THREE YEARS' GAOL
Follower of FatHer Divine Sentenced L06 ANG-ELES ~ July 3. ' John Hunt was sentenced to three years for violation of the Mann Act. John Hunt, a wealthy white follower of "Pather Divine," the so-called "St. Jbhn the Divine," was charged by the police nnder the Mann" Act with transporting Delight Jewitt, a Denver schoolgirl, teged 17, to make her the new "Virgin Mary." Protests by Lionel Barrymore and other screen celebxities cansed the police to disperse 200 f ollowers of Hunt, who used his home at Beverley Hills under the name of the "New Bethlehem."
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Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 143, 5 July 1937, Page 12
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97THREE YEARS' GAOL Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 143, 5 July 1937, Page 12
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