This led the brothers to open the first bail bondsmen business at "the corner," as it was called at the time, in 1896. It is possible that the brothers founded the first modern bail bonds business in the United States, the system by which a person pays a percentage to a professional bondsman who puts up the cash as a guarantee that the person will appear in court.
The brothers began operating the first bail bond business at "the corner," which was its name back then, in 1896. It is probable that they established what would become the earliest modern bail bonds service in the United States—a system where a person pays a percentage to a professional bondsman who guarantees their appearance in court.