Show Fist FistFight Fight Breaks Out Between Rival I Groups Over House of David Control BENTON HARBOR Mich July intervention intervention inter inter- possibility AP-possibility of state 12 factions fec- fec dispute between in the the control of warring for House of David colony here presented pre pre- itself today Rival groups Purnell and H. H T. T headed by Mary Dewhirst had a fight yesterday K V. V ClardY assistant attorney general said the state Is definitelY damage re re- concerned over oyer property clashes ot of the suiting from ants A receiver er for tor the colony has been appointed by the state and ac ac- liquidation or of Its looking to real assets is being held up UI pendIng hearing on a restraining order a were colonists Some sixty of the in the fighting according to local authorIties who were called I Ito to quell the The trouble trou- trou ble offIcials said arose over seizUre selz- selz tire Ure ot of fourteen crates ot of chel chei ries by followers ot of Mary Purnell in an orchard managed by Ray Hay Hornbeck who ho is Identified with the Dewhirst faction After Aftel the Invaders ignored his order ordel to vacate the orchard Hembeck Hem Hern- Hernbeck beck is alleged to have struck Max Illume one ot of the group and the fight was on Local deputies were ca called lied and after aftel orde took Hornbeck to jail where he furnished fur fur- bond and was released Returning to the colony Horn Horn- heck Is said to have engaged l Paul another follower ot of Mar Mary in a dispute rIval factionists Continued on page age G. G Fist Fast Fight Breaks Break's Out Between Rival Groups Over House of David Control Continued from page 1 gathered around and shortly hot words were resumed on a free for all basis A second call sent police poUce hurrying to the colon colony and after they hey had pried the disheveled dishevel d men and women apart and Hornbeck were taken to jail Ill III feeling between Mary and Dewhirst the latter chi chief f of the organizations organization's legal staff manifested manifest manifest- ed itself shortly after the death o of Benjamin Purnell and rea reached hed Z a climax about a month ago n hen hen Mary l ordered the income from lom colony colony col- col ony enterprises turned over to 10 her Instead o of the colony depository Dewhirst officials learned isu issued d contradictory orders and the colony since has been divided into hostile camps |