The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1904-09-30
WOMEN FIGHT IN TRAIH'SPATH
CHASE THROUGH STREETS ENDS
ON RAILROAD TRESTLE.

There Had Been Row Over bad Check,
and Then the etout One Pursued the
slim One, Catching Her st Last-scrap
Net stopped When Engine Drew Near.
Mrs. Jane Schultz, 20 years old. Of Hack
ensaok, went to Louis Cryby's meat and
grocery store, at l72 Morgan street, Jersey
City, with her baby yesterday afternoon to
see II she had received letter from the old
country. She hadn't been In town for sew
eral months and was anxious to hear from
home.
I'VE haven't any letter. said Mrs. Cryby,
who is stout and AZ, "but we had check for
90 from you which came back from the
bank. Do you remember that?"
Mrs. Schultz recalled giving Mr.. Cryby
the check in payment for some provisions
and that she had received considerable
money in change. Mrs. Cryby suggested
that II was up to Mrs. sohults to make good.
Mrs. Schultz agreed TO cross the street
with Mrs. Cryby to talk the matter oyer
and the two women left the store. As Mrs
Cryby entered the hall, Mrs. Schultz, who Is
slight, Rugged her baby close to her breast
with her right arm, picked up her skirts
with her left and ran down Morgan stree . :.
started In pursuit. The woman from
Haokensaok, although handicapped by
the weight OF her baby, had the bulge on
the stout woman as Splinter. She turned
south into Warren street and then ran up
Plymouth streets, leading to the Penn
sylvania Railroads. elevated structure; +,
MIR. Cryby painting from the chase ,crawled
up the incline. She reohed the ira cks few
feet behind Mrs. Schultz, gathered up her
skirts and renewed the chase. The woman
Ia OH olr utr yltr
westbound track and didn't stop until she
passed the signal tower. at Henderson
street. There she stumbled and nearly
dropped her baby. She got up and kept
on. but just before she reached Newark ave-
a ths bHteSer was wfe srsSbed her
shoulder and painted something in her
ear.
Mrs. Schultz laid her baby on the track
and made an emphatic retort, which wasn't
given out for publication: Then the women
squared of and an exciting mill took place
slapped and screamed for all they were
worth. Persons in the street couldn't
see all that was going on, but they heard
the racket and Joined in chorus OF
Policel" and @Murder!'
Policemen. Desmond and Maypotter
heard the cries and proceeded to get busy,
but before they were able to reach the tracks
a train bore down upon the fighting women.
The engineer blew several shrill blasts on
his whistle. The women kept on fighting.
The engineer shut on steam and began to
slow up. As the 9ngine neared the busy
women a railroad employee rushed up
and pushed both of the ira ck.
The train rolled by at snails pace, and
the engineer rubbered hard from his cab
window at the flustered belligerents. The
women continued their interrupted scrap
and were still at it when the cops piled into
the ring. One of them grabbed the fighters
and marched them down the tracks to tha
cinder path. The other carried the BABY
A crowd Of 800 men, women and children
followed the party to the First precinct
station, In Gregory street. Mrs. Cryby
was oomplimented upon her clever chase
and capture. and the woman from Hacken-
sack was locked up for obtaining money
her arrest was issued by Justice Of the
Peace Markley soon after she disappeared
from Jersey City and the check came back.