The sun., 1894-08-13
Co-oPERArITE BoARDERs.
Be.ieses In the House where Thei- L--a-
i.dy Left Tken.

For three days the boarding house until re.
Gently kept by Miss Christina Taylor, In the old
Kunhard mansion. on Symes Hill. staten Isl.
and has been in a state of siege The besieged
were party OF well-to-do business men and
their families, who were conducting the
house afetr the fight Of the mistress. Tho be-
siegers were a squad OF constables. some ot
whom are sclf-appointed. and several angry
creditors. Mt whose instance the constables were
present. Several encounters between the con-
stables and the boartlers haye occurred, and
yesterday number Of arrests were made. The
persons arrested represent the active principals
on both sides Of the controversy.
A short time ago Miss Christina Tay ylor opened
the boarding house. She had previously kept
one ut seventh avenue and Forty-second street,
this city. This venture was not a success. She
decided to rent the kunhard place, but was IN
debt, and IN order To remove her effects 10
staten Island she gave chattel mortgage, pay
OF the estate. y man named Sidel. She also
bought furniture from l.. Baumann y Go. and u
piano from u concern in this city, all on credit.
She was unable to make her new place pay,
and on Aug. y. when she was to have been dis
EHs lad given notes. io g"t coal M dealer Of West Vest
Brighton, John +; McManus, In payment for
coal, These note. brought trouble and the con-
stables down On the innocent boarders.
There were boarding in the house q score or
more of persons. There was also stable full 0f
horses. When the trouble began Louis w. Stoles-
bury, stephen =. Nrceland. Charles VI. Donelly.
and Edward Thomas arranged with MIR. Erastus
MiInan Tor n continuance o. the lease OF the
house in their name. The house was run on the
Just then The McNIanus notes, which had been
transferred tu Edward J. Powers OF West Brgh-
ton fell due. They amounted to bout $500 In all.
Powers began proceedings against the absent
Miss THylO On a note amounting to S1S2. ~
before Justice of the Peace David IsanRtOn.
The Justice issued a writ of attachInent
effects. and deputized Luke sykes To make the
levy: sykes Is anewsdealer and not a constable:
several other men. went to the mansion and told
the object of their visit. There was consulta-
tion of boarders, and sykes and his men were
boarders and that the household effects were
not owned by Miss Taylor.
sykes made levy ON the furniture on the
in charge. Edgar's job proved to be an agree
clare. his usefulness as a watchman ended in a
spree. He took possession Of the front stoop,
swore at and otherwise insnlted the women In
the house. and kept them indoors by hourishinR
arevulvrr. The arrival home OF the men at night
resulted IN the forciblo election OF Edgar from
sykes again made his appearance. He de-
clared that Edgar had gotten the liquor he had
were To blame. sykes wanted to 70 up stairs
but the men l,ad barricaded the stairway and
wouldn't let him. John Conelley was deputed
Of by The boarder-, and enjoyed himself.
ON Thursday Sykes arrived with another at
sykes found that his way into the house had
been barred by persons inside. Trunks and fur
niture had been piled against the doors and the
windows were locked and braced. sykes de-
manded admittance and was refused. He led
Wss n advised BY those inside not TO do So ON pa
Of being dropped out Of II second-stOry window.
lie paid little attention 10 hisangrytchiefs cries
sykes had with him T.. j. Powers. the holder
of the protested notes and several other men
who had small bills to collect. Finding that
lney "srs ss6ed nS about wiSdo@ tsacuas
which To enter. They found one, but stotesbury
had tennis racket. which he promptly brought
down On sykes when he attempted TO raise the
seodhs sns
liam Sherwood were left on guard. They want
and a servant was stationed outside TO watch
code 90, &c Of signals were established. and nobody
was let in who couldn't give the proper knock.
susrns hs tes SSay
were AT business. This continued until Friday
night. when the police were appealed to. since
Yesterday vreeland made complaint against
Kulmann in Stapeton. Coneliey. who was on
guard, was elected from the grounds at mid
He ' was arrested yesterday. as were Powers.
Sherwood. and John Redmond, constable, who
w9S also mixed up In the bs, trSISle t6
noon. After their release they went before
Justice l.angton and got "a warrant for vreeland,
Charles 4. Ford, and George w. Kerr for assault,
who were arrested yesterday evening and were
released in 5000 bail. StOtesbury defended
them and applied for and obtained AN sdjOurn-
ment until he could have the cases taken before
the Grand Jury.
The bOarders promise to make things interest
ing for the constahles. They declare that no
record OF the chattel mortgage was filed In the
village clerks ofiCe, and assert that Sykes
under no bonds, which made the attachment
and his subsequent actions illegal.
The house Is next to the estate OF the late
Capt Jacob Vanderbilt. Ii is in the centre OF
an estate of about thirty acres.