The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-08-17
SHE GAN HOLD The FORT
Mrs. Jacob German Outwits
Her Enemy, Mi. Eek, in a
Mastery Manner A
Jersey City Feud.

Jersey City Feud.
Day a scarcely dawned this morning
when a curious crowd Of early risers
gathered in front of No. IS Jefferson ave-
nue. and watched with interest a plucky
little woman who. perched on the top
of a ladder fifteen feet high, was mailing
the top clapboards on a fence which rose
fully five feet higher. As she worked she
was urged on by the spectators, whose
cheers came as echoes to the blows of the
hammer. The people cheered, for the
whole neighborhood is acquainted with
the chapters preceding the one which was
furnished this morning and there are few
persons who do not admire for her pluck
the woman who welded the hammer.
The events of this morning were a sequel
to a series of exciting occurrences OF
yesterday afternoon and they in turn
were the result of a long standing feud
between two neighbors. The woman who
built the fence is Mrs. Jacob German,
who with her husband keeps the candy
and fancy goods store at No. IS Jefferson
avenue. 1t was to spite her next door
~neighbor, Phillip Eek. that she built the
fence.
Until min months ago the Germans oc-
cupied the store of Mr.. Eek, at No. 81
| Jefferson avenue. The two families quar-
relied, however, over the children OF Mrs
German and the dog of Mr.. Eek. and the
upshot of it was that Eek evicted his
tenants and Installed Herman Kuntz, also
a candy and notion dealer, in their place.
Before doing this, however, Mrs. German
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manner of indignities. He boarded up
the kitchen windows from the. outside,
| shutting out all light and air from that
source; pushed his wagon under her
clothes line on washday and prohibited
her from moving it and committed many
similar acts.
When ousted by Eek the Germans en-
tered into negotiations with Justice of the
Peace George C. L. Macs. Justice Macs
owns the property adjoining that of Eek.
1t contained at that time a small house
which set back about fifty feet from the
street. Eck's building, which includes
the store, with living apartments in the
rear, on the first floor, and living apart
ments on the second floor, is about fifty
feet in length and is built to within about
ten feet of the sidewalk. The Germans
leased Macs property for a term of six
years and erected a small one-story build
ing. about 20x20, flush with the sidewalk.
This entirely shut off Eck's building and
Kuntz's candy story from persons coming
from the direction of Oakland avenue,
which furnishes most of the candy trade.
German in his new store did a rushing
business while Kuntz got very little of
the trade. After the new building was
erected the feud became more bitter and
~ 1870 hou,aon +ha Nc f.niI;as moro
ne GIN h-sa,asas
intense. Eek is a painter and as business
is slack this week he decided he would
- ~ noan a. u,ork naintino bis bouse
SCI nis az : 80. ,asshe
The house IS QUILT right Oh the ihe pc
tween his property and that German has
assaa ne sa4 his men at work on the
easeu : aua a, won't
well with them until they came to paint
tna eide of the building which adioins
eno So : rsaa-.a paainand 10
German yaru. oielian =
had charge of the job, went to German
and asked his permission to enter the
~ 80 - go
.sWhat?" said Mrs. German. after all
tbat Eck has done TO us. Never. He
snsu aaror na;n+ this s;da If his ho,,se
while 1 nave any voice or strength TO
prevent it,,
pna- - - IL. ch,of who az
dered him to lower a swinging scaffold
from the roof and proceed with the work.
:, go $500 80 pra;nard
Inc scd'ioiu was iisseo' az
and another painter started TO pant.
They had not proceeded far when Mrs.
cnsa stsoo,anaa +heir nc n oct
German aiscoVeIsu 80 - he
aDeaa Oh msr, S an;eE - anI Ma,,,,ting
patkeu, ane Tas gul nc ~ u,ith an 80. and
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water on me paiitels ~ - re- : o naints
ropes that heid the scailoiu; dHe paar.55
ers became aiarmea Ioa sneir sat5t =. ra ~
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man ana Hoa laucii sss so GnI,nso ~
eoLsui. 49, 1vben he had heard
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ing caSe' 1liiipSo ~ hnani 81 ,aa. Nv n;ro,,n1.
tue only ~ nc ~ MIA 3 high fanca
sentll.s = ~ Tho h,,iIaine that
80 closS Ii a. Il ~ ~ his naint
ne oui . g. ~rat,,rn "a and fo,d his
pI9sn, san,rnd ) $500 snS haoon do
WIZ WIZ go u,5;ie he Su,ant in So eh
sthg p1ss mu n,hinh ~ Mia tha fanca
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