The times., 1899-04-13
PAYMENT STOPPED IN
THE MARKET CLAIMS
Checks Held Up by Lawyers
Who Want Their Fees.
Injunction Served on Auditor Petty
at the Last Minute.
Attorneys Demand Possession of
Their Clients Money. Thus to
Insure Their Reward.

Just as Auditor Petty was about to be-
gin payment of the Northern Liberty Mar
ket claims yesterday afternoon a restrain
ing order was served upon him and no
claims were paid The order had been
issued by Judge Cox yesterday afternoon
and it named Attorneys Solomon j. Fague,
William p. Wood, and ]. J. Hemphill as
the complainants.
These attorneys represented n majority
of the claimants when their bills were
argued before the courts and before Au-
ditor Payne, of the Supreme Court of the
District. Ii is stated that the attorneys
stipulated with their clients that they
should receive from 20 to 50 per cent Of
the amount of the claims for their services.
Auditor Petty holds that the money should
be paid 10 the claimants and not TO their
attorneys.
While the rolls were being signed yes
terday several persons who claimed to be
attorneys for some of the claimants were
seen in the Auditors Office. 1t is alleged
that they informed the claimants that un-
less they directed the Auditor TO turn
the checks over TO their attorneys much
Inconvenience and trouble would result
Auditor Petty informed the Commissioners
that unless they were absent the claimants
might be intimidated. The Commissioners
decided that the attorneys should be ruled
out and the Auditor was directed to ex-
ciude from his office, or that portion of il
IN which payments were being made, all
persons who were not claimants
The payment of the claims should have
begun at 10 o'clock yesterday morning but
the task of preparing 553 checks was so
great that they were not ready for delivery
until o'clock in the afternoon Al that
hour the restraining order of Judge Cox
was presented and Auditor Petty then de-
cided to withhold all checks until after
the matter has been amicably settled.
The order of the court fixes hearing
for April II. and unless an agreement is
reached before that time the Commits
sioners and the defendants will appear in
court. Tie defendants named in the bill
in addition to the three District Commis-
sioners are the following claimants:
George Holmes, Margaret Arnold, Teresa
Arnold. John E. Bayliss. John Myers. John
T. Bottomley. William A. Bottomley, John
Andrews, James Byron, Mary Cahill, Mary
Campbell, Jacob II. Collins, Ann $. Cald-
well, Elizabeth R. Dunning. Sussnnah Van
Horn, Joseph II. Crown, Mary F. Crown,
Mary A. Crowley, Ruth a. Windsor Laura
" Naylor, John R. Crowley, John Dunn,
Murray Donaldson, Joseph Geier, George
B. Gartreli, Christiana Grower Hobson
C. Goodman, Mary J. Homiller Frederick
Heller Caroline Heller, William F. Jaiser,
Eleanor Kaiser. James H. Keller, Ella S.
Keese, William j. Davis. Efie Tichenor,
Martin W. Leese, Virginius S. Motion,
Virginia A. Miller. George E. Miller,
Charles H. Miller, William w. Miller, Ray
Pyles, John Pyles. Elizabeth V. Norris
Mary A. Hammer, John F. Poore, william
II. Poore, William II. Poorr, Albert Pea
cock. John A. Purner. Frederick Purner,
John H. Richardson, William F. Reamer
William E. Stuart Anna NJ. Schultz. Ott-
mar Sonnemann, J. Hoffman Smith. Sarah
Sparrow. Virginia Seebold, TOMS Schnei-
der, George w. Sanford, Ida NJ. Pumphrey,
George W. McElfresh, Annie Tucker,
Mary E. Dunning, Samuel L. Dunning,
Mary j. H. Plummer, and Charles F.
Homiller.
The Commissioners will meet in board
session at II o'clock this morning and con-
slider every phase of the matter 1t is not
believed that they will interfere in the
matter, but will let it take its natural
course.