Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-10-21
HOT SHOT
AT TOM DAVIS.
THE REPUBLICAN CANDInars

THE REPUBLICAN CANDInarr
Proven UNFIT for Distric. ATTORNEY
Philadelphia Times.
In 1876 certain tavern keepers EMPLOYED
Thomas j. Davis to procure their licenses
from the county treasurer's Office. for
which they paid him the license fec of $50
each, asgregating $500. He lifted the
licenses, giving the clerk his own check fin
payment, requesting that it should not be
presented ut bank for few days, rs his
bank account was short, although his
clients had paid him tho money for this
specific purpose. The check was never
paid and frequent demands for the money
were met by various excuses. The treas
urer wrote to the innkeepers, who replied
that they had paid Davis. The sum OF
Sl5O was eventually collected OH a note
given by Davis to 4 third party and in
dOrsed by 4 friend, and transferred by the
third party to the treasurer but not un-
til the note had been renewed, a second
renewal refused and the irdorser sued.
The balance due the treasurer is still un.
paid and the indorser has contingent i'll
terest in Davis's election. In this case the
clients got value for their money, but it
was species OF sharp practice ON official
confidence in professional integrity which
carries its own moral.
| How q Poor Girl Lost Her Patri,,ony.
Frances E. Hess, \ minor daughter Of
John Nj. Hess. had inherited q sum Of mo-
ncy from her grandfathcr's estate, which
WAS in the hands of Christian Good, her
guardian. Good filed al account in 1876,
showing the share of Miss Hess in his
hands to be about $1,000. Before the
ward became Of age Good died and Casper
Hitler became his executor. In 1873 Hess
got his daughters consent to use some of
this money. lie accordingly applied to
Thomas }. Davis, who got Robert a. Ev-
| ans to advance the money and take u trans
fer of the legacy from Miss Hess, who was
then Of age, Hess promising to give her
from time to time what money she wanted.
| Davis drew the whole sum and paid John
NJ. Hess ut various times about 500 and
Frances Hess at different times 500. The
balance he appropriated to his own use.
He now claims that he borrowed the mo-
ncy from Miss Hcss's father and refuses to
pay it over to her. This claim is still i'm
the hands of an attorney. 1t is peculiarly
hard ease, as the yOun. lady, in cOnse-
Iuencc Of the wrong done her, is obliged to
earn her living, notwithstanding she i, in
impaired health.
| Ono Transaction which Ouc lit to End II,
| In the spring Of 1878 Jacob Stott pur-
chased from Silas Wright his lease. good
will and fixtures OF the '.Grapc hotel"
The agreement was written and
ready to be signed and day appointed
for the parties to meet and cOnsumma.e
the transfer by payment Of the money and
signing the papers. Before the time ap-
pointed Thomas J. Davis called on Mr..
StOtt and represented that the money
ought to paid over ut once or Wright
would back out, and induced Stott to place
the money upward of 81, ,OO0) in his hands
to pay over to Wright. No sooner
had Davis received the money than he
took the train for New York and went to
gambling house in that city and lost
every dollar of the money. When he was
threatened with exposure, one of his clients,
Eli Eshleman, advanced him part of the
money, and II prominent member of the
bar, Mt whose Office the money was to have
| been paid, ut Davis's urgent solicitation to
| save him from exposure and ruin, went to
New York and succeeded in persuading
| the keeper of the gamblin. house to give
him back the amount still lacking, which
was about 800. / have related this dis
graceful proceeding in as mill form rs
the naked facts will permit. If all the de-
tails were given it would be still more
damaging. = -
A Case Tha, is rlain Enough.
Samuel Bruckhart employed Thomas j.
Davis to collect some money. Davis col
lected 81, 200, which he failed to pay over
to MIR. Bruckhart on demand, and finally,
to save exposure and disgrace, he agreed
that if Mr.. B. would lend him $500 in ad-
ditiOn to his claim he would secure the
81 800 by giving his wife's mortgage OH
her separate real estate. This mortgage
is recorded in the recorder Office of Lam
caster county, in Mortgage Book No. 3s,
page 564.
On the Sd of April, 1879, the assignee of
Christian Binkicy and wife paid to Thomas
j. Davis, as attorney for Herr Il Brenner,
the sum of s147.15, in satisfaction of iudp,
ment No. 3, Of October term, 1878, and
costs. The costs (s13.2D have been paid,
but the balance of 5133.Si has never been
paid to Herr IL Brenncr and is Row in the
hands Of 4 lawyer for collection.
On the 9th OF February, 1880, the audi
tors report in the assigned estate of Diller
and Croft was presented and confirmed
nisi. Thomas j. Davis appeared before
the auditors for John w. Eaby and pre-
sentcd his claim against said estate amount
ing to SJ47.11, on which 4 dividend was
declared of SG093, and paid to Thomas J..
Davis. This claim is also in the hands of
an attorney for collection.
Commissions and Expenses Retained.
Joseph Armstrong was the assignee Of
the assigned estate Of William Heeps:
account presented and confirmed nisiNIarch
u, 1880. Purchase money Of real estate
was paid to Thos. j. Davis, in which were
included accountants commissions and ex-
penscs of settling assigned estate, which
commissions and some of the expenses
have been demanded of him by those Ell
titled to them, but have not been paid, un-
less very recently.
In the case Of Herr & Brenncr VS.. John
Ken.lis (mechanics' lien for s179) Thos.
j. Davis entered satisfaction Oh the lien
about year ago. Herr, the surviving
partner, says he was never authorized to
do 50, and he did not know satisfaction
had been entered until \ few days ago.
This claim has been placed in the hands
Of an attorney for collection, along with
their other claim in the BinkIey estate.
Professional DishOn0r Pay Tribute
TO Political Promotion.
The last case l shall present under the
head Of legal disqualification is 4 striking
Illustration IF the methods Of our local
g bosses" in procuring y nomination
against the honest Republican voters In
this case they actually made the pro-
fessiODal turpitude Of their candidate pay
tribute to his political advancement.
John X. ROhrer, q respectable citizen Of
the Sporting Hill election district, had :.