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Interesting Information: The FBI Wanted JW Leader Joseph Rutherford Arrested - See Document
by AndersonsInfo 10 Replies latest jw friends
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slimboyfat
Leolaia discussed Hoover initiating arrest of Rutherford months before he died here.
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LV101
Thank you for sharing this info - I'm saving to read later tonight when I've time -- unreal how Watchtower thugs get away/avoid consequences even if it means dying.
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WingCommander
Hey, speaking of Leolaia, where is she? I see she hasn't posted in 4 years! I considered her posts incredibly valuable! I hope she is ok and doing well.
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Vidiot
God, how could they not have wanted to bust his sorry, cancer-ridden ass.
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dropoffyourkeylee
It's a pity they didn't throw away the key in 1919, would have saved the world a lot of grief. -
Phizzy
In 1919 the Attorney General decided not to initiate another case, as WW! was over, so the cost was not justified.
So Rutherford and his cronies only gained their freedom on a technicality, their Appeal would not be heard.
So they were never "exonerated" as the WT/JW Org claim.
Because of the WT's stance, (Rutherford's), no Flag Salute, no joining the Armed Forces etc and discouraging his followers from doing so, I do not doubt he would have been re-arrested had he not gone and snuffed it.
How would that have fitted with Bible "prophecy" ?
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OrphanCrow
Full text of 1918 trial Rutherford v The United States:
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Londo111
This is amazing history.
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OrphanCrow
Londo: This is amazing history
I agree.
I find it interesting that Hoover's letter is dated March 1941. It was exactly at that time that the flag salute issue was being challenged in the American court system by Hayden Covington et al. And then, in the summer following, the "Children of the King" assemblies were held where Rutherford recruited all those children to take up the challenge to the First Amendment by having them pledge allegiance to "The Theocracy" instead of to their country.
The summer of '41 was Rutherford's last public speaking tour - he died a month after the bombing of Pearl Harbor.
I did some research into that time period on this thread here (lots of links to Rutherford's talks and such):
