The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1900-03-19
RUSHMORE'S "FUN."
He Offers His White Elephant
to Colored Families to
Spite the Agent.

The following advertisement is the re-
suit of a suit over the leasing of house
in one of the best localities in the city.
sos PAVONIA AVENUE, NEAR SUM
mit-Large 2-story extension priGh' 9;ii S
rooms bath and large laundry; VIII ac-
commodate two families; viii give occu-
pancy free TO colored families with neces-
sary qualifications Address White Eie-
phant.
John Rushmore, who is connected with
the Westinghouse Electric Company on
Sussex street, caused the publication OF
the above notice About the first OF the
year, Rushmore leased the house on Pa
vonia avenue from February Is until May
/, 1901 for $40 a month. 1t appears tnat
some repairs were to be made peLore
Rushmore moved in. These repairs were
not made, according to Rushmore, VINO re-
fused to move into the house. john M.
Jones the agent for Alfred III. Jones, the
owner brought suit in the First Dlstflct
Court to recover damages. He was award
ed claims for the first six weeks and IN
tends to bring suit at the expiration OIL
each month until the lease runs out.
Rushmore. finding that he was beaten
decided to have some fun as he was
said to have termed it. He then inserted
the above advertisement. From what can
he learned a number of colored families
have called upon Mr.. Rushmore to t1nd
ont what the necessary qualifications"
described in the advertisement are. In
the neighborhood are the residences of
MANY prominent business men OF TINS
city, and Mr.. Rushmores manner OF
filing the house is a most noVel ana III
teresling one. ~. 5,,no,,oo n
works Nos. 1926 Morris street, TINS al
ternoon. He denied that he was lnstigat-
ed by spite in inserting the al III
local paper which led to the lnpfessloll
that he was going to put lot OF negroes
in the house merely to get square with
Mr.. Jones. He said he was gong 10 use
it for the housing of servants, ne HaStils II, 3
selected another house somewhere IN tne
vicinity and took this method OF reuuc,
ing expenses inasmuch as he is opilged
to nav rent for the property.
The abuse which he complained OF was
a stable adjoining the property, NO. 59o
Payonia avenue. The stable has man
ure heap underground.
.sNr. jones' he said, fhad induced me
"a SIGN a, lease to pay $40 per month for
the property. He assured me tnat NJ. MI
Howell, a former tenant, who dled IN -ae. Lne
house. had lived there for years ana never
made any complaint
.sHe also agreed to make extensive re-
pairs. | thought the lease contained a
reference to repairs and signed II Wlthout
reading it.. discovered that tne
complained of was very offensive ana
wanted to be released from the contract.
HE sued me in the First District Court
for six months rent to April l. It had
been agred that the rent up to April l
would be only $35 a month. When udg-
ment was recovered against me | prof
fered the money, amounting to $525o but
it was handed back and | was refused
- am legally liable for the rent, and
so long as such condition of affairs ex-
lists I will endeavor to have possession OF
the property Mr.. Jones called at my
house in Brooklyn last night and sIander-
cd me in the presence of the agent of the
property I am about to relinquish. l
have instructed my lawyers to begin suit
for damages against him.