The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-11-23
POLITICIANS IN A ROW.
Lively Fight in a H0boken
Hotel This Morn
ing.
ALL OVER MAYOR PAGAN
Adolph Lankering's Head
Cut by Oscar Schlichting,
an Anti aganite.

The biggest row that ever occurred IN
q political orgagnization occurred at
Busch's Hotel, in Hoboken. about four
o'clock this morning. Adolph Lankering,
wealthy wholesale and retail tobacco
dealer. and a former president of the
German-American Verein, was atrocious-
iy assaulted by Justice of the Peace oscar
Schiichting, who is also a prominent
member of the powerful political organiz-
alton.
AT the present time the German-Amerl-
can verein is opposed to the fourth term
candidacy of Mayor Pagan. Il is charged
that Lankering has been urged by Mayor
Pagan to disrupt the Verein. Laundering
has not been able to do so, and at last
nights meeting of the Verein ne was
expelled from the organization. The Sc
cret of his expulsion, it is said, was the
friendly attitude he maintains towards
Mayor Pagan.
After the meeting last night a game
dinner was served by Henry Lattmarn,
the proprietor of Busch's Hotel. Latt-
mann is an influential member of the
verein, and he invited all the members OF
the political organization to attend the
dinner. They did SO. The game was
washed down by a variety of liquid re-
freshments. About four O'Clock in The
morning, Alfred Mohmking, a member Of
the verein, and Justice of the Peace
Schlichting were seated at a table drink
ing. At another table near by were
Lankering and several of his friends, in
GLIDING Edward Bergman, a saloon-keep-
err. According to Schiichting's story,
Laundering tainted him and insulted MIN.
Schlichting says that Lankering called
him vile names, said that he was a per-
Jurer and that he owed Laundering $3.50 for
cigars. Both men were more or less under
The influence of liquor.
Schlichting says that he started to
leave the place, and Lankering stood in
front of him. Then, according to Schlich-
ting, he struck Lankering on the right
eye. Sehlichting says that he had a ring
which cut Lankering's eye badly. Lank-
ering and his friends say that the cut was
made by a glass which Schlichting
hurled.
AT any rate Policeman McKenna heard
the commotion, and ran to Busch's Hosel.
He found Lankering covered with blood
and Edward Bergman and Mohmking
linking it up" pretty freely. In fact, the
entire verein was in a bad snarl.
McKenna grabbed Schlichting and
started for Police Headquarters. The
officer was pulled and hauled so that he
fired his revolver for assistance. Police
man Harrison hurried up, and Schlicnting
was taken to Hoboken Police H~eadquar-
tiers, where, on Mr.. Lankering's complaint
he was locked in a cell. MIR. Lankering
was also taken to Police Headquarters,
where DR.. Wolfstirn, his family physician,
put several stitches in his head. After
being locked up an hour Schlichting was
released to appear before Recorder STAN
ton.
This morning, when Schlichting was
arraigned, Laundering sent word that he
was under the care of a physician, and
would not be able to appear in court for
a few days, and Schlichting's examination
was postponed. The fight has created the
biggest kind of a sensation among the
Germans in Hoboken.