il West 1hirt"- '@veh'h
street between Eighth and Ninth avenues
or Sntur1ay right without permit
Detco,ivei cf tho West Thirty seventh
street sn.>n. which l. a bl'n'; away from
the scene e th, meeting, arrested tne
pa.tor and his workers Gt II o'Cl>ck T. Nj"
10 prevent street riot, thoy sad.
aWc heard the no.se in th> s.a.io1 hou'e
Detcotive Briokcy told Magistrate Cornell
aand when we vent out we found the whole
bloc|, a solid mass of yelling, frenzed
negroes Some we're praying ana SONS
were swearing, and IL one blow had been
struck nothing could have prevented Roose-
yet Hospital from getting tho biggest
business In the dressing line that 1t ever
had.
"That fellow in particular acted like
GRAVY man." continued Brickley, pointing
to one of the prisoners, short fat negro
who seemed to take the police court eX-
perience as a big joke and laughed con-
tinually. "Iie wouldn't stop praying ana
we had to carry him bodily TO tho station
house.
The Rev. MIR johnson, who wears Epsco-
palian clerical gGrb, although he is Il hap'!"'
told Magistrate Cornell that he hao no
permit for the meeting, because 1t started
spontaneously after he and his Chrls'lah
band of ten members had invaded TWO
negro dance halls in the block and invited
the last black sheepto come around TO the
revival meeting in the Abyssinian church.
The Rev. Charles S. Morris, pastor Oh
the church. had to get out OF sickpeu 10
help find bail for the members of his l'ocR'
He also gave up yesterday forenoon $ SER
vice to appear in court to defend tneHn,
The case was called last, so he had three
hours to wait. .r,..... ,.,
street nave been the cause OF ten murders
in the las; two wears" he told the NagS-
trate. "We had the great evangslls'
Annie f.. Brown come to our churGh the
first OF February for month. sent
Brother Johnson out to invite some oi 'noSe
lost souls to come to our meetings ana oe
reclaimed.
After my people had been released from
the police station l went around TO see
what these two densSof inuuity were dong;
At o clock there were nearly, two hundred
each place. / hen ! went and reported
the facts to Capt, Ward and told him II !
could ga in admission his detectives ought
10 bs able to get in. Capt. Ward told me
he was doing all he could to suppress them,
but | am convinced that if ! want to get
any results will have to 90 higher than the
captain a.
the Magistrate that he had gone around
to the places in question after the pastor
compla med. but found the doors locked,
The Magist rate argued with the clergy
man that the police could get the neces-
sary evidence if they wanted to. He dis
charged the members of the Christian
4 special revival meeting was held at
the Abyssiniar Baptist Church last night.
The audience was all reused up over the
outrage, as they called it, OF the night
before.
Dr. Morris made the occurrence the
subject of short sermon and Revtvalist
Annie Brown gave the word on an allied
subject to the revelling resorts. She took
for her text BelshaHzars Feast. Said DR..
Morris;
AT 2 o'clock this morning | stayed 20
minutes in each Of these dance halls. They
were full Of jewellers, black and white.
and by law they closed at II. went
to the captain and offered to swear out
af1idavits. 4 can do nothing, said he,
"The places keep the law, and ! can't get
any evidence that they don't
Il went hack after them and saw why.
In front of one of them, still hummlng with
music and dancing, | saw policeman lean
ing, consuming liquid refreshments that
wer 3ing passed out to him through the
doc.
Sister Brown assaied the dance halls
and dancing in genera in long and excited