The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-05-13
BOUCK WHITE GUILTY
OF CHURCH RIOTING
He and Seven Other Calvary In
vadcrs in Cell Overnight
for Sentence To-day.
MAYOR no STOP SPEAKERS
Police Must Preserve Order, He
Declares, Even il Vigorous
Methods Are Required.
MAYOR no STOP SPEAKERS

Bouck White. pastor OF the Church of
the Social Revolution. and seven of his
followers were convicted yesterday OF
''disorderly conduct and interfering with
religious service when White tried to
speak In Calvary Baptist Church. John
D. Rockefeler's congregation. last Sun
day.
Incidentally Mayor Mitchell let It be
known in plain words that he was tired
Of all such |. w W. and silent mourn
erS antics as had been the curtain
raiser for the last week or two to the
riot in Calvary Baptist Church. As
matter of fact the Mayor had the church
ancident in mind when he said yesterday:
THE police must preserve order even
* they have to use vigorous methods.
You can't handle a situation like that
with kid gloves"
Those convicted with White were Don
aid Croker of SIS Bergen street. Brook
Ign; Robert Loan of the Mills Hotel in
Bleecker street; Edward A. Ames Of 81
Eastern Parkway, Brooklyn: Charles {.
Morrison of 10 West Eighty fourth street
Milo H. Woolman and his wife. Mary
Woolman, of 207 West Tenth street. and
Emmanuel Lopez OF l60 West Ninety
sixth street
The eight spent last night In the West
Side prison absolutely incomunlcado.
Probation officers were ordered to look
up the records OF all. BY order OF Magis-
trate Campbell White and the others
were allowed to see no one--not even
their lawyers or relatives.
VIII He Sentenced To-day.
Magistrate Campbell will sentence the
eight at o'clock to-day. He said last
night he would consider previous arrests
important in liking the penalties. White
and several of the others have been ar
rested before for breaking the peace. The
socialist preacher may get SIX months IN
Jail and "A heavy fine.
The prospect does no appear to bother
White lie was led to cell smiling and
none Of his fellows seemed downcast
Whites case and perhaps the cases of
some of the others are likely to be APP
pealed. II will be contended that there
was no dsorderly conduct until police
and church ushers laid hands on the So
cialist and put him out.
On the recommendation OF Assistant
District Attorney Lockhart three men ar
rested IN the church disturbance We're set
free. They were Henry S. Hubbell of the
Silvermine artist colony in Norwalk.
Conn. Eusene II. Van Corteren of 29o
Division avenue. Brooklyn, and Harry
Ephraim of 342 East Fifteenth street.
Hubbell testified that he had never seen
White before last Sunday. When he saw
six or seven men pounce on stranscr
and begin dragging him up the aisle he
stood up and cried "Shame!
The charge against Van Corteren in-
cluded attempting to take prisoner
away from officers" but the police said
that Van Corteren only touched White as
he was being elected and got himself gen.
orally In the way.
E.phraim was I'm the sidewalk fracas in
NJ hna ThntA
was nothing 20 show that he had attempted
To free Lopez.
Mayor Discusses Church Riot.
While the cases were being tried In the
West Side court Mayor Mitchell was dis
cussing the church riot at City Han. He
remarked that disturbances OF the Kind
had gone far enough and said
You can't handle a situation like that
with kid gloves
member Of Calvary Church chuckled
over this afterward.
"Well, our ushers handled IL with silk
gloves" he said.
''The police must preserve order the
Mayor declared. III necessary, they must
resort to vigorous methods to do So. II
seems to me that the time for vigorous
methods has Just about come. We try
to eliminate the disorder n the Franklin
statue and Marie CAM leads crowd 10
the Rockefeller Offices
"You consider the disorder at Calvary
Church AS having justified vigorous action
BY the police. Mr. Mayor
Yes don't you think 1t outrageous for
disturbers to go in and break up a church
service
His attention was called to the beating
Of Lopez on the sidewalk.
TIP to "InnOcent Dystandcrs."
II have now no knowledge of specific
fah. Al al IaNH
not talked the affair over with Commits
aioner Woods yet. ] will say. though. thai
those who want to protest against any ac'
ton of the police should not do whcr
the police are performing their duty.
persons who try To interfere with th'
police when they are doing their duty ar,
likely to get roughly handled too. If th'
innocent bystander has any complaint t.
make he should make II to the command
ing officer and not on the spot"
Miss Martha Rembaugh and Miss Mar,
Towle were Whites lawyers They trie,
10 make a point that he was guilty OF NJ
interruption OF religious affairs, inasmucl
as he rose to speak al the point when an
nouncements were on the programme Tn
Rev DIR. Cornelius Woclfkin, pastor o
Calvary. testified that he received White
letter giving notice Of an intention 10 spoal
only n few minutes before the service ant
left 1t unopened then
The Rev. DR.. Percy Stickney Grant wa
the only witness allowed t. say anythinI
about Whites character. He character
ised II as peaceable
II have known Dr White for six years
DR.. Grant said. "Particularly in thi
period of social activities he Is "A man GU
for IA peaCrahlr settlement of social dis
putes as AGAINST the use of force"
As a witness white was cool and ora
torical, His doclamatory style led tn
Magistrate 10 cut short his story wit
the remark:
ha