Show PASTOR HANGED IN CHURCH Escapes Death When Rope About N Neck ck Stretches One Arrest Made Br BF United Press DALLAS June 18 B. 18 B. B P. P Brown supply pastor of the thc North Dallas Baptist church was shortly after midnight taken to the church and ind banged hanged from a ceiling fan As a anew anew anew new rope which stretched was used Browns Broun's toes reached a I. I chair beneath his feet and he was alive when found at 4 I a. a m. m The Thc hanging han followed a a. factional fight in the church Police Pollee blamed members o of the congregation for the A former deacon of or the church was arrested at noon today in connection with the attempted hanging of the Rev Mr Brown Officers have preferred no charges against the man arrested a mechanic for the Ford Motor company They doubt that he participated In the hanging but believe e he wrote a series of threatening letters received by Continued on Puce Pue Two 5 PASTOR HANGED IN CHURCH Continued from train PAle Page One Brown and the tile Rev Homer L. L MarIer regular p pastor of the church The Rev Mr Brown 30 was badi badly strangled by the tho rope and was WM in be bed today recovering He was found by police who were notified by Mrs Brown af after r her husband failed to return at his regular hour from the Adolphus hotel where he adds to his ministerial earnings by serving as baggage clerk I work at the hotel every night until 12 o'clock Mr Mi- Brown said today to to- day Last night I took the bus for formy formy formy my home as ns usual When I 1 got off of across the street from the church and started to walk to my home a afew afew afew few hundred yards ards away a R man ran up to me and said I If you run Ill I'll shoot you d dead ad CARRIED PISTOL He had a. a big plated nickel pistol In his hand and a handkerchief over his face He made me go with him himi to a n. deep shadow beside the church building Then he pushed me through one o of the thc windows into Inta the basement The windows are large It wasn't difficult When we were inside the theman theman theman man made me go upstairs into the main auditorium There were three other men waiting for us These men also had handkerchiefs tied over their faces It was very dark in the church and I couldn't see them dis dis- dis Two of them grabbed me rue and stripped off all m my clothes Though it was a warm night I shivered shiv ered some The men didn't talk One produced a new anew new rope II Have you any dying request to one said It was the first I thing any of them had said in the church my first intimation that they intended to kill me Brown said sald he lie heard an au automobile automobile automo automo- tom o. o bile pass outside and made a gesture of escape only to have one of the captors kick him and another r slap him across the face CARRIED TO PULPIT They then looped the rope around his ne neck k and carried the nude man manto manto manto to his pulpit From there they tossed the rope over the ceiling fan after aft hoisting Brown two feet into the air Another captor brought a n chair and placed it underneath Brown Just a fraction of an inch below his toe Brown struggled to reach it but could not he said and the kidnapers chuckled and departed Slowly choking In the d darkness Brown tried to reach the chair again a few minutes later and was surprised to o find that he could The rope had begun to stretch The Rev Mr Brown yesterday received received re reo re- re a a. Iett letter r written In pencil on wrapping pap paper r. r It read Would you kill your best friend to remain pastor pasto at North Dallas This is our way of torturing your heart We could cut your heart out and drink your blood and love it He said that he had received other letters etters all by b mall maU Three strips of adhesive tape were plastered across his mouth before he was VIas hoisted Into the air and he could make no sound i iI I first thought of my wife when I thought I was going to die he said When they asked me about my dying request I told them that tha my wife knew what it was Then I thought about my life Ufe and my chances for heaven SHOUTED FOR HELP HELPAs HELPAs As soon scon as my toe touched the chair though my thoughts centered on getting loose I was almost free when the officers arrived I had worked the tape off my mouth and shouted every time a car passed For moments that seemed like Uke hours I suffered a strangling sensation sensa sensa- ion tion that seemed to be taking my life ife awa away All the memories of the past ast raced through my mind I could visualize the strange gap between life and death Those thoughts were brief however as I realized my whole energy should be concentrated on a means of escape When the Rev Mr Brown did not return his wife telephoned the Rev Homer L. L Marler regular pastor of the church who In turn notified officers There has been considerable discontent discontent discontent dis dis- dis- dis content about the present pastor of the church said the Rev Brown There have been numerous attempts attempts at at- tempts to have the Rev ev Mr Marler ousted Since I have stood by him II and am known as his friend I think the he attack on me was carried out as asan asan an Indirect way of hurting Marler Apparently the hangmen intended that my body should be found hanging hang hang- ing ng over the pulpit when the Rev Mr Marler came down t to the thethis church this morning to o open n services We Ve Weare Weare are holding a revival and services start every morning at 10 |