The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1891-11-23
WHOLE FAMILY CRAZED.
Lively Circus in the Vice
ChanCe11or'S Court.
MR.. PITNEY REMAINS UNMOVED.
Mrs. Ryan's Mortgage and the
Excitement-A Proposed Fore
closure caused.

The hundrum monotony OF the Court Of
Chancery was enlivened this morning in
an unexpected manner and Vice Chan
cellor Pitney had an experience which
seldom falls to the lot of prosaic
Vice Chancellor. Mr.. Isaac Taylor
moved the case of Lyman against
Ryan and the Vice Chancellor
asked who appeared for tho defendant.
AT that mild-mannered little man with
u pale, sicklv complexion ertered the bar
and said that he did. He was accompanied
by a short, stout, forid-complexioned lit
Tie woman heavily yelled, three young
men. young girl and large black bag
of documents. The pale little man took
a seat at the lawyers table and spread
some papers around him.
The pleadings we've then read showing
that Samuel Lyman, of New York, sought
to toreclose mortgage for "a, 800 on some
lots in old Hudson City, given by Cath
crime M. Ryan. The answer set forth
that the mortgage was fraudulent and
void, that Mrs. Ryan never signed it In
its present shape. and that the amount
she owned was St, 800, and not $4 800.
The Vice Chancellor directed Mr..
TAYLOR to call his witnesses when the pale
little man jumped up and said he had no
lawyer.
Wny, VINO are yOu! dShCu buc ASo
Chancellor in some surprise.
DEFENDANTS BROTHER
81 am John Lynch, Mrs. Ryan's
brother, and | want to see her rights pro-
tected. We haven's any lawyers and
here are some documents which show
that this whole business Is a fraud 2
cheat,n continued the little m an, his
voice growing louder and louder as he
proceeded.
The Vice Chancellor raped for order,
and shouted to Lynch to sit down, that
the Court would protect him and see that
he was not wronged. But high above the
entire din arose Lynch's voice, declaring
that the whole thing was conspiracy to
rob his sister of her home.
The Chancellor then directed Ser
geant-atrArms Haggerty to remove
Lynch from the room. The Sergeant
was proceeding to do so when Lynch
ouieted down and apologized to the
Court, saying that he had heart disease
aud was very excitable. .
"Well, you'll kill yourself II you don't
keep quiet, remarked the V1ce-Chancel-
Tor.
The case then proceeded. Isaac Ro-
maine, Master in Chancery, testified
that he took the acknoWledgement 10
| the bond but could not tell whether Mrs.
RYAN was the woman who signed it.
Lynch was then told that if he had any
witnesses. to produce them. He put Mrs.
Ryan on the stand. The hrst thing
Lynch did was to ask an entirely lr-
| relevant question, and the Vice Cnancel-
lor promptly told Mrs. Ryan not 60 an
| Swer it.
That started Lynch of again. He
walked in front of the Vice Chancellor,
| and shaking paper in his lace declared
| that If the Court was gong 10 decioe
| against him he might as well go away.
| But he didn't go. On the contrary ae re-
| tn ahuSa the t;0urt-
| Then arose a scene such as has seldom
| been seen in the Court OF Chancery.
| Above the din arose the Vice Chancellor's
voice peremptorily ordering Sergeant-at-
Arms Daggerty to put Lynch out OF the
court room, and TO call in the polce II
necessary.
LIVELY SCENE
! Haggerty took hold of Lynch, puI tne
man resisted all the time, keeping up his
| loud and abusive denunciat1on Oh the
| Court, declaring that the whole AFFAIR
was conspiracy to cheat his sister OUT OF
her home and mentioning the name
of several prominent lawyers being
among the conspirators. Haggerty
! grabbed him around the body and liter
| ally carried him out of the room. Lynch
| cursed, kicked and struggled. His cries
were heard on the floor below and law
4 yers and clerks rushed up stairs to ascer-
| tain the cause of the disturbance.
| AS Ay uCH WAS III uf-khOA oAe oA luG IOOuk
| ne shouted to his sister not to answer a
question. This started Mrs. Ryan. Sh .
| turned on the Vice Chancellor and be-
gan to abuse him, crying that her brother
| had heart disease and asking il the
! Court intended to murder him Then
her two sons began to shout 70
| their mother not to answer the Vice
| Chancellor or pay any attention to what
he said, while the young daughter wrung
| her hands and began to cry.
The Vice Chancellor maintained
his composure during the entire
scene, and finally succeeded in
restoring order in the Court
an adjoining room could still be heard.
He was finally quieted down by the
/ Serqeant-at-Arms. The Vice Chancellor
then assigned ex-Congressman Alvah
Clark, who was in the court room, 70
look after Mrs. Ryan's interests.
THE EVIDENCE IN THE CASE.
The testimony then proceeded. Mr.
TAYLOR produced checks for the S4S00 en-
dorsed by the mortgagors, and both the
Vice Chancellor and Mr.. CLARK
became convinced that the mortgage
was a Just one. The Vice Chancellor
there ordered Master to ascertain the
exact amount due on the mortgage foI
principal and interest.
News of the disturbance Travelled
rapidly through the city and gave
rise TO the rumor that an attempi
had been made to assassinate the
Vice Chancellor. Many inquiries were
made at the Chancery chambers by anx-
ious friends of Mr.. Pitney. and everyone
felt relieved to learn that he was un
hurt.
Mischievous Boys With Bean Shooters
Ten-year-old Johnny Kelly, of No. II!
South street, was arraigned before Polios
Justice Davis this morning as one OF a
crowd of small boys who, during fight
with ''sling shots" or ''fiippers," on Pat
erson Plank Road, broke several Windows
in the vicinity. The boy was reprimandet
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