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Show HfllYRMEFR CHURCH HEAD MOB VICTIM Charges of Disruption of Families Lead to Loss of Two Teeth CEDAR RAPIDS, low,, Jan. 21. A mob of 200 stormed the "Holy Roller " church here last night, seised the Rev. H. A. Ferguson, leader of th) s. ct with ( riea of "throw him in the river" and "tar and ft other him" marched him through the business section of city until the police, with drawn revolvers, dispersed the mob and rescued Ferguson. Fergu-son. A local newspaper's charges of Ferguson's Fer-guson's Influences on his disciples, alleged al-leged to have been the cause of th; disruption of several families, had aroused the feeling against the preacher. preach-er. No weapons were used by the mob. but blows were freely exchanged and Ferguson suffered the loss of two teeth when struck after he attempted to escape by Jumping through a window win-dow ot the chinch lie spent the night In Jail to be .safe from further violence. |