Word: lesselbaum
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...with the automobile of a Mrs. Nina I. Bayless of Aberdeen, Md. She brought suit against Father Divine and his lieutenant in whose name the bus was registered. A Maryland court awarded her a judgment of $6,000. Seeking to collect the money for Mrs. Bayless, Lawyer William W. Lesselbaum of Manhattan examined Father Divine and several "angels," could get none to admit that the cultist had any funds. Lawyer Lesselbaum began sleuthing. Last week in Manhattan he obtained an order to show cause why Father Divine should not be punished for contempt of court for his evasiveness and "false...
...clinking of coin could be heard in the black man's bedroom. Best documented affidavit was that of "Rebecca Grace" (Mrs. Verinda Brown), who with her husband gave the cause $5,317, of which $4,051 was paid direct to the Father. Affirmed Mrs. Brown in Lawyer Lesselbaum's language...
...contentions set forth in Lawyer Lesselbaum's moving papers, Father Divine reserved reply until this week...
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