Show A lunatic T takes akes possession of IL a church springfield mass oct 23 gospo truth was wag presented at tho the point 0 of a sword also with rod rad firo fire and revolvers at it olivet congre congregational ca church today charles emmons a gun makor employed at the united states armory whoso choso mind is unsettled upon religious matters brought a largo large supply of rockets rod red fire roman candles pin wheels and powder saturday Satu iday afternoon and at midnight took them with him to church and secreted him himself solf cov covering oring 0 his face and hanging a big red bookmark from a bible from a string around his haibt when the sexton arrived to start the bornig fit es ho he was confronted by an shrouded enshrouded en apparition in tho the pulpit Dran brandishing dishing a revolver vor En emmons inions bade tho the boxon listen to the truth the sexton hastily retreated budnot but not boford the lunatic had fired three shots into the air the officers of the church and the police wore speedily odily summoned and for moro more than three hours emmons stood his ground during this time the nit dinan read from the psalms and revelations taking off liis his shoes after reading the alio verso verse which says take orthy on thy shoos shoes for the spot whore thou shandes b iu io holy ground tribune |