The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1915-05-14
SUNDAY
! IS SUED BY
A LANDLORD
CLAIMS LOSS. AMONG OTHER
THINGS. OF WHISKY AND
BEER GLASSES

! Philadelphia, Pa, May IA claim
for damages, amounting to more than
$4,000 has been presented TO the
Sunday Campaign committee OF Phil.
adelphia by Colonel Charles NJ. kee.
gan, owner Of the house at 1915 Spring
Garden street which was occupied by
,"Bnly" Sunday, his family and his
staff OF assistants during their stay
6f II weeks in this city.
The claim is for articles of furni-
ture said to have been broken or miss
ing from the house, their enumeration
recurring five and one-half typewriter
pages Included in the list of the
missing" are SS beer glasses, 26
whisky glasses, 10 hook glasses, five
cordial glasses, six creme de menthe
glasses. nine fancy stems, 40 engrav-
ed water glasses and silver-plated
Jug. Colonel Keegan also says 70
whisky glasses that he never had re-
moved from the wrappings in which
they were packed when he turned the
house over TO the Sunday committee
in January last, were found, when he
returned to the city in March, lying
loose upon the floor of a telephone
booth in the dining room.
Colonel Keegan's claim was sent 10
Benjamin T. Weich, chairman OF the
Entertainment Committee of the Cam
pafen committee on April 6. Tester-
day BILLY" Sunday was asked at his
tabernacle, in Paterson. n. j., if he
had anything to say about the matter
q don't want to muddle up my mind
with any such business" the revivalist
replied. How should know any
thing about it? See Mrs. Sunday, or
see Ben Welch. won't discuss it,
Ma" Sunday was then interviewed
at the Shelley house, the revivalist
familys headquarters in Paterson. She
was lust about to leave in an auto
mobile. Two newspaper men climbed
on the running-board and told her
about the claim filed by Colonel kee-
gan. She became angry; jumped to
her feet: doubled up her fists, and
shook them before the face OF one OF
he men. What do you mean by
standing there and asking me about
such things?" she demanded III !,
lunch your face!"
The reporter lifted his hat and
tepped off the running-board. The
,ther stuck to the job. Wont you
ay something more about this?" he
sked.
Lies, all lies!" she cried. The
rhole business is up TO the Philadel-
hia committee Oh, Of course, we
mashed the two dozen whisky and
s beer glasses! OF course We drank
gallon a day The whole business
too low down for US to bother with.
lang the people who believe word !
+ it, co see Ben Welch"
And she thumped the chauffeur on
le back in her eagerness to make him
rive on.
Mr.. Welch said that when he left
for Paterson yesterday
orning. the Keegan claim had not =
st been filed, and if it ever were =
led it would be fought
"Keegan won't put it over on US :
lis way he said. He'll have to =
owe the damages. There wasn't any =
lpor in the Keegan cellar. for we
ID il removed before Mr. Sunday :,
me We paid Keegan the exoTbit-
1t sum of s1,l00 for the Il weeks
e rented the house, and because we :
i'd so much he thinks we are easy
arks II he files claims. well fight
Colonel Keegan, VINO intimates that
will begin civil suit against the
mmittee unless settlement is made, v
Us other missing or broken articles
,lude two sets OF china, six oil
intings table covers, towels, arm
airs, curtains, rugs, sheets, pillow al