The picture of Rutherford, Knorr etc with canes are taken out of their context, as they, to my recollection, are from the convention when Catholic Action threatened to / tried to break it up, and male JWs were equipped with canes / sticks to respond to violent action. Rutherford etc. were also so equipped, to show they were willing to respond too. I wonder if not part of the crowd are the Catholic Action protesters.