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SYKES IS CALLED\t-a-BADtt1It. ■ . « Joshua Sykes is a “seditionist ofthe wor^t character*” according toAssistant United Stated 1 - Attorney* » .. . i \ • 1Caspar Ornbaum, when Ke -opposedthe reduction of Sykes' bail in thefederal district court yesterdaysSykes* pastor of the Churcblt;of the Living God, was arraigned with his] 1 codcfendants, Philip Nelsdrt, A. H. Dean and Walter Crosby, lt;on an indictment charging them with con-spiriiig to violate the espionage law.It is claimed that in the Church of the Living God, people were advised not to buy Liberty bonds, youths .were aided in avoiding the draft and , the kaiser was praised.Attorney Theodore Bell, representing the defendants, claimed that there were no real charges against th£ accused. - c“On tlie contrary,” said Attorney Ornbaum, “the government has been investigating this case for months and the fact that Sykes is the headof a church makes him more danger- \ ous, as he has more influence with his members.”Judge J. Ncterer, before whom the defendants were arraigned, permitted the reduction of Sykes’ bail from$3,000 to $2,500 and the other defendants from $2,500 to $1,000.1nrr 1 nrnn nrr i niirnn
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Berkeley Daily Gazette
Berkeley, California, US
Wed, Jul 17, 1918
Page 6
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