officials for their refusal to grant a permit for Rutherford's burial at either property, stating "It was not the fate of the bones which they decided, but their own destiny. Nor is their blood on anyone else's head, because they were told three times that to fight against God, or to tamper with His servant's bones even, would bring upon them the condemnation of the Lord. ... So their responsibility is fixed, and they followed the course of Satan." Speculation that Rutherford was secretly buried at Beth Sarim has been called "private rumor", 'frequently disproven', and "myth". The May 4, 1942 issue of Time magazine noted Rutherford's burial at Rossville, New York, on Staten Island; a private burial plot for Watch Tower branch volunteers is on Woodrow Road. In 2002, a caretaker at the immediately adjoining graveyard answered an inquiry about Watch Tower's graveyard by noting, "I couldn't tell you who is buried on it because it has absolutely no markers or headstones". Rutherford was succeeded by Nathan Homer Knorr as president of the Watch Tower Society. References Bibliography External links Rutherford and associates 1919 Application for Executive Clemency Original schism documents 1917 to 1929 Online collection of Rutherford's writings News clippings relating to Judge Rutherford News clippings from Rutherford's "Millions Now Living Will Never Die" campaign 1869 births 1942 deaths 19th-century American lawyers 19th-century American writers 19th-century apocalypticists 19th-century Baptists 20th-century American judges 20th-century American lawyers 20th-century American male writers 20th-century apocalypticists 20th-century religious leaders American anti–World War I activists American Christian religious leaders American Jehovah's Witnesses Bible Student movement Critics of the Catholic Church Deaths from colorectal cancer Former Baptists Missouri lawyers People from Boonville, Missouri People from Versailles, Missouri People acquitted under the Espionage Act of 1917 Premillennialism Watch Tower Society presidents Writers from Missouri