The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-05-12
SAD EVICTION CASE.
Husband Drunk, Woman Poor, and
Landlord neutrality-suspicious.
Similar Case.

Several chairs ard beds. a bureau and
other articles of use in the household are
having an airing in front of No. 423 New
ark avenue, and, at the same time. are
being besutiied by an additional coat OF
dry Jersey dust. The furniture is the
property of Mrs. MacKisey. who
has been dispossessed by Constable
Harry Powell. Mrs. Mackisey Is
several months ient IN arrears, ana
the agents of the property, G. c. Jewell,
of Newark avenue, considered 1t time
that a settlement was made. and accord
incly. on Monday. Constable Powell
served the dispos5ess papers on Mrs.
MacKisey. Since then the furniture has
stood ornaiueuting the sidewalk III iront
OF the mouse, ana Detective heenan ms
morning ordered iG removed 20 Tho lots
back of the premises. The house IS
owned by Monsignor Seton OF St.Josepns'
r. c. Church. Mrs. MacKisey appears
to De thirty-six years of age, and mas been
married fourteen years. she is OF good
connection, 1t is said, aud claims that she
is distantly related TO Judge McGratn.
HAS FIVE CHILDREN.
She had five children by her husband,
thu Oldest of whom is about seven years
old. :,
When a reporter asked her what kind
of a nersou her husband Is. she answered:
"He is only q laggard. He gets intoxi-
Gated aud sleeps in the CUTTERS Ever
since. we were married he has done very
little work, and l have had to sup
I made myself iu giving music
lessons. l had a good piano, but
was compelled to pawn IL SO as to provide
for the family wants. l had a number
OF scholars in town here, but have been
unable to pursue the giving OF lessons,
because I am needed to stay at home and
attend to the children. l owed 50 Tor
rent-n Mrs. MaeKisey is well educated,
having gone through, she says. st. Vim
cents Academy. She graduated from the
High School here, she also told the re-
porter, She casts the entire blame upon
ber husband. who will do no work. She
saws that be Ia now living at his mothers
house on Communipaw avenue.
CHILDREN SENT AWAY.
81 sent four Of my children there, too,
and MY husband told me TO go also. But
/ wouldn't go unless / was asked by his
mother. The other child I nave here"
and at that moment a young child about
four wears oil fell from the stoop, and
commenced a lou screaming. That was
ner baby, aud it was a poof,. ~forsaken-
looking child, with a pair of brown eyes
and face as dirty as 1t would be possible
to make ii.
The mother was dressed in a poor dress,
but wes neat, for all that. She said that
sine is a member of st. Bridget's H. q.
Church, and that she is well known to
Monsignor Seton Of st. JoseDh's Church.
she saId:- -
II went to call on Monsignor Seton to
| tell him about my case, but he said be did
not know who / was, aud would do moth
ing for me-. He owns he house, and l
Thought that he might do something TO
beIp me. But he wouldn't. l don'5
know what t, do. I have no place to go
to-
ANOTHER SAD CASE.
Mrs. Kay, who lives nexG door, is also
evicted from her house. aud does not
know what 10 do with herself or furni-
ture. Hef husband is a cripple and Can
do no work. He lives some where In
Newark. The reporter called TO see
Monsignor Seton about the matter, but
the latter was not at home.
MI. Jewett says that the rent for the
house is So a month. He added that he
paid three months' rent for Mrs. Mac
Kisey ana that she now owes seven.
months rent.