The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-03-26
BROKE INTO THE CHURCH.
pFloON RIBBECKE BURST TBRoUGH
A VIOLATED WINDOW.

Hammer, and Cbi.ei, s.a whe- They
Go, In They Garri-ored the Church.
rb.re was Easter service yesterday at the
Central Park Baptist Church In East Eighty
thi,d street, as the pastor. the Rev. G. venton
patterson. predicted on Saturday. IL was avery
abort service. and the doors Of the church had
a. bs forced before It could be held; but the
,,,nciple Of tho thing was what Mr. Patterson
and his adherents were looking at, and they
AZ. iubilant. IL was an Easter service. and
there were Faster lilies and Easter music. and
.his ole and hammers. and policemen.
Long before it was time for tho church bells
N ring In tho morning people began to gather
IN tho neighborhood OF the church. 1t was q
gathering Of curiosity seekers. who had read
IN the newspapers that the pastor OF the
church was determined to assert his authority
ssshepherd OF the flock. aud they had come to
,.s how he was going to do It. In the windows
az tho neighboring houses we're hundreds OF
heads
shortly before o o'clock handful Of police
men we're seen coming down the street. It
consisted OF Roundsman Stevenson and Pa
trolmen Shields. shannon. Smith. and Christ
Their orders were morsly to preserve the
peace They have done duty at the church
previously. and as they took station along the
curb each man looked YEARLY up the street.
The hour for Sunday school at the church IL
$50. and as that time approached the scholars
began to arrive. Some OF Thorn were accom-
panied by their parents. who looked anxiously
At the policemen and kept their offspring close
about them. others came alone.
Hoyeripg in the neighborhood were many of
the men who oppose Mr.. Patterson and his
faction: In the windows Of an apartment house
across the way were dozen faces that Mr..
Patterson used to look upon from his pulpit.
MD:25 an urchin who had crawled half way
MP lamp post cried:
Here they come! All Of 'em'
The crowd sent glance up the street. and
saw Mr.. Patterson and his followers crossing
Third avenue. There were twenty-five or
thirty OF them. Mr.. Patterson walked majes-
ueally in the van. on his head was shiny
elk hat and In his right hand he grasped the
gold top OF an umbrella As he walked he
hammered tho tagging with the umbrella.
Directly behind him were Deacon Il. W. Rib
becke. his chief Lieutenant and Trustees N. 8.
Smith. @. ". Delhi. A. A Hall. and A. E Lee.
Last was handful Of boys. who afterward did
woman service In the assault on the hurch.
When the party reached the crowd awaiting
them Mr.. Patterson started with the first m an
and shook hands; then down the whole line
child. however small. was. Overlooked. Whom
he had finished the handshaking he looked
church Gs s stood p ssiose hin sssmingS Inn
huge. paddock. brand new and dubious. on
Jond. was a fellow paddock and he knew that
beyond those storm doors again there was q
When he 0azsd ABOUT his eyes fell upon the
massive form aud serene SSo9ntenanee OF
.ss ss .%.a Dr. s!snDins aors sss;
r. snook hands with the officer. too. Then.
n Si Sssss RI s- ID tim. for Sunday
where are you going to hold itY' asked the
b. head 6ast,xard Then he added. That Is.
All Mr. fatterson's followers crowded about
the gates They were evidently trying TO con-
metal against metal discovered them. Some
one had brought q steel saw. such as plumb
I.s eas ss S snf Of Ts ae'
10 moment the work was done. and q dozen
S S:1; ,s Sfe i ,ss gate: There oS
3D.. cheer: M Patterson looked shocfsd.
school Now. ali ioIn In this hymn.
he paddock which fastened the storm doors.
s By $Aas r sssds *: :s ss S Si
.ns9 aS tss vs =. and the
They all looked at Deacon Ri6beeke, who is a
man Of resource. The Deacon look cd at them.
Knew wa: : I'll Ssh The Deacon pusd
rom some eayernoqs interior pocket a big
An iron fence about siS feet high cuts on the
sids Yard o. the church from the entrance. 1t
SSi snTy nign' put the Deacon has pa; long legs;
fence, and when he was over Il he started on
siops to the back door. brandishing alOit his
M Delhi and q crowd OF young m en- followed.
~. Patterson and the remainder Of his hock
They saw tho sssauIting party disappear one
one around the northwest angle OF the
church Then they waited.
TWAS hardly a minute before they were
Ate, MIN hi, trailing party. The dissppoIat-
Dsaeens eagle eye took,in all the windows on
sns vest side Of the church. and after no had
ire sS he . e. ss's and "a :iasia Nq
ttsssa the shutters. and then Mr.. Delhi Welded
great noise and the echoes made It worse
sSsrson and his followers and an Easter service
SHIPPED out the catch was pushed back. and
'1Sh the sash was thrown up
ground. The Deacon. his lace red with sxui,
him aDd asked ior boost M Delhi boosted
hind 5tm was r Ia turn boosted ~ the man be-
hedoH and catered the sunday school room.
OtheTs outside.
ar front Of the church Mr.. Patterson and his
nm we're still waiting patiently. IL had Ls-
90 80 70 ram aud Mr.. Patterson sent messen-
Eash III an directions for umbrellas Miss
mAsoInuek. his typeWritar. was one OF these
Srs.siiS'shEers, and she came back with two um-
to.nss Al the same moment they heard
''p,strts on the a . floor OF the church within.
4, sue Deacon. a man OF resource. did not think
HHoiti vale 10 DlsAk the lock. lie knew
baua,'t q NO Tick better than that He merely
S-neu lLs bolts which fastened the double
tubofs - the floor aud 10 the ceiling aud when
,hsl Was done Il was only necessary TO pull on
""'TFhroIS They opsped without squeak.
Sc anu in Rlee.
pul everybody saw that, and instantly there
sb NJ scramble 20 get inside. There were l6l
Sith!teh And grown people in waiting. and
ias tH'h hs!i a minute they had all got In. The
A. Dung man with q smiling face. turned
~ ~ crossed the threshold aud yelled 70 the
Ae.t,rlnrl and reporters:
nm, ere IA now, ana you bet thsS don't get US
- POSSESSIONS nine points OF the law and
h. got en-. We dAresent yAcate this place |
My and We Aint going To-"
noeE islsTson lost no time in getting his