The evening world., 1908-12-21
West Park, n. j., All Split Up
Socially Over Charges of
Pooh Bah PIN.
HE SUES FOR $4,000.
Postmaster, Justice, Veteran,
&C., Says Mrs. Utter Uttered
Much and Loud Slander.

Five cents worth OF cheese has all but
disrupted the village o. West Park, "
J. Perhaps 1t ,s speaking too literally
to say that tho material cheese, of It.
self. to the value OF Ave cents, has done
this, although Henry Pin. proprietor OF
the West Park general store. Post
master Justice OF the Peace. real estate
agent, notary public, horse trader. deal
er IN bonds and mortgages and veteran
OF the Franco Prussian War. will dem
onstrate to you on request that his
cheese Is most capable even ambitious.
But Ave cents worth OF even Mr.. Pins
cheese, working alone could not bring
about $4,000 damage suit and divide
the inha b!tants OF West Park into fac
lions and threaten the professional
standing AIRY Utter. teacher OF the
West Woods school. Ave miles distant,
where she Is known as Miss" Utter,
when. as matter OF fact her husband
is Henry Utter. the West Park car
penter Joiner. cabinet-maker, architect
and odd Jobs done
Cheese Twice in Day.
So wniie cents worth or cheese La
at the bottom OF It all, 1t was really q
dispute between Mrs. utter-as she Is
called in West Park, where everybody
knows her husband-which led TO Henry
Pin suing her for $4,000 damages for
defamation OF character and trying to
have the trustees take her school from
her.
A couple Of weeks ago Mrs. Utter
walked into Pins emporium. on the
main street Of West Park, alongside
the Passaio River. and said:
IT see that on my bill you have
charged me with 8 cents worth Of
cheese twice on the same day"
Mr.. Pin called his capable. buxom
wife and his no less capable and buxom
daughter Henrietta from the living
apartments IN the rear of tho store to
explain about the double charge Of
cheese standing on Mrs. Utter's &C.
count Mr.. Pin. being engaged consid-
erably outside, leaves the conduct OF tho
store largely to his wife and daughter
Careful perusal OF the books showed
that Mrs. Utter on a certain date did
purchase from the store nvs cents
worth of cheese twice. Mrs Utter de-
clared that such a transaction could
| not be possible. Never. she maintained.
had she bought five cents worth or
| cheese more than once day.
But she Is on ze book, said Mr.: Pin
When she Is on ze book zere Is no
| meestake.
Amazon Defied Him.
Many words passed between Mrs.
| Utter on one side and the three Pms on
the other. MIR. Pin announced that II
| he We're not n soldier and a French
a justice Of the peace he would toss
Mrs. Utter into the Passaic River. al
though Mrs, Utter Is physically almost
twice as big as Mr., Pin. CT,
Mrs. Utter laughed him 10 scorn. She
defled him to lay his hands on her.
Then she went out on the sidewalk and
lifted up her voice. and everybody In
| West Park heard her.
She made a long and categorical series
of accusations against Pin She de-
ciared, it Is charged, IA that he killed
his wife in France; 90 thu, that ne ma, has
he is not married to Mrs. Pin. the
mother OF his children.
Mr.. Pin stood at the door Of his store
with his wife on one side of him and
his daughter on the other, and yehe-
mently protested to the people OF West
Park that Mrs. Uttr was mistaken. He
invited them In to see his honorable
certificate o! marriage TO Theodore Gar
nier, who is no other than Mrs Pin; his
appointment as postmaster signed by
President Mckinley; his credentials as
a Justice OF the Peace; the photographs
OF his ancestors and also that OF his
son, who is an officer In the French
Army.
Soldier Can't Fight Woman.
Mrs. Utter went her way after
while. and the crowd dispersed, but the
seeds had been planted-the seeds OF
dIscord. Some Of Mr.. Pins friends Wis
tied him and told him he ought to do
something.
ing at his military mustache. She has
offend re honor OF my wife,. of my
daughters Of my son, of myself-of me,
Henry Pin. a soldier. A soldier cannot
fight woman
Then they advised him to go to law.
He gathered together his family album.
his marriage certificates. his citizenship
papers his appointment as postmaster.
his credentials as Justice OF the Peace
and various other documents to show his
standing. got aboard a trolley car and
rode 10 Paterson. six miles away. There
he retained fIenry MarellI, a lawyer, TO
sue Mrs. Utter as follows:
For saying that he killed h4s wife,
For saying he Rad been in TAIL. $1,000
For saving ne is not married. $1,000.
When the papers were served upon