Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-12-27
ENJOINS BOOK AGENTS
WOMAN SAYS SHE WAS SWIM
DIED ON RARE EDITIONS.
Contracted for De Luxe Prints OF the
Works of Roosevelt, Shakespeare
and Thackeray-Case in Court.

NEW YORK, December %. - Mrs
Henrietta E. King has begun a suit
in the supreme court to restrain Robert u.
Newbegin. book dealer. from cashing, dis
counting or otherwise disposing of checks
amounting to 5000 and eight prc.nfssory
notes of $1,000 each which she turned
over to him in exchange for de luxe edi-
tons of Shakespeare and Thackeray. Jus
tee O'Gorman grant yesterday restrain
ing order, returnable on Friday, when
New begin must show cause why this order
should not be made permanent. Mrs. King s
lawyers Stern & Rushmore, obtained the
order.
In her affidavit Mrs. King sets forth that
Newbegin's representative. a book agent
named Fisher induced her to contract for
the purcha Sc of the alleged de luxe editions.
The deal was Closed few weeks ago.
Fisher represented she says, that the books
were extra Illustrated at great cost and
magnifcently bound. The editions, he told
her. were. exclusive and unique. as only one
of each set had been made up. They We're
fairly worth $4,000 for the Two sets. but
she could have them for $4,000 as special
bargain to an Old customer.
The Presidents Works.
Further on in her affidavit Mrs. King
says that some months ago she bought
velt's works also extra illustrated, unique
and exclusive. She paid $1,000 for that set
and has since been informed by experts
that it is not worth over 81 800.
Fisher also represented, she says, that he
could easily find her a purchaser for the
Shakespeare and Thackeray sets who would
pay $4,000 for each. After a number OF
visits, during which she says the book agent
described his wares in glowing terms, she
was induced to sign paper. She cannot
remember the contents of the paper, but
soon afterward Fisher got her to sign
twelve more papers, which she believed to
be agreements to buy the various books. so
many volumes at a time. She has since
learned she says. that the papers were
twelve notes for 81 600 falling due in sue
cessive months and covering the purchase
price of the two sets of books. She gave
Fisher a check for $500 at the same time.
Checks for Notes.
Mrs. King says that she became very
much worried and nervous over what she
had done. especially on learning that she
had signed notes for 12,0OO. She did not get
the books either. these were mot ready
She complained to Fisher, and he told her
that he had a customer in st. Louis who
had offered to buy the books. He proposed
to write to this man that the selling price
would be $20.0D. and then offered to sur
render six of the notes for 5000 in checks.
Mrs. King was so anxious to get her notes
back that she agreed, and on December IS
she says she gave King check for $500
on the Knickerbocker Trust Company.
But when it came to getting her notes
back she found that Fisher had brought
only four of the notes. He promised to
bring the other two later. she says. but
failed to do so. and the eight are still in
Fishers Newbegins possession.
Mrs. King ADDS. on information and belief
that Newbegin buys cheap and ordinary
editions and then changes the title pages.
nterleaves the volumes with extra illustra-
tons of snowy but not valuable charac
ter and binds them luXuriously. Thus fin
ished she says he represents the books as
specially printed bound and illustrated sets
of rare and costly nature.
Newbegin has not yet filed any answer to
Mrs. Kings charges.