The Washington times., 1895-06-26
leaving No LOOP HOLES
!.al5s' Lawyers Cut OFF Shy
locks Chance of Appeal.
REQUEST A TRIAL BY JURY
Declaration Submitted by Plaintiff
That Suit Is Brought for Recovery
of UsuriOus Observation-Disclosures ant's
Plea Denies the Loaning of Any
Money Whatever.

There was some more OF the laws delay
lnthe casea against Mr.. o. J Barrett trading
as the Capital Guarantee Loan Company
which was TO have been disposed of yes
terday before Justice Church. Mr. Rails
ston, for the complainant, aad AIr. Bailey,
Tor the defendant appeared promptly, as
did the parties in interest
On the call OF the case Alr RaIstcn an
nounced that in order to secure a final de
termination of the suit he would ask for
a trial by jury, no appeal being allowed
in cases so tried.
Justice Church thereupon ius listed that
there should be something in the shape of
formal pleadings so that au issue might be
joined rs provided by the statute
MR.. BAILEY'S OBJECTIONS
To the declaration, as first made, Mr..
Bailey raised the objection that, as it was
a statutory action it should set forth that
the action was upon a contract or agree
ment for loan, or the conveyance of
money between the plaintiff and defend
ant
Mi Ralston then submitted a declaration.
in which the plaintiff brings suit for 500. %
and costs, in the paper being an allegation
OF usurious interest
MI Bailey thereupon withdrew his OBJ
JectioHs and entered the following plea.
!. The defendant now comes, and for
plea says he is not indebted as alleged.
2. For further plea the defendant says
that neither the sum of S2475 nor any
otner sum OF money was loaned by him TO
the plaintiff as alleged
3. For further plea the defendant says
that neither the sum of $50 20 nor any
other sum OF money has been paid to him
by the plaintiff as and for usurious inter
est AS alleged.
PLAINTIFFS CLAIM
The plaintiff claims that in each OF the
months Of July, August, September,
October, November, December, January.
February and March in 1SG4-95, she paid
to the defendant, upon the sum OF S24.75
loaned aud paid her by defendant, the sum
OF SZ 20, being thereuuto required by the
defendant, the same being usurious interest
Mr. Bailey intiInated that any objections
he might have TO argue as to the iuris-
diction OF the court might be made in arrest
OF Judgment.
The justice then made out the venre
for the jury, and it was agreed that thee ase
SHAH be tried at 1:3o p. M to-day. The
plaintiff has been ready since last Friday
Inefe was quite crowd in court yester-
day, and among them some OF the next de-
PENDANTS in similar cases.
The summons has not yet been served
on the manager ofthe Washington Mortgage
Company. 1t was intended that the wrts
should be returnable to-day at p. M, but
the constable had not been able to find Mr.
Yenowine up to yesterday afternoon.
TWO DISTRESSED LADIES.
1--WE viii haveth hat furniture by Tomorrow
at IL o'clock" ," was the cruel uitimatum of
an agent of the Capitol Loan Guarantee
Company to two distressed ladies OF this
il i,t
would stir stole.
The two ladies in question were at The
Times office last evening. One OF them
IS the wife OF United States prisoner.
and the other is the mother OF the sorely-
distressed wife. Both have made a heroic
struggle for existence, and there appears in
The Times to-day an advertisement by
which they hope TO be able to sell val
liable piece OF their personal property to
make terms with the ineXorahle ShylOck
into whose hands they have fallen
A year ago last May the husband of the
complainant brought his family to Wash.
lngton in the hope of securing a government
job at 81 400 per annum. They brought
with them horse and carriage and fur
niture enough to furnish house with four
teen rooms. Delay in securing the promised
employment caused the young husband and
wife to borrow from the Capitol Loan
Company S2C0 on all their personal prop
erty last May a year ago. They were
charged for this Indulgence $1l.7O per
mouth exclusive of the record fees and all
that kind of thing.
HUSBAND WAS IN TROUBLE
In October last the husband got into
trouble with the United States govern
Inent, having for some tiIre been working
on a government job that paid $3.50 a
year, instead of 81 40, as expected.
The arrest and Imprisonment of the hus-
band Were shock that prostrated the
wife, and she became desperately ILL.,
The landlord came down with q heavy
hand for the rent due, by which they lost
all their furniture with q reservation of
$500 worth and the horse and carriage
Then when in these desperate straits the
Shylock company called on the wife in
her enfeebled condition, and she made four
separate notes to caEcel the debt which,
Notwithstanding the monthly payments, c
TO October amounted to moro than $500
Without friend or dollar the brave
little wife undertook to pay the notes
Her boarders decreased and at the time
when she needed them most She dis
missed all the help and she and her mother
did all the menial work Threats Of fore
closure were made every week until at
last they let the horse go at q sacrifice
OF $50. OF this half went for rent, which
is forty dollars a month, and half went
on the first note. Since the sale of the
horse their inability to pay has increased
and the agent of the company insists on
the money to-day at noon or the furniture
The agent was told that they had been