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1-!‘riftft ft ft ft ft -X»#* -ft*n a* *TVJ08UUA SYKES ISOGUILTY SAYS JURYN K V'•ilt;rht tifront 1and sini'hr ... pjoyes stcvo.dc harborMaiVjudge Dooling’s j ot Tla d Joshua Sykes -aA jury in Federal court last night hum ,*v „and throe “apostle**** of the (. lun ch of J high, \ the Living God, formerly of Berkeley, j leaded! guilt v on a charge of conspiring to i obstruct the draft act. The three co--!defendants of Sykes foumbgmlty were 11 i A. M. IK*an, John Ferguson and Jo-Hseph Crush v. Fhilip Ne-Uon, an “apo*-lsithT was found not guilty. The jury made a recoinmeiulation for leniency.The trial began early in December and after sessions for two weeks was postponed until last I uesday on account of the illness of one of the jurors. Special War Attorney CasperOrnbiUin and Theodore A. Bell, at-*nStriknumbei milk, w chiner)refuse boat ciFourmen at to doc!TheTugbomrrvtVstrike.cltorney for the defendants, made clos- j ing talks yesterday afternoon.Sykes’ “tabernacle,” a tented struc-■ ture, was burned by irate Berkekyans [ port o • nearly a vear ago after the “pastor”! da\ ^ was alleged to have inadc disloyal re- J Marine i marks. Sykes flerj from Berkeley that j 6 a. n -night to avoid bcihg tarred and fcath-I Thei cred by the crowd, and remained in j New , chiding in Oakland for several days, r sons 1 After a few week'* he announced to.j isolate those members of his flock who were iV Tub s still faithful to his teachings that he had founded a new Garden of Lden,' near Denver, Colorado. Sykes went j | to Colorado to dwell in the new gar-f Ulen and a dozen or more followed;Chilli there.) at*iWhaving, he was‘I indicted by a federal grand jur* charging hint and tour other members ; o\ It is church with attempting to keep '■young men from doing military serv-\ice, Sykes had been: c wtiauftHy) i watched by fe deral secret service “Mncn, and be was immediately arrest-1 cd and brought'back to San Francis-havingtrainsThe way tlt;the HiTherauidtiThe-Associsteps/WorktmatedthousaA slt;CO for trial. He was admitted to hail (“threatand for the last few weeks has*been holding services in various homes inEast ‘Oakland.iiiiiv adc ieeir.ucnSup] UnitecabroacRettprospc
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Berkeley Daily Gazette
Berkeley, California, US
Thu, Jan 09, 1919
Page 5
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