Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-12-25
MAN WHO INVADED
.BILEY'S PULPIT TO Be
TRIED JANUARY 10
Charged With Assault and
Battery on Matthews and
Day and Disturbing Di-
Worship
1. Reuterhaugh. forrner inmate

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INSANE asylum at Lincoln. Neb-,
sho invaded Billy Sundays. pulpit on
Thursday night and. in return. was
handled roughly by a crowd. was fined
500 and costs by the recorder Friday
afternoon and given a sentence OF so
days on the charge OF disturbing a
house, of worship. The three counts
against Beuterbaugh. contained in in
dictments returned Friday morning by
the fulton county grand jury. are still
pending.
Eseuterbaugh told the same story on
the witness stand that he told earlier
: in the day to newspapermen. declaring
that he had approached Mr.. Sunday in
the pulpit. not for the purose of
fighting him. but for the urpose. he
. said. OF making Mr. Sunday confess
his sins
Il could whip six Billy sundays" the
man said on the witness stand 4
didn't want TO whip him"
Beuterbaugh. before he testified OF
The occurrence last night. dramatically
addressing the court room, asked all
persons who believed in God TO hold up
their hands,
The crowd in the court room appar-
emily CIQ lON take the man SCI AoAs>A-r
for no one held up his hand
4 kne what none of you did" said
Mr.. Sundays aSsailant You all must
!. be devils Those persons who got
after me last night were devils"
AT the request of Mayor Gambler,
charges against W. A Adcock. street
car conductor. who was arrested at the
Billy Sunday tabernacle Thursday night.
were dismissed BY Recorder Johnson
Friday afternoon
Adcock. II is charged grabbed the
MAYOR at the throat when the mayor
forbade him to approach Billy Sunday
and W. H Beuterbaugh. who were then
r ciinched q
Adcock- explained that his whole pur-
pose was 10 be of assistance to Mr.
. sunday The mayor did not know the
man. however. and his action was based
on the fear Of possibilities which might
have occurred had Mr. Sundays assail-
ant had friends in the audience.
Following are the counts on which
Beuterbaugh was indicted by the Fulton
county grand jury
Assault and battery on Robert Mat
thews. secretary TO Mr. Sunday who
was knocked down when ne prevented
Beuterbaugh from seeing Mr.. Sunday al
the. High home last Monday.
Assault and battery on Billy Sunday
Disturbing divine worship
Bond Of ST eco in each. case was as
sessed and Beuterbaugh will be tried in
the Fulton county courts January To-
His frst hearing comes Friday after
noon when ne will 20 before the record
X err Although the police docket records
against him merely the blanket charge
Of suspicion he will be called on to
tell why he Interrupted worship.
During the morning Beuterbaugh was
taken TO the Office of L J. Bailey, head
OF the secret service who, following in
terrogattionS. expressed confidence that
the man is merely a religious fanatic.
refuge from an insane asylum. and that
ne - not a German spy or OF German
descent
Two Men Released
Two msn.-an usher and a street car
erAploye who were taken 10 police head
quarters following the affair at the tab
ernacIe. aud whose names were not re-
corded. were released.
The police stiu are looking for a man
said 70 have attacked Mayor Asa O
Candier during the melee Mayor Can
def. however. discredits the report that
there was an effort TO assault him. Hs
held some one hack from the swayinc
.croxds that fought over -BeuteThaugh. he
said. but believes the man was merely
excited and had no intention of doing
violence. -
.'tBeutsrbaugh Friday reiterated his
statements made TO The Journal Thurs
div might that ne meant 10 do Mr. Sun
dzy no harm when he stepped 20 the
platform at the opening of the services
II was the second time il his evan
reliStic career that Billy sunday had
stopped preaching TO fight Beutcr-
baugh. 4Eho had been arrested previous
Is for 2 foTcible attempt 70 see ar.
SUNDAY. climbed 70 the platform just a.
The sermon began Climbed there. he
said later, TO make Billy confess be-
foEe men"
a giant % man he shook off the
dctaining. hard. Of GEORGE brewster
he stepped forward He strobe. toward
.Biily= BILLY wheeled and lunged- AZ
BsUteFbauEh struck. Billy lodged and