In photographs of the late 1930's, the Judge is seen surrounded by men carrying canes. I imagine they served as bodyguards. On occasion, these men did not hesitate to subdue hecklers and troublemakers with these canes. The fracas at Madison Square Garden in 1939 is a good example. Does anyone know when the Judge started using these "bodyguards"? Were canes ever used to keep unruly JWs in order?
Judge Rutherford
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The body guards started after the charges of sedition were made by the US government against Rutherford and resumed after he was released from prison. There were some nuts that wanted to take the law into their own hands and that is why the need for body guards occured.