New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-10-30
LOCAL MISCELLANY.
STOPPED ON THE CHURCH THRESHOLD.
THE nINDoo WHO WISHED TO ADDRESS DR. PAX
TONS CONGREGATION TAKEN TO THE POLICE

TONS CONGREGATION TAKEN TO TIE POLICE
STATION.
The Rev. DR.. William N. Paxton, pastor of the
First Presbyterian Church, at Fifth-ave. and
week by a short. spare man with a swarthy COM
plexion, glossy black beard and keen black eyes.
He q neat suit of black clothes and red fez
with n long, black tassel. The visitor SAID IN
nervous rambling way that he was q HindOo from
Calcutta that his name was Patrick j. Lackersteen,
and that he had been seeking employment for a
had been n book canvasser but some mysterious
enemies. Catholics. Freemasons. or somebody eIse,
had persrcnted him with annoying juggery anu an
Ends of supernatural means lie coudnt s,t sun no -
nnv longer NOT n moment He had been toid by
people from whom he asked employment we
non't know YOU, you young innocent; lie u, ,ith
Know what that meant, and he woulu statVo WIZ
bis child II he couldn't get work ana DC proteGtvt t
from his mysterious enemies. lie knew that Juo'
Creator would protect him and crush ms ehello11,
aud he asked Dr.. Paxton to let him o speaSh
TO the people of the First Presbyterian ChuIcn
Yesterday morning on the subject OF his wrongs.
Dr. Paxton refused, and the volatile lllndoo
asserted with an ominous snap or his black eyes
that no would preach rs he had intended TO- anu II
that no force in the world could prevent hun. ie
went also TO Father Farley, the Cardinals secre-
tary, and announced his determination 10 SPEAK ia
fine Cathedral. The man said that he had been eou,
GATED in Jesuit college and had been graduated
from the Calcutta University. He seemed TO DC
quiet well-educated, crack-braIned mar, VINO might
be harmless or might cause serious trouble q
DR. Paxton after consultation with meinpers OF
his church. left the matter in the hands of q. j.
Dav, the sexton. MIR. Day conferred VIII tne
police and an officer in citizens clothing was or
dcred to be in the church Yesterday morning.
policeman in uniform was stationed III inc street
near the church. The sexton the detective ana que
or two Others kept watch in the vesbule yesterday
s the time for the service 70 begin drew near ana
passed without the Oriental lnnatic appearing on
the scene Dr. Paxton was In the middle Oh MS scr
mon and the watchers had nearly given up the OK
pected sensation when the spare inquire, topped WIN
n red fcz and carrying light brown cane that Was
foot too long for nm CT came Tho rap IRON
cate md walked up tho stone steps,
stopping slightly forward and staring straight pc
fore him with determined look in his set eyes. Inc
s,xton stepped forward and Intercepted HIM just as
he pushed omen the vestlbule door.
you can't come IN here" said the sexton.
"Why can't II | rather think your ma tnat
can REALIZED the determined httie Hindoo, The
sexton took him by the arm and gently but Irny
led HIM ont and closed the door ne TWO oiiiceL5
approached and the question was discussed quietly
for n few moments. The HlndOO qualed percepu-
bly, before the steady manner OF his adyerSaIi9is,
and tapped the stone step and the Oe oil MS neatly
BACKED shoe nervOusly with his long cane. ~
Now Pm going straight IN there" ne SAID 10
tell my wrongs to the people. There's Just God
know there's just Goa, aud, by J0ve, ueii protect
me and make those devils in there yield TO me-"
Then he lost faith slightly and began to explain
Il don't want to disturb the people III thelr chufcI
but thought they would have to hear me see
man can't starve without doing something can he
| appeal to you, sir TO an 0ilicerl You nave
child perhaps; would you let hun starVe without
doing something See No, you Wouldn't
thought all | would have TO do was TO tell people
that must have employment and, by Joye, q Just
God wOud help me, II you only kne" hOw-Out
You wouldn't believe me If told youj you would
saw il was de-dementation-Ify you knew how have
been prosecuted Why on the stTeet-car look OUT
my purse and was giving the man cents when my
half dollar walked right away out OF my purse AL
the cooper Institute the other night sat nOldngny
cane this way and all at once 1t slid up through my
fingers and disappeared. see THAT'S the way
they prosecute me, you know T.
lind. lnn
Ing rising infection at the end Of every other sen
tence Finally the sexton gave HIM the aternatveo OF
going away and promising not to go INTO the church
or of beng taken away by the officers. He again
started TO enter the VeStlbule. The officer held n,
whercupOn he threatened the sexton with dire
calamities Then he was led away to the poll e
statIon He walked alongquictly and kept asking
10 have his mother sent tor. He told Sergeant Hal
cher who examined him, that he was twenty-elght
wears old was a widOwer and lived with his mother
and his child at the Altman House in Nlnth-st. He
told his wrongs in the same ncOheTent way he had
before. lie kept his cane nervonsy clutched |
in one hand, while in the other he clasped almost
convulsively rOled-up blank book, that contained
his sermon He refused to show this, but SAID that
il contained just what he had told about himself,
and gam the wrongs were rehearsed. An ambu-
lance was sent for from tho New York Hospital.
While waiting Tor this. he sat in char, with his
feet stretched out before MN ana rcad newspaper
or Ia ked about what ho had suffered.
" Why, ont IN 81. Louis, NJ salI, at prayer
meeting "A big man. with long beard, rushed at
m, poInted a revolver at my lace and fired. lie
leli bacll and | diun't feel Il thing see 7 | know
now was wrong to 20 to the church; | my
fault But | thought | could 90 anything.
II ia the fault of those Christian Association
people. They shouldn't have let ne insult them,
and say that would do this or do that without tell
ing me Young man, get out III here. They made
me think could do anything; see I But / see l
can't break any human law, and never Will try 10
again"
Iho ambulance surgeon, when ne came, ques-
Toned The man for some time and said that general
paresls was the troublc with him. The surgeon
ircd to persuade the Hindoo to 20 10 the hospital
Bat hc asserted that he was no more demented than
anyone there and wouldn't go 10 any insane asylum
He would not Jet any physicians examine him I'M
less they sent tor his mother, because she know
him 80 wellD She had Tried to dlssuade him from
g,nl, to the church. he sad, but ho had replied
= Now mother, / know just what power have and
wlil succeed but | was mistaken see r The SEX
ton refused TO make II charge OF dlsOrdeTy conduct
against hIm and he placed III the man room OF
thc notice station, with officer sitting near him.
nis morning ne will be taken before the ply slcans
of tine commissioners of Charities at the IOmbs.