Jefferson jimplecute. (Jefferson, Tex.) 1907-1926, 1913-12-18
PECULIAR CLIENTS
Cranks With Whom Lawyers
Sometimes Have 10 Deal.
QUEER CASES OUT OF COURT.
Ancestor" Clients Are Quite Common.
and Their Claims Are Just Abov, SIS
Visionary as Those Of Numerous
Patent Seekers Are Frezkish.

Visionary as Those OF Numerous
Patent Seekers Are Frezkish.
What is the most peculiar case tha.
| has ever been brought to you by
prospective clientY was the question
put not long ago by the writer to one
Of the ablest lawyers I'm New YORK
The lawyer said that probably the
oldest client who had ever visited him
was a woman about forty years old.
who wanted TO bring suit against one
I OF the Sunday newspapers for not hay-
| Ing printed an account Of her latest
social function" on its society page,
rs she had particularly requested over
I the telephone
/ As the second oldest client, be cited
/ the case Of another woman who had
| come to him I'm tears and sought 10 en-
| list his legal aid in making her bus
| band stop flirting The woman as-
sured me chat she loved her husband
/ and that she knew her husband loved
/ her, but that he had a habit OF wink
| ing at every good looking woman he
/ saw" said the lawyer. when 1 told
| her there was no legal redress for her.
| inasmuch as she said ! was a fool II
even thought she or her husband want
ed a divorce. she exclaimed that ! was
| the poorest lawyer she had ever beard
OF and left my Office in rage"
| The same question was put 10 sever
| al other lawyers and an unbcliegaby
peculiar assortment Of would be clients
was revealed through their answers.
One patent lawyer cited the case Of
n man who asked him to represent him
| Tor two months at the patent office In
! Washington. II want you 10 go there.
stay there and represent me- he said.
But" interposed the attorney. what
In the world do you want me to do
while I am thercT
The man drew bIs chair close 10 the
lawyers and I'm low tones told the at
torney that he had invented an aero
/ plane clock" as he called IT. and that
he wanted him 10 go 10 he patent Of
fee and prevent any otbcr inventor
from sncaklng In a similar Invention
while the authorities are In II careless
mood"
The man Heemed 10 be fl his normal
senses despite the fact that his highly
priced invention was absolutely moth
! ing more than small watch fastened
I'm leather case. the sort that may be
seen In stores anywhere. When be
! had impaired this information the law
yer pointed out that there was moth
| Ing patentabe about his Invention"
There isn't. ehf" shouted the man.
Indeed there IS! Who has ever
thought before this of putting clock
| In an airship?'
! The attorney sought to humOr him
and said. Wouldn't watch In the
aylator's pocket do as well?"
The man Jumped up That's just
the pOintr' he cried. 1T would not do
AZ well. because IT might fall out"
Against such logic the attorney said
he found himself helpless. and he told
the man he feared the case was 100
difficult for him to handle.
Another strange client who visited q
patent lawyer wanted to secure a pat
ter was an ordinary wooden clothcspin
with q little wire point on top. On the
latter fresh flowers might be stuck.
thereby, according 10 the inventor.
giving the clotheslincs the appearance
| OF flower gardens" He saw fortune
from the sale Of his pins I'm cities.
When the lawyer assured him that.
no ha
sentimcntality than practicability to
his invention. pin stuck In the end
OF the wood would serve Just as effcc.
lively as the Invented" piece Of wire.
the client threatened to bring suit
against him for violation Of conf
dencc."
Another patent lawyer said that the
| oldest client who had ever come to
him was n young woman who wanted
his help in getting patent. literally.
on an idea"
What is your dear asked the law
yer curiously
The young woman refused to tell
him. saying that she heaitated 10 dl-
vulge the nature OF her idea uutll II
Hdu D'cli Nt'HIfh ny pditHL WON
trust anybody with It. not even yOu.'
she told the lawyer
like the famous Anncke Jams heirs.
there are numerous strange cases ~
so called ancestor clients" TO be bad
from the lawyers.
one Of the oldest Of these IL cited
by New York lawyer Of wide prac-
tIce. "Not long ago" he says. there
came TO my office woman who insist
ed that she owned the lower part Of
the Hudson river. having Inherited Il
from Henry Hudson her ancestor by
right 81 discovery
'lf this seems an exaggerated case
| shall cite n second one that f. stran-
ger stlll Inst winter man who said
be had been recommended 10 me by
spirit nj senuce he had attended
several nights previous. wanted me ~
prove his title 20 the lnnd upon which
the suhffpnsury building stands He
told mo thHt 10 had been u~o" 20 30
ancestor OF h,s hy George Washington
ont ~ gratitude FOR the formers loau
of cost Gurug one - the cnmpnisns
OF the Revolutionary wur Curious
fIIufHrf4 Goa rrH fI rlu..I HIrU.fuf.