New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-08-13
Il CONS7ABLE THROWN OUT OF 4 WINDOW
HIS THREE COMPANIONS WERE ArTrRwARD AR.

| HIS THREE COMPANIONS WERE AFTrRWARD AR
REsTED-LrvELY TIMES ON STATEN ISLAND.
Eo"''aoies John Redmond. William Sherwood and
reward Powers. the latter a brother of ex-Justice
w j. Powers. Of West Brighton. S. l.. were ar
rested Yesterday on complaint of Charles NJ Don.
nelly Lewis Stottestery. Stephen G. Vreeland and
EDWARD f. Thomas, who live In the Cunard man.
SION on Grymes's Hill. The prisoners are charged
WIN Hiahcious trespass. The Cunard mansion one
i 'he largest on Staten Island. one time tho
homestead OF the founder the Cunard steamship
company 1t is on the Serpentine Road and adjons
'he estate of the late Jacob H. Vanderbilt
'n'n Few days ago the mansion occupied
o' MISS christine A. Taylor. who conducted a
fashionable boardng-house Miss Taylor is well
known In New-York Miss Tayors enterprise on
staten Island was not a success She had given a
mortgage on her furniture to Mr. Seidel agent of
New-fork house which expired August l.
when foreclosure proceedings were instituted. She
a so owed a number Of tradespeople
Among them was the McQuade estate to which
she owed $500 for coal. She had given notes for
the payment of these debts she failed TO meet
McQuade transferred his claim to James McManus
VINO Instituted legal proceedings. He appeared be-
lore Justice David Langton. at West Brighton on
MONDAY last, where he secured legal papers to
make levy on Miss Taylors furniture. When
Luke sykes and John Connolly went the Cunard
mansion to make the seizure they learned that Miss
iaylor had suddenly and mysteriously disappeared
during the darkness OF the night When they be-
gan TO make the seizure the guests in the house
protested The constabes. however refused to leave
Ihe premises and remained on the grounds. on
Iuesday night. II is alleged William Edgar.
OF the constabes, while intoxicated used abusive
language to one of the women of the house ana
fourished a vevolver.
On Friday Powers. Redmond and Sherwood again
visited tho house and demanded admission. which
was refused They called 10 Connolly. who had
been in the house for several days, open the
door. but he was prevented by the guests. So the
constables made themselves comfortable in the
easy chairs the front stoop. and remained guard
ing the house. In the mean time the big doors and
windows of the mansion remained securely locked.
The guests In entering and leaving the house did
through window. This continually
guarded so as 10 prevent any forcible entrance by
the Constablos.
Shortly before midnight Saturday the male
guests of the mansion. who are now conducting tho
boarding house on cooperative plan, determined
to oust from the house Constable Connolly. whose
presence was obnoxious to them. They accordingly
took the constable unawares and threw him bodily
out of the window. The constable made
sistance and left. Yesterday he appeared before
Justice Langton and swore out warrant for
Steven S. Nreeland Charles a. Ford and George W.
Kerr. whom he charges with assault in having
elected him from the house. They were arrested
in the afternoon and held In $500 bail each for
hearing August %.
Police Justice Kullmenn. in the Elgewood police
court, who had issued the warrant for the con.
stables. reprimanded them. and told them they had
authority TO remain on the premises and warned
them not TO there again. lie held them on their
own recogniZances for an examination this after
noon.