Evening journal., 1920-01-20
VITELLI AGAIN
TRIES EVICTION
Dropped by Levy Court as
Constable, He Orders
Family Out
POPPITTS WILL
REFUSE TO VACATE

With her two young children. aged
and years cllnglng TO her skirts. Mrs.
Alfred Popplli, OF No. 7O7 Madison
street, yesterday deled Albert J Vltelll,
manager OF the Vltelll Detective Agency.
10 eyict her from the four rooms she
occupied In the Madison street house.
Vitelli, according TO Mrs. Popplit. who
is In a delicate condition. came TO her
home with Joseph Maisan0, OF Newark,
Del, owner Of the house and ordered
her TO vacate 40 once In a copyersa-
tion IN Italian with the owner. Vltelli
who was county constable at the time
he threatened 10 eyict the family OF
Frederick Garden, a shipyard worker
from their home In East Seventh street,
Informed the owner Of the Madison
street house that he could scare the
tenants out, she says. Luckily. Mrs.
Poppltt who is an italian by birth, un-
derstOod the conversation and with fire
In her eyes she said "Vitelli, ] under
stand what you are saying. ] am an
Italian, a member OF the same race as
you. but I am ashamed OF you"
According to Mrs POppitt. Nitelli re-
plied 20 I thought you were a Jew"
When iterviewed today. Mr. and Mrs.
Peppitt said they were unable 10 secure
any quarters when they located here
last October, having moved from North
Haverhin, Mass peppitt Is a tailor
employed by Edgar B. McLachlan, at
Ninth and Orange streets. They have
three sons and a daughter aged 6, 6, .
ard years. Mrs Poppitt has been IN
able TO unpack much OF The furniture
they had shipped here. the four rooms
and bath they occupy being too small
FOR their needs.
The Madison street quarters were
rented by the poppitis from a shoe
maker who occupied the first floor
story OF the building. This man, named
Roihs,ein, paid $50 a month rent and
sublet the two downstairs rooms and
the two second floor rooms with bath
at s25 a month. owing 10 a misunder-
standing the shoemaker had with the
owner OF the house. DE vacated and lell
Mr.. and Mrs. P0pptt IN possession. The
POppitts have no lease Of any kind and
always paid their rent In advance, they
say, but since ROthslein vacated the
store properly, they claim the owner
will not accept any money from them'
saving he wants the whole house 90
rent at SG5 a month.
The Poppiits are willing to Yacate
providing they can secure quarters, as
the house at present Is almost inhaDit-
able. they assert Water pipes are
broken and water has to be carried
from the neighb0rs, and while the sec
ond story front room Is in fair condi-
tion the second story rear room lacks
a window The only light That comes
into this room Is through a pane OF
glass In a door that opens onto a rear
porch.
Not door in the house has a catch
or knob on Il, the gas pipes are opened
at the seams and leak, and both the
bathroom toilet and one That is directly
along side the kitchen window are use
less. the water supply being cut on
through broken pipes, The Poppilts
say.
The main entrance to the Poppitt
quarters is through a hallway and ~
the coor OF this is a trap door opening
over cellar steps This door shakes
with the weight Of a child on It. The
door when raised today revealed loose
support made Of soap box boards that
was In danger Of falling into the cellar
at any time.
The walls Of the bathroom on the
second floor admit daylight. large
crack being visible, and the flooring
in back Of the tub is made OF box
boards.
The yard is filled with stable manure.
large pile being within a few feet OF
the kitchen windows. In the yard Is
a ramshackle stable affair in which the
owner. according to Mrs Poppiit, kept
a horse until she, touched by pity for
the animal, served notice on Maisane
that ne would have TO move IL. The
stable had no front and part Of a side
Mrs. Popp.tt and her husband have
refused 90 yacate on Thursday.