The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-02-24
MRS. VANDENBURGH STORMS.
LOCKED OUT OF HER HOUSE WIEN
SIZE cor HOME FROM cOURE

SIZE cor HOME FROM COURE
Arrested Aesis, bat Rsiessed-Curious story
or Her Osisisi.s the Lease .-d There
upo. R.--rdipe the Lessee s-a Her
Daughter 10 One Small Rsora. where
They Stayed Aqonth- without Complaint.
Il tho widow Of Oreen vandenburRh. the
Broadway underground charter man. was held
in $500 ball for examination by Justice Ryan
at the jefferson Market Police Court yester-
day on the charge OF stealing q chattel mort
gage from Eliza Hobart OF 20 West Ninth
street. who had lent her 5000 on her furniture
Mrs. Hobart also charged the prisoner with
stealing q pair OF curtains on October ~, 1893,
and selling them for S25. The fact was brought
out. however. that the curtains are the prop
erty OF Mrs. swan Tennier Of 100 West Eighty
third street. Mrs. Tennier was not in court.
and the charge was dismissed.
Mrs. Vandenburgh was attired In deep
mourning. and q heavy black veil almost con-
| cealed her face. She stated. through her coun-
sci. that the chatte mortgage was In her pos
| session and that che was perfectly willing to
| surrender IL.
Tho papers are not worth q rotten straw.
| anyhow" concluded the lawyer.
| Justice Ryan then said that he would dismiss
| tno Chbo IL tho WluOW Wotiu eiNo INV bebOAS
| back.
II object" said counsel for Mrs. Hobart
According to section $40 OF the Penal Code.
| restoration OF property 10 no defense after the
warrant has been served. This woman" he
| continued. pointing at Mrs. vandenburgh, is
| notorious. She has victimizsd dozens Of peo-
| pie under the Guise OF piety.
Mrs. vandsnburgh was paroled In the Gus
tody OF her lawyer until Friday. On leaving
court abe returned to 100 West Eighty-third
| street and found herself locked out. She re.
| peatedly demanded admission. and when It
| was refused she created such disturbance
| peared. and on learning tho cause Of the trou-
BILE arrested Mira Vapdenbureh again and mo-
nsd ppear IN YoIHye GSSq ssan.t his prs
oner. An ambulance had been called on the
night before to h,s ,1 plsh Mrs .SnGsIa
In court Mrs. yandenbprgh explained her
conduct by saying that she had been locked
admission. which was her right. In substan-
tstion Of heg "a SsssrtiSn her attorney Thomas
ths Promises rom thu Mutual Reserve Xssus.
ance Com pany to Mrs. Sarah Tennier accom-
y Mrs. VaaSsnSsrah IN eonsidsrstiOn q
$4,000 in shares in the Underground Rail-
Then Mra Tennier explain cd how. Mrs. Van
denbnrgh had got possession OF TIE lease. she
cane sa 20 her Soms Where she resided WITH her
daughter and Kept 2 lev dodgers Mrs: Van
the promoter Of the Broadway underground
i and other big schemes; she had one-third in
that va: soon to enrich all h9ider. Of II; stock
sS' Sens s her friends SS. she had Quantity
that t sSs Gould not &c. actual custody Of It un-
she could ssoy Lease Ts Oh hS oI she nS
q month. and every dsy she taiE.d 10 Mira
TennieF about religion and matters OF
siossnt furniture and her desire to gain pos
sessi1n OF Il once more AZ last che persuadsd
SoSss inss for few days only. or until she
gould use i in the s, recovery Of her furniture
ground railway; and IN addition to put both
lives. She said she would make NO use Of the
turn It, Immediately on accomplishing her
pNo sooner did Mrs yandenburgh secure
posSession OF tho lease. Mrs. Tennisr contin-
ued. than she assumed conn lets control Of the
Mrs. Tsnnier and her daughter from theiS
apartments and locked all Of tho rooms. save
a %ennisrs a have now 0hs M Seple.s sly
and and d 70 d ssv' wS Sr r N:
set inside the room door for them at stat
Sr. s' was on snd
acting on the advice Of her counsel. Attorney
/ Graeffs OF IS Pine street resumed possession
OF the premises and locked MIRA vandenburgh
| out.
the transfer OF the lease to Mrs. Vandenbureh
| put the matter out OF his jurisdiction as n
criminal magistrate. and that he could only
Mrs Vandenburghs counsel thanked the
to resume possession OF the house at l29 West
| Eighty-third street he should strHightWay
apply for warrant Tor the arrest OF Mrs. Ten
Mrs. Tsnnisr intlmated that she should re.
tain possession, but was advised By her attor,,
SSass Hs viii at one. lake steps 81 ootins
Of the lease. Attorney Graetis alleged that
this WAS only one Of similar adventures OF Mrs.
Nandenburgh with susceptible. kind-hearted
Mrs. vandenburgh took up quarters last
boarding house, and at 1880 at night the in
dicatlons were that she would camp there for
She said she was leaving the whole matter
to the Lord and hoped Il would al come out
nseoneed In their one room on the third fioor
keeping di.creetIy in the background waiting
Mrs: yandsInbuTEh i, game She Is neeEIy
hair. rartsd accurately in the middle osthe
| rear OF her head sits a neat little white edg ed
| can In the most assuring fashion
| The interesting thing about this Vanden-
| burgh- Tennier- Hobart feud Is that an entire
| stranger may plunge into the midst anywhere
| Just as man gets on 10 n msrry-go-round
| and be whirled around and come out with lust
| as much knowledge as when he went in.
| Three women, Mrs, NAndenburRh. Mrs Ten
| nier and her daughter. have been running
| the boarding house for some three months
| and what with transfer OF the lease and sps-
| cial provisions and reservations and pledg es
| Of stock, have produced an internal snaTL
Mrs. Nandenburgh SAYS she paid consider
| alton for the lease and that she took the house
from Mrs Tennier and made success OF H..
She says she has paid the rent up to the pres
| ent month. In her work. however. she SAYS
she has been hindersd BY Mrs. Tennisr. who
went. shs sAJsamong the enAnts and advised
| them not 10 nay their rent to her
| Mrs, Vandenburgh says that Mrs. Tennier
| and Mrs. Hobart have "eonspiTed" against
her Miss Tennlsr talks very dlspasslon ately.
| Shs was not prepared TO say what legal action
| Is TO be taken