The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-01-31
A LASH OR A LIE
Contradictory Stories in
Which DR.. Pendergast
and Miss Fream
Figure.
WHO WAS ENGAGED TO WHOM?
An Aggressive Aunt From New
York and an Alleged Brother
Play Parts in a Hill
Farce.
WHO WAS ENGAGED TO WHOM?


relative of a young lady to whom he
had been paying attentions? That is a
question that is agitating social circles in
| the vicinity of the Five Corners and caus-
| ing much CONSERVATION among the mem
bers of Simpson M. E. Church, on Cen-
| tral avenue, of which the Doctors rela-
| tives, as we'll as those of the young lady
| in question, are regular attendants.
+ The Doctor when seen at his office last
| night, admitted that an angry relative
of young lady, with whom he said his
| brother Nathaniel had once been on
friendly TERMS in company with male
escort, called at his house on Saturday
night, created scene and were finally
elected He positively denied that any
horse whipping had taken place.
William Fream, of No. 17938 Oakland
avenue, whose nineteen-year-old daugh-
ter Elsie is said to have been the cause
of the trouble, says that it was not Nath-
aniel but the Doctor on whom the afore-
said irate female relative called, and that
she did horsewhip him until he ran to his
mother for protection. So much for both
sides of the controversy.
This much is positively known. About
$50 o'clock on Saturday night telephone
message to the Third Precinct Station
House, on Oakland avenue, notified
| Sergeant Fry, who was at the desk, to
| send an officer Immediately to the home
| of DIR. Pendergast. Patrolman Thomas
| Sutton was dispatched there post haste.
He found an irate middle aged woman
stating her opinion of somebody who was
present in no uncertain tones. Mrs. Pen
| dergast, mother of the Doctor, asked the
officer to eject the visitors, who had been
| abusing her SON. The officer said it would
be necessary for some one to come to
| the station house and make complaint
/ if any arrest was to be made. No arrest
was made, however. and the aforesaid
| irate lady, accompanied by a gentleman.
/ walked out of the Pendergast domicile
| and accompanied the policeman to the
| station house where the lady left card
with the sergeant to let him know where
she was if her appearance was required
to ans wer any complaint which might be
made None has been made.
| Dr. Pendergast is about 2S years of age.
He is rather short of stature, and has a
face which would be accounted good look
| ing by the average young lady He lives
! with his parents and brother in pretty
! Queen Anne cottage at the number given.
/ Miss Elsie Fream was a member CT
Simpson NJ. E. Church and Sunday school.
\ She created quite a sensation in the early
part of last summer by disappearing from
| her home in company with another young
lady by the name of Groves who lives on
Prospect street. They remained away for
over week, and their disappearance was
reported to the police. 1t is said they
were finally located at Coney Island.
Previous to this it is said that Pendergast
and Miss Fream had been seen very often
in each others company.
| When seen, at his office last night DR..
Pendergast was at first reluctant to talk
about the events of Saturday night in
which he was said to have taken such an
important part Finally he said
Eyes, it is true that woman named
Fream accompanied by a man, whose
name I believe is Miller, called here about
half-past eight o'clock on Saturday night
/ The woman asked to see my brother Nat
I told her he was not in and she became
very abusive. 1t is not true that there
was any horse-whipping or any attempt
at it.
'aThe woman became somewhat bolster
Gus and made several attempts to get by
me into the dining room, where she seem
ed to think my brother was. I ordered
them to leave but both laughed at me-
| The woman. who understand is an aunt
of Miss Elsie Fream, did all the talking
/ I saw that I could do nothing with them
and so telephoned to the police station
to have an officer sent to the house. did
not want the woman arrested, but wanted
her to leave my brother alone
about two years ago my brother met
Miss Elsie Fream and when discovered
he was calling on her advised him to
discontinue it. Miss Fream often called
at the store, which We then conducted on
Hoboken avenue. Her frequent calls
there became annoying and I remonstrat-
ed with her She then began to send
threatening letters, in which she said she
would force my brother to marry her She
did everything possible to injure us and
our business. Nat was never engaged to
the girl and by my advice discontinued
calling on her. That is the cause of all
| the trouble"
| Nathaniel Pendergast said:-"I tried to
avoid the girl as much as possible, but
she followed me wherever she could.
/ was not engaged to her"
When William Fream, the father of the
young lady in question, was seen yester-
day afternoon, he professed to know moth
ing of the occurrences of Saturday nigh
at the Pendergast home. He, said his
/ wife and daughter were in New York ane
he told the reporter to call in the evening
and he would tell him what he hsk learn
ed about the matter.
When the reporter called again in tht
evening Mr. Fream was at home. He i
about fifty-six years of age, quite gray
but well preserved. Speaking slowly ant
deliberately he said-
.sDr. Edward Pendergast tells an un
truth when he says he did not get horse
/ whipped on Saturday night. He got ant
deserved it, He was horse-whipped unit
he shouted for his mother to save him
and begged like q eur wfiie the lash wa.
being piled. For these words | will holt
myself personally responsible and ac
countabie II he was not a cur, culpri
and coward. why did he not go to th'
police station like an honest man instead
Of lying to a woman? brand that as {
cowardly action.
~1ne woman who went to Dr. Pender'