The Atlanta constitution., 1897-02-22
CHARGES AGAINST HINES.
Mrs. E. E. Salter Charges Him With
Defrauding Her.

Quite sensational bill was filed in the
clerks office OF tho superior court In AT
lanta, Thursday morning.
Mrs. j.. l.. Saltcr charges Judge James Il.
Hines. the well-known populist leader and
ex-canddate for governor. with having de-
frauded her out of several thousand dol
lars during the time he acted as her attor-
ney. and asks that all the deeds ana notes
given by him in her name be cancelled.
Elias Daniels, W. .. Wadley and J. B
Daniels are also made defendants IN tne
bill. These gentlemen are at present ia
possession of property claimed by Mrs
Salter. and she asks that they be made 10
appear I'm court and deliver It over TO her
The bin Is quite a lengthy one, covering
seventeen pages of type-written legal cap
paper il is filed by Messrs. Golishtly &
Longino. attorneys Tor Mrs. Salter
The bill sets forth that Mrs. Saltcr owns
ses acres Of land in Burke county, worth
about sGea. on which the Planters Loan
and Savings bank. Of Augusta, has lien
for si09: "A place I'm oxford, Ca. worth
s2ea. on which there is a lien OF 5000 ana
another tract of land in Burke county Val
ued at S2e0o.
j is related that when Mrs. Salter's trus-
tee J. q. kimbau died he was succeeded
by Judge J. X. Hines. In whom she placed
explicit trust and confidence. leaving her
property entirely in his hands. He rented
tine property In Burke county 10 ". %.
Madley in 1902 for ssl1 the first year and
500 Tor each succeeding year up 90 oc'oper
:. Isg1 IL Is claimed that all this money.
amounting To S2.G0o. has been collected Win
the exception of one installmcut. b. Hines.
and that he has failed to account 30 her
for Il
once. the petitioner claims. she desired 10
obtain 81. -.a-tsu of which was % pay on
debt ON the property and $500 Tor her
personal use. Judge Hines informed Aet
that be could raise the money 81 she would
give him two notes signed IN blank lhls
she d.d. indorsing her bond for titles hcld
by the Augusta Savings bank in order that
the money might be borrowed without
trouble.
Instead Of getting $3.50 ON the notes,
Il Is alleged that Hines filled them IN for
$. .e.5 apiece and negotiated the loan with
man named Tyson. lie paid the S"o due
on the Burke county property, bni Mrs
Saiicr dl0 not receive amy Of the remaining
sI.l00
n is further claimed that Hines wrote
over AIRS. Saltc-'s signature a transfer or
bond Tor titles 10 himself for the 5oo acres.
valued al s6.0b3. and sold the same TO ELIAS
aud John L. Daniels for S,5so. paying her
none - me money.
During the whole time he has been In
charge of her property tho plaintiff alleges
that zhc has received but 500 from him.
l.. sold Tor taxes. IN fact, the petitioner al
Icg,.s that he has So fnismauagcG her prop
srty ANA defrauded her out Of the same,
and - converted the proceeds 10 hts own
usa. that She cannot now raise any money
OF it with which 10 pay the Indebtedness
aul provide for her personal wants
Hines. IL is claimed. is iHsolvent a.d a
Judgment against him could not be col
Iscted Therefore Mrs. SAlter prays that
the deed made to The paui"lsts be set aside
and AN Injunction granted restraining them
from disp0sing OF or transferring the prop
erfv 4 .u 'uurfiau iS ALSO asked Tor 10 pre-
vent Wadlcv from paying the rent that IS
due on the place TO the Danielses OF their
agents.
Judge Gambler read the bill and granted
a temporary injunction. lie also ordered
that Hines ana the other defendants ap-
pear before Julre f-umpkIu next Monday
ard show cause. why tho petitioner s. plea
should not h- granted
Hines Makes a Warm Denial
Judge J. X. Ifiucs IS out 81 "a card de-
nouncing every allegation IN tho bin re-
gently nIe1 against him by Airs. i. T. SAL
ter As absolutely false.
Mrs SaIter charges Hines with having
ra.smasagei hor property AMI defrauded
her out ~ severed thousand dollars. l1v-
cry settlement she makes IS denied by the
fudge and he claslns % have the proof 20
auistuar1te what DE says.
judge James A. Anderson who has ham
died some II Mrs Saltor's legal business
SASH saturday thlt Some or Judge liiae@
statements are correct. but hc s. OF tho
opinion that he is mistaken tn others
Judge Anderson was told - Ju,ige Hiness
statement and afte- reading ir carefully
sass.
'Yes. 81 is true ar. Palmer and myself
went over Judge Eincs's account with Mrs.
Salter ana found - 10 he correct IN All
except one or two little items. about which
There w.s some question We also found
that he has ludarse3 notes for n small
amount ror ,frs Sllter. These notes were
unratI at that ttme and ] don't know
whether they have been taken mp since or
not
"lf remember correctly. that Burke
county property was sold for either 81 so
OF 500. and not for s3oa1. as Judge Ii.ues
,iealar ] arn quite surc the deeds reaa
for one ~ thc two former amounts. There
was du- tae Augusta banking concern
some $3.50 or Sl.5p less than the purchase
price,
Every statement that Judge Hines denies
is e2pEc.tIE and fully set forth u Mrs
Siitar'- hIL consequently some interest
ius developments may be eNpeetcd when
the case comes up for q hearing.