The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-12-06
PUT HIMSELF In A HOLE,
TO KEEP THE Law AND A STATE
S1oNE OUT OF III
A Novel Land Fight in Trenton-A Had
denfieid Roy Tells Papa on Mamma.
The Rest of the state News.

Patrick Dillon. who resides on the cor
ner of West Hanover and Calhoun
streets, Trenton, about eight years ago
purchased the plot of ground known as
Halstead's Basin, situated along the
feeder of the Delaware and Raritan Canal
between West Hanover street and the
feeder just beyond Calhoun street. He
has held it un1nolested until about two
weeks ago, when the surveyor of the
Canal Company appeared and began to
drive stakes. They laid claim to q por-
tion of Mr.. billions property, and were
about to set q corner stone to mark out
their boundaries when Mr.. Dillon for
babe them. Mr.. Dillon went to see Su-
p~erintendent Dunn about it, and Mr.
Dunn told him that the ton should be
set because the land belonged to the COM
pany.
was told by hlm that even if the stone
was set the company could not get the
land. Mr.. Dillon's irish blood was up
and ne determined that no stone should
be set. When a half dozen mel appeared
to do the work yesterday morning they
were ordered to desist. They sent for
achievements. and about twenty-five
men arrived. A hole was dug in spite of
Mr.. Dillon's protestations, but before
they could get the stone in place Mr..
Dillon Jumped into the hole himself. He
sat down serenely and sent some OF his
friends to his house after some clothing.
He was provided with blankets and coats
and after wrapping himself up in them
prepared to guard his property for any
length of time.
A large crowd soon assembled, nearly
all of whom sympathized with the man
in the hole. The canal men were nom
plussed. They finally placed ropes about
41,o ptnpa and hQ1lai it, IN close hRllIlE
Mr.. Dillon, ready the moment he move
to slip it into the hole.
It was ten o'clock in the morning when
Mr.. Dillon got down into the hole, and
until three in the afternoon he stood
firmly in his place. He fully intended to
men prepared to divide the night into
watches, so as to be ready to take adj
vantage of Mr.. Dillon should he become
weary.
Finally, some of Mr.. Dillon's friends,
among them William S. Hancock. the
banker, took hold of him and pulled him
from the hole, telling him that 1t would
make no difference il the stone was
placed In the ground. The men ut once
put the stone i'll its place.
Mr.. Dillon said last night thathe would
dig it up at once. He claims to have an
abstract of title dating back as far AS lSl2.
The company claim to have owned 1T since
GOV 1csLtA 800
in court.
Her Little Son Accused Her.
Howard Steelman, Of Haddenfield.
formerly advertising agent for George
Kelly, the installment man, and now en-
ployed on the Philadelphia Press, has filed
a libel for divorce from his wife on the
ground of infidelity, n names Cooper
Burrough and several other young men
as correspondents.
That is the reason these same residents
are ouaking in their shoes, dreading the
exposure and disgrace that are sure to
follow as q result Of the free dispensatlon
of a woman's fayors, and the folly OF
their enjoyment of the same.
Mrs. Howard Steelman, the defendant
to the suit, while not q handsome woman,
is Il lady Of extremely ATTRACTIVE banners;
She Is about thirty year old, plump a
pleasing, and u dashing brunette OF the
most pronounced type, with flashing
black eyes, as many OF the young men