Bisbee daily review. [volume] (Bisbee, Ariz.) 1901-1971, 1907-10-08
SLEUTH DEMANDS
PAY OF EVANGELIST
Soul Saver Who Uses Detective
Up Against It For
S95 Bill

DR.. E. ]. Bulgin has secured some
: free advertising in the Los Angeles
Times. which will be read with inter
est. The Times says:
DR.. E. J. Bulgin, famous as the
detective evangelist is sued by two OF
his sleuths.
Papers were served upon him yes.
| terday as he was saying farewell to a
number of friends at Arcade station,
preparatory to leaving for Sacramen.
| TO. The plaintiff is the detective
| firm of Blair & Blair. whose mem.
bers assert that Bulgin- owes them
for unearthing about S95 worth of
vice to be used for ammunition in
, his evangelistic campaign N Covina.
The detectives claim to have perform
ed all the rubber-soled-shoe work of
Bulgin's various spiritual campaigns,
beginning with the disastrous one at
San Jacinto. when the evangelist first
introduced his startling methods into
Southern California.
When he began his work here, he
called upon the Blair detective agen-
cy and had it send men into the San
JacintO district to become acquainted
with the groggeries bling pigs" and
houses of easy virtue supposed to
exist there.
Accordingly. when his series of re-
vivals opened. he electrified and
shocked the staid inhabitants of the
place by getting up in meeting and
proclaiming that John Jones was run
ming a bling pig in the back of his
store. and that the morals of Mrs.
Jemima Smiths boarding house
wouldn't do. The town was almost
thrown into nervous spasms, and
merely existed from meeting to meet
ing.
The detective firm alleges, however
that Mr.. Bulgin relied more on his
intuition than on the reports of the
detectives. and that in more than one
case. when the detectives had re-
ported a house to be moral and de-
cent, Mr.. Bulgin proclaimed it from
the p6Thit to.be bad.
N-Ssh JaobtOl beSame so worked up
over the ScSntinueS exposures that
committee was formed TO take over
the village paper anu sS.cys a regular
spring housekeeping of vice and
wickedness.
The result was a storm of libel
suits. Mayor Tanner objected to be
ing called a "bag OF wind" TO having
it said that he winked at the law and
that his supporters were afflicted
with "Tanneritas." He got $500 dam
ages.
In Azuza the evangelist started an
other campaign with the aid of Blair
detectives. The firm alleges that the
minister was accused of being con
nected with a sIeuth who was hang
ing around town and that from the
platform he denied having anything
to do with him.
The agency AYERS that Bulgin again
retained 1t to help bring the light Of
piety into Covina. where experiences
we-e strenuous
The revival sleuth got acquainted
with the gamblers and with the "bind
| pig men. but was found out and the
gamblers ironically caused his arrest
for violating the law. So Mr.. Bulgin's
light vas somewhat clouded at Co
VIVA
When the campaign was over the
Blairs say that Mr. Bulgin told them
to look to the church revival commit
tee for payment. and the church com
insttee told them that no employment
of detectives had ever been author
lied.
/ From somebody the detective firm
wants $95. Hearing that Mr.. Bulgin
was about to leave for Sacramento to
open another campaign. IL filed suit
and an officer rushed down to the sta
ton to serve the papers.
Mr.. Bulgin was saying farewell to
! a young preacher. a very nervous and
| fidgety preacher When the consta-
bic stepped up with the papers. the
man talking to Mr.. Buigin said: "0h.
dear. dear: there must be some mis-
take" Mr.. Bulgin said: Very well.
SIR with great dignity