The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-05-26
THE HAUNT OF THE AMBULANCE
CHASER.

4 THE HAUNT OF THE AMBULANCE
CHASER.
n The surgeons Of the Southern Rail
way are holding their annual con-
ventson in Richmond. They are very
fine-looking body of men and have
gone about their business with as
much composure as If they were en-
gagged in cutting off somebody's leg or
turning the N-ray on the victim of
some ambulance chaser from Atlanta, !
able to persuade the jury to give this
unfortunate victim OF the rapacity OF
soulless corporation, which, I as |
sure you. gentlemen Of the jury, is IN
the business of running this railroad
for the purpose of killing the flower /
of the land, the hope OF postefity ALI
gentlemen. If YOU could but look into
the darkened home Of these poor peo-
ple here present clad in the shaoiia-
uents OF unutterable grief. out OF
which the light has gone forever, you
would not hesitate to give far more
than the amount that VIC have come
to you as the dispensers of equal
handed Justice and beseech you to
award in this case
The switch was open and we got
over on a sidetrack in that outourst;
but we could not help it. as we are
easily moved by the sufferings of hui
mainly and particularly by the neces-
sites of the lawyers who make
speciality of practiclns upon the pre-
JUDGES and credulity of the people FOR
what they can make out of the bust
ness for themselves.
There has been a good deal of talk
among the surgeons about fractures
of the femur, and Commissions of the
abdomen with visceral rupture, and
water supply, and injuries to the eyes,
and ever SO many other things which
they seemed to understand and enjoy;
but the plain people on the outside are
much more interested in what Geor-
gia surgeon told the convention
about the practice OF law in the great
Georgia city than in the practice OF
medicine or surgery. This is what he
said:
Atlanta has more ambulance chas-
ers and shyster lawyers to the square
inch than any other city in America, =
declared a. surgeon who lives there.
NO matter when an accident occurs,
be it in Atlanta or elsewhere a troop
of young lawyers swoop down on the
scene like buzzards upon a carcass
These legal quacks have agents in
every county in Georgia"
Now. that was worth while, as 1t
got into the very vitals of most
disgraceful situation. and the people,
who are generally right and fair at
bottom. ought TO know how the dam
age suit business is done in the heart
of the New South. We were told yes
terday by a lawyer that he had heard
that there was regular organization
in Atlanta far the promotion of dam
age suit litigation against the rail-
roads. that it had its strikers. or
agents, all over the State who re-
ported promptly whenever there was
a person injured by accident on the
roads. that the injured person was
taken to Atlanta and there cared for
until the suit for damages In his case
could be heard, the consideration be-
ing the half of all that might be re-
covered, less, we suppose, the care and
keep of the person in whose name the
suit was brought. This story is not
vouched for. OF course; but we shall
know better and a good deal more
after the statistics of damage suits
and their results have been gathered
The damage suit business is not do.
ing SO we'll just now, we think, as i,
did several years ago. The people are
beginning to find out some things 70,
themselves, but the statistics ought IL
be collected for their further instruc
ton about one of the most disgrace
full and dishonest tendencies of
great profession.
With more AMBULANCE chasers an,
shyster lawyers TO the square incl
than any other city in America; witt
many potentially cracked wheels" OIL
the railroad engines and with "lnur
der. unafraid and insolent' at its 81
bows, Atlanta appears 10 require ex
traordnary attention.
BUILT UP BY A RAILROAD.
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