The menace. [volume] (Aurora, Mo.) 1911-1920, 1914-04-18

delivering lectures attacking the catho.
lie priesthood, IL at 81. Luke's hospital,
where his condition II said 10 be serious.
Barney Sylvester, the chauffeur who
drove the car, was detained temporari.
ly last night on DIR. Spurgeon' charge
that be was an accessory to the attack,
but later was released.
Police Guard ovsrpowsrsd.
The other men in the machine. whose
identity has not been established, were
the leaders Of n mob which surged
through the corridors Of the hotel. forced
is way into the minister's apartment,
oyerpowered Police Sergeant Merritt and
). V. Biggs, and forced the minister 20
accompany them 90 the sidewalk and the
machine, which waited in front Of the
door.
Two hours later, the leaders Of the
mob commanded Sylvester 10 stop the
car on a particularly lonely stretch Of
road and beat him numerically.
ACCORDING TO THE STORY TOLD
BY SYLVESTER TO THE POLICE,
THE MINISER TOOK THE BEAT.
ING WITHOUT A MURMUR.
Made Him Pay Chauffeur.
After the beating had been admins.
tered, according TO DIR. Spurgeon, his
assailants took $3.50 from his pockets,
paid the chauffeur and ordered him to
lose himself along the road. He fled into
the weeds, while the car wheeled about
and disappeared in the direction Of Den.
yer.
Cars containing officers from Denver,
who were hunting the kiduapers and
Spurgeon, flashed by, but the minister
feared TO reveal himself. After two
hours he gained courage and made his
way across the fields 20 a farmhouse oc.
eupied by o. L. Wolpurts.
lie was refused Rdmittance, he Nsays.
Later he tried a farmhouse occupied by
Charles Ernest and encountered, he dc.
elares, n second refusal Of aid.
Housed by Deputy sheriff.
Finally, he gained the house Of Deputy
Sheriff George w. Rucker Of Adams
county, where City Detectives Rinker,
Mulligan, Carr and Bramer located him
after an hours house.to. house search.
DR.. Spurgeon was severely cut about
the head and had suffered ffom loss of
blood. He was removed in one Of the
police motors TO the hospital, where the
temporary bandages put on BY Rueker
were removed and the injuries dressed.
DR.. Spurgeon said last night he could
identify all the men who accompanied
him 10 Henderson and many Of those
who took part in the affair in his room.
About sixty men entered the hotel build.
ing and about 100 more men and women
stood in front Of the hotel while DIR.
Spwgeon was forced into the machine
and spirited away.
Sylvester, an employe Of the Cronin
Automobile company, said he picked up
the six men, who seemeu 10 lead the alb
duction, at Sixteenth and Larimer street,
in response 10 a telephone message 20 the
St. james hotel shortly before the hour
~ tie kidnapping. They directed him to
drive 10 the Pierce, where DR.. Spurgeon
was taken into the car and the run made
to Henderson.
Search for Nidnspers.
Chief Of Police Felix o Neil said last
night that IL any Of the men responsible
for tho affair could be located they would
be prosecuted. No arrests were made,
trace Of the kidnapers having apparently
been lost when they left Sylvesteris car
in n remote portion Of the North side.
The chief declared, however, that the
search would be pressed vigorously.
DR.. Spurgeon. whose appearance in
Denver for q series Of addresses has
been atten0ed by trouble which reached
a climax when a mob Of 100 threatened
him in the hall Of the Pentaeostal union.
1885 Champa street, was to have spoken
last night at the TWenty-third avenue
Preshvterian church of which tha Rev.
Perry V. Jenness is pastor.
The lecture was called off, according
10 Drs. Spurgeon and JenneSs, because