The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-05-23
W|SEMAN'S WAR PAINT.
His Attempt to Decorate His
House Meets With OPP
position From May.

A most amusing property war is in pro-
gress in Greenville, within a few doors of
School No. Is, on Dwight and Van Cleft
streets. 1t all came about over the OPEN
ing OF a candy store at Dwight street by
Mrs. Charles May and the attempt Of
Peter Wiseman to paint his house, which
is separated from the May domicile by
about fifteen feet of ground. Mrs. Wise
man also keeps a candy store at Fulton
avenue and Van Cleft street, where she
has been established for a number OF
wears. Mr.. Wiseman settled in G~reenvil1e
some thirty years ago, and soon acquired
a fortune in the milk business. He bought
considerable property in that ~neighbor-
hood, and eight years ago sold Charles
May two lots facing on Dwight, opposite
the present school. May built a two-story
frame house on the corner lot and opened
a butcher store there. He continued in
that business up. to within the time the
school was built, when he sold out and
started his wife in the candy business.
From that time friendship ceased between
the Wisemans and Mays, who previous to
that had been on the very best Of terms.
About a year after May opened the
candy store Wisernan erected two frame
houses on lots adjoining those of May, and
the side windows of one of the new houses
looked out upon the yard belonging to
May. At the time the houses were built
there was trouble between the two men.
because the contractor had torn down the
fence belonging to May in order to dig.
Shortly after that the Two men had more
trouble because Wiseman wanted TO have
his new house painted, and in order to DO
this the painter had to go In Mays yarQ TO
erect his scaffold.
The scene that followed was a memoir
able one. The painter started IN ON Fri
day might to erect the scaffold in order to
get an carly start Saturday morning. MIS-
May. seeing the men in her yard, went
out and ordered them off. They at first
refused 10 go but seeing that Mrs. May
| was determined they thought better and
| left their work. Wiseman. who hired the
painter, was equally determined to have
his house painted, so as early as s O'Clock
the next morning three painters appeared
| on the scene of battle armed with all their
\ implements. The scaffold was erected and
the men starred to work: The painters
long before Mrs. May spied them and or
| dered them to desist. This they refused
to do, and Mrs. May telephoned for her
husband to come to h scene OF hostili-
| ties. May arrived home, but the painters
| refused to stop their work when he or
| dered them and instead called him names,
so he said
The work went on until the painters
were about three feet from the ground
| and as they were about to jump down and
| finish the rest of the job May declared he
\ would have the men arrested ii they dared
to trespass. The work stopped and May
went to work and boarded up the window
of Wiseman's house. Since then Wiseanan
! has. made several attempts to- have the
| remaining three feet of his house painted,
but he has met with stout resistance from
MAY. So the lower part stiH remains TN
| painted. and the men are still as bitter
enemies asAever. Each man declares that
fine other is in the wrong. and each has
tales of woe a column long to tell to any
| one who is willing to listen.