The Morning herald., 1876-03-02
DOD GING THE RENT.
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Describes HO,U it Is D0ne-1he strategy
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Employed.
instances occur every day which teach
the truthfulness of the trite saying zone
half of the world knows not how the other
half lives" scenes and incidents are al
most daily photographed to the mind,
which illustrate its reality, and show the
varied casts which make up the lot of man.
One of these is the manner in which many
have of escaping the payment of rents
This sometimes occurs through determi-
nation not to meet such payments, but Is
more often the result of an inability to do
so. But all who are detected in this de-
ceptive act share alike, no distinction for
circumstances being made. This is about
the time that it is carried on most exten-
sively the day for general moving rapidly
approaching, the 25th. of this month.
There it considerable strategy employed to
carry out one of these sureptitious moving
expeditions. The means employed for the
accomplishment of this purpose shows
considerable study in the matter, as is in
stanced by the following gained by a rep
resentative of The HERALD from conver-
sation yesterday with man, in possession
! of horse and wagon and who does more
of this kind of work than any other team
ster in the City:
"The first thing to be done," said he, "is
to find that the owner of the house has con-
| tidence in you, if he has then stuff him with
oily promises, show him that you expect to
get money in week or so, and will never
forget his kindness in waiting, and when
you have him off the scent, engage driver
to come around about two or three hours
before daylight, have a plenty Of whisky
and cigars on hand, and you can be moved
just as rapidly as the case demands"
"But if you are caught what them"
"That is the risk all have to run. You
know that they say there is no adventure
without risk. If they catch you, why
they can do no more than what they could
do if you remained in the house, and that is
TO sell the goods. But tell you sir that
those caught are only about the twentieth
part. If you can get the things to the de,
pot and have them put into the cars pretty
soon to be taken away from the State, you
are safe, for once they pass over the line Of
cannot::b touched. This is frequently done
and if you move from one part ofthe city to
the other you cannot be interfered with in
Ibis respect forty days after the time Of
moving. But all you have to do is to keep
| HULL d6 W WuCIC yOu AdNO AAONCu JOul
goods, and be just as shy as you can of the
man whose house you have left"
"But could they not make you amena-
lie to the law by your. participation in the
transaction?"
"Oh, am not supposed to know whether
its all right or all wrong. / am engaged
simply as driver to do job of hauling,
and it would be regarded as impertinent for
Inc to ask anything about it, only for the
pay, when the work is done. There are a
great many drivers in town who do this
kind of work, but suppose do the largest
share of it, and must say that it proves pro-
| fitable."
"What is generally done with the goods
tter they are captured from the luckless
ones?"
eff the tenant has not the money to pay
The rent, or is unable to make satisfactory
arrangement, the landlord has right to
10 dispose of them at auction, which is the
most often done.
1t is sometime the case that at these sales a
friend of the tenant is on hand to buy the
things in, or he is there himself, having
made raise, and buys them in. But it at
often occurs that such is not the case, and
then they go for mere song the auction
Ger never dwelling for any greater length
of time upon an article than Is really neces
ary to get q bidder. By this mean'
what could not be replaced in {
mans household for less than thousand
dollars goes for less than one hundred dol
lars at the SALE"
In this way great many people in Viii
mington escape paying'rent year after year
Many of course do it purposely,
at the same time there are many wht
are forced to it by their humble circum
stances, caused by lack of employment.