The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-01-08

popss really purpoeosa y authuiss -
lawyer = 6aein suit whsa IL UAn I'D
signed the lawyer explaAped whe be Wa
end said mat ~ now had power Of aeter-
meg to aot and Drccseded 10 snstrAct the
injured man.
"Ths lawyer gave hlm iessoa 10 feisp:
ing deep-eeated internal injunes; mow0
him how to pretend 10 have deranse-
ment OF the nervous system due to the &C.
csdent.
"The lawyer had literally to be kicked
out before he would cease annoying has
alleged client. ] got proof Of number Of
| frauds committed by this same man. but
he Is still loose ana worrying away at US.
"Our company has about six claims per
day made against It as result OF the
| thirty three accidents spoken Of There
are occasionally honest claims, but the
| rule Is fraud 10 greater or less extent.
| Not that we do not injure people by our
negligence at tirnee, but that they do not
tell the truth about how 1t happenedN
| wouldn't believe an angel II he was the
| plaintiff in a trolley damage suit. II he was
| suing for an injured wing he could no.
| help exaggerating the extent Of the Injury
and stretching the truth about the manner
Of happening to make It appear that he
was quite free from negligence.
People who will be truthful under
ordinary circumstances seem to think 1t is
/ no harm to cheat railway company. I
doH't believe there's any place on earth
where so many fraudulent forces concen-
/ trate their attack as In the clam depart
ment of a great American railroad.
| In my own experience had u woman
who simulated paralysis of the lower limbs
so well as to deceive oiir surgeon, clever.
! careful and perfectly honest young man.
| She stood all sorts Of tests without WING
ing, even allowing the doctors TO thrust
| needles uI5er her toe nails and making no
/ sign. Yet she was fraud with no more
paralysis than myself, and at night when
she thought she was not watched SHE would
| slip out 10 dance or a theater and be as
timber as any one. Little did she know
/ that the boon companions who took her
about were our agents. There was gang
which included a lawyer and doctor behind
her, aud came nearly bagging the lot but
| they got wind OF 1t, / think through one
OF my own men, ana ran away.
THAT, of course is an exceptional fraud
The usual fraud is exaggeratlon. Men who
| have lost $50 in wages and paid doc
tors bil4 of S2' tell US they have lost $500
and paid out $500. Women whose clothing
| have been injured swear that it is worth
three times as much as it really cost.
There are trolley damage doctors whom
! Mr.. Mcintyre will encounter These make
| "a business of getting into their hands men
or women who have, been injured by the
| cars. sometimes they are carried TO their
| homes and attended tilD They are induced to
sign power of attorney giving the doc
| tor the right to represent them for the
| purpose OF settlement with the company.
| Frequently these doctors are q source OF
| lenefit to u.s. as they prevent the case
| from getting into the hands OF lawyers
| Who would mulct us in some large amount.
while the doctor is contented to make
| double his fees.
"some OF the hospitals are scenes OF
| diamond cut diamond strife between oul
representatives and the representatives OF
| the speculative damage suit lawyers. All
| sorts of preteXt are invented for seeing
| the injured men. The runners pretend 10
be relatives or to lie sent by relatives.
| They get the sick mans signature to papers
| authorizing them to begin suit on some
| false pretext, ana reconcile him to the
/ accomplished fact by telling about the
| fortunes to be obtained.
"There are some lawyers who make a
business of betl aging their clients. They
settle with the corporations on their
clients behalf for a small amount and re-
ceive secret bonus from the company
for so doing. Some very favorable settle
ments are obtained by corporations in that
manner, ana the lawyers In question arc
| welcome visitors"