Arizona weekly citizen., 1888-05-12
,.iLLERS ON LAWYERS.
T.1E PRECAUTIONS THAT ARE TAKEN
 AGAINST PORES AND cRANKs.

How Mistakes Arc Sometimes Made.
 People Who Are Hardest to Get Rid oE
 Troublesome Women clients-Desirs
 for Litigation.
 People who visit the offices of prominent lawyers find that they are usually cOOped up in little dcns Of their own, and laby- rinthinc passages and inquisitiye clerks bar the way Those who are known to have important business with the firm are readily admitted to the inner cham Der, but strangers are examined and cross examined aud their intentions thoroughly sifted before they can gain access This exclusiveness is a matter of protection, and while the incivility of clerks ard middle men may be trying to the temper of A pers,n having a right in the office, yet such "A course must be taken or the law yers would have their hands full of busi- ness in which there was no money, and be driven to the verge of suicide by bores.
 ssThe reception room" said the chief clerk of a large law firm to a reporter, "has many queer people in it at times. There are a set Of cranks of the most an- moving kind who make the rounds of the leading law firms in the city. They are horn Itirauts Some of them have money. the most of them have none. Whenever 8 man comes into an office fol the first time and unrOlls an old map or aDy other document with the yellow tings of age on it the guns are at once trained on him. Mistakes arc sometimes made. It does pot always do to size up a man from appearances. My resignation was asked once because sat down hard On'a client who could sign his check for mill ion but looked like a tramp. That's one serious drawback; milliOnaires do not sl- ways look like it.
 HARD TO GET RID OF.
 ssThe people who own half the city and ran proye it and those who are interested in inventions and patents are the hardest to get rid of. If they can get hold with an eyclid they will never let go. They have plausible stories all, and insist on sec ing the head of the firm. Sometimes they do get an audience, and as long as they pass the cutter gate he thinks they are all right and takes an interest in the busi- ness. One smart fellow got us to bring 2 suit for damages against a well known business man Our client had dOCunen- | .ary proof that made a splendid case and | would have stood in any court, but when | the case came tO trial it was shown that | the people and facts were drawn from | his own Imagination and the case was thrown out Of court. lt was the third | time he Lai fooled lawyer, but as he | paid for D iun no hearts were broken.
 .'Thc women clients of this kind are the | most troublesome. They insist on seeing | the head of tine firm without telling their | business to any one else. To tell them little lie about his being out is no good, | for they will sit the whole day, if neces- saTy. Co test the statement There are thrc. or four women who have money and speua their time going the rounds of the prominent: lawyers, trying Co enlist them In some imaginary suit. They will put up a T, .aiucr, if asked tO, but woe be 10 the man who takes it. A trip tO Europe Is the only means of escape. They will bring C suit on the slightest pretense, but usually tacrc no ground for complaint.
 ''Tbc desire to liti- gate seems Co be Over- powcrJug. One Of the women visits the courts regularly, has picked up a good knOwled ,c Cf law and can ask questions that would make the oldest practitioner scratch his head. Nearly all these pecul- .ar people are eccentric or mentally un- sound and most of them really believe that they have been injured and are en titled tO redress At one time there were several fine looking women who sought to get an audience with first class lawyers as well as business men for blackmailng pur- poses, and ii Is a rule in some offices that strange women are never seen by any member Cf the firm except when wit nesses are present It Is a peculiar thing that women clients who have legitimate business fin court form a violent antipathy acainst any one who is opposed 10 them and do not hesitate tO make known their Intense hatred by word and manner. n- New York Tribune.