The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-10-09
BENEVOLENT MR.. FURST
How He Treated His Watch
man Who Was Injured in
His Service.
DISCHARGED HIM AND HIS WIFE.
Tho Man Now Lies in the Hospital
and the Woman is Fight
ing Starvation.
DISCHARGED HIM AND HIS WIFE.

Not very long ago. Rev. John L. Send
der took occasion from his pulpit TO enlo.
gize Charles S. Furst, who is the proprf-
etor of a large dry goods and notion
establishment on Newark avenue and
whom the people of this city believe to be
a man Of considerable wealth. The
OF the reverend Rentleman's euiogistic
remarks was the bold public stand which
Mr.. Furst took IN the matter of the early
closing movement. With a Tli-die-be-
neutrality-suspicious. manner MIR.
Furst declared that, whatever other did,
he would close at an early hour the year
round whether he WAS the only one who
did so or not. This manly stand or Mr..
Farst, together with. the comments
thereon by the Rev. Mr.. Scudder. led
many people to look upon Mr.. Furse as q
Kind, c~onsiderats and generous employer.
Gu Decsm Der 8 last MIR. Furst had In
his employ as night Waterman a man
named Martin Conway. He received 81
Der week for his work, In addition to 50
per month which was paid him for WORK
done at Mr.. Furst's hous. each morning
after ne left the store. This work. Con-
ways wife said, consisted OF cleaning out
| the oface or DR.. Wolfson, who lives with
Mr.. Furst, running errands, washing the
dog, and in summer. when the family
were living In luxury at West End. Long
Branch. brushing out Mrs. F'urst's win
ter dresses so That the moths could not
get at them. Conway had been ir the
employ of Mr.. Furst since 1884, aud he
| began to think that he had a life position
with him.. In Mr.. Furst's large building
on Newark avenue is an elevator, by
means of which goods are taken from
floor TO floor. This was. last December. a
simple natchway. poorly. protected by a
| thin slas insecurely nailed to tho up
right posts OK the elevator shaft. About
| eight o'clock preparations were being
made to close tie store for the night.
l Conway was there ready to take up his
duties as Waterman. While moving
about Ia the vicinity of the elevator Con-
way happened to lean against the thin
Stat.
coNwAY's FEARFUL FALL.
The alleged protection ave way and
be fell from the first floor into the cellar
| upon a pile Of iron pipes and. scraps left
there by the men who were putting in
the steam heating apparatus. Moses Il
Charles Wolfson, u carpenter named
Nelson and John Hamilton, the engineer.
| saw the d and rushed to
| Couway's assistance. They found blood
| pouring from a deep cut on his head aud
he was moaning as il In great agony.
| He was picked up and placed In a chair.
| while messengers were hastily dispatched
for Dr., Wolfson. one OF the city's Dhysi-
clans.
DR.. wolfson sewed up the wound in
the head and ordered him sent home.
Conway wa then placed on ii stool and
left there alone to avail the coming Of
| John Steinkoop, the day porter. who had
been sent for TO take his place. 1t was
| in the cellar. and Conway says he tainted
with pain before Steinkoo2 arrived.
When the day porter came Conway start
cd to walk to his home of Grove street.
between Mercer and Montgomery streets.
Neither Furst nor any oue representing
him was at the store 10 procure a car
riage or even an ambulance for the poor
! map. and he had TO crawl home rs best
he could.
CRAWLING TO HIS HON
How he managed to get TO his house
| Conway says he cannot tell; but he
finally reached there and was put TO bed
| by his vito. AL this time he complained
| OF terrible pains In his left breust. DR..
Wolfson called to seq him every day, but
| did not examine his left side to ascertain
| what caused the excruciating pain. Mrs.
Conway ssked him, she says, TO see Ii mis-
| ribs were not broken, and the doctor re-
| oiled that she Ggas a foolish woman, her
husband could not ave breathed IL his
ribs were broken.
Mis- Conway ives employed to scrub and
keep clean Mr.. Furst's large establish
ment at the magnificent salary of 81 per
week. As this was all the family had TO
live OF. she was Obliged to leave her hus>
baud alone with their only child, a curly
beaded boy Of seven years, while she went
scrubDing ana sweeping the broad floors
of Mr.. Furst's large establishment.
Finally her husband kept complaining
10 INCREASINGLY OF his side that Nj. Con-
| way called In Dr.. LOOMS who made an
| examination OF her husband and said
that three OF his ribs were broken, but as
| DR.. WOlfson had the case he could not