The herald., 1896-11-11
A LOAN OFFICE CASE
Mrs. Vosberg Loses a Luz
crative Business
arrested At san FRANCISCO
And Acquitted Of Wrong " hen
Brought TO Trial
A VERDICT FOR PERRAUD
Gaudino Held a Neighbours Horses for
Ransom at $40 a Head
Curious Ending Of the San Pedro "Baby y
Lobster Case
Arguments on the Rowland Estate Peti-
ton Case-The Beal Divorce Case
A VERDICT FOR PERRAUD
Gaudino Held a Neighbours Horses for
Ransom at $40 q Head
Curious Ending Of the San Pedro "Baby
Lobster Case
Arguments on the Rowland Estate Petit
ton Case-The Beal Divorce Case
to be Reopened-The Holli-
day Case on Appeal.

Some time ago a most interesting
story was told in The Herald which IL
Illustrated, in part. the methods of the
loan offices, which are carried on by
men who reap benefit by the adversely
of their fellows.
The foundation facts upon which the
story referred to were based were en-
bodied in a complaint filed in the SUI
perior court yesterday, in the suit Of
Maria A. Vosberg against Clark Shaw.
While the essential facts will probably
be yet fresh in the mind of the public
a very brief resume of the case may not
be amiss at this point.
Mrs. Vosberg came to this city from
the east on account of the i'll health If
her husband. In order to exc out her
Broadway and Fourth streets, and in Or
der to do so in good style obtained a
loan from the Union Loan company, Of
which Clark Shaw is the manager, IN
the Stimson block. Mrs. Vosberg WAS
recommended to Mr.. Shaw for the reason
that he came from the same town in
Michigan as herself. She became quite
intimate with him and he, on his part,
professed great friendliness.
Some time after Mrs. Vosberg deter
mined to return east to investigate
what, on it's face, appeared to have been
a fraudulent sale of her homestead.
She visited Mr.. Shaw, and as she claims,
he advised her to go. as she stood to
lose several hundreds of dollars. 1t was
explained to him by Mrs. Vosberg that
after stocking her restaurant for the
time she expected to be absent, and en-
gaging a proper person to look out for
her interests in that regard, it would
be necessary for her first to go to San
Francisco for the purpose of seeing her
brother and getting enough money from
him to defray the expenses of her trip
On this understanding she started off
She had not been in San Francisco
however, for twenty-four hours before
| she was arrested a the instance of Clark
| Shaw, and brought back a prisoner to
| this city to find that Shaw had fore
closed on the restaurant and to answer
/ criminal charge. Upon being brougn
up for examination Mrs. Vosberg was
| eXonerated from all blame and was dis
| charged from custody.
That, in epitomized form, is the stor.
| of the grievance of Mrs. Vosberg. Fol
second cause of action it is recited ir
! the complaint that Shaw obtained 500
from the PLAINTIFF in trust and returned
only $500 of the amount
In one way Mrs. Vosberg is not entitled
to much sympathy for this loss, for, &C.
cording to her own story. it was after he,
arrest. and when she had found on
! the true character of Shaw, that she
permitted him to extort from her tn,
$1C0 in order. as she said, that he Nigh
keep 1T for her until she had fully re
covered her strength after the trials sh,
had gone through. To the average min,
1t Will seem as if she should have bee,
profoundly grateful to Shaw for haviu;
had the grace to return $780, the reten
ton of only 5000 being, if her statement
are correct. a moderate amount to los
| under the circumstances
The case has many curious features
and the trial of the case will be watchn,
with interest.