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inn-ill,ct,toisheik,oresP-END OF WORLD IS TW(PREDICTED BY SYKESPollning lt;to arc-th99ti,.fSAN FRANCISCO, March 24.—Joshua Sykes, former pastor” of a ^ ^ tabernacle in Berkeley, and self- burgh styled ruler of heaven and earth, escaplt; predicted the ehd of the world in theyj the near future, when he arrived in q{ p this city yesterday from Denver on THe , the first lap of his trip to the fed- unexperal prison at McNeil Island. Sykes E P.and A. M. Dean, one of his elders, ^ must serve 18 months and year terms H A. _ t . - . i.1 A -off ____1b■ K M _ j ^4 41 v — —for conspiring to obstruct the draft, and They are accompanied by two deputy beforUnited States marchals. houseWhen asked for a statement by broke _______ CwWc r^nlip.d that he at thlt;When asKea '’v: « , ~ il ,newspapermen Sykes replied th; he at thhad no use for Reporters and that he tractcto sav other than that uponhad no use ror a - —.uli vhad nothing to* say other than that uponthe end of the world was near. the 1the end ot tne wouu l-Following his conviction Sykes ap- the p pealed the case and then went to one i Denver' where he established the was lt;House of David. Charges, of jm-|____“House oi i^aviu.morality, and adding' to the delin- SER nuencv of minors were brought Theynuencv ot minors wen. against him in that city but were dropped when the'Supreme Court up-1 Redropped wnen me oui»e v. —^ held his conviction. Sykes started by tl for San Francisco, but had a vision | done and returned to Denver. He made No jana returneu --- , •another start for this^ coast^ a few days later but another vision causedhis return to Denver again and he dropped from sight. He was foundby United States marshals howeverarid brought to San Francisco Sykes’ wife recently filed suit againstir? * t? :AM^rr whft Svkes naaMarie Freidling ^o „ Sykes ^ promised to make his queen, for alleged alienation of affections.
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Berkeley Daily Gazette
Berkeley, California, US
Thu, Mar 24, 1921
Page 5
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