New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-05-02
THE NEWMAN INJUNCTION.
BOTH PARTIES ARRAYED IN COUNT.

Apcr-vrvrs nv AUSTIN ABBOTT AND THOMAS VI
sHEARNAN-Is THE PASTOR IN CONTEMPT
A diagram of Chief Justice Sedgwlcks room
m the superior Court, drawn at 1890 a. H. yeso',
vould have shown Austin Abbott sitting neariy IN o..
nj the Judge and forming the right WING VI 'no -
new marty of the Madison Avenue Congregations
ri washburn sat at Mr. Aobotts lett JUS
5000 him sat Deacon Cummings, at whose left
was Trustee HOPKINS. watching the progress vi
,he Temporary Injunction which he wisheo inaoe
perpetual Deacon Wright, in behalf OF MS pastor
and the ss1ioined trustees, held the cehuo VI '
hoard: AT his right wac Thomas G. sherman Dsacou
Foster had wheeled himself into position on the Eh
flank Each party supported by respectao'e u'i0
cation OF adherents. ,.,o
Mr. sherman first asserted that threefourths OF the
ssdsvits backing UP Trustee Hopkins referred to an
ecclesiastical body known the Madison Avenue
rational Church. and that body was not party 10 t
action The complaint therefore defective lfusoe
Hopkins and Deacon Cummings smiled grihS' M
Abbott said: I'VE wish TO DO nothing wrong ourselves
nothing improper" He called attention to the prayer
meeting OF wednesday night and urged that because u
NEWMAN had followed up the prayer-meeung with the
election Of a deacon, this was pam VOCATION W
the Injunction. Mr.. Abbott declined, Tor the present
however to move that the trustees he held IN conep
He read adavs chastlsing the alleged 0ereHcl
and setting forth how they had violated the uaes o Wy
Congregational Church. Dr. Ranney IN MS alnuaNs oa
how he had found the meeting, at when ne pesS.
senior deacon so disOrdered with shouting ahd ca
calls that he had 10 declare IL adjourned de averrs9
mat AZ that meeting he saw Sheppard Knapp James H.
sevmonr lanes r. Breen and Others OF the opposition
aiding and abettiug outsiders In making
Mr. Abbott asserted next that IL was periecty o.
DIR NeW man had no ecclesiastical right 10 commune az
pastor but that he laid claim TO legal rigbl. Hg
nounced the gross grave and persistent dsrcgaTu
their duties by the defending trustees ana e1caiheu'
1--WE are the church" At this Deacon FOSTER grew III
credulous Mr.. Sherman demanded PROOF, Dut dun
Ger H. and the Ranneyites looked cresuanen
Mr. Sherman declared that the action was secular
action BROUGHT by secular person as menoer Oh
secular body. against secular men on secular
day The ecclesi o.ical body had NOT PeSn
eonroversy related to that spiritual body Not deacon
was in the case the lawyer said The deacons all looked
surprised. Mr. shearman urged that an prccedent
and usage showed that the trustees were
supreme, and told how Baptist church OUR
rel had been settled quietly by referee MI
Abbott next Knocked over all his adversarys argu-
ments and said 1--WE want the trustees 10 eoIecJ tne
rents repair the church and keep down the morIgas
but they do II according TO CongregatonAI usae
He closed by hoping that the members mlgnt come 70
Cpther as Christians" Judge Sedgwick SAID tnat III;
Newman might administer the sacrament on SUNDAY anu
reserved his decision. 49, -,,,,.,.,
Building after the Court proceedings. Dr. Newman Wa
there also and Deacon smith adOeacon osIeI
We simply took them upon their own papers ana ars1eu
them of OF their feet We didn't have cnanee 10 pre-
mare any papers OF our own but don't think we lost
much by being trife behind. You think that meeting
last night was a bit OF sharp practice ~ WASH
held that meeting under the protection OF the court ana
NOT in contempt of It, It would have been contempt had
DR. Newman attempted 10 prevent Us or II the stees
had closed the doors upon the meeting, ana tneu We
ehOuld have taken Newman and the trustees Dy the
shoulders and hustled them out or DOORS