ion and deeply rooted in our jurisprudence;
but the law governing the procedure in such cases was highly
technical and the wind of destiny was somewhat tempered to the
shorn lamb of the creditor. Thus, a warrant for the arrest of a
debtor could not be executed on the Sabbath, and, of course, had
no value outside of the State. Accordingly the neighboring cities
of New Jersey harbored thousands of bankrupt New Yorkers who could
not pay their bills and suffered a voluntary exile until they should
be in funds again. Indeed, there were certain hostelries entirely
given over to their accommodation. The man who had defied his
creditors simply converted his available property into ready cash
and slipped across the river to Jersey City or Hoboken, where he
remained six days in every week and returned to the bosom of his
adoring family on the seventh.

Later on civil orders of arrest were limited by statute to certain
classes of cases, such as, for instance, the conversion of money.

Among our clients there was a certain exceedingly attractive young
lady of French extraction, named Mademoiselle Valerie Carrell, who
was a popular favorite upon the light-opera stage when light opera
was in swaddling-clothes. Our fair client, like many another
histrionic genius, had more charm than business ability and was
persuaded by an unscrupulous manager to intrust to him a large sum
of money for investment in his various enterprises. Time went on,
and, although he seemed to be successful in his ventures, he insisted
that he had no money and was absolutely unable to repay her. In
utter desperation she came to Gottlieb and myself for assistance
and we speedily secured judgment for the full amount--fifteen
thousand dollars--after a hotly contested trial, in which the
defendant perjured himself very unlike a gentleman. The only result
was that Mr. Brown, the manager, gayly offered to settle for fifteen
hundred, and, on receiving a curt refusal, transferred his residence
to Hoboken, from which place he managed his business and paid
furtive visits to the metropolis in the night-time. On Sundays,
however, he always appeared in full regalia on Broadway and could
invariably be seen entertaining his friends lavishly in the
restaurants.

Gottlieb suffered this course of conduct to become a habit and then
informed me that he proposed to collect the full amount of Mademoiselle
Carrell's judgment upon the following Monday. I expressed some
in