The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-11-16
IONANCE DISCLOSED.
&c Brought Out by the Death
of a chicagoan.
'ov,y LAYS CLAIM TO ESTATE.

of the Dead Man Knew Nothing OF
II. Alliance to the Ciaimant-she Had
-. Career, Once Being Placed on
- the Crime of Murder-Says She
IVA. Married to Ketohem In the Cream
city
chicago. Nov. 16.-Romance even in
~ closes the final chapter OF the lie
Iry Of John b. Ketcham. The end
70 him Sunday morning at the
'rldence of Mrs. Mabel Esteiie wal
1" qa9l Indiana Avenue. Mrs. Wal
\ comes forward with the claim that
T.. the wealthy mans widow. Friends
.ho dead man are undecided which
% news is the most startling to
r., Mr. Ketcham's sudden death or
4 ranuted marriage to the handsome
[,ne widow. Mrs. Wallace. or Ketch-
however wears widows weeds for
III ord also claims TO be by will his
Il lapatee. she says she was married
him in Milwaukee Sept. "a by a Meth
H. minister. The latter's name she
H. not remember, but that is merely
'datail and it is easily established to
1--we her undsputed claim to Mr..
Scham's estate of 100000 or more.
4 Ketcham's death is ascribed to a
sronic liver complaint and gastritis.
n Kerwin and De Veny, who attend
him would not discuss the particu-
ID Of his sickness. However, it is
sovn he had not been we'll for some
be-
4 Woman Makes Her Claim.
Previous to six weeks ago he made
4 home at the Auditorium Annex.
mere he had suffered more or less
m he had not been confined to his
N. His baggage never was moved
nm the hotel. The woman who comes
tward and claims to be the widow is
rs. Mabel Estelle Walkup, the widow
/ James r. Walkup. former mayor of
nporia, Kan, and wealthy. When he
hi in 1885. under somewhat strange
fcumstances. his youthful bride was
rested and tried for numbering him.
N she was freed. She married him
hen she was only Is years old, al
bugh he was almost 60. She was a
dow at II, and to avoid unpleasant
5torlety she assumed the name of Wal
he. She came to Chicago after she
IA spent considerable money travel
= L. n n cd
ence at 1921 Indiana avenue, which
d furnished in splendid style. Twelve
hrs and much trouble have not faded
b rare beauty, and few persons at
Act more attention while driving on
3 bouevards or through the park than
Is young woman. OF late she had
Rn seen several times driving in COM
by with Mr.. Ketcham.
President ola Bank.
Romantic as her life has been, that of
\ deceased was not any the less free
pm strange happenings. He was the
p Of Valentine II, Ketcham of Toledo,
n who at the time OF his death was
Rsldent Of the First National bank Of
nt city. The young man established
private banking concern, which later
Feloped into the Ketcham National
ok He was the president of this
pix until 1898. Before his banking OPP
tons began John b. Ketcham was
arred to a daughter of II. V. Granger
Toledo. She died without leaving any
1ldren. Then Mr.. Ketcham welded
Rttie Poe, the daughter of /. N. Poe.
director OF his bank.
Y was not long afterward that Mr..
Ncham began leading fast life. He
Pk his wife abroad and spent avishly
|his Inheritance, which was upwards
nall million. He disposed of his
lnking interests, and after his foreign
pr left Toledo and Chicago. Within
N word travelled back to the Ohio city
4 all was not peace and domestic fe-
uly In the eKtcham household. The
He returned Unexpectedly to Toledo.
Mr.. ketcham lived at the Chicago
~ A little more than a year ago
ketcham startled society by bring
proceeding in the courts to have
fonservator appointed for her hus-
'iiV dlltSeu lIldl ne WAS Oh uIl-
- MIND, and was rapidly dissipating
fortune.
Divorce Proceedings.
pc outcome of the suit was a divorce
feeding, which ended in a compro-
Mr. Ketcham agreeing to set aside
'VVO for his wife. The news of Mr..
*cham's third wedding was unknown
|ps Toledo relatives. as well as to his
nu wife. Mrs. Wallace. or Ketcham.
Pared that a certificate of her mar
10 the deceased. as well as his last
ana testament, leaving all his es-
10 her, is locked up in a safety de-
vault downtown.
Tohh desired that I should not tell
mother or his relatives Of the mar
~ she said. but his brother
re had been here to visit him be-
ne died. John will be buried in my
hosehill cemetery, where 1 expect
beside him when my time comes"
urge ketcham. has arrived from
No. and Is registered at the Audi
m' His mother will follow imme-
y' and when she arrives the date
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