The herald., 1898-05-21
AnfSTfD AND EJfCTED
gow A LODGING HOUSE KEEPER
xv1cTED A TENANT
HAD THE MOTHER ARRESTED
And During Her Absence Put Her
Effects Into the Back Yard-Both
Sides Of the Story

Mrs. L. Mockler of Az Temple street has
an original way Of getting rid Of undesir-
able roomers. She has them arrested and
during their absence dumps their furni-
sure and clothes out into the yard and
leaves them to do the best they can toward
securing lodgings for the night
Deputy Constable Mugnemi was given a
warrant yesterday. about o'clock, charg-
ting Mrs. M Clifton with having disturbed
the peace. He found the lady, with her
children. one years old and the other
considerably younger, in rooms at Mrs
Hockler's house. The landlady had sworn
to the complaint against Mrs. Clifton, al
leging that she had abused her. 1t ap-
pears, however, that the Clifton family
were in slight arrears for their room rent
this month, and Mrs. Mockler had had
them dunned continually about 1t. 1t was
during one of these dunning expeditions
when the alleged abuse is claimed to have
occurred.
Mrs. Clifton took her children to the po-
lie station and was released by the court
but during her absence the Mocklers had
got in their deadly work, for they entered
the rooms of Mrs. Clifton, bundled her
clothes into trunks and removed all of her
things and left them In the side yard. The
door was then barricaded, and when Mrs.
Clifton returned 1t was to discover that
Ghe and her children had been turned out
OF house and home. She still had possess
sion to the key to the rooms, but Mr..
Mockler was in there and would not allow
her to enter, as the barricade had been put
In place. Mr.. Clifton came home for din.
iler and saw the situation and hurried
away, to try to get some accommodation
for them overnight.
Mrs. Clifton was highly indignant at
the high-handed manner in which the
Mocklers had acted toward her, and, after
wrapping her sick baby in blankets, stood
waiting In the yard at her doorstep. She
was determined to enter the rooms, even
to the point of breaking In the door. but
finally, fearing that the health of her
babies might be endangered by the night
air, relented and sought shelter in
neighboring house for the balance of the
night.
Mrs. Mockler said that the Cliftons had
become Objectionable. They quarreled and
she claimed that he drank, and another
roomer had threatened to leave the house
because of the noise from their rooms.
MIS-. CLIFTON Nau, moreover, ihIS. 4aoShi-t
claimed, singled out another female lodg.
er as an object of dislike and had called
her a Spaniard and expressed a desire to
kill the woman. Mrs. Mockler added that
she had become afraid to remain in the
house with Mrs. Clifton, as she acted
strangely and abused them. and had done
20, in fact, for the past two months. She
had finally tired of it and determined -
get them out Mrs Mockler admitted that
she had taken the law into her own hands
In putting the furniture out.
On the other hand, Mrs. Clifton said that
she never had had anything to do with the
neighbors, and saiG that the entire affair
was on account Of her husbands being be-
hind in the rent. The Mocklers had asked
them for 1t, but she had been unable to pro-
duce it, The Mocklers had served notice
on them to leave several days ago, but
Mrs. Clifton had not complied. as she con-
sidered that she was entitled to remain for
at least the balance Of the month She in
tends. however instituting damage suit
against the Mocklers for their action IN
the matter.