New-York tribune., 1886-07-23
BITTEN AND POUNDED BYA PASTOR.
A SHOEMAKER THROWN AROUND HIS SHOP.
HE INVESTIGATED HIS PASTORS VISITS ToA WOMAN
AND LIE Dominic RESENTED IT.

A SHOEMAKER THROWN AROUND HIS SHOP.
HE INVESTIGATED HIS PASTORS VISITS ToA WOMAN
AND THE Dominic RESENTED 1T.
John Hartman. HOllander. keeps a shoe
store at No A Hosmanst. Paterson. Yesterday morn
ing Hartman appeared before Recorder Grcavos and
had issued for tho arrest OF his pastor the
Rev. Johannes Van Den Brock. on charge OF assault
and battery. Mr.. Hartman displayed some bruises ana
bandaged arm, and under the bsndages was an IN
famed bite which he asserted was the work OF the Rev.
Mr. Van Den Brooks teeth. Dominic Van Den Brock is
o recent arrival in Paterson. His nock 10 OF recent
organization. The members are certain Holanders who
lean to Arminian and who therefore decided to
separate the regular Holland Reformed Churohes
Those people wanted minister and ono OF her humoer
OF the Dominic. who was In Holland. ana ihuuceu
the officers OF the congregation to issue Call 10
him. They subscribed money enough TO bring him over
with his wife and three children. and he began his min
istraons in Paterson about three months ago he s
fne.ookng, athletic man, OF good address, zealousex-
horer, and apparently earnest In the WORK oisaVhR
souls His congregation removed from negro Meth
odis church. they had been holding services and
got quarters IN the chapel in East Holsman'st
sold to them by the trustees of the Paterson CITY
Msnon Lately some queer gossip began to
disturb the peace OF New-HOlland, as that
part OF Paterson is called. The rumors were not
calculated to the estimation In whch Dominic
Van Den Brock held by Christian people. IL was
said that members OF the congregation nad recelVeu
letters and even a cable dispatch from Amsterdam
making grave charges against tho domines character
for honesty and purity charge said TO be that
be had been called a church in the Transvsa Repub'
lc South Africa, and after pocseting an advance OF
$500 gulders ich had been sent hlm on MS saIar'
had failed TO keep tho eDgagrment IL WAS also saiu
that he had never been regularly ordained and was
pretender to the cloth.
But the domine's conduct in Paterson was enough to
furnish food for scandal without letters or tee-
grams from Holland. 1t was asserted that the Rev MI
Van Den Brock went too often to certain womaus
apartments in the basement OF tenement mousse ln
Mulberry-st. and stayed too long when he did GO
Finally t bee that the Clergy went
there nearly every He usually went into tue
house between and o'clock and remained untl D.
Just little before the woman VINO occupied the apart
ments would come out with pitcher and go to beer
shop. She would return. and alter reasonable time
.upposed to represent the consumption OF the beer the
clergyman would of the house. The neghbors
came TO look for the domnes visits as regular thing
and they knew when the came out for beer that
the party inside preparing to break mp. Inc mousse
belongs to Mr.. Stansfeld, and woman VINO lves In
It attends persons who want to rent rooms IL was
learned from her that the occupant of the basemert
apartments question and the clergy man. accompanied
By man whose name IS not known to any or tue III
y-suga.ors or gossps to the house about month
ago and hired the rooms The new female tenants name
was not known. she led a retired lie there ana
nobody visited her except the clergyman and the man
who had come with them to hire the The clergy
man referred Mr. stanhed as tne proper person
to pay the rent TO. tie dd not 90 to Mr. stanshelds out
his male friend DID Mr.. Stans1cld did not make any
inquiries about his tenants lie presumed the clergy
msn and tho young woman were father aud daughter
He asked unknown the name OF his tenant. and
but interrupted Oy lho
woman. who had accompanied hin TO MT stansnelds
house and who Said something 10 ner GonPHhioh III
Dutch The man checked himself ana then gave The
OF john Paana when was not what he had started
10 say or course this queer connection OF the Clergyman
with these mys,erious dongs could not long r1Lan n|
by his parlshloners and recently COoper JOhn
Hartman of the nock. who had been reluetsnt 10
believe story OF the pastors strange comings and
cluded to investigate the thing. On Wednesday Mr.
Hartman followed his paso or and saw MIN go into the
Mulberry-s The shoemaker stood guard outside
He waited patiently and he needed to be patient Tor
honsr and before the came out with the
pitcher Mr.. Hartman thought TINS had too much the
appearance of working the growler and he at once
decided on a bold step He went into the house and
opened the door OF the womans room What foowedi Is
related in Mr.. Hartmans own story TO reporter yeser
"Tnere sat the Dominic near the table. Twas for
supper He had III his hand saucer with oIr ggs I'D
1t. IIo had his hat coat and sIoes on ne iooned Az
ou.hed when he saw me- ana s@po.e has
relative Of his and he said Yes ssd that u ws' a..
woman coming back wIh pitcher of beer. asked her
whether the Rev Mr. Van Den Brock was any KIN to her
snonrh for me- I went home. Last night, about 10
O'clock In my store when the dominic came III
chair and asked Inc what thought OF hlp did not
want any trouble: and SAID tnought Is was good
"A the devil right away guess he saw did not
what said and no trI"a nt nara .,nck 10 70 set e.
that he was a good man and would 40 noth.
Ing OF tho After while he got so mad that
saw he wanted attack me- and sent my ittle gir
out for policeman sent her out threo nes ont sne
could not iind Things were getting not rlhay
the dominic got up to go aud walked owari the
door Just got the sidewalk he took me ny tne
shoulders. seiz-d the door ana held ou 10 ~ he
w,nted me 10 90 out on sidewalk and fight but de-
cned friend he had brought tried 10 t@so MN IN
mo hc III lett arm to warl on the DOws whlch
wa. afraid the dominic would give me. aud he took
the arm In and bit IL severely got loose ana
work bencn. Then he picked mc up and threw me 10 the
other side OF the tell you he la powerful nan
s in.t thro me all around the store and vas pretty
well used up Having satisfied himself he LETT, ana
went to a doctor dressed my arm -
The police were looking Tor the Key. Mt: van Den
Brock Yesterday Ii said that he hai eIt PATERSON
The in the could not De louhu III h"r apart.
mrns which were locked, and the other tenants saii
nat shs had been packing up 10 go away. None OF
rhe m lew her anything about her. except nat
sh- WA, supposed a widow aud that the clergyman
came TO see her nearly every dag.