Show ARRIVAL IN CHICAGO Dowie Dowle Seeks Legal Advice Before Going to Zion City Chicago April 10 Dr John Alexan der Dowle Dowie finished the first stage of ot his long journey from Mexico to ZIOn Zi n City at 80 this morning He will wm not proceed to Zion City Immediately but will remain In n Chicago until he is armed with the legal egal documents which he believes will once more put him In power in Zion City When the train rolled roiled into the th station an Immense throng throne was there to catch a glimpse of the first apostle He lIe was given a most spectacular welcome Cries ringing from the motto God Gad be with thee down to the irreverent rent Good I boy bo Dowle Dowie were showered upon the old I Iman man in lii bewildering confusion As he walked through the crowd for a time he lIe i was as In danger of bodily hurt so great greal was the crush The policemen seemed L powerless to hold back the spectators Man Thrown Over Fence When he had traveled about half across I the depot platform a map matt waving a legal I paper sprang at the first apostle It II L was thought at first to be an attempt to tc do him physical ph harm Zion guards who crowded about reached for the intruder but before they c lay Jay hands on him bitt police officers picked up the man bodily r rand and threw him over a nearby railing Dowie did not seem greatly flustered by this unusual incident but smiled kind ly when questioned as to the purport of it all and ard replied uI I 1 guess it was another one of those emissaries of the devil which they have been sending to me lately But never get me he laughed the way they the all go over the fence Dowie entered his carriage and with a number of his followers drove to the thc au annex an e where apartments had been secured At the hotel he shut him self up and denied admission to any but his counsellors Dowies Statement At the hotel Dowie made the following statement The fight that I will make to regain my prestige In Zion will be a legal one I do not think it wise for me at this time to proceed at once to Zion as I fear my m enemies have sot set a trap and would do bodily injury to tome me I will not state this morning just what thes legal steps will be because I am not certain of them my self As soon as I have rested In my mj apartment I shall shan summon my legal ad and then I may give the Associated Press a full statement covering c cov ing my pur put poses and my tir plans plana I 1 shall shaU however how vel not turn back from Zion hut cut as soon as I am armed with the proper weapons which will wIn be the legal documents I r shall proceed there and take tak possession That will probably be some time tomorrow DowIe Dowle was as In a Jovial mood In excel e cel lent spirits and his health upon reaching Chicago was better than at any an time during the trip from Mexico Train Held for D wIe The train bearing Dowie from fr tp in the south was late in arriving at St Louis but a telegram sent by Deacon Peters resulted In an order being Issued holding the reg ular St train until the ar arrival arrival arrival rival of Dowie Dowle and an his party The trip fJ om St Louis to Chicago Chicag was uneventful until the destination was almost reached Dowie arose at and assured the cor correspondent correspondent correspondent respondent that he had a restful sleep and felt better than at any time during the long Jong trip and his looks corroborated his words A few miles down the line Une a party of local consisting of H L Burnett Burn tt cf Zion City the Chicago financial agent of the church B F Morris lieutenant colonel of the Zion guards T J 3 Conway E G Morris Deacon C A Christopher all of Chicago and Dr J J H Blanks of Zion City boarded the train They rev reverently rever rever er and warmly greeted Dr DoWie Dowle who came out of the car to meet them and assured him of their undying loyalty 10 Dowie answered them by bJ telling them that he was in the hands of God and was therefore sure of winning his fight to which the faithful replied with Joyous choruses of Amen and Yes yes Others of the party who had met the train further down the line Une were Deacon of Zion City and A E Arlington ton overseers of the St Louis branch of the church Statement of Deacon Wilhite At the request of DowIe Dowle Deacon Wilhite Wilhite Wil Wilhite hite denied a story that the former was out of funds and had called upon Wil WI Wilhite Wilhite hite to meet him with money enough to carry the party part to Zion City CIt The story caused Dowle much annoyance Deacon Wilhite said saidI I have never nover at any time received a telegram from Ironi Dr Dowle Dowie D ie asking me for I funds I T received a telegram t from Dea Deacon Deacon Deacon con John A Lewis whose personal representative representative I am at Zion City In which he ho asked me to meet him at St SL Louis and bring to him This money was fo for Mr Ir Lewis private use and was to bi be In no way taken advantage of Dowie by Dr Deacon Lewis interrupted here to say that not only was Wilhites story true but that Dr Dowle Dowie had sources of ot Income of which the public knew nothing and had more than enough light fight money to carry carryon on his proposed legal Merely Spite Work Deacon James F Peters one of Dowies Doyles personal advisers and his master of transportation had this to say regarding the Incident at the depot when a deputy sheriff sherif endeavored to serve papers on Dowie X We Ye know very ve little about this mat ter but believe It was the result of spite work of our enemies Dowie was not served with the papers nor will he ho be So far as I can learn suit was wa Instituted by Dr William G Stearns who asserts that had been due him for services for several years The bill blU is not a just one We do not owe this money mone When Informed of Dowies arrival at Chicago and the plans as outlined in the Associated Press dispatches Over Overseer Overseer seer Voliva dictated a statement In part as follows Voliva Interviewed Undoubtedly Dowies reason for not proceeding to Zion City at once Is that he has read the morning papers giving an account of the unanimous sentiment against him In Zion and he desires to evade the tho humiliation of arriving here In Inthe Inthe inthe the daytime when there would be tie one oneto oneto oneto to meet him Probably he lie has concluded to come here in the night time and then give out to the public that the reason there was not thousands to meet him was because he arrived at so late lato an hour I wish to say now that so far as we the thc leaders of the church are concerned Dowle Dowie Is In no danger of bodily injury but b ut there thero are many man people in Zion who have h ave been so shamefully deceived and andave have h ave suffered so much through his mis mismanagement mismanagement mismanagement management that It is just possible some seine someone someone one o ne might attempt to do him some SOIne phy physical physical ical s Injury So far as we are concerned if si i f Dowle Dowie Do ie will quietly submit to the In Inevitable evitable e he will be kindly ly treated and tenderly enderly t nursed Measure of Protection Regarding any all legal steps he lie may ma take ake t he lie will be compelled to meet over overwhelming whelming wh testimony to the thc fact that the transfer t of Zion from Dole Dowle through me meto meto meo to t o Deacon Granger was absolutely necessary essary essar e p to protect Zion City and Zions creditors as ns well This move has been ratified r by every Zion congregation in the country c with the exception of San Antonio and St S1 Louis If Dowie Dowle wishes to come quietly to Zion City and go to Shiloh house he will wil willbe willbe wilbe l be permitted to do PO so o and immediately on his arrival he will be presented with witha a carefully prepared statement of the charges against him and should ho lie ox ex express press a willingness to answer the charges he will wiIl be allowed aU owed to do so in the pres presence presence ence of the overseers Overseer statement concluded with the reiteration of Zions Intention to negotiate a million dollar loan on a blan bias blanket blanket ket mortgage to pay payoff off outstanding claims and give the industries which are areto areto ar arto e to be incorporated a new impetus |