The New York herald., 1873-09-04
THE ELEVENTH STREET TENE.
MENT.
Continuation Of the Investigation Be
fore Coroner Herrman-Opinions OF Ex-
ports Relative to the Fall-The Verdict
OF the Jury-Contractors Held to An
swer.
The investigation In the Eleventh street tene.
ment house calamity was concluded yesterday by
Coroner Herman.
THE TESIIMONTs
The following testimony was taken:-

No. n West Fiydrst testiaea that he was as
in Yves, Eleventh street. found the front wall down
ssn hs % psf e n
the westerly wall mad brsced or the braces had
also mad something 10 do with II the Srsclng Of the
81 hanss sf as stree
the next witness He testified that he had been builder
sna ss sSHa
ths aecidsni he believed i might been caused BY
70 spring similar alterations had been made and he
re RSsFasdy I'D ~Snd
Adam Weber, T OF No 2Ss Second avenue, testified that
vi a m ne Of oSnf e e aae Ss
walls westerly wall had been for new sHs
eSusas Rf woSd wa hx1s i
duty Of the builder to see that braces pro
them ali Of good %ber Ha"nS ad no. :e see
THE WEATHER, OF COURSE.
That e S1 S %,
9n the zsd August wcI5ias crawsoTd
G Of The @ %s se nss
found them as good as walls generally are of similar
&c he
ernaps e braee @ the wss o
DGdy ha fe bricks bad regarded the old bricks
ths new part o. the building The day the accident
that he builder and president Of Commissioners Of
Charities and Correction had made several observations
mind from the beginning that il wrong thing to
plans his first opinion had been @ conarmed f A IN
COS. % Ss% % SSs sS
n oush the walls ana the ola
could
plans; Thought that the wall where the chan.
theory building in regard SrasSs that when one one
stead Sssysd ihas should
enden u%nss e s
law w prevent such aeGidents thoush that the
sc drew the plans he relieved the owner that
proved the plans then he relieved both the owner and
Dr. Cushman was then sworn and testified that he ex
ampsd the bodies OF eight men found IN the building
This concluded the testimony
Coroner Herman stated that ne had summoned
some half dozen other well known builders in the
city to give evidence, but for various reasons they
were al unable @ to be present.
on the jury reassembling, addressed them briefly,
telling them that the calamity, the of which
accident, but should be traced to some responsi.
bi1ty The Coroner pointed out the main features
tion and the jury. alter being absent about an hour
and hall, brought in the following verdict:-
TIE VERDICT.
We find that John Foster and others came 10 their
deaths from injuries received by the falling OF the walls
of the building No Sl West Eleventh street. on the 22d
day of August 1873 caused by the negligence
contractors, John w. Crawford, Jesse Newman and
Michael Pfortner In not properly bracng the westerly
walls when removing the tmbers of said building during
its construction We would recommend that the number
Of inspectors Of the Department Of Buildings should be
increased SO that one could be assigned each ward
the city.
James Greer. James Byerd Warren H Rose, Herman
II. Never. G. g. Palmer, Edward G. Cauvet, William
Merten, Stephen C. Ryder, r. 8. Simpson and Robert
Connyngharn.
. Inc Ver0lct having Deen read by DR.. Cuehman,
the Coroner announced that he would hold the
contractors, John W. Crawford and Jesse Newman
in $4,000 ball each to answer and Michael Pfortner
in $4,000 bail The prisoners in the custody OF
0fficer Bush at once set about procuring bondsmen