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Libertyville Independent, 19 Feb 1925, p. 1

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--SAM KIRK'S WIDOW ~~MOTHER OF 13 . _ > . CHILDREN DIES * -- ATAGEOFS! VOLUME. XXXilI--NUMBER 8. more, involving" the estate of "the Iste Senator George Kirk, was Tiled Tuesday in cirouit court at Waukegan huv Mrs . Kila Kirk daughter of the late husband's four sisters and their practically all in Waukegan. Sensational 'Lawsuit Over Di-- ----vision of Estate of Late by Mrs.--Killa Kirk, daughter ol in@ late Samue! Kirk, of Waukegan, one w _ en e N td dying Jan. 2%, 191%, !.e.qytumll beirs, and involves a large amount of. business and-- residence property, practically all of> which is located property to Mary E. RJTK. Thé _ complainant alleged . that when hér busband met with severe 1 reverses in 1911, he and EE sisters -- entered Intd un --a#gree ment whereby be received $20,000, which at that time was one--fifth of the value of the property, and that this is all he ever got out of the -- estate. dA@espite the fact lhat Mrs. Matt : Asma of Gurnet _ Resident of County 30 Yrs., -- Succumbs to Iliness. SUES RELATIVES IN $500,000--ESTATE lowing. cause .oldtnfi:'fw m,uwmlé Kirk shall receive in addition to the + said sum of $20,000, a fifth panj of the excess over and above the price estimated upon such plece, u' appears by the schedule bereto at--| tiched,> the uame as fully. as i be had not conveyed hbis interest lhl saig estate; it being the inteption of all of the parties hereto um| each one thereo! that each one there-- tore ~uball receive an nw'mn' of sald estate." | "KNow,. therefore, this agreemen! witnesseth: fThat when said real e# tate, or and part thereo!, shall be The schedule made a part of the agreement lists all the _ property and the estimated cash value upon which basis 4A settlement was reach ed at that time, the bill states. In cons@ideration of that settliemen!t Sam Kirk @nd the complainant sign-- dl.d(ehlndndlotbopro'v erty, which Mrs Kirk now claims, the has subsequgently learned. was worth far in excess of the amount upon which a settlement was reach-- _ Wrs.< Mary Aama, -- 81. for thirty wanrk «& restdent of the sounty, died The complainant also claims to be entitled to rentals and incomes®s received from the property in the last 14 years, and that the grantees promised from time to time make accountings but failed to do wo. Some of the property that hbas not been sold since include the stores from 19 to 27 North Genesee street, this being all the property between the Daily Sun, office and A Broadbear, Dr. Wm. bear manages the Ba It also involves the residential property o birthpiacs ol thet 8000800 _\ ons of the sons, was in almost constant at-- tendance upon his mother. _ _ _ _ who are named ab detenvuauuw,7 * Senator Geo. Kirk. Dr. Florence A. Stomne, A _Wm. Levin. Broad-- the Bakeflite bakery. es the J. M. Porter LIBERTYVILLE on Water street LKE COUNTY INDEPENDENT LE onl en oteer Werkties in County Co lawsulit for of property of the \HOLLSTEIN OUT -- > /s i ie s Socoiss Asst. Supervigor of Waukegan Twp. Not to Be Lame as Result of Accident. Aest. Super--yvisor Conrad MHial'stetn on Friday was able to leavye the Conn-- ty Hospital after rav~ins been confin ed there since betaore Christmas !o'-- lowing the aoer'de~t when ha was so verely injured while riding wit) Fred Grabbe early one Sun'ay motu-- Ing coming@ from the southwesternm portion of the county: ie recalled they were driving in a ense To > and did not see a, t in that wa«e erasmiag lLake on the ault. He was ctiXan to Tthe hoopts* and has been there ever gince. Grab be was slightly injured about the face but was able to be out shortly after the accident. * pelled him t many weeks Hollstein bad a most painful and costly experience. While in the ho« pifal bis right leg was in a cast un til about a few weeks ago. This com Mr. , Holistein is now able to ne atound on crutches and wil} look after hi store as best he can under those conditions. While he is Teeling fine physically the Assisiant. Super-- viant mue«t have lost about"35 or 48 FILE 2 SUITS 1O ~ _ SETTLE ESTATES ¥isof must have lost_--_a>sout 33 pounds during Mo"mnmwmem -- Indications are that as soon as n s hip becomes a little more heeled be will not be lame as was feared migait be the case. AFTER LONG STAY IN CO. HOSPIT AL Mary A. Adams today filed suit cireuait -- court -- agatnst -- Richard Adams and John Rouse, guardian Adams and John Rouse, guardian of | ~ **E the estate of Richard Adams, to set. | . ; Te the estate which 'consists of prop-- | _O¥inz Te 1 P00 s A similar suit was filed by Hengz ; ice is obliged Stelling against William Stelling to |with an adde partition property in Vernon _ town-- 'r. Fitzgibbon: F < uoo 19 dn se abip LAKE FOREST MAY ----HAVE NEW GOVT Initial steps, \in an investigation Of commiksion form of government. were announced at the Kiwanis club y by President Udell, .who appointed a committee to look into e ./.d' o se to lie in one position for N*t ~> _ WITH MY LITTLE: HATCHET --F DID IT! sBA --TAAES. «) Lororce--But you micuLo ._--___ | mamwwe cut SomE 0' THEM P.Luw\... / trREes, Too }' m | __ Mo#t Comical Gentieman -- O/ P »d ! Méyer. MWost Comical Lady --Miss "' | Wetmore, both of Libertyvyille. _ -- LUIBERTYVILLE, LAKE COUNTY, ILLINOIS, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1925. i=\NEW REAL ESTATE FIRM IN & _ VILLAGE OF LIBERTYVILLE | eve n# [ awa 'u _ THAars aAaltRiGut, the boys realtted a nice sum to apply on tb"':nm of a new high speed fire ting apparatus:~ _ The hall was filled to capacity, and The masquerade dance given by the Libertyville Fire Department at the high school auditorium last Frida$ night was a sucocess in every way, and W altz --Miss SULEe! and & y s,flii.'fiiamm: ~"ir Spirdell is a liéutenant in the Brook-- field fire department. Best Dressed Gentlieman -- Forrest Flagy Owen. < _ Best Dressed lady----Eveliyn Al brecht, Area. ! jadges. who hHad a tost difficult task in picking the winners. M t 1 Mr. Everett, Grayslake Bo:t -- 5&&'.:'.':."62;'» m an--Alien Youne: Best Spanish Lady --Ruby Barnum o Best Qressed Nurses--Mrs. Ada Smith and Mrs. Earl Ayers. Tramps --Ben G. Nickeley and Mre. Mordhorst, Waukegan. Most Comic lady Coon -- George Iawreure: Gent.--John Numsen. John Mayfield, of Waukegan; Roy Rippbérger, Round Lake; Vers Curtis, Ljbertyvitle, and W. F,. Albrecht, of Area. were also awarded prizes. The judges were Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Mason, Mt#. and Mré. Art Kruckman. of Libertyville; Mr. and Mra. Umbden-- stock. Long Grove; Park Allanson, of Area. and Mr. and Mrs. Juhrend, of Chicago The members© of the department extend their thanks to all} who in any way assisted in making the dance a ::cou; to the school board for the of the auditorium, and also to the ice is obliged to associate themselves with an added force, for which Chas. F. Fitzgibbons. of Libertyvilte, has be-- ebnetmemberofg:flmhu'em- pacity of vice president, effective on March ist, The firm will be known as the Bartiett and FitzGibbons Real-- ty Company (not Inc.). Louel 3 The following real estate deals are reported <this week by the Bartiett Realty Co:* Rdward Brizen has--sold-- his 8 1--4 acre place on Buikiey Road to gula F. FitzGibbons. Aus sold «# lot on C Avente to William and Allce Wheeler. Joseph A. Melloy sold his bungatow on John-- son Ave. to Richard and Agnes Brook-- huizen. Albert Abbot of Wheeling id 50 acres to Bartliett and Fit#sGibbons. had a fine time. Prizes + 174 Byete t s ut viu n o S eerne Nee n in ym tw ow were in en Runk in ---- T ES nermma n Mmss .. tm c nc cncgnns zen Pepet . l . > * : Entered at the Postoffice at Libertyriffe, Iillnois, X_me'!?.mhw_; to their extensive business in nty, the Bartlett Realty Serv-- Esther Stitzel by the k it re ; | MANS NOSE TORN * --FROM FACE WHEN i0 AUTOSCOLLIDE Arrest Truck Driver Who Parks in Middle of Road With Timbers Protruding. his nose torm from hbis face 4nd nis @»yes almost gouged out when he drove into a parked truck on Bel-- videre road two ' miles north of Libertyville Friday night. -- . summer residence at Lake Villa, had Ratz was given a luringnb.orofl\ Justice Morris Saturday and pleaded guilty to a charge of driving a truck without lights. His fine was set at $15.00 and costs. Ratz paid and was _nlmnd. i ~B. W of, Lake --who was .& o Hip villz, Aodb+sd ocrneTiia"t k;' I'g .fid"fi'di' from Mying glass. The truck, piloted by Edward Ratz. of 1839 Hoyne avenue, Chicago. bhad Broken down, and the driver was attempting to repair it, according to shal. He had a load of lumber and several long beéeams were protruding from the rear end. There were no tignts on the truck, Limberry charg-- Maier, with a friend, was goink 3# miles an hbour when hbe crashed into oné of the beams, that carried away a part of the upper structure of his car and tore/ into his face. The nose was pushed upward and torn almost free, while the eyes Barely-- bhung ----in --the sockeis, AC-- eording to Dr. J. L. Taylor, of Lib ertyville, who worked' more than two hours sewing wounds together. _ Limberry artested Ratz: and held him 'in the efty jail on a warrant obtained 'before Justice Lyle Morris. Ir. Taylor stated that it was at most impossible to fyoglu the in Dennis Limberry, Libertyyville mar fured person as a man, his face be-- ing torn so badly. The {full blow of the timber, was caught in the face. but Maier escaped without a skull DENY NEW TRIAL __ IN$7,000 BALM fracture Ary~ County's Big Weekly WAUKEGAN WEEKLY SUN lt .'\4".. ] ;%'quw',fi B ) * * Sat ~ i¥ . INDEPENDENT _ a $ $ » OVERRULES MOTION FOR NEW TRIAL IN Judge. Edward D. Shurtieff Holds Disgruntled Detective \ _ Had Fair Trial. _ Indicating that Robert Jeske, dis-- gruntled detective, who tried to él lect $50,000 in an alleged lihe! suit against the Waukegan Daily Sun, had received a.fair trial when a, jury tound the Sun "not guilty," Judge Ed-- ward D. Shrutleff in the Lake county cireuit court ronday night overruled a motion for & new trial. _ _ Jeske's gong"'gfil! argued for nearly two hours on nts -- which they ckimed should entitle them to a new trial. Tbfi argued that the retrac-- tion printed in the Sun after the orig-- én-->=item was printed about . Jeske should not have been admitted as evi-- «-:'_'ui.m it canstituted another se BEUMSE Cc pa.l o.' s nstouge "i-- . uns bulk gof the 'arguments | by : Jnk::. court to the jury that were reélused because the court did not believe they were proper. They also argued the the court should not bhave instructed the jury that if from the evidence they believed Jeske was instrumental To taautsr the item to ~be pristed e should not b8 entitled to recover dam-- ages The evidence showed that there was a frameup ageinst the Sun, and somebudy called b: pFone nflafi%flu EEHH d 53' an Aurora newspaperman, gave the Sun the information which was printed, und that this c occurred after Jeske bad been in the UaHy tn'olemudl told Spencer B. Jorgensorf, a report-- er for the Sun, that bhe erpected the Kane county grand jury io investi-- gate a charge that be had aitacked t%o_girls. The person who -- called Jorgenson an the telephone after Jeske's visit stated that Jeske had beerff indicted. Atity. Jamfes C Welch,.. who. with At'y; A. F. Beaublen represented the Daily Sun. .T that t --there was *« conspiracy inst the Sun for the purpose ol [urnishing a basis for a damage action the plaintiff should not be entitled to damages. Along this connecion Atty, Weich argued that if a person were to delibetately leap n front of a train and bjlnhrd they would not be entitled to damages b~ cause it would be contributory ne«li-- There is also a parallel case in t »e Masachussetts statutes, krown as the J1st Northeastern 658, which states: "If the defendant is guilty of no wrong against the plaintiff except a wrong invited an n':rpmtym plaintiff for the pu of making it the foundation of an action, it would be mpst unjust that the procurer of the wrongful act should be permit:-- ed to profit by it." Jeske wase granted the right to ap peal to the appellate court, providing he puts up a $200 bond. He will be required to put up the bond in 230 days. Sixrty days were given for a bill of exceptions ARRESTED AFIHK~-- WRECK OF AUTOS Henry Johnson of Lake Ville, wae arrested Saturday night on the charge of reckless driving by Deputy Sherif Fred Willems. in Kenosha. Johnson driving a roadster. callided with Har-- old Smith of Kenosha driving a coupe at Liberty Corners. --The coupe was damaged. -- Jonnwi®" came into court Tuesday -- and -- pleaded not -- gullty and the case wase continged to Febru-- ary 20. at 9:00 a. m. bonds $100. THIEVES RANSACK LAKE FOREST HOME Burglars ibroke into the home of T. L. Parshall at Lake Forest Sunday night, Wut bbtained littlse of, value. The bawse had baen cloged for 'the winter and the vealuables had been loeked in a vault. The same gang is believed to have entered the home 0{ William .R. Kemp. an employe of the Onwentsia -- Golf club. Household goods valued at $250 vm The meeting of rural and village teachers of Take county' at Liberty-- ville last. Saturday was a vyery suc-- cesstul event and there wore about 150 in mengce. Instructions were d ue Sore ols > aitk atlb s rivan hy MtéE FiOtEh 4 cb'rnb:ubllc schools. Jasse L. 3)., JESKE LIBEL CASE [Nuthe > DATES FOR LAKE COUNTY FAIR SAME AS LAST YEAR The annvual Lake County fair at TLibertyviltewill be held ou Septem: ber 55 7, inclusive, according to an-- nouncement given out at Springfield by the Ilino's State Fair Associa-- tlon. -- The list of practically all --the county faire to be given this year has been given out. Out of the 87 fair boards in the state all but 17 have announced the dates of, the annual fairs;: These boards are expected to make announcement in a few days. Following is a 1925 list of the date of faird'® in which Lake County resi-- dents are interested® & & * Tilinole State Fair--Rept. 1926.~---- Cook Co. Fair, Palatine--Sept. 3--i.-- DeKalb Co. Fair, awich--Sept. &#--11 21--29. LAKE COUNTY'S Cook County Paid More--than. rgure ne« One--third of the Whole Sum 421 *$3:98® Paid in the State. A o 44 are Spring{leld, IIL, Feb 17.--Accord ing to a siatement issued today by Secretaryo! State Louis L. Emmer som, Cook county contributed $4,146, 998 or more than onethird df the $11,516,206 collected in automobile fees during 19%4. This is an in-- Hardin county pald $5,631,. ine smallest amount collected from any county. This is an inctfease of $1,-- 875 over the previous year. . 0 All of the money collected by the Automobile departmeni goes directly into the Good Roads fund:and the cost of operation of the office is pald from the general revenue fund. crease of fl}&"- qver the ioOtal fees palid by that county in 1933 Peoria county paid $271,725, lead-- Ing the downstate counties; Lake county palid $164,8714, 8t. Clair coun-- ty palid $255,653, Kane county $237,-- 250, Madison county $219,871%, Winne bago county $2098,761, Sangamon county $206,024, and LaSalle county §$201,7131. McHenry county paid _OC §63~ in 1923 Peoria and 8t. Clair counties ~were the only downstate rounties paying $20.000 a --year -- Paut Rygie of NOR Chicays Starts Long "Stretch;" | STARTS 90 DAYS _ JAIL SENTENCE _ _ FOR "CONTEMPT"; Paul Rygiel, North Chicago, Monday started serving a 90--day sentenceée in the county jall for contempt of court in connection with violations of the prohibitory law, and two other pe-- titions for injunction were filed in circuit. court this morning by States Attormney A. Y¥ Smitb.' 0_ _ Prosecutor Smith receptly obtained an injunction against Rygicl r6 straining him for selling liquor on h'lxw-hu. . Later petition for con-- tethpt of court was filed ?llfl Rygiel for aBleged~violation the ;fim@! Rygie+--was .fined $500 xen a Y0 day Jail s#entence, but de a motion for an <appest. The time for perfecting &8 appeal wus --up Sunday, so a mittimus for his Incarceration was served and b« came effective today. essm o) The petitions for injunction Mléd today wore against IkeFrankiin of 14 #&pring street and l-:p'l. Moses and Rache! Steinberg . Highland Park. tht!"! siolation . of the pro-- hibitory @w. . _ An affidavit filed with the Stéin-- berg injunction 'petition states that Henry Krouse, of H!zhyood_.' bought Kane Co. Fair, Aurora--August Kagkakee Co. Fuir, Gankakee-- place <Jan Ca;lh:onnd.! oerhhh.' hr;;\ day suit. for _divo from a Conrad, charging n':% bethg iht!: mate with on "John Doe," about three Teokh tmph: 'n&? '..'.' e l:loo € Jw yeat, left Ne _ !% later,: the, va'oml.&i now ~ b'm' t 'j' geoct _.'_,",fif' ACCUSES JORN DOE IN DIVORCE BILL ;;aah';g: \'F_'i Two Others Enjoined. $164,874 IN '24 81. for $2 SLLE i u'.' Union cmm of w |will receive $137% an hbour begin-- the ning ' June 1 uzr the terms --of "". compromise agreement that bas 31| just been arranged, _ Carpenters in 'the Chicago district, which includes the| Waukegan and Lake county, had de "~~$1.50 A YEAR IN '$416,000 WORTH | .. --OF LAKE COUNTY _ Farm deals totalling-- more 1 §$416,000 have been reported Over week--end, principal among them ing a $100,000 transaction "g transactions. Rebecca C. Holcomb, of Area, ferred to George P. Racine, of go 50 acres in Area for a re $100,000 consideration, the deal recordedlate Saturday. -- ------ mUW- * m w -'_g-'}-o Frank Shaddle of Area to Robert .fi Rouse for indicated $80,000. *~. * ~ .. Robert P. Lamont, of Chicago, to the West View Furm Sm 102 acres +~ ed consideration of $58,000. 4 The Charles Farman farm Of acres, located near DMIily's O-'z northwest of Waukegan, belonging to L. N. Lindskog, is reported to be "_ »f $93,000. The Daiton {8% one mile north of oRadout, "w vour} se i ARNE «c y -- {hk*; nex -- Ot -- this Jt Ratween " 1404 " 2ou" 1ecd se mm bers of the Waukegan local, e Contractors assert tbhat in figur Ing on new work to be done "here this year they will have to take intad -- account the newscale BR 1# hour or $12% a day. ~ Plasterers . ang. lathers are recetving $1.75 an bour or 314 a day. 4,000 by (h», new --rates, . Ot_ this Stomr---- ive Large Deals in Various Parts of County Cause Stir _ in Realty Circles.. --._. _ Contractors assert that in Ngur Ing on new work to be done "here this year they will} have to take intod account the m.t'-h- i is pointed out, howevet,. t m = scale now is $125 an hbour there are many carpentaers who are receiving as high as $1.50 an hour. Had Demanded $2 a Day In-- crease, But Have Consent-- ed to Comipromise. GET AN JINCREASE _ _ OF DOLLAR A DAY Waukegan, at one R. A. JOHNSONIS _: _ ~ OUT FOR SHERIFE -- A eR EnE UE OOE IVC 1 county district, will be among those is the field for the--sberiffs post, he announced -- today. ~ A number of friends-- through the county _ bats urged him to make the run, and cast his lof with T. J. Stabi, Lawrence fioolittle and. Deputy Lester 73 the ot hmer -- I'W" 'M* has Jived in Waukegan --for -- FORMER RESIDENT OF LAKE _ --. ViLLA DIES IN CALIFORNIA --~-- Word was recelved in Lake Lewin, at the home of bgt danghter, M¥rs. Fred Scott, in Los Angeles, Cal. \t-- and MUrs. Lewin will be remom Mr. and Mrs. Lewi wiu uo > bered by many of the older people 86 | Lake Villa, bhaving -- formerly £ and conducted a meat market there. _ Mr. Lewin passed away about a ago at Chicago, and his F. K. MoCormick. of 1J R. A. Johnson, 3%4 Frank!in 8t., She was 86 --_LAND IS SOLD _ with many -- other Dest No e $#

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