The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-06-24
WISEMAN BEATS MAY
He Gets His House Painted
in Spite of His Neigh
boris Objections.
THEIR OPINIONS OF EACH OTHER
Wives of the Two Men Kept Candy
Shops Near School Is and
That Caused the Trouble.

An interesting and amusing property
war is in progress in Greenville within a
few doors of No. Is School. at Dwight and
an Cleft streets. Opposite the school
arc ;we candy stores. The one at the
corner opposite the school is kept by Mrs.
Charles May. whose husband is a butcher,
while Mrs Peter Wkseman. wife of a pros
porous milk dealer. keeps the other at
fulton. avenue and Van Cleft street, a
couple of hundred feet from the store of
Airs. May. A rivalry exists between the
W. women for the trade of the school
children Mrs. Wiseman's store has
been established for a number of years,
while Mrs. May opened hers three years
when the new school was built.
Previous to embarking in the candy BUSH
ness the Mays and the Wisemans were
on excellent terms.
Wiseman settled in Greenville thirty
years ago. He was Industrious and
soon acquired considerable property on
Fulton avenue and Dwight street. Seven
years g Ch4 lies May purchased two lots
at Dwight and Van Cleft streets of him
for 500. May built Il two story frame
house on the corner lot and opened a
butcher shop on the ground floor. He
continued in the butcher business until
the school was built. when he sold out
and started his wife in the candy bust
ness From that til y he and Wiseman
have been at loggerheads.
About two years ago Wiseman built two
frame houses on the lots adjoining Mays
property. The house Immediately adj
Joining Mays was built with two win
dows locking out into his back yard. At
the time the houses were built there was
trouble between Wiseman and May be-
cause the contractor in digging the foun-
dations for the building tore down Mays
fence The present trouble is over an
attempt of Wiseman to paint his house.
A Swede who lives in one of the houses
was employed to do the work. On Fri
day afternoon last he began the work of
erecting a scafold, intending to dc the
work Saturday morning. 1t was neces-
sary to set poles of the structure in
Mays yard, as Wiseman's house is
built flush with the party line.
Mr.. and Mrs. n seeing the painter
on their property Immediately went out
and ordered him off. The painter at first
refused to obey. but seeing that Nav
was determined he left his work and
Went around to inform Wiseman that
May was impeding him. Wiseman rushed
out and boarding a trolley car went to
the office of Judge Puster in h sDavid-
son building. The Judge heard Wiseman-s
tale of woe and then informed him that
he had no right to infringe on Mays
property. and hat May was perfectly
right in ejecting him.
Wiseman determined to carry out his
object whether the law allowed IA or not
AS a result about six O'Clock on Satur-
day morning three painters appeared on
the scene of battle armed with all their
implements They erected the scaffold
and mounting it started operations.
they hadn't been at work more than
an hour before Mrs. May spied them. and
ordered them TO desist. They responded
with q yolley of oaths, so Mrs. May saws
and she Immediately teiephoned for her
husband to come to the scene of hostiii-
ties. May hurried home breathing
vengeance Before coming up to his
house he stopped and filed both of his
coat pockets with stones. In the mean
time a crowd had gathered and began
10 cheer May ON. Encouraged by having
the crowd on his side May promptly
ordered the men off again. They again
responded with oath and called Nav
"a big long legged Dutehman.''
May and the painters continued to
wrangle and call names. but the work
went on. BY this time the painters had
completed the side Of the house with the
exception of about three feet, which they
had to get on Mays property to paint.
May would not allow them TO enter his
property and declares that if Wiseman at
ten1pts to trepass he will have him ar
rested.
May went to work Saturday afternoon
and boarded the lower window in Wise
mans house with big planks. Wiseman
when seen by a reporter of The News
last night, had this to say
Il have been living in this locality in
the ~neighborhood of thirty years and
have acquired all my property by the
hardest kind of work. When May moved
around here he had an idea that he was
going to be sort of a boss, but he soon
saw his mistake. The trouble all arose
over some boys throwing mud or old Tin
cans in Mays bread box, for which he
blamed my married daughter, who lives
next to May on Dwight street. He next
blamed me for doing it and since then
We have not spoken In painting. my
holise. | did not have and Intention of
lfiusitis MAY In any way. 1t is dome
Mrs. May, when seen by a Exporter
safdz"sgshen we first moved here, Wise
pet naines), because he had lived here for
some time. thought he could rule over us
all. 'ut he was nightly mistaken. Wise
man. she said, never even came and
asked II he could paint his house; if he
had we would lave given him permission
to DO SO. And. besides" she continued.
when he built his two houses next to
ours. our fence was torn down and WISE
man refused to give it to us. Mrs. May
told Z list Of petty prosecutions
which IL printed would fill a column, all
of which she claims Wiseman ana his
family have practiced on her. The neigh
b0rs are now awaiting further develop
mcncs. Which they say are sure to- come.
Meanwhsfe. Wiseman struts arounds with
a smile On his countenance as broad as
a barrel.
BORE THE HEAT TOO WELL