The sun., 1906-12-27
SHE ENJOINS A DE- LUXE MAN.
GAVE UP SI2,5O FOR HIS SHAKE
SPEARE AND THACKERAY.
Now Alleges That They Are Not Special
Editions. but Cheap Prints Gnterscaved
with Snowy Pletures-she wants 70
stop Her Cheeks and o. 900 Notes.

stop Her Cheeks and Q o. 900 Notes.
Mrs. Henrietta E. King has begun a suit
In the Supreme Court TO restrain Robert q.
Newbegin, a book dealer, from cashing, dis
counting or otherwise disposing of checks
amounting to $1,000 and eight promissory
notes Of 5000 each which she turned
over 20 him in exchange for de lure
editions Of Shakespeare and Thackeray.
Justice O'Gorman granted yesterday q re-
straining order. returnable on Friday, when
Newbegin must show cause why this order
should not he made permanent. Mrs.
Kings lawyers, Stern a 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 purchase Of the alleged de lure editions.
The deal was closed a few weeks ago.
Fisher represented, she says, that the books
were extra illustrated at great cost and
magnifioently bound. The editions, he told
her, were exclusive and unique, as only one
Of each set had been made up. They were
fairly worth $4,000 for the two sets, but
she could have them for 81, 500 as a special
bargain TO an old customer.
Ou III ibtT hAhe
says that some months ago she bought
from Newbegin a set Of President Roose-
velt's works, also extra Illustrated, unique
and exclusive. She paid 5000 for that set
and has since been informed by experts
that It is not worth over 81 500.
Fisher also represented, she says, that he
could easily find her a purchaser for the
Shakespeare and Thaokeray 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 a paper. She can
not 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, 30
many volumes at a time. She has since
learned, she says, that the papers were
twelve notes for 81 900, falling due in suc-
cessive months and covering the purchase
price of the two sets of books She gave
Fisher a check for $500 at the came time.
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 sl2 ,0O0 She did not get the books
either, as these were not 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
he $4,000, and then offered to surrender
six of the notes for s5 500 in checks. Mrs.
King was so anxious to get her notes back
that she agreed and on December Is she says
she gave King a check for IS 500 on the
Knickerbocker Trust Company.
But when il came TO getting hey 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
or New begins possession.
Mrs. King adds, on information and be-
lief, that Newbegin buys cheap and ordinary
editions and then changes the title pages,
interleaves the volumes with extra illustra-
tions OF a snowy but not valuable character
and binds them luxuriously. Thus finished,
she says he represents the books az specially
printed, bound and illustrated sets Of a rare
and costly nature.
Newbegin has not yet filed any answer
to Mrs. Kings charges.