March 25, 2026
SHARP TRIAL POSTPONED.
May 17 Date Now Set for "Adam
God" Hearing.
James and Melissa Sharp, leaders of the band of fanatics who started a riot in December at the city hall, are not to be tried in the criminal court until May 17. Their attorneys yesterday asked for more time to get depositions from Texas to support the defense of insanity which they propose to make. The trial had been set for March 30.
Sharp, who calls himself "Adam God," had set yesterday as the time of his departure from the jail. He said he was going to disappear and vanish to Heaven. However, when the prisoners went to sleep last night the corporeal self of Mr. Sharp was on the cot in the cell he has occupied since December 10. He issued no proclamation of postponement to account for the failure of his promise.
Labels: Adam God sect, criminal court, jail
