The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-08-24

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Nv hat DO SoU meanE she cried, as the
old man paused for breath. who robbed
youl | take your money! l ungratefuls
You must be crazyP
ave had n society drama act for a few
minutes, and after | had restored quiet l
told her briefly the story OF her attorney
and how he had mulcted her beuef@ctor.
Then the truth came out. She had no CON
nection whatever with the attorney; did
not know him; had never heard OF him,
even, ana had given him no authority to
act for her--inuch less to extort money
from her cid friend. After parting with b.,
two years before, she had gone to work for
dressmaker on the west side, had learned
the trade, and was then working at it for
good wages, and was soon to be married.
The consciousness of guilt on meeting b.
was the cause of her embarrassment. AS
soon as | knew the truth, determined to
trap the attorney. I told B. to write him
| note saying that instead of making the next
payment at klnSeY's, he would prefer TO
meet him at my office, as he feared the re-
peated meetings at Kinsley's would attract
notice. The scoundrel, grown bold by sue
cess, walked into The snare. Wearranged TO
have Emma at my Office on that day. She
was sitting Ill my room when he came. he
asked for B., and told him, Yes, Mr.. 4.
said lie had an appointment with gentle
man there at that hour. Would he walk
inp He would, and ! ushered him into the
same room with Emma, watching him close
ly to see if any sign would pass between
them. He looked sharply at her, but his
face betrayed no token OF recognition.
Plainly he did not know her. B. arrived soon
after and he was shown into the same room.
B., tho attorney and sat close together
and conversed in low tones / told him that
l was B. IS attorney, and that l would advise
the payment of no more money, as deemed
it a Matchmaking scheme. Mr.. Attorney
grew indignant and raved about his client.
"'Who is your clientp / asked.
'Emma--.'
"'Do you know herF
OF course / know her.
Where is she; where does she liver
"'That | will not tell you
"'You say you know her and that she
has empowered you to act in this matter?
"'Most assuredly.'
"'You lie, you scoundrel. That young
lady is Emma, and you never saw her
before you entered this room.
THE fellows jaw dropped, and he looked
as though he was going to suffer from sea-
sickness. Emma opened on him and gave
MIN a tirst-class tongue-lashing. Then
| took hila in hand and told him that b. had
determ ned to make a fight, and that we
would swear out a warrant for his arrest
for Matchmaking, This took the sand out
of hun, and | made him sign paper ac-
knowledging that he had blackmailed b.
| When opened the door for him to pass out
| l saw that no one was Hooking, and
| planted my boot in the vicinity Of his coat
tails with a. vehemence that raised him off
| the floor Emma was married the next
month, and her best wedding present was
| from old B.
1.-The explanation of the whole scheme
| was that this attorney had learned of b. s
relations with Emma from the people at
whose house on Green street she had lived,
and had used the knowledge to blackmail
the poor, weak real-estate man"
'Oh, your man had no grit, " said another
| LAWYER Il knew of case once that was
| like yours-only different. A prominent
man here who. although well along in
years, is rather frisky, was caught by the
| chances of well preserved woman who
went to tae same church he honored and
made eyes at him. Their friendship pro-
gressed till it finally landed them in pleas
ant tete-a-tete in a room in an uptown
family hotel, where the lady in question
WAS boarding Having gotten him to her
| room she struck the victim for 81 600.
He refused: she threatened exposure; he
still refused and told her to depart to
| warmer chimes Then she got mad, and
| taking some of his outer garments she
raised the window and threw them out into
| the street.
1.-THE old man was game. He jerked
| open the door, which he had locked, break
| ing the bolt, and in rather light and airy
| costume made his way to the hotel office
| Here he sent one boy out on the street for his
clothes and another for policeman. By
! the time both messengers had returned and
| the old man had gotten into preSentabl =
| shape he took the policeman to the room
where he had had his unpleasant adventure,
but his late hostess had fed Exposure
would have almost ruined this man, but his
boldness and seeming recklessneSs saved
| him.
"Talking about cheek with would be
| blackmailers," said another lawyer, "a
certain lawyer in this town takes the bakery
He had been on very friendly terms with u
| lady, who, although not exactly OF the
haif-world, did net resemble Mrs. Caesar to
any degree. The lady went one day to this
lawyer and told him that she would need a
physicians attention shortly, and wanted
$500 to pay expenses.
I'm awfully sorry for you," said he,
"and I'm glad you came to me. If you'll
| tell me who is responsible for this I'll prose-
| cute him for you free of charge"
! This settled her.
| ''There are a hundred men and twice as
many women in Chicago who make living
by blaclunaling," said another attorney.
| s'Some of them sGrike their victim but once
and others levy a regular tribute of so
much per month. A favorite plan is to
watch some rich man who is suspected of a
weak side, and then on some particular
| occasion, such as grand party or wedding,
or something of that kind at his house, he
| is Mortified by having an attorney and a
| detective call at his house with warrant,
and a willingness not to disturb his pleas
ure if their demands are agreed to in a
| financial way.
"Another scheme is to have one of their
| female creatures secure employment at
some wealthy mans house, and attract
his attention in some way, and suddenly
! spring some charge against him, which
| in nine cases out of Ten is settled for
money.
1.-THE lax system regulating the private
detective agencies is responslb BILE for much of
| this work These institutions are an out
rage on our countrys liberty and should be
| wiped out of existence"
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