Have you heard of fictional law firms in Dewey, Screwem, Howe? But in reality, there was a law firm, which was undoubtedly the most prestigious and corrupt law firm. Law firm names were Howe and Hummel (William Howe and Abraham Hummel). These two Sister lawyers were the protagonists of wealthy law firms established in 1870. Among them in 1890 New York City District Attorney William Travers Jerome "Howe and Hummel were a threat to this community.
The founding member of the law firm was William Howe. Howe was a very big man, more than 6 feet tall and weighing 325 pounds. Howe had light blue gray hair, a large spongy body mustache, and he wore a palm of palm and a diamond as his watch chain, shirt stud, cuff button, and put on big clothes. The only time Howe was a tie was aterals. In a trial, or when he was always seen public rather than a tie, Howe dug a diamond cluster he owned a lot.
A New York lawyer who met Howe got a wonderful pleasure from a jewelry dealer not working on the jewels he had paid for many purchases of diamonds. "I do not think he paid the full amount to his diamond," the lawyer said. "He never bought two of the same jeweler, when he bought one, he made a little prepayment and when he was weighed with two or three balances he was a young assistant Not to mention one of Sister, he had enough money to pay, but he had a kick because he did not pay.
The background of Howe before he arrived in New York is quite dubious. What is known is that How was born across the pond in England. Howe arrived in New York City in the early 1850s. It is an ordinary citizen, or a prisoner who was generally told. Nobody knew, Howe did not mention what his crime was doing in the UK so far. However, Howe was a doctor in London and was said to have been imprisoned as a result of criminal crime and lost his license. But Howe denied that he was an assistant to a lawyer, George Waugh, not actually a doctor while he was in England. Still, we could not confirm Howe's explanation of who we were and what he did in England.
In 1874, Howe and Hummel claimed to be appealed to William and Adelaide Beaumont, former counselors of the two lawyers, that they were deceived. Howe was interrogated by Thomas Dunphy attorney Beaumont lawyer Howe asked Howe. I asked if he was the same as William Frederick Howe who was killed in the UK. Howe assured him that he was not. Dunphy then asked Howe whether it was the same as William Frederick Howe was forged a few years ago at Brooklyn. Howe again denied that he is that person. But I could never make a decision as to how Howe really was telling the truth.
According to rumors, Howe worked as a "confident person" in other American cities before selling shares in New York City. Other fraudsters said Howe was the inventor of "sick engineer" game which was one of the most successful suckers of that era. In 1859 when he arrived in New York City, Howe soon moved from a criminal to a criminal lawyer. At that time, most people thought of the same thing.
In the mid-1800's it was easy to acquire a license to enforce the law, there was no background check on the completeness of the applicant's license. A famous lawyer, George W. Algier said, "There were few criminal ethics at the time, and there were not too many ethics in other branches of the profession.
In 1862, "Howe the Lawyer" became known and suddenly appeared as a lawyer in New York City. However, there is no concrete evidence on how Howe actually entered New York Baar. In 1963, Howe was registered in the City Directory as a private lawyer. At that time, almost everyone could call himself a lawyer. There was a lawyer who did not receive legal training at all in the court. They were called "Poughkeepee lawyers".
Howe began to build up customers in the period immediately after the Civil War. Howe was defined as a lawyer without disgust and gained the reputation of being a "pet lover" who uses legal or illegal methods to serve customers. Howe became known as "Habeas Corpus Howe". Because the soldier did not succeed in finding employment. Howe took the losing soldiers to court, they said that they were drunk at the time of entry, illegal recruitment, what was in their life at the time the draft was written, the law In a journal article published in 1873, contrary to "In the war, Mr. Howe secured the release of a firm soldier firm (about 70 strong) at a time".
As his client, Howe also counted members of the street gang which instigated the fierce "civil war riot" that happened in 1863. According to the report, Howe was able to use an illegal immoral defense effort to make a man who committed a murderer during his riot be found guilty of all complaints. As a result of his suspicious success, Howe was regarded as the most successful lawyer in New York City by the late 1860 's. One very complementary journal article written about Howe is entitled "William F. Howe: a famous criminal lawyer."
In 1863, Howe hired a 13-year-old boy named Abraham Hummel. At that time, Mr. Howe opened a new office and opened a huge store in front of The Tombs Prison on 89 Center Street. Hummel was the opposite of the appearance of Howe. "Little Abbey" was 5 feet tall, had thin legs, had an egg-shaped huge head. Hummel was walking a little bent, but some people struck him back. Hummel wore a dark mustache and was awake. It always seems to be darting. Howe was loud and bold, but Hummel was quiet and reserved.
But Hummel is crafty and much faster than Howe. Where Howe got dressed exotically, Hummel 's clothing was made up of ordinary expensive black clothes, pointing to patent leather shoes "toothpick shoes" like it was called at that time. In Hummel 's shoes, the insert which is the predecessor of Adler' s elevated shoes where Hummel is over several inches in height was attached and was placed just above the 5 - foot mark. Hummel thinks himself neatly and is very proud of it.
Hummel began a little more than going to Howe's office. Hummel washed the window and cleaned the floor with 89 center street. Mr. Hummel was also constantly supplemented with stocks of Hau's liquor and cigars. The work of Hummel also included transporting coal from the stored safe to the stove in the middle of the waiting room. Soon, Howe recognized the radiance of Hummel's mind and instructed him to read the case report. Howe calls Hummel "Little Abey" and Howe told his colleagues repeatedly how smart his "Little Abey" was.
But Howe was not jealous of Hummel 's superior intelligence, but he felt Hummel' s ability to be a perfect praise for Howe 's brilliant court religious. As a result, in 1870, Howe acquired Hummel as a complete partner. At that time, Hummel was 20 years old, Howe was 21 years old.
With his reputation of being a smart fox in front of the judge, Howell handled all criminal cases, but Hummel was a behind-the-scenes guy. Richard Lovelle 's book Howe and Hummel A loophole large enough for a murderer who was convicted to stand up.
Howe was known for dramatic acting in the courtroom and was said to be able to evoke crying spells whenever it feels necessary. Other criminal attorneys said that Howa was instigating the instigation of stealing handkerchiefs full of onions. He packed it in the coat pocket conveniently. Howe's court melodrama is very prominent and he once gave the judges a total of 2 hours on his knees.
The names of Howe and Hummel were constantly being posted in the newspaper, but with the originality of descending from the worst criminals, it was almost always the news on the top page. On the other hand, in the newspaper, Howe was called "Howe the Lawyer" and Hummel was always called "Little Abe". Two Shyster lawyers had rumors that there were several newspaper employees in the back pocket and there was little evidence to prove that it is true.
Howe and Hummel 's customers are President Harrison, Queen Victoria, John L. Sullivan of Heavyweight Boxing Champion, John Allen (called Newspaper "The Evil Man of New York City"), PT Burnham, Actor Edwin Booth, Restaurant , Tony Pastor, Actor John Barrymore, Belly Dancer · Little Egypt, Singer · Actress, Lilian · Russell. They are also representative of the murderers such as Danny Driscoll, the main character of the street gang "The Whyos", Ella Nelson. Howe's gangsters heard in Nelson's trial are very effective, Nelson, who was tried by death penalty for a married lover, triggers four times in a row instead of once.
However, perhaps the most outrageous defense Howe was exercising in the court, but it was a trial of Edward Anger. Unger killed the person who lived at home, cut off the body, dumped a part of the body to the East River, confessed that the rest of the body was put in a box and mailed to Baltimore. Hauger had a courtroom including a judge, a jury, a local prosecutor, and a group of reporters, but he announced that Anger was not a murderer. But, rather, the real murderer was that Unger's 7-year-old daughter of that time was sitting on the knees in the court of Anger. Haager, the crocodile tears running his fat cheeks (onion handkerchief?) Felt that there was no choice but to dispose of the body to protect the poor girl who committed the crime in hot air. As a result, Anger was found not guilty because of the crime of homicide, but he was dismissed for murder. Unger's girl was not charged.
At the peak of their business, Howe and Hummel received on behalf of large holders from the majority of New York City criminals. These criminals included murderers, thieves, prostitution agents, and abortions. In 1884, 74 madams were arrested for being called "pure drive". Hau and Hummel served as representatives of all 74 madams.
Arthur Train, a lawyer and law criminal writer, claimed that Howe and Hummel were, during that time, a master of organized crime in New York City. The train claims that Howe and Hummel trained customers with a power of attorney and Howe and Hummel promised to represent them with a standard high fee fee if the customer did these criminal acts.
In the case of Marm Mandelbaum, Howe and Hummel, the most profitable fence of her time, used some of the properties Marm owned as collateral, for her as long as she is waiting for a sidewalk I was able to post the bonds. Mam immediately received bail and lived in Canada. When the government tried to seize property of Marm, it was very painful to discover that assets were transferred to their daughters. This is a plan that was certainly devised by an outdated check, Abe Hummel, but never proved.
Between 1870 and 80, which was in the grip of the death gang of numerous street gangs, including evil Waios, the city representing 23 of 25 prisoners waiting for a trial for homicide A grave. One of these murderers was Wyos' leader "Dandy" Johnny Dolan (Jandie Dolan) who was imprisoned for killing the shopkeeper and robbing his shop. Drouan invented the item "Eye Gogger". After killing the shopkeeper, Mr. No and Mr. Dong penetrated both sides of Noe's eyes and protected as a trophy to show friends. A few days later, when Doan was arrested, No's eyes were visible in the pocket of Dawn 's jacket. On April 21, 1876, William Howe could not prevent Doris Call from being hanged from the cemetery prison, even the mighty William Howe.
But before Dorian was executed, he hit a security guard and escaped from the cemetery prison. After his escape, Dawn crossed the road and headed to Howe and Hummel 's law firm. Following the trace of blood of Dorian, the police found Drouen hiding behind the closet of the back office of Hauan and Hummel. Of course, both Howe and Hummel denied knowledge of how Dolan was involved in the closet, but the police were convinced that Howe and Hummel were involved in Dolan's escape. However, because there was no concrete evidence, because Doran was also dark under the police 'question, Howe and Hummel were never charged.
Howe was an expert on criminal cases, but Hummel is a master of "cases of violation of promises", some of which were invented by Hummel himself. Hummel 's way as a divorce attorney, and a secret fictional secret in New York City as a fraudster. Lillian Russell needed a divorce, which is often the "Little Abbe" that came to her rescue (since she got married four times).
Undoubtedly, unless Hummel was a person on the rich water that was fraudulent, the mechanism of Hummel 's intimidation / bankruptcy declaration was beautiful. Estimated between 1885 and 1905, Hummel dealt with about 2 to 500 promised suit. To my surprise, Hummel worked very well for his work. The threat that he filed a lawsuit to break the promise to the court was a rich gentleman, or to be more precise, a rich gentleman attorney was sufficient to negotiate with Hummel at 89 cent center street, of course, was closed Beyond the door, over the price of the settlement. Because of Hummel 's discretion, one of the names of the victims was not announced or registered in court records.
But Abu Hummel was silent and was not a man waiting for a case of "breaking promise" to happen. When things slowed down a bit, Hummel sent two of his employees, Lewis Allen and Abraham Kaffenberg (Hummel's nephew), walked around Broadway and Bowery, to identify potential female customers who were mistaken in the past I searched. They did not think that they could make bundles as a result of past hardships. Allen and caffeberg remember what they had to do with young actress, chorus girl, waitress, even prostitute, during the past one to three years, their boss Abe Hummel, a considerable settlement from Mr. Moneybags. From this settlement, the girls are halved, Howe and Hummel's law firm gets the other half.
Sometimes these young "ladies" may tell the truth about liaison with rich men. However, occasionally the affidavit written by Hummel was pure fiction. However, perhaps the first married rich will pay and pay well, to convict the incident, whether guilty or not.
In most cases, Hummel has never encountered the rich mark Hummel had sent a tragic life. Lawyer George Gordon Battle, sparring with "Little Abbey" many times with these problems. Battle said, "He (Hummel) was always fun enough to handle it, although he was not turning his advantage backwards,
When Hummel finished the negotiations, when payment was always made in cash, he proceeded to do a good sport on this kind of things, his legal fine was a fine liquor and We will offer you the best Cuban cigar. Later, Hummel listened to the views of other lawyers, went to his desk, removed all copies of the affidavit, passed it to the attorney of the victim so that the lawyer could see them, as a suitable document . After confirmation, the victim's lawyer could choose whether to bring the document to the customer or burned in the stove in the middle of Hummel's office. In most cases, the latter action was chosen. After the affidavits are destroyed, Hummel and the other lawyers will do their own toast with the finest liquor, spend the next hour, or laugh about the lawyer's plan.
However, Hummel was, in a sense, a fundamentalist. Hummel confirmed that among the victims threatened, the same girl who committed fraud in the past has not been bothered again. Hummel once explained that he did this to George Alger, partner of law firms in Alger, Peck, Andrew, Rohlfs.
Mr. Hummel told Mr. Algae, "I was talking a little bit about girls, but I was called adultery at that time," but in reality there is nothing between her and men. She was hoping to return it about the fact that she expresses regret against her acts in the incident, and the fact that it had already been remitted.
So much money came into the law firm of Howe and Hummel, but it is exceptional that neither of the two lawyers keeps a financial record. At the end of the day, both lawyers and their juniors met at Hummel 's office. There they all had cash pockets on the table. When the money is counted, each person will take out the share of the money according to the share of the share in the business. Over time, this procedure has been changed to only be done on Friday evening.
In 1900 Howe & Hummel was forced from their office to 89 Center Street (the city needed a site for public buildings). They moved to the basement of New York Life Insurance Building at 346 Broadway. Immediately after they moved, Hau became ill. It was incompetent. Howe ceased to arrive at the office and instead packed up at home in Bronx's Boston Road. Howe was said to be drunk, this affected his liver. Howe experienced several heart attacks before sleeping on 2 September 1902 in his sleep.
After Howe's death, Hummel handled civil lawsuits and occasionally raised a criminal case as before. However, Mr. Hamel occupied the majority of prototypes designated for two of the former assistants, David May and Issac Jacobson.
Hummel was 53 years old when Howe died. He must have thought that there is a good age for more than 10 to 15 years to accumulate wealth. However, New York City District Attorney William Travers Jerome also had other ideas. It was Dodge Morse 's divorce incident that returned to Hummel. For years, Hummel turned around the law and actually broke the law, but there was not enough evidence to accuse him. But this time Hummel went too far. Although Dodge Morse 's divorce decision was postponed for nearly five years (Hummel was able to regain the delay after a thorough understanding of the legal procedures), after all, the lawyer Jerome was for Hummel conspiracy and for perjury Into
Hummel was tried in January 1905. The trial lasted only two days, and Hummel was convicted. Still, Hummel was able to avoid prison for two more years. He hired the best lawyer, had some loopholes in laws and laws, and wanted to keep Hummel from entering prison. But on March 8, 1907 Abraham Hummel was imprisoned in the black island of the same island where Hummel was able to release 240 prisoners in 1872.
Hummel left the prison only for one year after executing two years in prison sentence. After his release, Hummel traveled to Europe and the rest of his life lived in France. Hummel never returned to the former footsteps of New York City as long as it can decide.
After Hummel 's conviction, he also withdrew. In addition, in 1908, Howe and Hummel 's law firms have banned legislation from further practice and have ended the era of lawless defense without doubt. Howe and Hummel are drawn exactly as law firms that break the law in all the time in the history of American crimes.
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