The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-08-06
TALK STOPPED BY AFENGE.
MRS. PAPE DIRECTED TO. HER TEN
ANTS CONTRIBUTIONS

Particularly when They Bore on the suhtect
or Drninage-Her Fence was Failed Down
by boys In Spite OF. Her Resistance
with n Cinb. q Crutch. and n Policeman
Mrs. Arthur Bescher OF tho basement Of l3l
Park avenue, Hoboken, who has lived there for
sixteen yenrs and has had trouble with no one
in all that time, made the acquaintance Of Mrs.
Frochnicht OF tho basement Of 1873 Park avenue.
Hobokon. last Thursday. Both took pleasure In
that acquaintance. but Mrs. Papc. wife Of Dr.
Gotthold Pape, who Is Mrs. Frechnichts land
| lady and who lives in the upper part of the
house, did not. On Friday she spoke to MIS-
Frechnicht about it. 49,;
You might find something better TO DO
Mrs. Papo said, IL Mrs. Frechnicht rcmembers
their talk Alright. " than to run your head out
OF the window talking to folks next door that
have nothing better to do than talk. 1t is not
what I expect Of any tenant Of mine
Mrs. Frechnicht replied with spirit that she
would talk to the Beschers as much as ives
pleasant to hcr. She added that when abe dis
covered that after every rainstorm water was
running into Mrs. Bescher's kitchen from the
back yard. just as 1t was into her own, she had
as much right to talk to Mrs. Becher about 1t
as Mrs. Papc had to have the leaks fixed II sho
didn't like to hear them talked about. Mrs.
Pape said nothing more. but on Wednesday tho
tenants of both houses were awakened by ham
mering and saving in front Of the house, and
by noon there was n fence between tho two
houses. reaching from the area up to tho
balcony OF Mrs. Papo's house.
Late in the afternoon q group OF small boys
came up to William Bescher, Mrs. Bescher's son,
on the street.
"Do you want that fence to come down -
asked their leader.
81 don't care for 1t staying up" said young
Bescher. "Whyi"
That's all right" answere the boy with a
grin. He turned on his heel and went away,
and the rest. likewise grinning, followed. A
few minutes later there was a bang like the
boom Of a big bass drum. Folks In both houses
ran to the door. A board in the new fence was
broken in half and the two ends stuck out all
askew. \ big stone in the nreaway and n crowd
Of small boys scampering down the street gave
Mrs. Bescher told Mrs. Pape what the neigh.
borhood thought of the matter; Mrs. Pape, went
indoors and got n club and also her husband.
who is lame and uses crutches. She brandished
the club, and sent her husband to the police sta.
came back, and advanced to lay hands on the
fence; Mrs; Pape lunged at tho nearest with
on it while the other boys, free from fear Of the
club, ripped off the two outside plnnks. Mrs. Pape
dropped the club: The young man at the other end
laughed aloud. The crowd in the street cheered.
! u hhiiCh VI ItBo VIE my ihNo thU
house and came out with n pail Of watcr. which
she emptied over the boys. They screamed glee-
fully.
"Gee!' they cried. that's good! This is
swful hot work. Give US some more
There is no telling what would have happened
next il DR.. Pape had not reappeared with
Policeman Tim Young. who drove the boys
away. AS soon as he was gone the boys
with them a twenty.foot piece OF inch
rope. brand new. Nobody knows how. they got
il. They loopcd it through the hole made by
the board that was broken first and made fast.
notwithstanding frequent lunges by Mrs. Pane
with one OF her husbands clutches. The boys
took hold of the end OF the rope and pulled. and
the fence came down with a rip and q roar.
Irishwomen from Second street swarmed upon
the wreckage, fought over 1t, and bore 1t away
in pieces for frewood.
Mrs. Pape said last night that the Beschers and
Frechnechts were mistaken. The fence had
nothing to do with them. but was to strengthen
the balcony, because the doctor WAS growing so
fat. She admitted that 1t was rather %tactlcss OF
her to put 1t up when she did. She also said that
she was going to "brcak" Policeman Tim
Younp.