Lion of the Temple

A nineteenth century Harlequin. On the night that the Traveler Isaac T. Jones was martyred, a Jewish salesman named Zachary Goldman had gone to the jail cell to protect the prisoner. When the mob broke in, Goldman killed two men with the sheriff's shotgun and bashed in the heads of three others with a crowbar. The mob overwhelmed Goldman and the young man was beaten, castrated, and then burned alive in the same bonfire that consumed Isaac Jones. Goldman had become a symbolic figure for many American Jews. Whenever there was a conflict between Jews and African-Americans about some political or economic issue, Goldman's named was mentioned as an example of the historical ties between the two groups. Several synagogues in the southern United States had peace gardens dedicated to his memory.

Only the inner circle of the Divine Church of Isaac Jones knew the real story – that Zachary Goldman was a Harlequin named Lion of the Temple. Traveling through Arkansas, disguised as a salesman, Goldman had heard about the arrest of Isaac Jones and gone to Jackson City with enough money to bribe the sheriff and get Jones out of town. When the sheriff fled, Goldman remained at the jail and died defending the Traveler.  The sacrifice made by the Harlequin has led to one of the major divisions in the Divine Church of Isaac T. Jones. (see Debt Not Paid)

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