The morning times., 1895-07-04
PUSHING THE sHYL0cKS
Complaints from All Sides to the
Legal Advice Bureau.
ITS FIRST VICTORY WON
Not Against Money Shark but Man
who Was Unfair-One of the Mort
gage Companies and an Individual
Vampire Piaying shuttlecock and
BattIedore with Borrower.


To settle or not to settle, with the
chances largely yin6avor of the affirmative,
is the question: agitating the SAylock COM
panies.
1t is reported that there are thirty cases
pending against the companies in which
jury trials may be had and that a majority
OF these have been submitted to the com
panes for action. Those who were not
inclined, previous to the success of The
Times attorneys in the Messer case, TO
bring suit are now coming in with their
documents and win press them at the first
opportunity.
Should the saylocks settle these thirty
cases it will save them about $3.50 in cold
cash. as the costs viii be in that neighbor-
hood.
THE BUREAUS FIRST VICTORY.
The Bureau OF Legal Advice of The
Times, conducted by Messrs. Ralston &
Siddons, went into court yesterday for the
first time and scored point by winning its
first suit. The plaintiff was Mrs. Lucilla E.
Barnes and the defendant Col. George II.
IngrSham, a clerk in tie War Department.
Mrs. Barnes stated her case TO the law
yers, and they advised her to bring suit.
Mrs. Barnes owned some furniture which
she rented out to Col. Ingraham without
making any specific agreement as to the
rent to be paid. After the furniture had
been i'll use for several months, and, as
she stated, considerably damaged and worn,
she was Offered only 81 in payment OF
the rent, This did not strike Mrs Barnes
as a fair consideration, so she brought
suit TO recover an equitable compensation.
TRIAL OF THE CASE.
The case came up before Justice Taylor
~
pearing for Mr. Ingraham The testi-
mony OF several persons acquainted with
the values in such cases was to the effect
that $50 would be fairrental. There was,
however, an irreconciIable dispute as to
the length OF time the furniture was in
use. The justice took all things into con-
sideratia2 and gave Judgment for Mrs.
Barnes Ysr $40.
1t is not known whether there viii be
an appeal from the Judgment of the JUS
tice.
This case is only a fererumer of others
to be tried a an early day
Whether it was that yesterday was the
eve of the Fourth of July, or the cases
are multiplying with alarming rapidity,
there was a big rush OF business at the
| bureau yesterday Most of them are for
debts alleged to be due, small amounts To
those who owe them, but considerable
items TO the poor creditors.
THROWN OUT BY HER LANDLORD.
One of the cases yesterday was that Of
a coloTed woman, who arrived post haste
to say that a landlord had dumped her
things out in the alley where she lived
| She wanted an Immediate investigation.
| 1t was one of the cases in which hurry
was or no avail. The complainant alleges
| that the landlords agent actually broke
into the house to effect the distress.
| This part of her story, il true, may make
an interesting feature of the case.
The ShyIock clientele is also increasing
| Quite a number OF them with papers and
| other evidences of fraud appeared yester-
! day, but as yet there is nothing different
| in the ways and means of doing business
| in these cases from the others. except IN
| one case, which VIII soon come TO trial
| One of the Sbylock companies, it Will be
shown had one of the individual Shylock's
! securities and vice versa. The poor man
| when he went to the company to borrow
| money found there the deed Of trust he
| had given to the ShyloCE solo. and when
| he went back 10 the latter he found the
| deed of trust to the company. Truly, he
| was bet ween the devil and the deep blue
sea, the devil singular and plural