The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-11-27
QUICK CHASE FOR A CLIENT.
DRIVER HART, TO HIS SURPRISE,
THREATENS A SUIT.

Signs q Paper After an Accident, and
Before He Is Consulted Lawyer
Charles =. Miller Is on the Job with
Sugg estlon That THE SUM- Settle.
1t would seem to behoove people I'M
fortunate enough to be injured in this town
while in pursuit Of their business to be on
their guard against being lassoed by ono
OF the lawyers who make it their business
to look up accident cases.
As an illustration may be cited al ex-
perience which befell on Saturday p. ].
Hart, one of THE Suns drivers, who has
been in the employ OF The SUN for the
last seven years.
Hart was driving uptown IN Madison
avenue last Saturday morning when part
OF the harness Of the horse broke. In
trying to stop the horse he was thrown
out. He landed on his head and sustained
a bad scalp wound and some abrasions on
his face. The accident happened at 127th
street and Madison avenue.
Hart, who was bleeding from the wound
in his scalp, was helped into a drug store
and attended by a doctor. While he was
in the store q young man described by
Hart as being rather short and about rs
years old came in. He seemed very So
hcitous about Hart.
Hart wanted to convince his employers
that the accident had not happened through
any fault Of his and asked this man for his
name as a witness. The young man i'm
mediately said that he would give him his
card and took out one on which wa written
the name Of Charles s. Miller, a lawyer. at
$50 Broadway.
If you're going downtown I'll ride down
with you a way, said the man. He climbed
on the seat with Hart and on the way down
pulled out q sheet Of paper on which was
something typewriter.
Here, just put your name here, " n said
to Hart. Hart, who was still somewhat
dazed and hardly conscious OF what he was
doing, wrote his name at the bottom OF the
slip Of paper without knowing, he says,
what it was. As soon as he did 80 the
man said he guessed he'd get of.
Hart thought no more about the man who
had ridden with him on the wagon and re-
turned to The Sun building and reported
the accident. He was told to go home and
get fixed up. At 2 O'Clock on Saturday,
five hours after h accident had happened
and only two hours after Hart had finished
his duties and returned to THE SUN office,
The Sun received the following letter writ
ten on the letter paper of Charles s. Miller,
attorney and counsellor at law at 2SO Broad
way, n signed by Mr.. Miller.
Il have been retained by p. j. Hart to
begin an action for damages against you
for injuries sustained through your negli-
gence in supplying him with a defective
wagon to work with on the gath day of No
vember, 1905. Before instituting further
proceedings 1 will afford an opportunity
TO settle this case amicably, but I must hear
from you at once"
Hart, when he got home. found awaiting
him a letter from Miller asking him TO cal
at his Office at the earliest convenience.
He did not know what the letter meant until
he heard Of the letter written by Mr.. Miller
TO The Sun. He had not contemplated
any suit and had not even discussed such a
matter with the man who had handed him
the card in the drug store.
Miller has an Office, which he apparently
shares with several other lawyers, on the
fifth floor of the Stewart Building.
SUN reporter who tried to find him there
yesterday and get an explanation of this
manner OF doing pushes was informed
that he was out. He did not turn up the
rest of the afternoon.