The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-03-27
MORTGAGE.
Said to Have Been Bought
From a Woman Through
Misrepresentation
CAN HE CLOSE THE CHURCH
Greek Schismalics Want a Ghancery
Writ . Interest All
Paid Up.

Greek Catholic Church on Chestnut ave.
nue. and Gregory street. Hrushka, the de-
posed priest, still holds the upper hand
His counselors, Salfnger and Furey, have
not decided yet whether they will allow
the parishioners the use Of the church on
Sunday next or not. It will be remember
ed that Hrushka foreclosed a mortgage
OF $1,000 which he held on the church last
Saturday afternoon, and also that on
Monday last the parishioners' lawyer,
Judge Puster, went to Hrushka's Iawyers
and offered to pay off the mortgage, but
his offer was refused.
A reporter of stThe News, saw two of
the parishioners last night in regard to
how this mortgage came into the posses
sion OF Hrushka. They said the mortgage
of 5000 was held first by one M. Gel
skowski, who died some time ago. He
took the first mortgage on the church.
After his death the mortgage went to his
Wife, Mrs. Celskowska, who lives at pres
ent on Steuben street. between Hender-
son and Warren streets, back of a saloon.
She held the mortgage until last week
when she sold it to H~rushka's agents. A
m OF the pensioners called on
the woman on March Is last, and asked
her II she wanted to sell the mortgage.
She said she would rather keep the mort
g3ge ana az draw a. the six per cent, interest
mittee left the woman after telling her
that if she wanted the money at any
time she could have it BY calling ON one
wouldn't hear of such a thing. The par
~ishioners were sure that the church was
SECURE to them and they decided to let
About n month ago Father Hrusnka
asked the parishfoners to, let him ex-
change .pulpits with another priest in
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thing to do with a priest who made moon
shine cigars. Hrushka was angry and de-
termined to get square.
Last week a man who said he was a
lawyer called on Mrs. Celskowska, and it
Is alleged told her to seM the mortgage
to Hrushka or she would get into trouble.
to attend mass on Sunday they were sur
prised to find the building in charge of
constables, and on the following Monday
the same committee called on the woman
and asked her to explain. she said she
was afraid that If she did not sell her
mortgage she would get in trouble.
he closed up the church. The parishioners
have. a receipt showing that the interest
on the mortgage is paid up. so that a
next. They also say they were not given
notice that the mortgage was to be fore
closed. The first intimation which they
church locked. Judge Puster is counsel
for the parishioners. He said the other
day that he would file a bill in Chancery
restraining the constables from keeping
the parishioners out of the church. He
thinks the church will be opened to the
parishioners next Sunday.
selor Max Salinger this morning. He said
Hrushka knew nothing about the cigar
making going IN in his house. He was
an innocent and a much abused man.
The police. he said, had no right to arrest
the man without a warrant because he
had committed no crime over which the
police department had jurisdiction. He
said he would show the police what thei
duty was before he was through with the
case. Hrushka would have had a perfect
right 70 shoot the policemen who at
said, We're struggled into the house BY
knowledge. He would not say anything
On the other hand several of the par
ishioners say that Hrushka sold cigars
to them Interesting developments are
Father Hrushka claims to be a Roman
catholic. He says the church on Chest
nut avenue was placed under Bishop
Wigger,s jurisdiction about eight months
ago Some Of the. parishioners claim to
be Roman Catholics, while others say
they are Greek Catholics. They all say.
however. that Father Hrushka has tried
several times to place the church under
Bishop Wigger's control; This was done
parishioners would SET. rid Of hin when
they took the control of part of the
finances out of his hands about one year
ago, He placed himself under the Bishop
because then the parishioners would
have no authority to remove him.
A number of the parishioners do not
attending, and others are undecided.
However,. it is stated on good authority
that Father Hrushka is under Bishop
Wigger's control. Hrushka said last
night that he would say mass in the
church on Sunday next. He says he is
cation. He showed a list of five hundred
names to lawyers last night asking that
he be reinstated as pastor of the church.
tion wish him to resume his duties. but
about thirty members, his enemies,
want a new pastor.
The trustees of the church say they
will charge the county $500 for each day
that the church is closed to them by the
constables.