The morning call., 1893-09-07
NOW SHE is RED.
A Cruel Outrage on Hiss
Mary Miles.
Painters Empty Cans of Paint on
Her Head as She is Sprinkling
Them.

Until Friday last Miss Mary Miles
boasted of as pretty head of brown hair
as could be seen in the Mission. Now her
locks are dingy red, not fashionable
auburn or a Titan tint. but of the color
with which the Eastern farmer delights to
adorn his barn-warranted TO withstand
wind and weather. How it came about is
told by her father, and one of the results
is six arrests for battery.
Bernard Miles lives with his wife and
daughters. Mary and Katie, at 515 Shot
we'll street. His nexi-doOr neighbor at
\ o. 517 is a Mrs. Leslie They had a dis
pute as TO the ownership of a foot of
ground, which was decided IN favor o. Mrs
Leslie. That was about six months ago.
To make possession doubly certain, Mrs.
Leslie moved her house close up on the
line which separated her lot from that of
the MI lies family. The dwelling needed a
coat of paint, but Mrs. Leslie did not think
of that until the removal had taken place.
Then difficulty arose. TIE work couiG
not be done unless by going on the prop
erty of Mr.. Miles. and he and his family
warned of all trespasseTs. Several paint
ers asked permission from Miles to do the
work, but upon his refusal departed.
At last Mrs. Leslie found two work
men made of steTner stuff in the per-
sons OF Theodore Ablitz and Edward
pair slung their scaffod over the roof of
the Leslie house on Friday morning last
and proceeded to lay on it a carmine tint
Mr.. Miles had gone to his work, but the
presence of the invaders was observed by
his wife and daughters. They notified the
brush-wielders that they were trespassers
that the dividing line between the lots ran
skywards to much greater height than
even the roof of Mrs. Leslie's shaDty, an d
ordered them away. The painters were
more persistent than polite. They kept
on their work. The Miles contingent
decided to disodge the intruders, and the
girls turned the hose upon them with good
effect until the Den grasDed two. cans OF
diDgy red paint and ungallantly emptied
them on the head of Miss Mary Miles.
Then she was a sight to benold. Her
brown locks assumed a rudy hue. and her
clothing was saturated with the oily
material, while the hose was laid away to
be used hereafter solely for garden
purposes.
But the Miles were not subdued. They
proceeded to the Seventeenth-street police
station and made known the treatment 10
which they had been subjected. Soon a
representative Of the law appeared upon
the scene. He warned the painters off
until the court could decide the question
OF atmospherical trespass. They obeyed,
or rather they feigned to do so, for in the
afternoon they resumed their labors and
continued to paint the side Of the Leslie
residence abutting on the Miles property
during the working hours of Saturday and
yesterday.
The matter, however, does not rest here.
Six warrants Of arrest have been issued on
charges of battery. The Miles have had
arrested the two painters and Mrs. Leslie,
who violently seized one of the Miles girls,
while on the other hand Mrs. Miles and
her two daughters have had warrants
served upon them at the instance of the
enemy. In all of this affair Bernard
Miles is the only person who has escaped
scot free the results of the paint war.
The natter will come up for trial in
Judge Conlan's court tomorrow after
noon, by which time it is hoped Miss Mary
Miles Will be once more recognizable.