The sun., 1908-04-30
JENNIE TIE MAID DOUjED
WITH PAIL or SOILED WATER
FROM on HIGH.
NelghbOrly Amenities in west EiTbtI I.thlrd
street Involving Hurdy Gurdes In
Venal DrOVes and the Arrest Of Mrs.
Theodore MundOrIT ~ Petty AnnOyer.

NeighbOrly Amenities In Vest EightI Isthlrd
street Involving Hurdy Curdles IN
Vernal DrOyes and the Arrest Of Mrs.
Theodore MundOrfT as Petty AnnOyer.
Theodore Mundorfr, an optician Of 1857
Broadway, lives at 3l2 West Eighty-third
street. Several afternoons ago a pail Of
water thrown from one Of the front windows
Of the Mundorif house landed on the head
Of Jennie Kelly, maid employed in A. d.
Kneeland's house, az 3l0. II ruined her
pretty white cap and apron and made her
look as II she had gone overheard from
a pier.
Mr. Kneeland had Mrs Mundorf ar
rested Mrs. Mundorf was a trife nervous
when she was taken before Magistrate
Cornell in the West Side court Yesterday
Jennie Kelly was spick and span From
the manner in which Jennie spoke it ap-
pcared that It would have taken several
buckets oi water 10 dampen her ardor
as she gave her testimony
"Yer Honor said she. 'there was a
hurdy girdy IN the street annoying Miss
Kneeland and a couple Of her friends that
was calling on her and went out by the
areaway to tell the dago to 60 away, 10
sooner had | got him 10 leave than out Of
a second story window leans airs Nun
dorfr and douses me With a bucket Of the
! dirtiest water ! ever saw and me doing
nothing hut carrying out mo orders.
When Jennie got through ono Of the
two young men who had been calling al the
a L. 1
seen the water aGA rnted me tarriblp effect
/ that il had on Jennie's clothes. but 90 not
| prepared 10 swear that Mra. Murdorf
| y as responsible for the shower.
Then came Mrs KueoRnd,
"NO, did NOT see Mrs Mundorf herself.
/ said she. but [ know that II was her. for
| there Was no one else /: the house II
1 was her Oh right And thls isn't the frs.
| time. either, that there has teen trouble
| from next door y IL getting 50 that 10
! live in the neightornc Is almost un.
basrable. Always there are hurdy glrdies
around now Jhat spring s here. and II is a
hard matter TO &c, chem 90 go away
Your Honor iuterposed Mr., kneeland,
/ Mrs Murdorn likes turdy gurdles ard
she hires them IN dro'es 20 stand IN front
: Of the house AMI play bv che hour
! 1T Ia not fact that you have on al least
( two occasions brought suit against Mr..
Mundorf for allegrJ Petty annoyanCes
ard before the cases got on the calendar
/ settled them in consideration Of sos EACH >
asked Mrs NnndorI e lawyer Of Mr. Knee
/ land
! is II true that on behalf of maids that
| were IN my employ : did institute suits
/ and settled them, but | settled them after
! the maidr had left my employ and | asked
! only for the costs they had involved. 3D.
| ntted Mr. Kneeland u had 10 do some
thing had hoped 10 step the annoyances
] hy bringing the suits Ny stoop on several
! occasions has been covered with ashes,
salt and other thinGs that came from the
! Mundorf direction"
Mrs Mundor+T declared most positively
| that she had not thrown the water on the
! maid. She admitted thst she was the
only person in the house az the tir p except
! a man who was in the basement, and Magis-
| trate Cornell held her for trial in the Court
/ Of General Sessions fixing her bail at $500.
| II was furnished by her husband.