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"Father" William E. Riker, clutching a cashier's check in one hand (bail money) and resting his chin on the other hand. Pasted on back of photo is a news story about his 1942 arrest for sedition. Print has been retouched. News clipping reads: Arrested. Calmly unruffled and philosophical, "Father" William E. Riker, Holy City cult leader, holds a $7500 cashier's check crumpled in his hand as he awaits his release on bail here last night, following his arrest on charges of having made seditious statements to U. S. soldiers. The eccentric patriarch, who this year for a second time is a candidate for governor and announced himself as a presidential candidate in 1940, declared that his war record will stand up under government scrutiny. He said he has a son in the army, has purchased war bonds and collected scrap metal.
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