Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1920-11-08 | Page 3 | Minister Taken to Safe Place

MINISTER TAKEN TO SAFE PLACE Canadian Dry Agent. Held in Jail, Removed as Threats Arc Heard WlNHSOIt. N'v.. Nov. R. Kollwine rumors of intended v ioicnce. police of i fleers spirited Rev, J. C. L. Spraeklin. Methodist minister and prohibition enforcement en-forcement agent, w ho had been held in lalj since Saturday morning In COQ-I noctlon with the; siiooting 10 death of Keverly Trubble. an inn keeper to the jail at Sandwich, it became known Sunday. Kercioval of the prisoner was effected quietly. The action is said to have followed telephone messages to' the jail here thai an attempt at vio-j It nee vvas contemplated bj friends of, the slain man. SO Tit U3E Ol .l Kamoval of Sptacklln will not prevent pre-vent resumption.of the InQUOSt tonight, it was sal(k the minister having sub- mitted, (siaj testimony Saturday niRht The in'iuets was adjourntd pending! search 'for a man known as "JBd Smith" Into whose arms Trumble Is Maid to have fallen after he had been shot. Smiih's testimony as to whether Trumble was armed Is desired Trumble was killed in his hotel early! Saturday while Spracklln and four other prohibition ajtenis. were raiding the place. Spracklln testified at the Inquest that he shot In self defense as-Isertlng as-Isertlng Trumble had pressed the muscle mus-cle of a revolver against his stomach, lie ,!).,( rn, his men bad been saulted by Trumble and guei), in the hotel and that Trumble had threaten-1 ed to kill him. .Mrs Trumble, wife of' the slain man. testified her hushruv! w.,s not armed Local officers sa.v ' they have found no trace of a reyolvei T: umble 1 said to have had In bis o session. t 111 Kt III g H DBFJBXSI Whether charges will be preferred against Reverend Spracklln will not be1 determined until the inquett Is con-i con-i luded Members of Methodist churches in Che border , itlcs pledged funds for Reverend Spracklin's tiefense if he i!j brought to trial