Bridgeton pioneer. (Bridgeton, N.J.) 1884-1919, 1902-05-08


and both parties carry on the same
kind of business. Golde Lerner kent
a notion store at first and when Gold
berg bought the adjoining property
and opened notion store, she imme-
dlately went into the shoe business
Then Goldberg went into the shoe
business too and made all kinds of at.
tempts to draw customers into his
store. This kind of business soon
brought forth it's fruits in the nature
OF all manner of malicious acts, hence
| the suit
The first witness called by the
plaintiff was Beaton Smith, a convey
ancer OF Vineland. Witness testified
to location of the Goldberg property,
and to the running of lines. Mr..
Bacon made many objections to the
line Of testimony offered and the case
necessarily proceeded very slowly.
Samuel Goldberg, the plaintiff, was
put on the stand and allowed to tell
his side of his sad story He told Of
how Golde Lerner called him thief
many times, how she had thrown slop
into his kitchen through the window.
how she had piled boxes in front of
his window and shut out the light so
that he was compelled to use lamp.
She had told him she would make
him all the trouble she could and that
he had no right to purchase the prop
! erty next to her. The testimony of
the witness indicated regular cat
and dog fight between these parties to
the suit. About two years ago Mrs.
Lerner had very high fence built
between her property and that of
Goldberg, during the building of
which Goldberg was hit in the face
| with hammer.
! On cross examination Mr.. Bacon
/ brought out the fact that when Gold
berg bought the property next to Mrs.
Lerner he had built an extension and
had gone over on Mrs. Lerner's prop
| rty. This caused a lawsuit which
was won by Mrs. Lerner. Ever since
this time the battle has been going
4 on, and now the Courts are asked to
! settle the dispute.
Mrs. Fannie Goldberg, wife of the
plaintiff, was sworn and corroborated
the testimony of her husband. Her
testimony was in bad English and
was made up largely of gestures with
the hands, and motions of the should
ders Stenographer Kelley did not get
the gestures in his notes.
Abraham Lipitz was next witness
for plaintiff. He.proved to be very
willing witness in the case and his
answers had to be curtailed continual
ly objections on the part of Mr.. Bacon.
The Court and counsel had about all
they could do to keep the witness
sails trimmed for proper sailing.
Mrs. Lipitz was the next and last
witness called for the plaintiff.
Mr.. Bacon Immediately moved for
non suit, and argued his motion at
considerable length. Court adjourned
at five O'Clock.
Just before adjournment a panel
was called to serve on the case of
Samuel Nathalinsky against Rosa and
Joseph Hornstein, which case will
come on for trial tomorrow. There
naming jurymen were exused by the
Couft until Tuesday of next week
when the criminal work of the term
will beign.
Wednesday Morning.
The attendance at the opening of
Couit this morning was rather small,
civil cases, as a rule, having little of
interest in them save to the parties
directly concerned.
The motion of Mr.. Bacon to non
suit in the case of Samuel Goldberg
against Golde Lerner, which was
made and argued just before adjourn
ment yesterday, being denied by the
Court, the case proceeded in the regu-
lar way this morning, by the calling
of the defendant to the witness stand
The defence claims that nothing
had been done by the defendant,
Golde Lerner, except what she had a
perfect legal right to do. AS far as
calling the plaintiff names the defence
brought out the facts that this bust
ness was carried ON by Goldberg even
more SO than by the defendant.
In the argument of the habeas COR
pus proceedings1 which took place
after the close of regular business
yesterday, the Court continued the
matter until this morning. The writ
was brought by Walter H. Bacon for
Mrs. Parsons to recover possession of
two children. that had been COM
mitted last September by Justice of
the Peace Mulford to the Vineland
ChildTens' Aid Society, on the ground
that Mrs. Parsons was not fit and
proper person to have the children in
her care Mr. Bacon claims the com.