Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-03-27
MRS RUDOLPH'S PIGS.
Cause Of a Quarrel al East
Mountain Reservoir.

VdlISu LOT some time On the part Oh
Mrs Lena Rudolph against John
Kenney, her neighbor, and caretak-
er of the East Mountain reservoir.
Mrs Rudolph lives with her husband
and children, grown up boys and
girls, so near the reservoir that the
caretaker thinks it necessary for
him to keep constant supervision
on the surroundings of her house.
When she kept pigs, Kenney remon-
strated and the woman had to have
them removed farther away from the
sources of the reservoir This nee
essary attention on the part of the
caretaker seemed to be very annoy
ing to Mrs Rudolph for in the city
court to-day it was shown there has
been more or less trouble between
them during the three years Kenney
has had charge of the reservoir.
Kenney was charged with breach of
the peace. Open war broke out be-
tween them last Monday. Some days
previous, Kenney saw small shed
laying fiat On the ground and sus-
pecting that some innovation was to
ings, he inquired. When he saw the
building standing erect last Monday
he made closer Investigations. Ken
ney went into this small building
and things began to take place. He
said he was assailed by shower of
bricks and stones and for proof
thereof he showed marks on his
hands and wrists. Mrs Rudolph and
her two sons, he said, threw the
bricks and stones at him. On the
other hand Mrs Rudolph and another
woman, stated Kenney struck her
with a broom handle. Kenney said
he had no broom handle, nor was
there any around.
At this stage of the hearing Ken
ney bent forward to confer with his
counsel, Attorney Guilfoile, and to
the amazement of all in court he
keeled over. When he picked him
self up it was found that the chair
he was using had only three legs.
and no chair could be expected to
maintain itself minus one of its
pedals.
Resuming her story, Mrs Rudolph
said Kenney called her something
that sounded like EIGHT fingered son
of gun.
1t transpired that Health officer
Kilmartin on the complaint of Ken
ney had Mrs Rudolph remove her
pigs farther away from the reser-
voir.
Attorney Guilfoile wanted to show
that the trouble was caused by Ken
ney refusing to allow the Rudolph
boys to fish in the reservoir and Or
dered Mrs Rudolph to keep her dog
tied up, and that she did not want
her husband to go around with Ken
ney. All this she denied, saying
that her husband has beer enough
at home and don't have to go aroun.,
with anybody.
Mrs Rudolph became so strenuous
on the stand that it was evident
all the fault was not on Kenney's
side, and she likewise was charged
with breach of the peace. This made
her laugh outright. No further evil
dence was taken and while sentence
was suspended in the case against
Kenney, Mrs Rudolph was fined So
and costs, which amounted to $3.50.
When told she would have to pay
or be locked up she yelled at the
top of her voice that she would take
no licking and pay for 1t. Her eld-
est son, a young man of 20, tried to
assuage her feelings. She yelled and
yelled that she. would take no lick
ing and pay for it, She would go to
jail; she would do anything rather
than pay for a licking and after
some excitement the woman was re-
moved by policeman shouting she
would not pay for licking.
VenIimas and Max, saloon keep
ers at 900 Bank street, settled a
case for $50 for allowing minors to
loiter on their premises.
After being an hour locked up
Mrs Rudolph concluded she had had
enough of the police station and con-
scented to be ransomed, her son nav
ing meanwhile obtained the neces-
sary amount. On being released she
went to the Office of Attorney John
O'Neill. What fortune she met with
there did not seem to please her for
she spent the next half hour vowins
she would take the law on Kenney.