New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-07-24
A CLERGYMAN SENT TO JAIL.
DONNIE VAN DEN Brooks SAD PLIGHT
WHERE THE POLICE FOUND HIM-UNABLE 10 "I'
BAII-nIs wIFE's FORGIVENESS.

excited over tho scandal involving the Kew Joh"'"
Van Den Brock. Especially concerned are inc peop0
Of the little Armnian Church who called thc uo''"''
from Holland to pastor only three months ago
As soon as the indignant 1olanders learned 'ha' '
police wanted the dominic for biting John hartman
arm and otherwise abusing him. they decided tha no'
wanted him too and they organized searching pao1
which the women were not the least ao"'o'
domlne's residence ransacked. but ne was no' '
whisper got abroad that he was hiding In the i''o
frame church at Iosnan aid North Straight sts anu
crowd ea,hered there Although a search failed 10
revc,l the fugitive tho crowd did not as
persc but kept growing until Wy
mast 10 there were hundreds around the uui'u'""
After A while somebody suggested that the domino
was hiding in the bell.tower and men seized the oe
49, d .nt forth neal after peal The ringing OF the
bell brought moro people and SIX poicemcn "s
,brope slowy dispersed with great deal OF eAc''ou
| talk In both Dutch and English.
About this time the fugitive had returned to Paterson
from flying trip to Jersey City and was MAKING MS
wav toward the last place whore one would expect "
find him after oil the trouble his vsits 'ieie nv
coused him That was the Mulberryst basement whelo
| the Young woman Rentje Looyengoed lived lie nau
left Paterson Thursday afternoon ana waKeu uo"" '
New York PLANK road far as Lake Wow. Ihere no
met friend Myndert Fischer who took inc dominic "
pas,a,c in his wagon At Pasaic the clergyman Doug.
ticket for Jersey City. and took the Y 10 Tan' b"
night found him in Paterson again, although the ponce
md his excited practitioners did not man WHO "
often seen the oomnie in that vicinity saw nun wan
down broadway TO Mulberry-st about ll;lo Nhen 'no
! dominic reached the corner lie stood moment III "
uncertain, and then. removing his tall nat a"u
xtnuo ne perspiration from his forehead, TIC
took the familiar way to No. Is. into which he disap-
neared officer David Kissick was told OF TINS he go.
sergeant Kecn aud Officer Nanderhoot TO heip h' anu
about $50 A. H. Yesterday went to tie house. IheS
LuocEed but there response. kissick went 10
hack window and sprung the catch with his kne. lhc
officers went in through the window. They flashed a
lantern about the room and saw the woman /" "
asleep or pretending be. They thought OF Herr Mos
and looked under the bed, but Domi ME Johannes was
MT there They into another room. where the ON
o,s usad IN oueer sights uttered broad triple SMILE
ON the floor partly dressed. lay the pastor OF the Armh
ian HOLLAND Church. On his head was quecrshaPcu
and big nightcap lie was asleep or feishcd H. ou' q
share fran a big Loliceman's hand male him get mp
| Then Il was that the dOmnies pillow was m"uo Vi
corset and female garment. His clothing was scat
,orot ahont the ROOM nails hung his tall ha coat
! and umbrella. On tho floor wcr1 several f"lse shrr
bosOms
The officers told the clergyman to get ready ana so
along with theul fearful Renue was also getting
ready to co. when the dominic was dressed she pro-
ncea comb and ran 1t through his light har 50 as 10
make him more prescntable The officers wero moved I"
another smile at this display OF tenderness pu' 'ne'
were rather affected when the woman, seeing tho
dominic in the grasp OF stAlwart policeman ru'heu UP
10 him. threw her arms about his neck AMI cried 40
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and oierei stay where she was but she INSISTED
on following the party the station. Van Den Brock
took out gold watch and pocketbook ana gave t'c"
TO ner to keep but at the station tao officer IN charge
took them away from not their lawni guardian
Van Den Brock took his arrest coolly. lie WIS pHI III
cell and the went away.
When Recorder Greavcss court opened at 10 O'Clock
the room was packed with excited HoIlanAers. Ohcer
Kis,ick brought the Rev Johannes Van Den Brock 20
be rragneI for assault and mayhem on Johh Hartman.
The prisoner short, stout smooIhfaced man IN lu''
clerical black, heard the complaint rcai 10
him by the Recorder ani replied that lie
spoke no English. Henry Beeu"kes, IT,,
WAS sworn in as an Interpreter and told the accused
man that he would have to ind bail. The domino
turned to Cornelius Kreger who sat close by. MI.
Krieger il the stoutest pillar IN Dominic Van Den Brooks
church. and has ia and tne pastors chief support
Van BroeA asked Krieger to furnish ball. but Kiie-
'For Lords sake, do something for me- appealed
the parson. "You VIII not regret It,"
preacher; nc had Invested 5000 ia The church ana Ihc
dolninle aud he propose do anything more:
"Eesides.' added Mr. KrIeger 81 PROMISED my wife |
MI Van ben Brock again appealed for the sake OF his
wife and children that Mr. KIeger would AID hun. but
the pari.honcr suexoraDle. aud the dominles vile.
who was IN court burst mo tears hartman was lnen
put TIC stand an tod the story OF the cier. man
and showed ugly. innAncd wound where the minis
ters teeth had entered The dominic admitted mat ne
had bitten Hartman in his wrath. Ine Recorder de-
clded hold accused la ball. and as the dOmD
WAS Informed OF this and that lie would have 10
turned 10 Hartman asked him for the sake
Of wife and chI!dren to be enien Du II vain Whe
TINS conversation was gong on Mrs Van Den Brock,
weeping cOpousy broke out INTO an lnNectlye against
her husband. sue SAID she had hai enough OF MIN ana
would spend cent to keep him out OF PRISON Then
sue relentel and tried hard to hna bail sne aud her
husband appealed again To Mr.. kregcr. wno remained
nrn. and friendly face appearing among the stern
visaged o!aniers In the lobby the Recorder made out
taken down stars TO u cell. Then Recorder GTeaves
took Mr.. Van Den Brock aside and advised her that sue
could make a complaint against her husband and the
for adultery but sne declined to do So Van Den
Brock asked permission IN his cell 10 his WIFE, and
sho and talked to him through The bars Al Affect
ing followed He pleaded for forgiveness aud she.
nm of pardon This seemed o load off
the reverend sinners mnd ami ne ASKED hls
who stood BY. open his eyes III Advertisements Tho
conversation IN Dhch but Masec Understands that
tongue The minister asked his wife II she Ia told any
Coed w"me, in Uonand and the wife SAID she had not
At 1880 policeman TOOK the dsgraccd dominic TO
the County jail He gave his axe to the warden as
thirty and said his athcr lived In Holland and his
mother dead lie took 1t Ill cooliy Whom asked 10
empty his pockets no tooA out a number Of handker-
chiefs and napkins and several clean collars When he
was escorted into the largo room which tho cells
round the other male inmates. clad IN tho Of the
prison and amusing themselves In various ways. merely
looked up. stared ana wont Oh with whatever they were
doing. lhey thought the newcomer was q Clergyman
preach 70 them ana they resolved to do what they
generally dill in such casc-isnoro him But when
they learned that he was TO be lone OF them they
look aston>hed clergyman IN the County jail was
The woman Reintie IooyengOcd about twenty weight
ana good looking To Henry Beeuwke. tho frankly ad.
United her g-continue relations with the pastor
he wronged her. Mrs. Van der Brock discovered the
facts aud dismissed her But the preacher continued
10 visit her, and when lie came 70 Paterson size fol-
lowed him. Mr. Bccuwkes that in Holland the laws
and public opinion not stringent they here,
hut clersymen supposed TO he unin peachable IN
their domestic relations an that - why the HOiatders
Of PateI are 80 Indignant over this affair.
The man who he ped the dominic ami hs paramonr
hire the Mulberry-st rooms. AID who went with tho
dominic Iiartmau's hOusr, was JOhu Pans and II
was through his Influence that Van Den Brock was
FOR from Holland be tho churcn's pastor.
| Paans said he had known Van Den Brock
| IN Amsterdam thirteen years Paans keeps a
shoe snop When sexton to be APPOINTED
for the now church the dominic appointed Pans Il il
said that the Looyeugoed attended the church
oitep: but While look recognition
ever passed between her aud the pastor Pians sad
Yesterday that no had Thought the domino was gOOi
and pressed eurprlss that he had fallen
grace. when asKei about his engaging rooms FOR
The domiue and u woman, he refused 10 anything
Van Den Brooks wife and three children are being