New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-05-08
CLAIM AWARDED.

Full. CLAIM AWARDED.
John Y. Searles, the Sugar Trust masnate' was
defendant yesterday in an action in the supreme
Court the plaintiff being Mrs. Eliza J. Iierhey
widow of a New-York physician. The plaintir al
legged that after her husbands death her hnancia
condition made II necessary for her to seek EMPLOY
ment and she became housekeeper for Joseph =.
Hoagland in Clinton-ave Brooklyn. and after"aro
for Mr.. Searles. Mr.. Searles was represenleu
b. Edward NJ Shepard and Mrs. Terney py VIM
lam Griffith. Mrs Terney received Veroic' ioi
the full amount Of her claim $3.50 So With interest
The Jury added Si6S an extra allowance LOT M'S
1'erney while she was OF employment ioiio"-
ing her dismissal by Mr.. Searles. who had hred her
as housekeeper az his country house al I>'eaA NM
Puzzards Bay.
After being at work about five weeks MT 0eaiie9
reremptory dismissed her. paying her TWO months
wages Mrs Tierney claimed she ought 10 De pd'o
for the full six months. but got no more money
In replv 10 Mr. Searlcs's advertisement ior
housekeeper Mrs Tierney says, she had an inter-
vieH with him in May 1895, and was engaged 10 'aAe
charge Of his country house at Buzzards Say Mass
She claims that she was engaged for six months al
seIorv ~ go q month. besides her board lodging
s,d laundry and that she was to have charge Oh
the selection OF servants. On June 10, 1870 MT
SearIes called her into the library ana dschais eu
her paying her 800 az two months salary' oie
sued for 500 for four months salary ana ioi S''
for board. etc. in all SSl1 CO.
Mr. Searles admitted that he engaged the PAIN
,,1 hi. asserted that he employed her by the month
and that he discharged her because she ala NOT per
form her duties properly. He also claimed 'hal she
accented the 500 full payment OF all her claims
Mrs Tterney said she was discharged because she
fed the servants too well.
After she was discharged Mrs. Terney said she
tried hard TO get another place but was unable
to do so. She says that her place as houseKeeper
was no snecure. in proof Of which she submitted
the following programme for meals "hich she hao
TO prepare: .
their room: to a. m. thirteen servants IN me
tehen M I'VE eiS eni ia tbs d tne
Luncheon-ll a. IN. in the rooms OF me laliii
Ia n m five children in the nursery; 1870 p m,
two to nine in the dining room,
Supper-S:$0 five children in the nursery; p m,
thirteen servants in the kltcheh' $50 p Ill., se'e
70 nine in the dning-room
Hot meats served at three meals every day.
The case was tried before Justice Dickey and a
fury MIR Searles testified that she quarrened with
the servants Il complained" he said that the
expenses largely in excess of what they were
me TO feed the servants on mutton stew l said;
she hadn't gone, the cook would have left"
Mr.; Griffith. Mrs. Tierney's counsel, asked Mr.:
Seares IL his attention was not fully occupied py
u am a busy man." was the answer.
Are you sure that you didn't make a contract
with the plaintiff that you forgot about afterward.
IN view Of The fast act that your mind was filed with
NO said the defendant. Il did not make any
contract with Mrs. Tierney that have forgot
ten
Mr.. Searles came up TO BuZZard's Bay on June
As, said Mrs. Tierney. HE sent for me TO come
his office, a little ballroom. q sort of den. He
said to me: Mrs. Tierney, I've been looking over
these accounts OF yours. l find "our butcher bills
are entirely too large. You are 100 extravagant.
notice that you have been using large quantities
of roast beef. evidently for the servants. Mutton
stew is plenty good enough for servants told
him." continued Mrs. Tierney, that got for the
servants such meat as had been accustomed TO
buy wherever i was employed as housekeeper.
Mr.. Searles said We could not get along together
and that | would have TO go. l asked him II
leave in the midst Of terrible storm that
raging at the time, and he said would have
TO get out at once, without regard TO the storm
was packing my trunk. preparing to leave the
house, when Mrs. Searles came 10 my room.
told her Of Mr. Searles's orders for me 10 90 away
She said: on. never mind about what
he said. That's his abrupt way. am not going
10 have you go out into this storm. With that
decided 10 stay that night. l left the next day.
returning TO New-Y ork" Shortly afterward. she
said, she became housekeeper for Charles T.
Yerkes, in Fifth-ave., New-York
The jury brought in verdict for the plaintiff
for the full amount claimed and costs. They were
out only thtrty-six minutes