Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-05-06

: The landlord of the house. Abraham
Nissenson. 1t was learned today, had been
prosecuted sometime ago by the commis-
sion because OF violations of the law.
IL was only after many threats that he
ilad peen forced TO put fire~escapes on tho
mousse where the accident bapnened
through the deeayed condition Of tho
porch woodwork.
The little vietlm Morris Braunstein 4.
years old. and Jennie Debanslsv otz
years old. are In the Beth Israel HoSn;+oI
WIN fractured skulls, broken limbs ana
internal injuries, If they SURVIVES both
VIII probably be badly cripplefl fnr 1,fa
CAPTAIN Charles J. Allen suncrinfand.
ent OF the Tenement House comruission
, nert'' @ild that every effort will be made
os ms inspectors 10 prevent rectrrence
OF such an accident
we nave had a great dea, ~
trouble In that neix xI,borhooa sro,.,
er'minaiiy careless lsndIords,, he s.f.1
Indignantly.
III is positively appalling how 1,.s,.
'hey care for the health Or s.g.sw -
those who rent room. or ,.,....~
from them.
IN the very block where those ~
'"''e tots fell we have been particn.
'ariy bothered by the persistent vief.-
tioas. 'vt~-
Ia - Ai,nopgh though ! do not think there Il. anv
case. case If'cb II Il speeliiGaIly applies to ff
iauniorus 10 have their houses IN +, II
uonuit'oh ,s without any Notification froS
on Justice tha swayze has given a decision
on the question that upholds tbis rte,1.
ana makes the owners of ho,,ses ~ t, "
responsible" muses. aifectly
After citing Justice Swayze's opipionI
,ahoed down In case where there had
spi ps, no hie-eseapes on a building that
~a., au peen burned, the Tenement House
commission. In its seventh renort.
makes the following comment:
Inc publicity given to the charge Of
Justice Swayze by the newspa nar.
throughout the State has been OF vast
assistance TO the board, particularly ~
tne work OF removing the Violations
found to exist on old tenement houses
IN bringing home to the owners of such
houses the fact that violations of the
tenement house law must be removed,
whether the owner has been served with
notice or order by the department or
not, and without waiting for the servfca
OF such notification by the department.
AS an example of the opposition the
Tenement House Commission Is confront-
tu WilH' MT Allen pointed out that Mis-
senson, the owner of the tenement NJ
lS6 Spruce street, had been ordered ~
install fire escapes on June 90 1910. The
house was visited by inspectors on Julv
8 and July 49, Then on July 25 the land
lord showed a contract for having the
work done
The fre-escapcs were not I'm pIac~.
however, even then. until September.
II IL snfd. y
Prosecutor Mott said that the
Fourth precinct police would furnish
him with copy of the preliminary
report of the accident.
"If II Is not satisfactory.. he COM
tinued, "I will have an investfgation
made by my office. But II IL very
seldom that ground for criminal action
can be found. II Is almost Impossible
10 prove criminal negligence. Such
matters are usually settled by a cfyil
suit"
Mrs DebouslSy, the mother of the in-
iured girl said today that she and her
neighbors had repeatedly warned Mis-
senson about the condition of the porch.
Notsenson, who lives at 1S9 spruce
street. denied that he knew how badly
decayed the woodwork was.