The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1891-01-19
MR.. SIP Wins.
Miss Haines' Suit Against
Him for SIS Dis
missed.


The suit Of Miss Nora Haines to recover
SIS from Richard Sip was tried before
Judge Dayton this morning and the
Court awarded a decision In favor of Mr..
Sip, the defendant.
The case was in some:respects a singu-
lar one. Some months ago Mr.. Sips
mother thought the care of large house
was too much for her and her son
advertised the old homestead on
Bergen avenue and Newkirk street to
rent. Mrs. Elizabeth Haines, a white
haired, benevolent looking woman Of
sixty. and her maiden daughter Laura.
upon whose sha Up features the bushes of
forty years had chased and played, an
swered the advertisement.
They agreed to take the house. grounds
and stable, rent free, but to board Mr..
Sip, his mother and coachman without
charge.
The Sips and Haineses in this way
lived in the house several months. and
then suddenly one morning, very early.
the furniture owned by Mrs. aud Miss
Haines went away, and the owners ac-
ceived a letter from a lawyer asking him
to pay SIS which he owed Mrs. Haines.
No attention was paid to the letter. and
later another lawyer interested himself
in the case. Sip explained that he owed
no money. and finally young lawyer
John III. Palmer, of the Fuller building.
was engaged in the collection Of the
claims, and he wrote Sip to settle it
Sip called on the lawyer and was told
that Miss Laura Haines claimed SO on q
contract Sip had made with her to pay
her 800 IL she could prevail on Mrs,
Elizabeth Haines to move away: Thf
daughter claimed she did persuade her
mothes to move ana that Mr. Sip gave
her a cheek tor $25 on account and
promised to pay the balance on the fol
lowing Saturday. Mr.. Sip refused to pay
the claim and denounced i5 as a scheme
to get money the women were not entitled
to-
At the trial today Mr.. and Mrs. Sip
were both present. The latter is hand
some young woman and was tastefully
attired in a tight-ftting gray cloth suit.
a sealskin jacket and wore jaunty hat
of white, gold and black velvet. Her
gloves matched her dress She seemed
self-possessed while In court and watched
the case closely.
Mrs. Haines, the first witness. testified
as to the above facts, and said that she
had given up the house in consideration
of the promise made by Sip to
give her daughter 500. She
was shown a receipt signed by herself
and daughter for $25 which, the receipt
of any nature. This letter was shown
her. It was directed to Mr.. Sip and
was found on a table in the parlor
after Mrs. Hsines and her daughter had
left
Mn. Spas Mr.. Glenn is acting so badly
and my expenses are running up think it best
to give up the house. l think it Will be better
for your family as well as mine. am sorry any
hard feelings have existed between US. but time
trust will bring all things rightl
Yours with q rush.
Mas. E. HAnSEs.
Mrs. Haines denied that she wrote it.
Her daughter gave substantially the
same testimony, and sip took the stand.
He said he paid the women S25 to get rid
of them for he was tired of having cred
1tors running 10 the house crying thieves.
robbers, and similar names. He said TO
get rid of this annoyance he had paid
several bills, such as coal bill, gas
bill and Others. and he produced
receipts. He was not asked TO
pay the bills, but he did
desecrated by such people as creditors.
The creditors were the grocer, butcher,
baker. milkman and other tradespeopie.
The transaction with Mrs. Haines and
her daughter took place before Mr.. Sip
married, but his wife was present.
Mrs. Sip said she went with Mr.. sip TO
his home on one occasion and that Mrs.
Haines claimed her expenses were so
great she wanted TO give up the house.
and would do so if she had Sl00 TO move
with Mr.. Sip refused to give it to her,
"Dut," said the fair witness, Il told Mr.. Sip
for charity's sake to give them SIS and
be did so in my presence and they signed
the receipt shown in court. Mrs. Haines
told me that she and her daughter worked
all night, until half-past three O'Clock,
packing her goods so as to move early in
the morning, for they feared Grocer
Glenn would seize the goods.
The court promptly rendered decision