The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-08-03
INITIATING M'KANE.
Mrs. Sch1und OF GreenVille
Says Court DEGREES
Don't Go.
TOLD THE CONSTABLE TO GET OUT
Will Not Accept the Award Offered
by the Boulevard Com
missioners.
TOLD THE CONSTABLE TO GET OUT

Constable John Masker made an attempt
yesterday afternoon to settle the squabble
between Mrs. Barbara Schlund and the
Board of Freeholders.
Mrs. Schlund owns four lots ON the County
Road at Pearsall avenue and has time and
again refused to surrender her property
until what she deems a sufficient sum is
awarded her by the Freeholdeis. For the
property, which has a frontage of one hun
bred feet on the County Road and of which
forty-five feet in depth is needed for the
road Mrs. Schlund was awarded 81 $50 on
the first assessment. Mrs. Schlund appealed
this award and was allowed $500 additional
by the jury, but she was not satisfied with
this amount and up to date has prevented
the rreeholders from encroaching on her
property.
She placed signs on her property warning
| persons mot to destroy it until proper
settlement is made and Threatened to shoot
anyone who undertakes to convert her strip
of land into a part of the County Road be-
fore such settlement is made. Employees ct
the Board of Freeholders appeared at the
scene ready for work a number of times,
but Mrs. Schlund's threatening manner
caused them to change their plans each time.
The Freeholders finally took the case into
court and the award of 81, $50 was con
tirmed.
TOLD THE CONSTABLE. TIC GET.
Yesterday afternoon Constable Masker,
armed with copies of the decree sustaining
the increased award, started in his buggy to
serve them upon Mrs. Schlund. Masker
knew nothing of the difference existing be-
tween the county and Mrs. Schlund, and
- "a r-aA ~ vol
for the reception which he received.
After his ring for admittance had
been answered, Masker asked for
Mrs. Schlund, and upon being introduced to
| that lady bowed, in his usual polite manner,
and pulled the decree from his pocket. Be
fore he had an opportunity to explain his
errand, Mrs. Schlund OWNED his purpose
and ordered him to leave the house lmme-
diately. Masker held out the decree and OK
planned that he was an officer and entitled to
respect.
II don't care who you are" yelled Mrs.
| Schlund: II won't a k the papers,, and if
YOU want to avoid trouble, leave my house
Immediately Masker, not wishing to be-
| come offensive, did as Mrs. Schlund request
ed, and moved to the door. As he passed
into the hall he pushed the decree into Mrs.
Schlund's hand.
PITCHED THE ECREE All HIM
The persistency of the constable brought
MIS-, ocQlunuS anger ~ 1--WE A6dU, anu
as he turned to go out of the door, Mrs.
Schlund grabbed the decree and threw it
at Makers head. Her aim was as
straight as that ~of a sharpshoot-
or, and Masker stopped the fight of the
legal document with his left ear. 1t did
not take the constable long to decide that
discretion was the better part of valor. n
he hurried down the steps and jumped into
the buggy.
In the meantime Mrs. Schlund picked up
the decree and threw it into the street. A
gust of wind sent it on a journey across va
| cant lots, and, when last seen, it was float
ing in a pool of stagnant water.
Masker whipped up his horse and soon
placed a respectable distance between him
self and Mrs. Schlund. He did not stop
until he reached the Fifth precinct station
house, where he alighted and related his ex-
per1cnces to Captain Nugent and Sergeant
Hoag.
HER HOUSE Is HER CASTLE.
Mrs. Schiund is as determined as ever not
to accept the sum allowed her and says that
whoever lays hands on her property will re-
greet it. She says that she will not give up
her home until such a sum as will compare
| favorably with those received by her neigh
bors be awarded to her. The residents of
Greenville although desiring to have the
County Road completed as soon as possible
sympathize with Mrs. Schlund and hope
that she will win the fight.
One of the residents, in speaking of the
matter to a reporter of THE JERSEY CITY
| NEWS last evening, said 81
|'It is plain that Mrs. Schlund did not re-
| ceiye a proper award. Her %neighbor,
Mr.. Henry Gotthardt received over
$1,000 for a strip measuring exactly the
| same as that which she is asked to surrender
for 50, $50. Another neighboi, Mr.. Joseph
| Abel, who lost a piece of ground, having but
fifty foot, County Road frontage, was
awarded 49, 800. 1t is not just to ask Mrs.
Schlund to accept less than what these men
received, and III fair-minded person will
to the county,
ANOTHER. OWNER KICKS.
The refusal of Mrs. Schlund to vacate has
caused another squabble between Mr.. Joseph
Abel and the ~Freeholders, which may be
aired in court before many days.
Abel keeps a butcher shop on the
property north of and Immediately
adjoining Mrs. Schlund's premises.
When he received the award for that part of
| the plot needed for the County Road, he
moved his building back of the line. Mrs.
| SchIund's fences projecting out to the old
line. shut off view of his store, and Abel
claims that he has lost trade as a result.
He claims hat in allowing the Schlund
( property to remain in its present condition
the Freeholdefs are maintaining a nuisance,
and he has engaged counsel to bring the
matter into the courts. He will either sue
| the Freeholders for maintaining a nuisance,
or request the Grand Jury to indict the
Freeholders on the same charge.
Mrs. Schlund, it is said, will carry her
case to the Supreme Court, and has placed
/ the matter in the hands of her counsel,
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