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Bouck White (1874-1951), Congregational minister, arrested for disorderly conduct when he appeared at a church service to preach about the immorality of wealth; his wikipedia entry: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bouck_White

Bain caption has it right, LOC caption for some reason truncates the admittedly rather unusual first name.

pennylrichardsca & Wystan: Thanks for the further information on Bouck White. An article in the New York Times of May 11, 1914 gives a good retelling of the events leading up to and following the moment captured in this photograph. trialsanderrors: Yet another case where the Bain caption card transcribed by Library staff did not match with the information on the Bain negative itself. We will get them in sync when we update this record. Thanks!

Very interesting and detailed article, thanks. The church, attended by the Rockefellers, was replaced by a newer building in 1930, and was on West 57th Street, near Carnegie Hall. White's action (with 20 of his followers) at the church was in response to the Ludlow Massacre in Colorado, which had taken place on April 20th. A more sympathetic account of White's actions that day (for which he served 6 months in jail) is told here: www.archive.org/stream/fromprisoletters00whitrich/frompri... When supporters petitioned Governor Glynn for his pardon, he wrote the governor to assure him that he was not sorry for his actions: "" Repentant ! " I am, sir, the most unrepentant pris- oner a New York City jail ever sloughed into a cell. Let another Ludlow massacre happen, I would repeat my deed to-morrow. So far from life in prison having wrought in me a penitential work, it has tightened and reenforced in me a remonstrant mood."

Pastor of a church in Kansas City. Was accused of murder & being engaged to three women at once! query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9F06E2DD1539E333A... Sentenced to death in the murder of Avis Linnell: query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9B00EEDB153CE633A...

The photo title is mislabeled. It is the Rev. Clarence Virgil Richeson. He was executed May 21, 1912, for poisoning Avis Linnell, a former fiancee who was pregnant, according to news accounts.

Thanks both captainslack and lmharnisch! We'll fix the title in the source data and reload the description.

Rev. Frank Hall Wright, the "Indian evangelist" (Jan. 1, 1860, Atoka County Oklahoma, USA - Jul. 16, 1922, Muskoka Ontario, Canada) www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=82309801 See also article with photo in El Paso herald., January 31, 1914, HOME EDITION, Real Estate Review and Church News and Sport, Auto, Image 18

B-59: Thanks for the additional information on Wright, and as always, for linking to your sources. Very helpful!

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