Arizona republican., 1911-01-13
Doctor Glass
The Victoria, Seventh and Hope
Streets, Los Angeles, Cal.


ious meetings. The policeman raised a
laugh by replying: We'll, thes were
not what I'd call religious meetings"
So noisily did the crowd applaud
Longs statement that Judge Thomas
threatened to clear the court room.
City Assessor c. W. Barnett was
called to the stand. His testimony was
to the effect that the city license for
the Third Avenue theater expired on
the last day of December, 1910. and had
not been renewed
L. T. Bigley testified that last Sat
urday night he and several other young
men paid fifty cents apiece to go into
the Third Avenue theater and hear
King preach The attorney for the de
Tense asked Bigley il the meeting did
not impress him as being of a religious
nature. He replied: 1t didn't sound
that way To me"
John w. Long was another who paid
fifty cents admittance at the Third
Avenue theater Saturday night. He
went there for entertainment and for
the qualification of his curiosity. The
meeting. said Long. was not religious
in character. Attorney Crenshaw asked
him if he had ever attended a religious
meeting and he replied that h had
Policeman Long was recalled and the
city attorney asked him a few more
questions. The prosecution rested and
| King was sworn as a witness in his
own behalf.
/ The Defendants lease on the Third
/ Avenue thcater and a receipt for one
months rent were introduced as evil
dence The lease extended from Janu
airy to February l and gave the les
sor right To renew for two more months
on the same terms.
on being questioned about the Ii
cense King said that L. ). Cunning
ham. to whom he paid the rent. had
pointed to some license receipts hang
ing on the wall Of the theater office.
told him that everything was all right
and that he could go ahead" King
had never examined the license.
King was asked his occupation and
replied that he preached the Gospel of
God" When asked if he was an or
dained minister of any church he an
swered that he was minister of the
Church of God" At first City Attor-
nev Prescott did not understand that
this is the name of a distinct denOmi-
nation. but King explained that such
was the case. the headquarters being
at Fort Scott, Kansas. Mr.. Prescott
asked how long it had been an organi-
zed church.
From the day of the Pentecost,
King declared. The crowd laughed.
Continuing his testimony under cross
examination. King stated that he fire.
quently charged an admittance fee To
his services. though only as often as
it was necessary to pay the expenses
of himself and his retainers. Anything
left over went to the orphans home
and old peoples home at Fort Scott.
He denied that it was unusual for an
evangelist to make a charge at the
door. All who did not have the price,
said King. were admitted free.
Judge Thomas then announced that
the case would be postponed until to
day. After some discussion between
the attorneys. 80 was set as the time
for the hearing to be resumed. The
Judge advised King to do nothing I'M
til the case was disposed of that would
make il necessary for the police to
again arrest him, and suggested that
he secure a license for one night
King agreed not to make any trouble
until his trial should be over.
GLORY to Cod" exclaimed the evan
geIist. as he emerged from the court
room. His followers rushed up to
shake him by the hand. \ colored min
lister took him by the arm and the two
preachers headed a procession To
Washington street.
Instead Of attempting to secure
one night license for the Third Avenue
theater King preached at the Holiness
Mission. He mentioned no particular
church but many of his remarks, his
hearers say. were very bitter.
Before he appeared in police court
King tried to get license but was ad-
vised by the assessor to wait until
some disposition had been made of his
case
There is a city ordinance giving the
mayor the right to refuse to permit any
license to be issued. In fact the mat
ter of licenses is left entirely to the
discretion of the mayor and he can re-
woke any which the assessor issues In
view of the turmoil aroused in the
CITY by Kings attacks upon the
churches. it is thought unlikely that the
mayor will approve the issuance of any
license to this particular evangelist of
the Church of God"
Yesterday morning King and several
Of his followers called upon Governor
Sloan and demanded protection. They