Bagonye Seized in Civil Action After a Battle

Spiritualist Pastor Barricades Himself at Milltown When Sheriff Appears—Held in County Jail for Lack of Bail.

Eugene Bagonye of Milltown, spiritualist pastor of a Newark congregation, was again taken into custody yesterday afternoon, this time being arrested in a civil action brought against him for the sale of a car on which there was a chattel mortgage.

The arrest was made by Deputy Sheriff William S. Hannah and Constable John Applegate after a lively effort by Bagonye to escape, and he was lodged in the county jail, where he is now being held in default of bail.

Bagonye was in the garden in front of his home when the deputies appeared, but he rushed inside and barred the door. The officers made an effort to break in but were unable to do so and finally made an entry through a side window.

Bagonye had hidden, and they were unable to locate him anywhere in the house. They discovered, however, that there was an attic room, and they believed he was there. The door was barricaded, but Deputy Hannah climbed out on the roof and went through a window. Bagonye then rushed right out of the room into the arms of Constable Applegate, who stopped him at the point of a revolver.

An automobile with the engine running had been kept close by to aid Bagonye’s escape, a young lady from New York, who refused to give her name, being in the machine.

The suit is brought by the David Hall Motor Company of Newark, who claim that Bagonye purchased a new Elgin sedan from them and turned in an old Franklin which he alleged to be clear, but on which there was a chattel mortgage to Abram S. Howell of this city.