The Marshal’s Salary That Ended Up in a Garnishee’s Coffers
John McQuade fought through legal thickets to collect $500 as Gilman’s town marshal—only to find a hotel company waiting to seize the pay.
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Uneven and rough was the road that led to the collection of John McQuade’s bill of $500 for salary as town marshal of Gilman. After fighting through an intricate mass of legal technicalities and having his claim almost in hand, McQuade was put in check by P. V. Davis, treasurer, who refused to sign the required warrant. McQuade then caused a mandamus to issue against the town officials, but to no purpose because of a defect in his papers. Now the greater part of the salary he covets, when he will have collected it, promises to go into the coffers of the A. P. Hotaling Company, which has garnisheed the town treasurer on a judgment for $167.35 recovered against McQuade August 19, 1893.
“Now the greater part of the salary he covets, when he will have collected it, promises to go into the coffers of the A. P. Hotaling Company.”
Public payroll disputes and wage garnishment are still local-news staples. The story also preserves the old name Gilman, a reminder that today’s Issaquah was once a company town with its own marshal.
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