New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-01-28
col. GLIDDEH As 4 TEMPERANCE Yorker
THE EFFORTS OF FORMER KENTUCKY DIS
IILLER To RIFUEN MAYNARD
YORK;, NAN

At tie YOrSyllle Police Court Yesterday \ bright.
vel. dressed young Of twenty six years, named
Walter j. Kcmpton. committed 10 the City Prison
for ak montlls by Justice Hogan, on the charge OF
hnbiiunl drunkenness. preferred By superintendent
Charles T. Below 81 tho Madison Square Presbyterian
Church Mission, and Colonel Henry X. Glidden.
pntrna Of the mission who lives at the house Of Or.
Charles H. Parkhurst, the pastor Of tho Madison
~luare Presbyterian Church. kempton came To TINS
cl,v from Montreal some months ago. with promise
10 hi, widowed mother to lead nm honest ana non
orohl. NE lie looked FOR work. but although he
.oarrhcd for days he could find none. Not caring To
tell M, mother Of his hardship. he took to drink 10
forget his troubles The liquor, he says took such
a control over him that he has been unable to over
come IT, lie wa, drunk night when he staggered
into the mission house at rirdav and Thiitcth St
superintendent Belcw spoke to him kindly and be
frcndcd him. and interested Colonel Glddcn In tho
young mans hohnlf.
They secured him several positions but he lost
one after another through his fondneSS for drink Ito
finally confessed 10 his patrons that he was practically
powcrcss TO resist the temptation. and told them to
let him 90 his way in the future. They. however,
had hopes I, his reformation, and through tcir
influence he was employed I'm Turner's bookstore IN
Fourth ave- near Twenty sixth ST. For about three
weeks Kcmpton kept Steady. He had. however. made
the acquaintance of young woman. whom he TOOK a
few nights ago 10 "A bail. There. lac said, he found
a hottie ~ champagne under table. and the temp'a
tipl was 80 great that he could not resist H. ho
cmpticd the bottle Of vine and that started him on
a -prcc YcJcrday hi, employer, Mr. Turner gave
him =. 10 eet something TO eat, and he spent the
money for drink. Colonel Ghdden had once ADVISED
kcmpton that II he ever got a craving for liquor
he should send for him and he would help him to
49,, over IT, Kcmpton thought of hi, patrons Hiunc
,i,p and sent for Colonel Gliddcn. When the latter
,,- Kcmpton', condition he had him arrested. Jus
,r. Hogan committed the young man To the city
Prison for siN months.
There is something ~ romance in the life OF IL n
Gliddrn on whose complaint young kcmpton was ar
r.. .cd lie j, 4 native II Kentucky. and got his right
+, the titIr Of Colonel In the Confederate army. AZ
the close of the he returned to his Kentucky
,o,,o aud began the bushes, II dSt!llng whI,kcy.
since then "Glddcn's Whistles have become known
,hr,,cl,,u, fine country to wilskcy drinkers. one Of
the brands in the manufacture OF which he was inter
,.,.d WAS the famous Old Crow" In November last
man House On the first sunday evening in December
,, t,,,nucd f. stroll acro>, Madison square 10 the
Madison Suuarc PRESBYTERIAN Church. Dr. Par'1hurst-
.c-,uo,, that evening the topic The perlls of
city Gar voung men" enc Oi the pcrilS that he
dvrt on wa, the prevalence Of liquor stores. and his
Enthusiastically striking portrayal OF the temptation
thu, placed before young men made deep Impression
ON the Kentucky whskcy disulIer
mi, impression proved 10 be far more than momen
taty colonel Glidden called on Dr. ParkhnrSt and
aid that he had resolved to give up all connection
With ic luunr business. lie had repeated conf rcnccS
on the pastor. and at last did ~ he had said he
vonld giving up all interest IN the az Al'TrN' pr
iarlnarSt then offered him home at III, house. no.
90 Fast Thirty NTH st. The pastors klnd oner was
occcp,cd and the Kentucky colonel has since devoted
hi, time ard money 10 active temperance work.