National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1884-07-30
PROFESSIONAL BoNDsMEN.
Financial Standing Of Men Who Make Busi-
ness of signing Bail Bonds.

There are In this city, which are .known as
professional bundsmcn, thos, who, for consld-
Grafton, stand ever ready to go bail for unior-
Inmates hauled up to answer by the power OF
the law. The district attorney has been wag-
ing war on this class of sureties for sometime
past, and has met with considerable success.
The status of some parties whose names are
familiar in court and who have been repeatedly
offered as bail, was shown yesterday by an al
tdAyit made by Mr.. Charles ;. Moore attorney
for the plaintiff IN the case of Richard j. Mar
shall against James = Graham, on mOtiontQ
quush II CcrtiUrnri. Five persons are named
from whom surctinS were 10 he selected Dut
all were rejected. The aihnnt thus speaks
of them. They are almost entirely lrrcsppn'
Sibe; that from what defendant KNOWS OF me
parties he docs not believe an execution IN the
sum of 50 could be satisfied from inc aggre
gate amount Of their possessions 10 Whlcn thcy
have title in this district or elsewhere Con
tiuuing, the dcpOnCTt says william SCHROEDER
,worc that he was worth real estate when was
inCumhercd tont 6DD 60 sl,WW ny utcu Oh
trustsbut he' could not tell the amount OF the
trust. ON the crimhAl court docket there is,an
unsatist.1,i Judgment ngarhts Az Properly On II
t1gicitcd bond, which the United States mas
been unable to collect.
Henry Bailey swOrt mis- property was worth
5000. He could not tell the number or square
of his lot. and II was shown that he was ON
several bonds The court records shows MN
| to be on bond in criminal case H. Ie9 Tor S"D,
| which bond has been forfeited.
| He gave bond In criminal case 1901 for 5000
| He has forfeited II bond for 500 in case lA37i,
| In case l5,oli he gave bond for $500 aud in
| cusc lj,279 for 500. Dr. George Gross SworG
| that he owned an interest In lot worth slO,'
900. thut il is assessed for s2inO and that there
| is al incumbcmncc on II for 5000. The court
| record show on the criminal docket a bond
given by Gross In the sum Of $1,000 in case
| 1882, bond for ! 900 In case l5Ol2, ana III
case IL ,}3j United states vs.. Burnsidc) he re-
I'ccu;,y gave bond in the sum of $1,000.
| William H. Main swOre, with reference to
| his property in this district, TINT aside from
the circumference 1t was of no value which
| would satisfy an execution at law. The court
! records show great number of Judgments
against Main the last Of which was for the
| small sum of SD, in which II Jd was returned
on the 3lst of March, lss2, nuld bona.
The depOncnt says that he Is familiar with
the property interests of Joseph Mcintosh, and
! that he has no uncnCumhcrcd real estate; that
there are two judgments at law against him,
and that the criminal docket shows that within
the past eight years Mcintosh has been on five
| different bonds and there is now forfeiture
for $500 in case 1904. There are other men
whose laces have become familiar in the court
as standing bondsnon, and an inquiry into
their standing might produce equally interest
ing developments. In some of these cases, i
not nil, II Is known that quite II consideration
Is received for this service, and on that nc
count IL has been called professional bail.