The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-07-12
CAN'T BE EvTCrED.
A Kansas City Citizen Gets His House
Rent Free.
From the Kansas City Star

From the Kansas City Star.
There is a certain class of tenants who
act on the principle that it's cheaper to
move than to pay rent" but there is one
man in Kansas City who has even bet
ter scheme than that His name is AL
bert Savage. He is an ex-deputy consta-
BILE was once a revenue gauger at Lone
Jack, and is well known in ward politics.
Savage was strolling about the south
eFn part of the city a little more than a
year ago, when he saw a little frame
house which suited him. 1t was at 1909
Bales avenue, had a nice front yard, was
in good repair, and altogether he fancied
IL was Just the house for him and his fam
lily. Seeing the landlord and making
terms with him he concluded was an en-
tirely unnecessary formality. so on the
first bright day he packed his household
on wagon and carted it out to the
house. In few hours he was snugly
| housed in his new dwelling. All the
comforts of home were his In the even
ing he sat on the front porch reading his
newspaper with the air of a landed pro-
prietor lookingover his estates.
Some months ago William Shanks of
San Diego, Cal, bought the property and
| intrusted it to an agent to rent for him
| The agent tackled card on the house, but
Savage, in high indignation at the intru-
sion, took IL down. Persons sent to look
! at she house by the agent were summarily
! ordered on the premises. Savage told
| them he lived in that house, and he
wanted them to know that while he was
there he was boss. Finally the agent
threw up the sponge. Another agent un-
( dertook to rent the house, but Savage
was one too many for him, and he, too.
gave ii up.
When these things were reported to
the owner he grew trife nervous about
his purchase. He directed his latest
agent, A a. Tomlinson, to see a lawyer
Mr.. Tomlinson consulted Mr. Chapman
of Brown, Chapman Il Brown, and a
council of war was held.
Mr.. Chapman served notice to Savage
| to move forthwith, but he merely took
the notice and said stit1y. Very well.
sir, ! will file this with the rest of the pa
pers in the case
Tins was annoying. How was the law
yer TO get him out of the house! He had
not paid cent Of rent but there he was
secure as if he were in his own castle.
calm, naughty and arrogant He could
not be elected as a tenant, for he was not
tenant. lie was mere trespasser, and
TO eject treSpasser the Missouri laws
give no way except by an action of eject
ment This would take perhaps months
before being brought TO final ad ustmeut.
Lawyer Chapman decided il was his
suit in the circuit court to elect the OBJ
streperous Savage. Last Tuesday the
case was to be called at Independence.
Monday Savage walked into MIR. Chan
mans Office and handed him a paper. it
was a notice that Savage would apply for
change Of venue TO Saline county on the
alleged ground that the people here are
preludiced against him The motion
would almost certainly be granted and
the trial would be put of months longer.
Meanwhile, Savage would be- living i'm
house for which he was not paving a cent
OF rent. Mr.. Chapman was in despair.
When the notion was called by judge
Scarritt Tuesday AIR Chapman offered TO
compromise with Savage by letting him
occupy the house until July ] il he would
then relnqulsh possession Savage came
back with counter proposition to.giy,
up TIE house II be would be allowed 10 rr
main in 10 until Aug. ]. The lawyer
agreed, and TN Aug. Savage win stay
A wel-knoWu real estate agent familiar
with me facts saws that for bluf and pall
he certainly deserves the grand prlA.