The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-08-07

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against us. But We understand. All this j.
very IMMORAL, but what. would you have1 30
bSognessss ! avn Woui Sp9 IiSs ~ Give so sSery man Sis
due, but the honest claim againstu us is very eE-
ceptional. Men and women look upon the, troll
find such q concentration Of fraudulent forces
msnt 81 a great American trolley, line. Men
with old ,waeone And old horses deliberately
80 as to recover damages from us. Intoxicated
men who fall down on the, sidewalk and hurt
morning and say that they have been injured
by the trolley. Many claims are madc against
Us Tor accidents that MEYER occurred ScSea9 at al;
We get about thigty five accident : reports sorts
dents TO propeTty-broken windows, injured
apparatus, &C., About ten are worth more or
have indicted Injury on persons or property,
We have a stan of twelve men who work up all
| sIbiiity' then to tx amount Of dsmsge. The
report put In. by the conductor and motorman
how the thing happened. OF course the con!
ductor and motorman don't admit, as a rule.
en- tnSt tb they were %S ei g. fA mo:t and rSI,N ms have oS the 70 h ibSsv
pendent acknowledgements. for instance.
BY means Of this rigid Investigation attempts
,"Aimostevery claim made against us is fraud
dressed young, woman, cqme in my ONCE two
weeks ago and demanded damages for injury
said he H'iTe; had cost her, Ma0 She had Il WiTapped2
tRe in sS = Gscse In ! w S0s an s saG SSf s 1FSm her Ie t Se
no personal injury. Then told herto call In a
week. had one, Of my men carry the dress to
two years, and had only paid 500 for it in the
When the. young. woman called, again. /
showed her the Testimony, Of the dry, goods
had had the dress repaired twice. and the re-
t aIidSyyiEP paid eap1 Rsr sl Giisol Il / hsd a NOT p Sa4 asf
Injury, she, would have come &C us for nervous
injury on finding that she could not swl9dle us
Specialize and would have been honest any
where else, but the temptation to plumber the
gang Of sSwVinSdieSrss who, attempt to make US the
Of this was What vii 1' ca / the, isascs case. 4
ZT aiSipF Fa nan Sss snT Ss tS R 2 F9 tSrS sSlf P 9Ss that lsslt h ii
one OF our motormen. who started his car vio-
tlf6R 2sy T xiii 10 she Be Was G@or standing aoEa " pd in i IT. T 19ns
duCtor's report and found It. The conductor
and three INDEPENDENT witnesses declared that
motorman declared that there was no sudden
Il asked my visitor some. questions and
n rGm as his to 1,i SEND our %;d eTiSS Kan I'm ply Physician UnSt to to
6Se Il niS Tt to see u ali t the i a%H siaG StnS win IL
nesses of the accident: Our physician reported
f SsS n the fed IIHiTSly| Is se was ioH Esn ilms., The H. a T9P bsp
doctor had tested her thoroughly. He had tried
to make her feel all manner Of pain. even to
and a." T iesl IN Sa'f That ff loo Ifsf Ike Ike q l"S very s5l st RGiSss
SSs aSase sf to Wife VI S and s : IS5T T TO- hus S5SS 10000
one m0 og fh SURGEON sst IN was 95aa a spl SsM y5 ySEunf man man;
his skill and parpfulneSS. but / told him / AUS
Pected fraud He was sure that he could not
before the day Of the alleged accident thu;
young woman had been very strong and hearty.
Of that l easily got abundant testimony. When
her fall she was able 10 walk q little. but got
a shop before she had gone half a block. There
were a number Of witnesses TO this apparent
shop she sat down could tell a narrowing tale
OF ths coming on OF the paralysis: the young
The baker woman's assistant also could c STDab:
crate her mistress. and these women were evil
Mi. and Mrs. Isaacs both were sure that a
violent jerk Of the car threw the woman down.
On the face, OF it they had q splendid case
II l had believed Isaacs I would have bent
every energy to settling with him for a reduced
l thought our physician had been fooled in
"'The testimony of the three. independent
dent occurred had It's effect on me. but the
was his manner. He. looked me in the eyes all
the time he vas taking "a { but it was not the
kind Of impression on your Dc you believe
who would conspire to defraud.
so 1 called one of my best investigators and
put him on the case. ordering him to make,a
sSy s m I Iittis1 fs ffpl bs on b the iIa}gTsdb e m {qlly
was going for her claim. and meanwhile keep
his eyes open. He was told to find out how
and with whom in New York they We're ae.
quainted. After leaving the bed ridden woman
less ordinary - questions about the Is "a He
was to use his Judgment. and if he thought the
3 S t tSs the Iseoc right 6I.i %0% 0nd he he was S%sr to tell her her
take kEh her into our service temporarily: MI,
II. another woman who lived on the same floor
with Mrs. I~saacs. These women got into the
at night. The women took her and her hus-
band out to dances and various places OF
Every now and then isaacs called on me, and |
temEorized; said that | wanted TO settle. but
f6Gi4lS Gqs o @Rnt f I Tea mfiSPdSlSS M TT9m x tss to BS %se t6 q,
fellow to bring suit against US. When they had
sworn to their complaint and proceeded a little
lawyer and doctor in prison. II I could do that
after us and stop a lot Of dishonest work.
"Isaacs grew more and more desperate. and
my women spies carried to me what he said.
He became more and more threatening. /
begged him. not to sue, but professed to be
helpless in view OF the stupid parsimony Of the
company; He came o to $4,000. Still /
Come. he said. I need money. For cash I
will settle the case to-day for 5000
could not give you $780, / said. I am
only an agent, I can report what you say.
That is all, He went away. mutterIng and
threatening to send his lawyer to me. His law
yer came and fooled around for a week. threat
ening suit but all Of a sudden he stopped. and
bolted from the city. will always believe that
one OF my own men gave them the tip about
the red-hot, time that waited them II they for
mally brought suit.
Another case OF fraudulent paralysis was
worked by a middle-aged German woman. She
got OF one. Of our cars with a heavy market
basket and fell on the road, pretending that the
car had started suddenly while she was getting
on and had thrown her. Friends assisted her
ralysis; Expert physicians examined her and
were sure that II was a genuine case. One sur
geon doubted the complete paralysis. but
thought the woman was In a pretty bad way.
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