Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1920-09-21
albuquerque Morning Journal Tuesday, September a. 1920
SPIRITUAL SKINNY IS
DONE IN COURT; FINE
IMPOSED ON MINISTER
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If he would attend some of the
| meetings.
When Brother Smith laid
hands on her, she felt an electric
thrill go through her body. A
feeling of complete happiness came
over her and she felt like shout
ing. Is &
| And / shouted" she added. &
"I'll say She did" added several
Of the unbelievng neighbOrs.
"These people ought to be
ashamed Of themselves to say they
were disturbed by our passing the
Lord continued Mrs. French.
They ought to join our religion and
they would not be disturbed. 1t
is Just what lot ofrthem need"
| Both Sides In Strength.
| When the case was called in po-
lice court yesterday afternoon. the
courtroom was filled with the
faithful and the unbelevers. j, T.
Adcock, who lives at 7l0 North
! Second street, admitted that he
! lived too far from the scene of the
| religious meeting to be disturbed,
bat he had been visiting a friend
couple Of blocks from GA East
Coal and heard loud and strange
noises emanating from the house.
| He said he thought someone was
being dealt foul play. But on Sec
ond thought, he declared the
sounds more nearly resembied
those that come from baseball
game when the crowds become ex-
, cited.
Approaching the house. the curl
Gus citizen peered through a win
dow. There he saw strange ana
wonderful sights. Women sitting
about the room were quivering
throughout their whole bed es,
clapping their hands and stamping
vigorously upon the floor with their
feet all the while shouting sounds
that were unintelligible to MIN
Among them was little girl, II
years old She appeared to be IN
agony, he declared.
The minister, Mr.. Smith he SAID,
was massaging the temples OF a
woman sitting in chair in the
center of the room. He told her
ITO give herself to the Lord ana
clap her hands and stamp her feet.
Then the woman seemed to go into
trance and begin to shout ana
scream, he said.
Closed Doors No Relief.
Harry w. Gearing, sos IL South
High street, lives hundred feet
from the house. but though his
doors were shut he had been dis
turbed nearly every other night
for two weeks by the practice OF
- Rn1
the corner, he testified. Sometimes
there was only one person IN the
trance" but on some occasions as
many as six would 80 under al
once"
When Patrolman Charley Mainz
arrived the bedlam had subsidized
somewhat and there was an occa-
sional burst of praise for the Lord,
declared John Flaska. sos South
High street, The officer was about
to retire when Lula French, IL
year-old daughter of Mrs. c. a.
French, 1903 East Central avenue,
began to raise her little voice in
shouts of praise and pleading for
forgiveness of her sins. Then
Mainz went into the house ana
placed the minister under arrest.
The preacher, he said, deman!ed
a warrant, but Charley declded ne
didn't need one and took MN 10
the police station, where he Et&de
a $50 cash bond.
Deaf Man Victim, TOO.
Oscar Shirley, 500 South Hlsh
street Is deaf in one ear ana sun
day night his good ear was next 10
the pillow Despite this strategic
Arrangement he was awakened ny
the shouting and praying. me
noise, he testified, sounded IKE
roofing Mt a baseball game. the
Reverend Mr.. Smith, acting as
cross examiner, asked Mr.. Shirley
~ he was disturbed by basebali
games, and the witnessed answered
promptly that he was not accus-
toned to having his basepaii saiiieS
around midnight, 49,,
After the defense witnesses had
explained the workings on the
the spirit for nearly an noui
Judge Mcclellan decided that ne
had heard enough and proceeoeu
TO announce his decision.
ut will be s25 or twenty-five
th,ys for your" he said to the KEY
Mr.. smith. Il think you are
humbug. But / am not filming you
for that. You are detriment 10
the town, but the fine is FOR ans,
turning the peace by keeping an
inc neighbors awake with your
shouting" Smith declared that
he supposed the flock could praise
tho lord in more moderated tones
in the future. 1t is his plan, ne
said to get church on the mesa
where they will disturb no one. but
in the meantime he PROMISED W
give no cause for complaint.
e. FLOCK Pays the Fine.
Smith had a $50 cash bond posi-
ed but when he went to pay n ~
zine he called on the members Vi
the flock to come forward AN
HHere's five, praise the Loro'
answered a willing voice.
81 haven't got that much, pu,
here's two. God be praised echoeu
another. a,,oSor than
But another was quicker ro ,
the rest. Pushing his way snl a1' tn
the throng he showed a che'N
Chief Gaiusha. 500. tben
The $50 cash bond was ' nd
handed back to the preacner .ha
he passed it on to his wiie WIN om
direction, Here, put TINS III so'
pocketbook.' ..,oa Tho he
This matter being settled the ~
levers devoted themselves 70 oan
Inc down anathemas upon the ms
guided ones who had tes'iiieU
against them. - sor Won.
Brother, | am sorry ioi 49,
God will fix you for this"
Eyes, Brother, the Lord VIII pun