The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-08-01
GARY IS BLESSED
WITH LEGAL LIGHTS
Forty-four Attorneys There,
Some to Make Money,
Others a Living.
THEY PITY THE POOR CLIENT
Lawyers Hover Around Him Day and
Night-They Need His Dough,
and Get All That is Loose.

Lawyers in front of you. lawyers be-
hind you, lawyers to the left of you.
lawyers to the right of you. and some of
them on top of you II the people of
Gary violate the law it is their own fault.
Do you realize citizens OF Gary, that
there are forty-four attoroneys in this
city willing, aye, really anxious to ad-
wise you, to plead your cases. to pre-
pare your legal documents? Gary has
proven a magnetic attraction to law
yers of varied character. some good,
some bad and a multitude of indiffer-
emit
How many sleepless nights of worry
that would be transformed into peri
DDS of peaceful slumber if the business
men of this city could say to the world
that the supply of houses equaIled tht
supply of lawyers Or that Gary had
an equal number Of millionaires, paved
streets or four story buildings. But if
the attorneys can stand it. Gary is
glad TO have them here. All of them
are eating and clothing themselvts (to
a certain extenD thereby being
profit to the merchants. In addition
70 this, they are paying hundreds of
dollars month for office rent, making
the erection of office buildings a prof.
tablt investment. and all of them, of
course materially raise the grade o
citizenship SO who cares?
Survival of the Fittest.
II the meantime the plethora of le-
gal lights have swooped down upon
this city are crushing and trampling
upon each other to reach the top, many
of them to keep their heads above wa
ter, and the fight, witnessed from a
birds eye view is well worth watch
ing. To secure client with the nee
essary filthy lucre, is like getting mon
ey from home Forty-four varieties in
all are clamoring and scratching
around for client like flies about a
piece of cake. But they are all stick
ers, every one of them. Each one ex-
lists in the hope that the other will
pull out for greener fields, but yet
there has been but one or two in the
history of the city that have abandon
I'd the practice.
At the present time there are $4,000
people in the steel city, but the legal
business for its size is serious. Liti-
cation of every description is con-
stantly pending in the lower or higher
courts from this city The amount of
: work done would do justice to a city
three times the size of Gary. Besides
the extensive criminal practice, there
are corporations hundreds of alb
stracts to be examined. many contracts
remonstrances and many other mat
tiers requiring legal strvice and advice
In spite of this fact, however. the at
torneys with shingles out on Broad
way, could easily handle the business
of a city of 100000 peiple. And a city
of this size is what they are all dream.
ing 0.
Many Are beginners.
A great majority of the attorneys
are young men just graduated from
college and to whom Gary seemed mos
attractive Most of them came her
prepared or the starvatio perio,
which all professional men pas
through with They are provided witt
funds. and the man with the mos
money will remain here the longest
Several of the lawyers dropped Il
Gary from some smaller town. wher
they had secured all of the practice i
in sight and looked for bigger terri
tory few of them couldn't max
good any place else. and are buildin
up a practice from the ignorant for
eigners. who form the bulk of thei
practice. There seems to be no ques
ton but what in the near future Their
will be a great great exodus from tn
city attorneys which will tend to allie
viate the abnormal condition.
The attorneys practicing in this cit
are as follows
The Gnry Attorneys.
H Y. Call. c. W. Rennollett.
L. T. Bomberger. Edgar J. Hall.
Gustave Heart. f. T. Fetter&r.
Emmett \. White. Clyde Hunter
Fred Seabright. w. r Hodges
r F. OConnor c. V. Ridgley.
n A. Beck. Harvey J. Curtis.
j. T WachowskL 6 S. Widholm.
John Lydick NJ. B. Slick
Frank J. Sheehan. Joseph W Giles
Charles Flagg H. F. McCracken.
George p. Bardon. VIM. H. Fitzgerald
George H. Manlove.Ora L Wildermut
Albert c. Carver. Arthury Carnduff.
Jonas o. Hoover Arthur Freer.
Hugh f. Corbett. Leo Callaghan
F. L. Welsheimer John w. Wake.
Harry W. Guipe. John l. ODonnel
John Fox. j. Glenn Harris
W. NJ. Dunn. Clarence Bretch.
C Q. Seton NJ T. Gallon