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Show HOLY JUMPERS JUGGLE CHAIRS AND TABLES IN CHURCH. Police Arrest Riotous Worshippers Wor-shippers at Nazarene Mission. Fomale Evangelist Assisted by Hobos Succeed In Making a Tumult. Pastor of the Mission Claims QJhat Burning" Bushites Arc Bad Actors. POLICE interference to quell incipient inci-pient riots was Invoked at botli morning and evening services ser-vices yesterday at the Nazarene Nazar-ene church on East Second South street. At the morning service Quiet was retlrrea without serious difJlcuily, but in the evening the disturbance assumed as-sumed such proportions that the police found It necessary to make arrests. Mrs. Kent White, the evangelist, who ueonis to be the cause of the split in the church; R. E. Beedleman, who ia traveling with her, and J. A. Head-lund, Head-lund, a member of the church board, were taken to the station and cited to appear In Police court today to answer to tho charge of creating a disturbance. disturb-ance. They were released on their own recognizance. Clubbed by tho Police. James Nellson, a miner, who joined In with tho church dissentors in making mak-ing a rough house, was also arrested, and while being escorted to the station sta-tion he assaulted Ofilcer Gulbranson, who was compelled to beat him into submission with his club. Nellson bled so freely from his wounds that the police po-lice station somewhat resembled a slaughter house before the man was finally landed in Jail. His injuries aro not serious, however. Mrs. Kent White and Beedleman, her associate In evangelical work, belong to the Burning Bush sect, whose adherents, ad-herents, on account of the strenuous form of worship In which they Indulge, are sometimes called "Holy Jumpers." It is charged that Mrs. White has been a cause of dissension In the Nazarene church lit many places which she has visited, and that she made special efforts ef-forts to disrupt the church in Los Angeles. An-geles. She came to Salt Lake a week ago and was granted permission to conduct meetings for one week in the Nazarene church. Everything ran very smoothly until last Thursday night, when the woman made somo reference refer-ence to the Los Angeles church which was resented by a majority of the local lo-cal church board and it was demanded that she be not permitted to preach again In the church. She Insisted that she would preach, however, and in thia sho was supported by at least one member of the ofllcial board, Mr. Headlund. Jarred the Pastor. An unsuccessful attempt was made Friday night to prevent Mrs. White from speaking, and on Saturday night the members opposing her remained away from the meeting, which was undisturbed. But yesterday morning the Rev. A. N. Brooks, pastor in charge, went to the church and, backed by a number of the members, Insisted upon occupying the pulpit, claiming that the time for which Mrs. White had been granted permission to hold meetings had expired. It was then that the jumping and shouting propensities pro-pensities of tlie Burning Bush people were brought into requisition, rendering render-ing It impossible for the pastor to conduct con-duct his services in the usual quiet way. But when an ofilcer was called in he persuaded the disturbers to desist de-sist and the regular service was then carried out. Juggled "With. Tables. At the evening servlco the tactics resorted re-sorted 'to at the morning meeting by Mrs. While and her followers were repeated re-peated With vigorous variations. Mrs. White presided at the organ and led the singing while the pastor was trying try-ing to preach and pray, while Brother Beedleman leaped about the room, swinging stools and tables in the air In an ecstasy of religious fervor and shouting at the top of his voice. This performance led a crowd of hoodlums to join in the demonstration, with results re-sults that were anything but quieting to the nerves ot peace-loving citizens who happened to be within a block of the hilarious scene. Again the police were called and those deemed the chief disturbers were taken away, after which Pastor Brooks again proceeded with his services. Pastor Makes Charges. "This Mrs. White is a bad woman," said the Rev. Brooks last night. "I was warned about her before she came here. She was not called to preach here. She stopped off on her way to Dillon and we permitted her to occupy the house. She and her 'brother have been engaged in very peculiar work, to say the least. I understand that they have been trying to Induce some of the brethren here to sign over their property for the benefit of bible schools or something of that kind. I think If the Lord wanted them to give their property for such a cause he would tell them. The brother was tarred and feathered at Dillon, a short time ago, on account of alleged nefarious work. When the woman began to try to make trouble In the church here, as she had done elsewhere, we objected to her preaching any more. Brother Headlund Head-lund was the only member of the official offi-cial board of seventeen who upheld her. He claimed that he held the lease on the building wc occupy, In his own name, and that she should continue to preach. The fact is that Brother Headlund Head-lund leased the building as trustee for the church, and wc will show this in court. She will not be permitted to hold any further meetings In our church." Mr. Headlund's Statement. "I have the lease to the building and have personally paid the rent to May 1st," said J. A. Ileadlund, when asked for his version of the affair. "I claim the absolute right to say who shall occupy oc-cupy the building, and when I Insisted that Mrs. White should preach the others oth-ers got inad and acted like a lot ot crazy people. Yes. we tried to prevent them from singing and preaching because be-cause they were disturbing our meeting. meet-ing. We had a right to conduct our services and they had no rights In the place except such as we might grant them. They had us arrested jtnd we were forced to give in to them for the time, but our turn will come later." |