The New York herald., 1922-02-04
IODINE ENDS IDYLL
OF HOLY ROLLERS
Recorder Suspends Sentence on
Ralph Ballard, Who At
tempted Suicide.
GIRL ADMITS KISSING HIM
Romance Of Two Would Be
Missionaries Spoiled by Dis
cOvery Of Love Letters.

Ralph Ballard, "a, missionary student
e. the Beulah Heights Mission Of the
psntecostal (Holy Rollers) Church,
North Bergen, N. j., received a sus-
pended sentence last night before Re-
corder Alfred Miles in the North Ber-
gen police court where he was charged
with attempting suicide by drinking
iodine because he had been 'jilted" by
Grace F'urbish, 20. another student.
1T seems TO me that this is the story
of poor unfortunate outcast without
a friend in the world except this little
girl" said the Recorder. To officers of
the mission he said: You ought to
begin being Christians"
Thursday night In his room in the
mission Ballard, who is a cripple. drank
iodine. That afternoon before the en-
tire body of mission students Miss Fur
bish had announced publicly that she
had violated the rules of the mission
and had been writing love notes and
had even kissed Ralph Ballard. 81 wish
to confess my wrong" she said, "be-
cause / am afraid the Lord will pro-
claim my love affair from the house,
tops"
Ballard went to his room and wrote a
note:
THE joy of my heart is gone can
not live without her. Therefore, with
out regard to eternity 1 die with
broken heart"
There was some disposition on the
part of the mission officials not to have
anything more to do with Ballard, but
at the Recorders request they Agreed
to provide him with accommodations for
the night and until he can find another
place to live.
Ballard told of how in response to the
"call" he came on October 6 from the
Highway mission of the church in Phila-
delphia to the Beulah Mission to pre-
pare for his work in Japan. Twelve
days after he arrived Grace Furbish
came to the mission from her home in
Old Orchard, Me. She, too, came to
prepare for work in Japan.
"She attracted me at once, for she
was good and beautiful" Ballard said
yesterday. "She was kind to me and
overlooked my affiiction. We never met
except when other people were about,
and we studied hard together for our
work. Then during the holidays / wrote
her a little cheer up" note. Once !
waved my handkerchief at her. l saved
up dollar and bought cake and gave
1t to her.
she answered my note and told me
she loved me. Once as came in from
the yard and she came from the kitchen
to empty a waste basket / kissed her.
Then about two weeks ago her room
mate looked in her valise and found our
letters. She gave them to Brother Will
lam Faux. In the assembly hall they
accused us, saying that our minds were
not on God and that we were no longer
leading a Christian life
"It was not so. She helped me to love
God and was making man OF me.
They forbade us to speak to one another
and they urged us to renounce each
other. Finally, after they had prayed.
shrieking and rolling and shouting with
the emotionalism / detest around Grace
as she lay on the floor in their midst. she
gave in and owned our love was wrong.
They tried to pray over me, but l re-
pulsed them. They kept at me. telling
me she had renounced me and the devil,
and finally l tried to swallow iodine.
Several of the students overcame me
and took the bottle away Then they
had me arrested