Arizona republican., 1911-01-13
KING BEFORE
|. POLICE COURT
Thomas Hears Evidence in
Case Of Evangelist
PREACHER OF CHURCH OF GOD
Hearing Is Continued Until
Today and Defendant Bit
terly Assails Enemies in
an Address Delivered at
the Holiness Mission"
PREACHER OF CHURCH OF GOD

Whether Evangelist l.. j King of the
Church of God" is to be permitted to
continue to hold services at the Third
Avenue theater will be decided this
afternoon by Police Judge Thomas. be
fore whom the itinerant preacher APP
peared yesterday on a charge of con
Quoting a place of public amusement
without a license The ground upon
which the charge was based was that
King had several nights charged admit
lance to services. lie himself admitted
that he had done so twice but declared
that To be a common practice of all
cvangelists. owing to lack of time the
hearing was not completed yesterday
and in the evening King denounced his
enemies in vitriolic language at the
Holiness Mission" on West Washing
ton street
King was arrested by the police
Wednesday night. just as he WAS start
ing in to hold service in the usual
way. He had previously been informed
by Luis Killeen. manager of the theat
cr, and by the police that no city Ii
cense on the house had been paid and
/ that he would not be permitted to con-
/ duct services therein. The evangelist
was defiant and his arrest followed.
After putting up SIS cash bail he was
released. The money remains in the
hands Of the city authorities.
At { o'clock. which was the time set
/ for Kings hearing. the court room at
the city hall was packed to its utmost
capacity Two or three hundred peo-
pie were outside. unable to obtain adj
mittance. At the windows were eager
listeners. No case heard in police
court in many years has aroused as
much interest as that of the evangelist
who denounces all churches except his
own. The crowd was orderly and fairly
quiet. Kings supporters were damned
i'm with those who declared openly thai
he should be ridden out of town on z
rail or made To feel the hand OF right
cous wrath i'm some other way.
Against the wall. at the right of thu
judges chair. sat King. the exposure o
all eyes He must have heard some o
the audible comments upon his appear
) ance, but he gave no sign.
The evangelist looks more like a mu
stefan than a preacher. His black
/ coarse and slightly curly hair i
brushed straight back. His complexion
is quite dark. his eyes piercing. and hi
countcnance has something nf a for
eign cast. He is slightly above medium
stature and apparently about 81 year
old.
ON Kings right was "A modern Her
cules who is understood to be some
thing of fighter other lieutenant
: l.. a
ing near him He conferred frequent
Iy with the big fellow but with non
Of the others.
At O'Clock Judge Thomas took hi
chair but the defendants attorney ha
not arrived. The judge consented {
wait a few minutes and soon J. W
, Crcnshaw pushed his way through tn
, thrOng. Mr.. Crcnshaw explained tina
he had just been retained in the cas-
and knew nothing about it. After con
versng with his client in low tones II
announced that he was willing to &
ahead
Marshal Moore was the first witnes
, called upon by City Attorney Pres
| colt. Moore simply stated that he ha
p been informed by the tax collector tina
f no license had been paid on the Thir
Avenue theater and that he had de
tailed Policeman John Long to see tina
p King did not preach there. He did no
= know of his own knowledge that Kin
had charged admittance To his meet
ings.
Long was then called and told hoy
he had made the arrest. under the or
ders of his chief. Tuesday night h
had heard King condemn all minister:
, Attorney Prescott asked Long if h
considered Kings services were relig