The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-10-23
KATIE Loved SCHLlELH
Didn't Want Him To Resign
AS the Star Boarder,
But He Did.

On Saturday afternoon last Mrs. Ka tie
Schmidt. of No. 4s7 Nelson averue, com-
plSiued to Justice OF the Peace Wilso1
that Harry Schlitle had obtained from
her. by false pre- enses. board aud lodging
and certain sums of money, and she
wanted warrants ISSUED for MS arrest.
Altogether she claimed Schlitls Id her
$3.50. She said that Schlitle borrowed
money of her, telling her that he was
expecting remittances from relatives In
Canada. Pa
A warrant was issued for Schlitie's ar
rest, aud Constable Manning served II
this morning. Schlitle was held In $l0O
for examination tomorrow. Hassaid he
wanted the matter settled as soon as
possible. He made an Interesting writ>
ten statement of his defense. Substanri-
ally 1t Is as foilowS:-.f}y-
He claimed he owed nothing to Mrs.
Schmidt; that he paid her the last three
dollars he owed tler on SATURDAY. last;
that after securing board at No. l6S Col-
| umbla avenue. Mrs. Schmidt had heard
OF 1t through neighbors, and tied up his
apartments In Mrs. Schmidt's house, but
Mrs. Schmidt stood in the doorway and
| refused to let him enter.
"She took thugs out of my room and
| hid Them" says..Schlitle In his Statement.
''She stole a revolver fromsmy bureau
drawer and refused TO return 1t. When
l asked her why she he'd done all this
| ana toll peighbors that | owed her
money. she said she loved me and was
| afraid l was going TO leave her. have
not been able to sleep at nights from
! her Intrusion aud annoyance. She used
| TO come into my room and shake me
around the bed. and when wauld feign
| sleep she would pull my eyelids open and
disturb me tor hours. Her husband
| would come to the house In the morning
before l was up, and. not fading her,
would come to my room and ask for her.
and scold her afterwards for having my
| door open; yet when l have Insisted on
having IL closed, sne has always refused
to allow me to DO it. She would not allow
| me to 90 out. or upstairs to see friends
without following me and making a
disturba Sne would compel me 60
| sit with her In cold kitchen with out
| fire; all this aud Thousand othar things,
such as crazy fits Of jealousy ana mau-
ness. throwing herself on tho floor and
squealing, and kicking, and splitting,
thrashing her child aud banging him
against the wall jn ner madness; always
| listening at keyholes aud windows.
II have put up with all this because
| liked the neighbors and the neighb bor.
| hood and did not wish to go away. al
wavs paid her in advance"
| Mrs. Schmidt WAS seen this morning
and questioned by reporter for THE
NEWS as to the charges against her made
| in Schlitle's statement. She is q German
| woman beyond middle age. with features
a tride coarse. and talks English toler-
ably well. She said she did not
| understand these charges made by Sch
little; and while admit ing that she took
the bolt from Schlitle's door, she did SO
because she entertained suspicion that
| Schlitle was going to leave her without
| setting up what he owed her and she
wanted her money. She denied that any
improper Citations had existel between
| them, She denied. TOO. beading her
child. and said that Schlitle frequently
| did SO.
| Schlitle had been boarding with Mrs.
Schmidt about six mouths About two
| weeks prior to his advent in the Schmidt
household Mrs. Schmidfs husband had
| left her and she took Schlttle in as q
boarder