The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1881-10-22

letters or figures plain and dist
A Novel and Successful I'e'u'a'
ton.
A letter from Fredericl 10 tne
New York Sun, says: .5.
Yesterday about 1000 suns IN
stituted by DR.. Harrison.er, the
This county Woo sott]ed PENDANTS
being compelled to payls sullls'
Tho operat;ons ~ W.onwithout q
nara]lel in tho 17,;ted About
two years ago he was 81 Gonslu'
tions were calculated 'lfrm this
theory, and his eccent were re-
garded with indifferenSVery one
who knew him. In il OF 1853
Wagner caused much aent oy 60
ing before an Obscurt'Iy niag.''
trate, and entering sevtloreo suns
for damages against 9 cltlzens'
chosen at random in artS OF the
county, who had neyeror had any
dealings with him. amount OF
damages sued for in ease was De-
tween 800 and 500, TT 1or whlch
suits can be brought bmaglstra'es
in this State. No attewas pa,a 70
the supposed lsnatids' ana the
cases were soon forgoAt were sew
eral times recalled to ~ by notices
of hundreds of other sing brought
by ,yaguefsw,,u frurf entered as
high as one hundred { against one
person.
Early in 1880 Wadisappeared
from public notice, bme fallo that
year the entire comm was thrown
into Juror of excitemhen it was
learned that Wagner commenced
proceedings to enfondgments in
1880 of the suits. Itthen learned
for the first time that ersons sued,
having failed to appeaore the mag
istrate to answer, juthts had been
entered in each case the amount
named in the complainv agner made
noeffovt to collect the yments until
q year had expired, ! by law thu
power Of appeal had I'd. In No
vember last, therefore, as possessed
OF 1880 judgments, avsng SIS each
against about 800 countsidents ant
corporations. Each juent was in
dorsed, "By default <"No appea
taken," and of course tamounted t.
q lien or. any property ed by the de
PENDANTS.
during Wagner's slce severa
persons against whom had obSaine
Judgments died, and hist move wa
Ito file the judgments The Orphan:
Court as claims agail the estate
Martin Shank, one Of victims, ha
died and left an estate we'd at $3.50
to his wife and three Ill children
Wagner filed judgmenagainst tt
estate amounting to 500, and II
Orphans Court was conlled to pos
pone the hearing of theaims sever
times in order to avoid necessity
admitting their validit, At leng
several citizens employ counse! t
Mrs. Shank, who filed ] applicati
tor arrest of judgment oihe ground
fraud. The same policywas pursu
BY all the other victims, I'd since Il
time the cases have zen dragggi
along in the courts, ,e Indicate
pointing to Wagner b0g eventua
successful in enforcing all of the
The courts ruled that tn failure Of
victims to contest the suis was in la'
virtual acknowledgment Il the just
Ur-thc C1anrr, wr:ib rTiU ftrrller fail
to take an appeal kom tie magstr
within the period prescribed By
placed them beyond remedy.
After he had begun to enforce
judgments Wagner found the sodl
too hot to hold him, and went ! N
York City, where he now is. he p
ceedings against his victims haze bt
on by counsel here, md
settlement made in nearly all he CT
it is thought, willnet IN
nearly $4,000. He does no prem
that he ever had any legalclail TO
damages in any of the cases. Jet ma
succeeded in obtaining d1sidfabi
portions of the estates i Svera
deceased residents of the bnF' be
sides mulcting hundreds 'faners o
hard-earned money.