New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-07-30
4 JANITOES TYRRANY.
HOW HE REvENGED HIMSELF ON A POOH
FAMILY
nEcArsE A CHILD WAS A WITNESS AGAINST HIN
IN AN ASSAULT CASE HE ORDERS THE
MOTHER TO LEAVE HER FLAT

IN AN ASSAULT CASE HE ORDERS THE
MOTHER TO LEAVE HER FLAT.
An unusually exasperating case Of petty tyranny.
perpetrated under the cloak of a good mans name'
occurred a few DAYS ago in Stockton-st, Brooklyn.
Frank Rollvers is the jantor of a row or pretty
brick nathouses on the south side OF Stockton-st''
between Nostrand and Marcy ayes The houses are
owned by ex-Judge Charles Naeher. president OF
the German Savings Bank. Broadway and Boerum'
st. Rollvers has been the jantor Of these houses
some time. and necessarily Judge Naeher allows
him considerable authority in managing the ten
ants.
One of the families living in Of the fiat.
houses however, was never backward in the pay.
ment of the rent; were its members In any
way nuisance, as all the neighbors Will TESTIFY.
The family, however, few days ago incurred the
displeasure OF the janitor. and now it has five
days notice Ito get out" The family Is that OF
Mrs Nellie Koerber Mrs. Koerber is widow,
fftythree years old, and lives at No. IS Stockton
st. with her three sons The youngest, Frank.
twelve years old. goes to school, and the other
two work The members of the family had lived
there a year. and complaint had ever been made
about them.
About month ago the janitor struck one OF the
neighbours boys. and the father of the boy George
Rehm. had the jantor arrested and taken before
Judge Goetting, in the Lee Avenue Police Court.
FRANKIE" Koerber, who testified that the jantor
had struck the Rehm boy. AS result Rovers
was found guilty of assault in the third degree
and fined s.. On paying the fine, Rolvers
vowed that he would have revenge on the Koerber
family for the part little FRANKIE had played In
the trial, and bided his time He said nothing
about putting the family out until July a. when
he summoned constable from Judge Petterson's
court, i'm Broadway near Ellery-st. and marched
him up to the fiat
Mrs. Koerber first learned Of the dispossess pro-
ceedings a few minutes after hearing one
shouting out her name in a loud voice. Believing
it to be n postman, she opened her door, and was
surprised to find constable confronting her with
a five days notice to leave the premises. Not
understanding the law in the matter. Mrs. Koer-
Der quietly said she would comply. and imme-
diately set out to look for another fat The other
tenants in the fiathouse. however were exceeding.
ly indignant at the jantors action
A Tribune reporter saw the jantor at his fiat.
No. 81 Stockton-st.: yesterday, and found him
mending shoes In his front parlor. he being
shoemaker as well as janitor When asked
what the charges against Mrs. Koerber were,
the janitor few into violent rage. and BRAN
dishing o. big shoe knife the reporters head,
said:
"Ach, vat peesness ish dat aft yours? vas dc
Ef want a family put out dat family goes out:
haf mine reason Dat ish mine peesness. Vat
YOU dink? haf such family. what swears in
be-a fool? / no hit dat Rehm boy. He one
big nuisance But dot Koerber boy, vat he do?
He swear hit dat Rehm boy. Ach. have no
like for such tenants. Judge Naeher. he stand
by me- Ef l no like tenant, he say tenant CO.
no like dees koerber people. Dey must go. My
ness Ef dat koerber family no go out August
Office yesterday but found that he out OF
town.