Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-11-13
MORE VICTIMS OF
SHARKS TURN Up
Police Investigate Stories OF
FIeeced Borrowers from
Loan Concern.
WRITER TELLS TROUBLES
IN LETTER TO JUDGE
Non-Support Charge Due to FL
nanciaI Enlargement, He
Claims.

The police have added the names oil
several more victims Of the methods
of the loan sharks to he already large
list of neeced borrowers. Plain
clothesmen King and Smith are en-
gagged in investigating the stories OF
not only railway employees, but those
of several other big corporations IN
Newark.
Letters and personal cals have been
made upon Judge Hahn and the ponce
officers by persons who have fallen IN
the net Of the sharks and who untll
The present investigation were afraid
of the publicity that they might re-
ceive as a result of a complaint.
A letter to Judge Hahn today from
man signing himself William }.
Giles and giving only New York as an
address gives the reason for the writ
er's before the judge sew
eraI months ago on a charge OF non
support. Giles blames the state 0
sraee Company, whose case has been
laid over for a week, for his trouble.
The reason he gives for not telling OIL
the actions of the loan company,
which had exacted payment OF $lOo on
a. loan of $25, was the fear or losing
his position. the club the loan sharks
invariably use once they have a VIC
tim within their power.
Feeling ran high against the COM
NAMES who have been taking the
money of the railway employees at
the annual reception and ball of Es-
sex Lodge No. II, brotherhood OF
Railway Trainmen, at the KRUGER
Auditorium last night. Many of the
trainmen talked over the promised
expose by the police. and those VINO
have been dealing with these cons
panies were for making complaints
against them. The part of the rail-
road employees, who seem to be
harder hit than the employees of any
other line. was the main topic of the
evening among the men and their
wives.
Bonuses to Get Customers.
Frank w. Long, counsel for Miss
Hyland, the alleged brains" of the
State Brokerage Company, sent to
the First Criminal Court today fol-
COPIES of the complaints against his
client.
Signs hung in the offices of the
loan companies state for each new
borrower brought in by a patron the
sum of 81 will be deducted from the
patrons loan.
One a borrower of one OF
the big loan companies in this city,
declared to a friend today that she
could not see how these people were
complaining. as she had dealt with
a company and never had to pay such
extortionate sums. She was asked
how much she had borrowed and how
much she had returned.
Il borrowed $50 for three months
and returned about $45. l was al
ways on time with my payments, so
I was not fined. She only paid inter-
est at the rate of $50 per cent.
Victims Letter.
The letter received today by Judge
Hahn is as follows:
New York, Nov. IL, 1912.
To the Honorable Judge Hahn,
First Criminal Court.
Dear Sir-You will doubtless re-
member l was before you for nom
support. and 1 want to advise you
that the State Brokerage Company,
represented by Miss Hyland and Mr..
Crater, were responsible for my con-
dition at that time.
I have destroyed my papers, but
I know l paid them yer 800 on a
lean of about $50, and they are still
holding or have confiscated for their
own use ten shares of stock worth
500 belonging to me. in addition to
all hat l paid them.
[ have not entered my protest
against such action on their part
for the simple reason that l did not
want to lose my position. but / think
something ought to be done now that
you have their case before you.
Yours very truly,
WILLIAM J. GILES.
The letter is typewriter upon plain
white paper.
Other complaints entered against
the State Brokerage Company are
hy Oscar Y. and Harry B. Osmun,
brothers. Oscar lives at 346 Johnson
avenue and Harry at 335 Hillside
venue. According to the police
Oscar has paid off his debt, but the
other brother has paid over $500 on
a loan of $35 and is still in the COM