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Show THREE WOMEN HELD THE FORT Troubles Continue at the Nazareno Mission, With, the Outcome Still in Doubt. WHILE Noros no longer cast women to tho Hoiib for their devotion to Christianity, opportunities for martyrdom still occur and do not go begging. For threo hours yesterday yes-terday afternoon a trio of female members of tho Nazarono mission remained prisoners prison-ers In- tho mLislon hall rather than sur- i render tho building to J. A. Hendlund and Mrs. Kent White of Burning Buah farao. Iho threo women took possesion of the hall early In the day. Mr. Hcadlund. who holds a leaso on tho premises from tho Board of Education, appealed to Emll Johnson, tho patrolman on that beat, to oust the intruders. Iho officer cxplnlncd that It wsh a civil matter and referred Hcadlund to tho Sheriff. Hcadlund wont away and returned in a few minutes with eomo tools, a padlock and some heavy Iron plates. He attached the plates to tho front door and door casing cas-ing with bolts and padlocked them together. to-gether. Tho, women prepared for a slogc by sending to a lakery for doughnuts and other provisions. After llnlshing his task Hcadlund went away, leaving tho garrison imprisoned in the citadel. The won en remained Incommunicado Incom-municado for three hours, but In that tlmo they succeeded In picking the lock of the back door and admitting other of tho Nazarenes who had come to attend the afternoon af-ternoon meeting. .Later on tho main body went out on the street to preach meekness meek-ness and repentance to tho sinner?, but a. small garrison was left behind to hold tho fort. Mr. Hcadlund held a consultation with hi3 attorney, Judge George F. Goodwin, and decided to await tho action of tho courts. Accordingly ho removed the padlock pad-lock from the front door, and the Nozar-encs, Nozar-encs, temporarily victorious, swarmod Into the hall and held their usual services, with their pastor, Rev, A. N. Brooks, In charge Mr. Headlund, the Burning Bushltcs and tho Holy Jumpers remained away. |