The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-04-16
FENCING IN HIS NEIGHBoR.
M. rlBUs SETS OUT TO GET ETEN
WITH nm. TANNER.

s.,n.,. fro- tss Nsehery ~ the Tss-
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s,s..-wsrrssts, . Fish,, s-a = Pistol.
Ihieh fence and hard feeling separate the
K.bus and Tanner families at Gsrretsons.
staten island. and all the neiRhbors within .
large radius know Of both. Which IL the cause
md which the eject IL not settled for sure
and one is not more In evidence than the other;
Int when Kabus got out warrant for Tanner
h.,ors Justics OF the Peace Cornell on Friday
.ysrvbody In that Part Of the island know there
"a, going to be some dust raised. and they've
b.sn waiting since TO see II rise. Not how
aver. that warrant IL anything unusual for
Kshus to get out; they say he's been doing
that sort OF thing ever since he took
his family TO 0srretsons to live, not
mite year ago. But they felt that
mis- time Kabus meant something. and all
say Yesterday faces we're at the windows OF
The adjacent houses. and lot Of people stroll
cd past the Kabus and Tanner residences and
the high fence. ready TO look at whatever they
could see. Kabus and Tanner. however. we're
singulary inactive.
Kabus is the Robert Kabus. optlcian. who
has . shop at 115 Third avenue. this city. He
IA about so years old and has wife and three
grown children-also hired man who has
taken leading part in the feud that has been
going on for q year. August Tanner IL his
nelghbors full name. and he also has family.
In Tanners house live also Mrs. Lisht and
some other Lights and some Selbs. The Seib
boys are nsphews OF Mrs. Light There . are
bakers dozen In the household In oil.
Kabus and Tanner are said to have known
each other in the old country. They we're also
friends before Tanner persuaded Kabus to
proposition came from s Tanner one sunday al.
tsrnoon year sRo. Wnen ne mao heous uoSn
pe.Neeh .ne .oa Snu oou,n pe e.e. no ne
showed him hi, own house, and pointed out
.nd a, ,hs stst.n Is,.nd bioh,snds on IN.
anu snu Vi T tny n'"rn oh..mns snS hnn.h. s
Then the trouble began.
Exactly how IL began nobody seems to know
positively 1t must have been about chickens
IT, '' Mrs, Iish. didn't ut live With 18th the r.ns.s.
then. but had house OF her own little
further down the road. she owned /. nns
Of which he is very proud. 1t is said that Kabus
ems II that were so il may have beon the be-
sl%RH h.ss Il H. t. Light. who /. foreman in tn.
:Sss head q What Rsss. 'sss de ~ WIN 81.
one night and found no milk Tor supper He
III sss Stssr nsisRboes and toa anssS.a
what he thought OF such proceedings. Along
.s% s sss %. taken Sss Ts s.ns n T.
kabus built foot fence between HIS lot
and 5sI That sS on e
him. but ne built q high board blind. much
RsSSss Sie ,1 Of The SsSlands Thsn Su each
held his troop. in camp ;.
%ssg: aSsa .Ss BIT ns
Sss s:
ess s % T more isnss Ha ..rslsSsvsy ~ h S
Tanners. and In whose memory the chick On
%.nt he aa. out With ss ana
She was LOOKING ont from behind curtain.
'-oi fence WAS snoaEh, and tbct sh: would hght
waited until the hired man had reached the
sraSbins from ssSis one of the toy percs ss:
sion, eap pistols. which the Eagls isctofy makes
sou a%' and into The r?ad srsnGishinS ai tas
sss S iSis 70 sp@s Th.s !. NJ NJ
NAM
The hired man retreated without O word.
Mrs; Light Watched the rest OF the afternoon.
bnt ne diant come t nnt aeain;;
nephew o. nrs, Light and bog friend Of his
named John honder. met kahuss sou hnoert
coming down the road from the station. TheTe
wsie SIs ss5s3sse Tsn R9Ss and then Ssb
know that kabns himself was also on bis way
from the station but they knew II presently:
S linen Ine 'a'her s'ar'o' In 10 40 meoruoo'hR
IL was very uark. ana Ior Mnile " seemed
kabus as not OF much assistance TO his son.
Tor he eouidb,t distin gaish him In the d.t sS-
ness AS nopeEL was tho most oady
used up OF the loer Then thS snair was
oyer ssems proDabio tnAt ne got most
. SEP and tb nUn ns .op a fs on Into dow h
qgthers arms Inen they compared notes.
ROBERT had many bruises haDus hsd lost
oss1es us oIsAtn. MS esegIhsses. MS nat ana
t sevefa bundles ne nad eartied down from
!oMn; Ihsy went nome: anu me next morn
or ne ncnsn1s n senoys n' " 'n1 :eGns
AT TS., A.. E.h,. -, ON, ov.,,. On.
was for Mira Light for threatening his hired