Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-10-31
WIDOW CHARGES
FRAUD AND SUES
CITY ATTORNEY
Bungalow and Tract of Land
in Susquehanna Township
Involved in the Suit

Charging that S. II. Zimmerman,
an attorney of the Dauphin county
bar, residing at 412 North street,
has fraudulently sold the property
of widow and then dispossessed her
also misappropriating some of the
money realized by the. sale. counsel
for the woman has brought an equity
suit against the lawyer asking the
county court to set aside the deeds
conveying the house which he sold
and also compel him to mark sat
isfled certain judgments on record
against 1t.
The suit was filed late yesterday
afternoon by George r. Barnett as
counsel for Mrs. Emma Auar, widow
of the late William Auar, and her
children, William W., now in the
army, Margaret who is now Mrs. Guy
Henry, Lewis, aged IS, and Anna,
aged 8.
Claims Against Property
The Auars owned a tract of two
acres and a bungalow in Susquehan-
ma township valued at $4,000 they
claim. After the death of Mr.. Auar
the widow said she consulted an at
torney in Harrisburg and told him
that mortage of $500 and three
Judgments totalling $3.50, or a lien
of 1880 was recorded against the
property, in addition to about $440
in debts, including the bill of local
undertaken
She was advised the property
should be sold upon an order from
| the Orphans Court for the sale of
real estate for payment of debts.
Later she said she consulted Mr..
! Zimmerman and he told her he knew
| of another way to sell the property.
| Following another legal proceed
! ing, which it is alleged was not
strictly in conformity with usual
methods, Zimmerman had the prop
erty sold by the sheriff for $6S7 to
| one of the persons holding a judg
ment against it, Some of these debts
! were paid at this time, 1t is charged,
! but the record does not show that
! the judgments were satisfied, it is
! charged.
Following the sale of the Auar
property by the sheriff, 1t is claimed
! Zimmerman bought the place and
served notice on Mrs. Auar that she
! should pay him certain monthly
rental for the house and ground.
! Ejcctment Proceedings
! Upon the advice of her sons she
! refused to pay rent, but continued
/ to live in the house from January to
I September, 1917. Then Zimmerman
began ejectment proceedings and
! had her. ousted from the place.
! 1t is contended in the bill of equity
/ that the sheriff's sale and other ac-
! tions in connection with it were IL
Illegal, that the proper procedure
would have been to sell the real es-
! tate through an Orphans Court or
! der, that the amount which could
/ have been realized from the sale OF
/ the land and bungalow would have
more than paid the debts, but be-
cause. of the sheriff's sale and the
subsequent purchase of the place by
Zimmerman, the widow has received
! nothing
1t is stated also that Zimmerman
| never told Mrs. Auar he was not act
| ing in her interest but instead for the
| holder of one of the judgments and
! that no letters of administration
! ever were issued on the estate of Mr..
! Auar.
Zimmerman is the third lawyer of
! the county bar to be involved in pro-
| ceedings in which it is alleged the
! interests of a client were not prop
erly considered. j. Robin Bennett,
| colored is charged with embezzle-