New-York tribune., 1890-01-03
FIGHTING THE SHERIFF.
rIrcrED FROM THEIR HOMES BY FORCE

MORE THAN A SCORE OF OFFICERS REQUIRED
mo ,,,eri rupry; "a ANTILLES At SOUTH BEACH.
!, ,vas n lively day yesterday at south Beach 3 J.
-, ,s y,o-ib and Under sheriff Daley, with Il
go of trcntv deputies and squad OF police uhuer
,o,d of serccant Cor. lell went to the Beach
at nom 10 eject the Bergman.1 family from the hoci
which they had erected and also lhe persons
cupying the other buildings on the Iahu o""o ~
OK Comfy Treasurer Hugh McRooerts' l''c ohoo''
went fully prepared fer trouble, as tlc beit"id' ~
made threats that they would shoot any one VINO a'-
tempted TO turn them out of their home N"e" ''o
officers arrived Henry = Bergman. TIE father' was
absent being in New-Yor endeayorlng 10 secuio "'i
Injunction 10 prevent the officers from idhl''s Pos
session. When Sheriff Ellsworth attehpucu " oi,0'
tbc Eergmann Hotel, he found all the doors anu wiz
dows securely fastened. The Sheriff Drohc III tI0
door and then ordered MIS- bergman" ~ 49,
lily 10 leave the premises ,,,
vhro tbe sheriff was breaking into the building
ui-s Eta Rergmann went to bed. Mrs BeremahH
fold the sheriff that she could not leave the pfes''
rs her daughter upstairs dangerously ILL., i"'
sheriff went up to Miss Ettas room ana "a" az
lIance that the girl shamming Illness. le oI"o-e'
her TO get out of the building a' soon as size co"iu
compIete her toilet The family, including MIS- bors
mann her three and one daughter then "l'
the bbildug Before Miss Bergman went away
however she accused of the officers oi tNlls M
pocketbooI which she said contained 800 ana uiS
moud ring This pockotbOok was found Ill uio
possession Of one Of the family. The sheriff refused
70 allow the Bergmanns to take anything from inc
hotel but their personal ELECTS
sheriff Ellsworth then went to the hotel kept pS
George Tartter. near by A. the Sheriff and Under
sheriff Daley entered they rartter at the hcad Oh
the stairs with an English bulldog revolver ii one
hand and sword in the other. lie was very much
excited and warned the Sheriff not to come WITHIN
three feet as he said he did not care for Ms own
DID flf
,how fear and a. he approached Iartter the Ial'%I
weakened and finally surrcno"rcd lie lolI u,c
Sheriff that IL was hard for him and his family
to be turned out Of their home ana dc
urlvce Of their means of LIVELIHOOD lie said that lc
rad purchased land from the 'crSmanl's LOT
% 900 and then put up hotel. which together WIN
fhc furniture cost $4,000 lie wcpt like cnN.
payment ~ 200. on the property. Tarter -ald that
flS wife was sick in bed and could not De lcinoI'u
The sheriff for DR. Thompson. who ,ald that Nt'
Tartt.r was suffering from nervous uo-tialon. ne
sheriff secured "A Al another hotel IN Inc hclSh-
borhoo. aud Mrs. Tarttcr was taken there. .
The sheriff next vert To the hotel ot Mr,. r.
Scharnarc aged woman, who carried on tne ho,ct
with the assistance Of her son. she broke down az"
vent as did also the SON. hui they both lett TIE
land Of he RcTgnanns and invested all her savings "t
lany wears I'm erecting the hotel Tho sheriff a'te'
i'm accordance with an order of The supreme Nour,'
which decided that the land on whlch th' huldlhE'
stand belonged 10 IT. gh McHohclt-. and nos Ia inc
rcrgrnauns and that the buildings thereon al-0 b.
,1rnc the property Of NcRohcrtS The furniture wa
,czcd to pay the costs o, the litigation.