The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-11-24
THEY WANT TO SEE SLOAN.
Savannah Men and the Continental
Collection Union.

Collection Union.
half a dozen Savannah lawyers would
like to have look at W. n. Sloan. whose
name figures at the head Of the Continental
Collection Union Of Cincinnati. O., pub
Usher Of Slosn's Legal and Financial Reg
lister, but it is not likely they will have a
chance very soon, unless they go outside Of
Georgia.
What looks like an attempt to blackmaiI
some or the most prominent lawyers 10
lfeorgiA has been going on for some time,
out 1t did not get 70 the outside world until
the distribution Of the circular pub
lished in the MORNING News day
before yesterday, charscterizing some
OF the leading attorneys Of the
state as unreliable. Among the number so
published by Sloan are Lester g. Ravenel of
this city. The high standing Of the firm
caused considerable curiosity Co know what
connection IL had with the Cincinnati con-
Germ. A MORNING NEWS reporter saw
Mr.. havenel yesterday and asked him about
the union.
Il subscribed to Sloan's Legal and FL
ndncIdt Register for one year. 1885," re-
piled Mr.. Ravenel land paid for it and at
the time of paying notified llr. Sloan to
discontinue our subscription after that
year, as the subscription was for one year
only. At the commencement Of another
year. 1880, he sent his book and a draft was
drawn for that years subscription, which
also paid, again telling him to discontinue
at the expiration of the time for which l
was paying. In 1891, he again
drew on our firm for sub
scription and refused to pay the draft,
Whereupon Sloan wrote that he had our
written agreement to pay l wrote him to
send the contract, and IL it were as stated,
would pay his draft He sent the contract
through the Citizens Bank Of this city,
with draft. Upon inspection of the oon-
tract, found was correct. The contract,
while printed for three years, had been
changed by me before signing by erasing
the words per annual, annually in adj
ip +. and and writing nftng in ink <
This change wss made with tbs ' oonsa TIy Of
the agent who took our subscription, and
was made for the purpose Of limiting our
subscription to one year. In sending our
contract through the bank there had been
pasted over 1t notice to the bank which
excluded from view the change had made
in It, and 1t was oply by holding 1t up to
the light that the change could be seen. 1
then wrote Mr.. Sloan, telling him / had
read the contract, and by It's terms had
paid for one year more than had subscribed
for. and refused to pay his draft heard
nothing more from him until the slanderous
circular was sent to our office Saturday,
together with printed letter threatening
to have the equivalent of the. bill unless we
paid 1t. There can be little doubt that the
whole matter is a scheme to extort money"
A number of other Savannah men, law
yers and others, were named In the circular
letter, the evident intention of which, from
its wording, was blackmail, among them
John Sullivan Schley, Fraser & Wilson and
G. II. Dorsett. A number Of indictments
are pending in Atlanta against Sloan and
an effort has been made to bring
him to Georgia, but without
success 30 far. Judge Tompkins, who
was one OF the men denounced by Sloan,
has been endeavoring to bring him to JUS
tiee.