Arizona weekly citizen., 1888-04-21
2ALLERS ON LAWYERS.
THE PRECAUTIONS THAT ARE TAKEN AGAINST BoRES AND cRANKS.

Hou Mistakes Are Sometimes Made.
 People Who Are Hardest to Get Rid of
 Troublesome Women Cllents-Desire
 for Litigation
 People who visit the offices of prominent lawyers find that they are usually cooped up in little dens of their own, and laby- rinthine passages and inquisitive 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 and their intentions thoroughly Sifted before they can gain access. This exclusiveness is matter of protection, and while the incivility of clerks aTrt middle men may be trying to the temper of q perscn having a right fin 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, anc be driven to the verge of suicide by bOres.
 'sThe reception rOom," said the chief clerk of a large law firm to a reporter. "has many queer people in it at times There are q set of cranks of the most Hn- moving kind who make the rounds of the leading law firms in the city. They are born litiganls. Some of them have money; the most of them have none. Whenever a man comes into an office fol the first time and unrOlls an old map or apy other document with the yellow tinge of age on it the guns are at once trrined on him. Mistakes are sometimes made. IL does Dot always do 10 size up man from appearances. My resignation was asked once because sat down hard on client who could sign his check for mill ton but looked like a tramp. That's one ser1ous drawback; millionaires do not d. ways look like it.
 HARD TO GET RID OF.
 "The people who own half the city and can prove t and those who are interested in inventions and patents are the hardest 10 get rid of. If they can get hold with an eyelid 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- uess One smart fellow got us to bring s suit for damages against a well known business man Our client had doCuren- :ary proof that made a splendid case and would have stood in any court, but when .he case came to trial it was shown that .he people and facts were drawn from his own imagination and the case was thrown out of court. It was the third time he had fooled lawyer, but Rs he paid for h fun no hearts were broken
 "1'he women clients of this kind are the most troublesome. They insist on seeing the hesd of the firm without telling their business to any one else. To tell them a little lie about his being out is no good, for they will sit the whole day, if neces- sary. to test the statement There are three or four women who have money and spend their time going the rounds Of the prominent lawyers, trying to enlist them In some imaginary suit. They will put up n retainer, if asked to, but woe be to the man who takes it. A trip to Europe is the only means of escape. They will bring a suit on the slightest pretense, but usually there Is no ground for complaint.
 "The desire 10 litigate seems to be over towering One of the women visits the courts regularly, has picked up good knowledge of law and can ask questions that ouid make the oldest practitioner scratch his head. Nearly all these pecul- jar 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 Gne looking women who sought to get an audience with first class lawyers as well as business men for blackmAiling pur- poses, and it is a rule in some offices that strange women are never seen by any member of the firm except when wit aesses are present IL is . peculiar thing hat women clients who have legitimate business in court form a violent antipathy against any one who is opposed to them and do not hesitate to make known their intense hatred by word and manner"- New York Tribune