, 1876-02-06
cFR,0tjS CHARGE.

SERIOUS CHARGE.
A. PROMINENT pRY-aooDs F1RM ACCUSED "
BLAc6uAI1ISa 4 FEMALE EAPLo3E'
A rather sensational bill in small way was
filed Saturday by Elizabeth N. thompson
against G. u. Hotchkin and Eugene +. falmes.
The complainant states that in the summer o1
1878 Hotchkin, Palmer & Co. applied 10 het:
sho being skilled dressmnkor, to take charge o.
their dressmak1ng department. Ihey pronlscu
TINT she should hive the sole management o.
that department, and that she should hase 11o-
erty to do all necessary work for herself sno
daughter, and occasionally some friend, 10 tho
snme ,ua::ncr as though she was doing business
alone. They also represented that tney only
wished that department to bo self-sussatnlnS:
aad did not expect to make money oue oa ~
farther than to stimulate M increased aase o.
dressmaalng materials. She accofa:ngv ~
tered their employ in Septonber, 1919, 11 nuo
threw all her patronage into their hands. ies
skill and tasse we're SO satisfactory that. in June
1874, another arrangement YVES maue. ny WHICH,
sho should remtiu another year, or unti1 'us
spring of 1875 when nhe contemplated Eoluo W
California. and at that time she was again 10
duced to stay et!ll longer.
dissatisfied at the rroatulent some OF her CUSTOM
crs had received from thom in tue way OF
oyarcbarces, charged her with having exposed
their method of dong business, % chsssinS
for things Which had not been delivered. one
admitted that shs had done SO, ana
claimed that sho had repeatedly made
up to her customers their oy rcaaIgca
in orier to retain such patron5- Iney then
charged her With swudsing and etealfn5' ana
specifically alleged that sho had made dresses
for her daughter aad one or two friends ana hni
used the firms material She, in turn, claimed
that size had right to make her daugh:ers
dresses without charge. but proved that aae had
used hor own materials in than. Ihey thoo
took hor into q Erivate room aud attomnEea 70
frighten har into sileEco IN regara to thor a.
legged crooked dealiags. One OF them thea went
out. but soon returned, aad t1ld her they hai
te,crraphed to the Chief OF Police OF New York
to arrest ler daughter and aelza her dresses. bat
offered to have the dresses released and
drop all proceedings if she woatd ah
riva her note 10 them for $500
Rather than sa1e. the disgrace of being ac-
cusod of theft. the complainant states, sho vaB
induced to make note for $500, sola!y on ao-
count Of the threats OF Hotchkin j. Palmer,
which note vas made June so 1879 and payable
in weekly instal1meuts of $40, and she VAS then
released from tho room. When she hsd paid
500, however, she declined to stay longer III
their employ than to the end OF tho season, and
they theraupon discharged her paremptoIlly.
Soon aftor that she received notice from q
lavver who raid he had received her note for
S5U0 for collection.
She now charges that she fears the defendants
will s1aaefer the note to some innocent party, 80
that her defense to it will be cut Oh, and sho
ri,l be Obliged to pay it. She therefore praYs
that m injunction NAV be issued restraining
NesBrs Hotchkin d. Palmer from selling or
otherwise disposing of the note. that they may
be comoeiled to surrender it to her. and also
repay the $40 ahe has paid them.