The morning times., 1895-07-13
How Er-PuIiCe Sergeant MuIIaIy
Lends His Money.
ONLY SIX PER CENT. he SAYS
Nevertheless Colored Messenger
hawkins Has Already Paid Him
E1nety-Ntne Dollars on q Note For
Ninety and There Are Sixty Dollars
Still Due-Shylock Still on the Force.

I Money lending to District government
Clerks as a paying business received some
attention q few days ago in The Times.
Fhere are more money lenders than one
40 this Gsncumonious trade, all of the
papers II which are all right on their
face.
"A One OF the principal lenders TO the clerks
and Others is ex-Police sergt. Mullaly, who
ts even now IN the employ OF the District
Government. He is still q policeman, but
one who has the repute Of being worth
$50 900.
Thomas Hawkins, colored, a messenger
So the District government building, has
been entangled with this money lender
Hawkins says he borrowed $50 at a time
when he was sorely pressed for money.
The lender had him 10 execute nine notes,
seven Of which were for Sl1 each and two
for Sl9.
Wheuthe notes were firstmade, ointerest
was specified, and q red line was drawn
through the blank space left on note for the
insertion or the interest rate. For some
fe6on the lender came back with the notes
70 the messenger and had him TO erase the
red line and write six per cent in the space.
"A MORE THAN THE PRINCIPAL.
h This happened j n 1898. Since then
Hawkins says be has paid up four OF the
notes, making S44, ana So a month for
eleven months, making S55, which, added
TO the S44, makes S99 he has paid on $50
note.
The messenger says he has been in
formed by the eX-sergeant that there is
Rtill due $50, and that such a statement
has been made to Commissioner Ross.
This money-lender, by the way, was paid
50 for each OF the eleven month by Aud
ttcr J. f. Petty out OF the salary Of the
messenger, and everybody in the depart
Enent knows him TO be a moEey-lender who
Is not in the business from philanthrOpic
motives.
1t is quite probable, however, that the
District building Officers do not know for
what reasons and with what charges of
interest these monthly payments are made
~ the clerk.
This moneylender and the messenger
and The Times met yesterday in the first
corridor OF the District building The
messenger desired TO know when the
Thoneyed man would send him a written
statement 70 prove that there was $50
stu due The policeman said that he
hadn't time yet.
The Times asked him what interest he
had charged the messenger.
ONLY SIX PER CENT.
''oh, only 6 per cent, was the prompt
reply.
he was then asked if an eleven-doIar
note with 6 per cent interest meant per
cent on q loan of SO. He begged to be
excused FROM answering, except that the
papers would show for themselves.
The messenger brought down four OF the
paid-Up notes 60 The Times yesterday, and
they are made out for SlI month with
per cent Interest
The messenger then insisted on an ex-
PLANTATION Of the SEQ still due. The lender
differed with him, stating that 1T was only
about 500, and yet the messenger has re-
oeipts and dpeia-up notes TO the eamountofS9e.
A somewhat singular phase OF the case
1s that the poneyIender is credited with
having sndeeveTed TO force payment Of
this money Which he claims 10 be due,
through one Of the higher Officers Of the
building.
1t is not likely that the claim can be
pushed through IN that way.
Editor Times: AS you have so ably rem
oered effective service In bringing about
several important reforms, wish 10 sug-
Eest one OF great benefit generally TO the
thousands Of government employees in this
city.
As the case now stands, every one of
them is q subject for blaokmajl by any un-
prIncipled creditor who may come along
and exact more than his due Tor invariably
instead OF bringing suit at law they
threaten 10 file charges before the depart
ment, and under a Democratic admjnistra-
tioD many employees settle claims which no
court would Compel them TO pay, for fear
OF dismissal,
Th4 saeIfd not be SO. The heads OF