Los Angeles herald., 1907-06-22
DEMANDS DAMAGES
OF CITY ATTORNEY
COMPLAINT CHARGES FRAUD
WAS COMMITTED
Son of llIiterate Man Declares Georqe
A. Skinner Secured $e4O of His
Fathers Money by Unfair
Methods
Long Beach Office,
i29 East Third Street
Phone-Home 29T.

LONG BEACH, June 21.-By papers filed
in the superior court yesterday by At
torney Minor P. Goodrich of San Pedro,
George A. Skinner, city attorney Of
Long Beach, is made defendant in a
suit to recover $S4O alleged to have been
wrongfully taken from Abel Hinshaw.
81 years old, who can neither read nor
write. The plaintiff in the case is w. ].
Hinshaw, son of the man who claims to
have been defrauded. The son has been
given his fathers power of attorney
had come but short time before from
his home in Lynn, Ind, to visit his son
here, became homesick and fretful Say
ing that he had heard that a guardian
was to be placed over him, he went to
Attorney SINNERS office and asked the
lawyer to help him get back to his home
in Indiana.
In company with Skinner. Hinshaw
went to the National bank of Long
Beach and drew out s12OO 1915 of which
was in the shape of draft drawn upon
the National bank of New York.
The following day. contrary to the re-
quest of w. ]. Hinshaw, the son, who
told Skinner that the elder Hinshaw was
being well taken care of, Skinner took
until after supper, refusing to let his
relatives see him, then placed him on an
electric car and went with him to Los
Angeles. There, advising him not to go
bought tickets and the two men boarded
train for st. Louis. Mo. From there,
according to the verbal agreement, Skin
ner was to start Hinshaw on his way to
Westminster, Ind, his final destination
Skinner changed his mind, however, and
made the trip with Hinshaw to Westmin-
ster. Then, leaving him at hotel, the
Irving house, the lawyer started back
toward Long Beach.
All of the money which Hinshaw had,
the complaint alleges, was turned over
| Silt. lzrrrt
ney. When the son wired east to learn
how much the trip had cost his father
he was informed that Skinner had re-
turned to the illiterate old man check
In a deposition made by the elder Hin
shaw recently he says that he asked
Skinner to return him portion of the
draft and that Skinner told him he could
not realize on it until 1t had been sent
to New York. The lawyer stated, more
over, it is alleged, that the draft would
trip. Hinshaw alleges that the exact
amount he was to pay Skinner was not
agreed upon should have been ample re-
thinks $135 should haEe been ample re-
muneration beyond the expenses of trip,
all of which were paid out of his money
This would have been at the rate of SIS
day for nine days.
Skinner said today that he had agreed
with Hinshaw to make the trip for
something over $780, and asserted that
he had witnesses to prove that they had
agreed on the exact remuneration. lie
said the suit is filed by the son of Abel
Hinshaw to cause him annoyance. w. ].
Hinshaw denies this emphatically and
expects TO win, judgment against the
attorney with the support of the deposit
ton received from his father.
The elder Hinshaw was never educated
and as a result of a recent attack of la
grippe suffers from mental depression
and slight arrangement at times, accord
ing to his sons statement. w. j. Hin
shaw declares that the case will be
fought hard against the city attorney.
He said that he had considered charging
Skinner with kidnapping his father
w. M. Thompson, a teamster was
thrown from the seat on his wagon yes
terday afternoon when he attempted
to drive under a low archway in
the city corral at Seventh street and OllVe
avenue His back was severely sprained.
He was removed to his home at Sixth
street and Junipero avenue in an ambu-
lance.
Deeds from the, Long Beach Bath
House company and from the Long Beach
Hotel company 10 a right of way for
sewer along the beach We're received by
the city council last night and the clerk
was instructed to have them recorded.
This cleared away the last obstruction In
the way of the long talked of sewer and
its construction will probably begin with
in few days
war, died last night at his home on
American avenue. He was GA years old
and came here from Ohio three years ago.
Funeral services were held this afternoon.
man, drank a small quantity of cleaning
fluid this morning at his home, 66 Lime
avenue thinking 1t was coffee. He was
under physicians care Tor several hoursi
The Interstate Dock and Lumber COM
pany Is looking for harbor property with
the idea of removing. its large plant from
the present site on the Salt Lake lne IN
A1o ornifos tn a noint on the larbOr.