The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-05
Gets the Doctor in Trouble

All attorney Sdlu. O1e or Inf HICKS of the shyster lawyers is sometimes to get an office as near to some reputable physician as they can-right next door, if possible Then they station some one of their runners onS I suppose you'd call 1t guard duty. At any rate, they keep a sharp lookout for patients and lasso all Of those who look promising as clients. Any doctor in town can tell you all ahout il. And the Birmingham doctors. l want to say, have many a tale to tell about the syster lawyers here. They've all gotten sick and tired of shyster busi- ress
 "One instance to show how certain of the scalawag lawyers do come under my personal observation not long since One of the negroes employed here by foun- dry company was hurt by some molten iron. The company sent him right up to a doctor whom l know, and his injury was dressed and the man was albright in q short while.
 Well one day when he was leaving the doctors office his head all bandaged mp. a certain lawyer having an office a cou- pie of doors away, hailed the nigger and brought him in his office Next thing the company knew suit for s5000 was filed. The nigger. who was one of their old 'trusties,' was called up and he fiatly de- nied having any part in the transaction. I tell, yo'. boss he said, that air lawyer man he calls me to come in his office.
 q Says I Aint Gwine Ter Sue'
 q goes in an he done ask me how I got hurted. I tol him, an starts out He says to wait a mint. wasn't I gon' to sue? I says what fo? fo yo know. boss, how 1t all done happened. I says I ain { gwine sue. 1se gwne to keep holt of my job. An I didn't sue you. That fel- low did it."
 An investigation proved the old darkey' s statement correct.
 One of the local claim agents has sent for these columns the following affidavit from his files, bearing on the matter from one Lee Jackson:
 Lee Jackson, who is known to me and who being first duly sworn, upon oath affirms and says as follows: I was em- ploved as a fireman on the St. Louis and San Francisco railroad on June IT, 1908, and was slightly injured on that date near Dora, Ala. After l was injured returned to my home at Birmingham and after going to the doctors office, reached my house about noon June IT, the same day l was hurt
 After l had been at home about two hours. one -. claiming to be an attorney-at-law, called to see me- in com pany with Bill Hoke. negro, and another negro I did not know, and =. =. - re- quested me to allow him to represent me Tn cldlln TOT OaIndReS against the St Louis and San Francisco Railroad com pany. I told - I did not want any law yer, that I did not need any, not being hurt had enough, but he insisted that he be allowed 10 represent me; that he knew more about 1t than I did. Bill Hoke and the other negro insisted that I let - represent me. They stayed in my house about half an hour and just be- fore he left he asked me to give him my name on a paper, and thinking that he just wanted my address I wrote it for him, that is, l wrote my name. He did not say it was contract for I had told him all the time I did not want any law yer. came to my house without be- ing sent for by me, or without being re- quested to call by me, or with my au- thorty The whole conversation was about letting represent me, and I told him all the time that did not want any lawyer, that l was not hurt bad enough. I never saw this lawyer before he came 10 my house. l do not need any lawyer, do not want any lawyer and have not employed any lawyer.
 LEE JACKSON.'
 Sworn to and subscribed before me this -, -. NASSAR l.. ALLEN,
 Notary publici