The herald., 1896-11-12
0[D.||ME LAND SN|EDlES
Mrs. Sarah Rmbens Still
COmbative
SHE AGAIN SUES MARY \. MEAD
The Enemy Defending the Last
Entertainments
A CONTRACT NOT OBSERVED
A Curious Way Of Dealing Dat Justice at
Pasadena
The Husband 10 the Sargent Case Proves Too
Lenisnt
A Curious Way of Dealing Ont Justice at
Pasadena
The Husband 10 the Sargent Case Proves Too
Lenisnt
The Lottery Dealers Being Raided
A Defendant Gets Free on Habeas
Corpus-Ramish & Marsh
Sued for Royalty.

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subduable pugnacity the average wom-
| and can give man aces and spades ana
beat him out of sight. AS an instance
| of this characteristic the various suits
| in which Mrs. Sarah V. Rubens has fig
ured bear sufficient testimony For
years she has pursued, both in and out
| of the law courts, the men who robbed
her of her modest fortune, and while sue
| cess has not vet crowned her efforts
she is, apparently, as fresh as ever and
yesterday filed another complaint III
which she makes Mrs. Mary N Mead
defendant.
1t is to be remembered, too, that Mrs
Rubens is an aged lady bent with many
years, but her daughter, Miss Luella
RubenS, has been and is active in car
rying on the legal warfare inaugurated
by her mother.
1t was in 1891 that Mrs. Rubens first
fell into the tolls of a lot of schemeTs
of whom the late Alexander j. Mead,
real estate man, was one of the most
noted. The story of how he inveigled
Mrs. Rubens into several land deals, N
conjunction with Attorney W. H. Shinn,
not to mention a number of understrap-
umns of printed matter, and forms
most romantic commentary on the meth
DDS in vogue in this city during, and i'm
mediately after the BOOM Suffice it o
say that Mrs. Rubens was bleG of her
last cent and then, and not till then,
did she find out that the lands upon
which she had been induced to advance
heavy sums were wildcat properties of
the most pronounced character.
Mead found IL convenient tn die a a
most opportune moment, and his estate
benefited, it is said, very largely by mis-
shutting off this mortal COLI at the pre-
else moment he did. Be that as it may,
Mrs. Rubens began to take steps to re-
cover the moneys of which she had been
defrauded, and from that day to this
has camped on the trail. metaphorically
speaking, of the Shinn-Mead syndicate.
Some time ago Mrs. Mead. as admins
tratrix of the estate of Alexander j.
, Mead. and Shinn, who had been and
probably is now, her legal adviser SEEM
ed to get tired of the legal proceedin gs
that were hedging them in and threaten
ed disaster sooner or later, and weak
ened SO far as to temporize with their
enemy. An agreement was made, by the
terms of which it was understood that
if Mrs. Rubens would cease all litigation
and withdraw all suits but the one, that
Mrs. Mead would pay the judgment if
one made in her favor. This was dore,
and about month ago Judge York rem
dered judgment for Mrs Rubens in the
amount claimed. but Mrs. Mead had, it
appears. developed a fresh streak If
pugnacity. for she went back on h."
word and refused to keep her part of the
bargain.
Undismayed by this action Mrs. Ru-
bens again donned her legal armor that
she had laid aside, and ran a fresh TIL
against her adversary yesterday. she
filed complaint. Therein is stated. es
sentially, the facts set forth above, and
copy of the agreement referred to.
which is a. follows:
This agreement made on the 9th day
of June, 1896. by and between Sarah ".
Rubens of the first part, and Mary \.
Mead of the second part
Whereas. the said first party has two
actions pending in the superior court of
| Los Angeles county to recover damages
which she claims she has sustained by
reason of two loans of her money made
through the agency of the late Alexander
J. Mead.
'And, whereas. the parties hereto de.
sire that the controversies involved in
the said actions shall be determined with
the least possible expense, labor and
trouble. now, therefore. to accomplish
the said object the parties hereto do mu-
tualiy agree as follows.
"First-The said first party agrees to
Z Immediately dismiss her said action. AMI
that she will not recommence the SAID
action. or allow the same to be recon-
menced in her name or in the name Of
any other person as agent trustee, as.
signee or otherwise.
"Second-The said second party. IN
consideration of the promises arrees and
obligates herself. her heirs and assigns
/ to pay any final Judgment that may pc
her legal representative. in the said ac-
ton, said payment to be made on or be-
fore thirty days from the dav on which
the same shall be entered and dockete,l
in said action.
"SARAH V RT-HENS.
Witness: CAROLINE MEAD
w. H. SHINN. witness as to Mary
Mead
This document would seem to be fair-
~ plain and con1prehersiv ard MIR.
Rubens dismissed one action ard in ~
cry way fulfilled her Part of the CONTRACT
1t was on October 10th that firal in p
ment was entered in Judge yort's DE-
partment for Mrs. Rubens, and on NJ
Vember 10th she made demand on Mr.
Mead for payment. The last ramed 1adv
| refused to pay and. as matter Of ia u
mas tired to have rev trial granted her
( by Judge York. but without success
Now Mrs. Rubens asks for Judgment
FOR S4o522s. and it would appear under
ordinary Circumstance that. this grant
ed, the fight must end. But it won't
1T appears reasonably certain that the
| contract was merely device to insure
delay. and every legal quirk and bubble
that can postpone the paving back Of
one cent OF the sum that was robbed
from an old and defe, seless woman
will be Put forth in the Micawber-lilse
hope that something may turn IN that
VIII make such refund altogether un-
necessary.