The evening world., 1911-09-16
Keeps Up Quarrels With
NeighborS and Must Serve
Suspended Sentence.
WAS IN JAIL BEFORE.
Departure Of Eccentric Mem,
Der of Old Family Makes
Bay Ridge Peaceful.

Many Inhabitants OF Bay Ridge are
feeling relieved to-day because John c.
Bergen. c. c.. .nember OF n family
INDUSTRIOUS in America for three hundred
years. kin TO the Schermerhorns and
Astors. is going TO spend a six months
vacation as the CUES; OF the city In the
p~enitent!ary'o on Blackwell's Island.
The c. @. after his name means
chronic Crouch. and the title has been
conferred by unanimous vote OF his
n%eighbors.
The chronology OF his recent life
proves his right to IL. lie broke into
the social column when. through his
relation 10 the Schermerhorns. he was
able TO say He's n cousin OF mine"
after the marriage of Caroline Scher-
merhorn to william Astor, ,ather OF
Col. John Jacob Aston.
After years OF trouble n "scrapping''
with relatives and ~neighbors. which
more than once led to tho police court.
he hit real trouble. william G.
Cleary had him arrested for threaten
ing TO shoot him. n n woman also
charged him with assault. He was found
guilty on both charges In the Brooklyn
Court Of Special Sessions and went TO
Raymond Street JAN for three months on
tho woman's charge. sentence being sus-
pended In the other case.
COULDN'T BE GOOD, MUST
SERVE OLD SENTENCE.
After his release from Jail six months
ago he remained quiet long enough TO
raise hope among his neighbors In tho
choice section OF Bay Ridge that at the
age Of sixty ne had learned that II paid
- behave. OF late complaints have piled
W against him. such % calling tho
neishbors bad names. threatening them
and throwing stones at them. Police
men and probation officers found other
signs Of relapse. Yesterday Mr.. Cleary
asked the Court to rescind the suspen-
sion Of sentence n impose the penalty.
Most Of Bergen's relatives arc socially
prominent, but he has always despised
socisi conventions and has shown his
Contempt for them in ways that have
brought him Into public notice for year,
a. . disturber Of the peace. With the
division by his grandfather Of the famii,
estate. which comprised much Of Ba,
Ridge an1 Now Utrecht. Bergen took hi
share and lived alone In q small hous,
he built on Shore Road and Seventy,
NTH street. This he tore down when III
married n built a mansion on the .ite
WOMAN SAID HE THREATENED
AND ABUSED HER.
The complaint OF Marie I,osecrans. hi
neighbor across the way. for which h,
wa sent to Raymond Street jail. wa,
that he stood on his own premises am
shouted vile and opprobr!ous epithets .
her, she being on her own porch. an,
that he placed his hand to his hip poke
~ though to draw a revolver. Tha
sort of thing happened with Cleary an,
other neighbors.
Bergen fled formal complaint with tn
Police Department about ter years AK,
that seven officers had attacked hin
In the Coney Island Police Station an
had beaten him. Inquiry brought GU
that he had been the assailant and tn
combined services OF seven were needle,
TO subdue him.
One OF Bergen's merits Is that h
never Haunted his wealth. II IL guess
work how much he Is worth. Their
were any heirs In the partition OF tn
original estate. His share was believe
to DO about 100000. consisting OF req
estate In the Bay Ridge distriN~