Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-01-27
FIGHTING THE FEE,
Miss Benser Wants Her Legal
Representative Re.
strained.
FORMER BOOK BLAND HBIREss


Her 0uardisr. Attorney X. II. Ivory. Of
Pftssbere. Who She ssys Hss Been Msk.
ing Exe' bitsns Charges for His f, rvices
-SserS Of the Case.
Today's Chicago Tribune contains
o special from Pittsburg, which tells
the latest incident in connection with
the case OF Miss Edna Benser, which
has been heretofore related bv The
ARGUS II sayt: Attorney Willis
+. McCook yesterday secured . cita-
ton from the Orphans court Of AL.
l. ghepy county, Pa, upon K. b.
Ivory. an attorney. to snow cau.e
Why Mr.. Ivory should not be re.
moved from the position Of guardian
OF Miss Edna Benser, OF Pittsburg.
formerly OF Rock Island. The
citation is made returnab.e Saturday
next, the order being granted by
Judge W. g. Hawkins.
In the petition it is stated that
Miss Benser Is the adopted daughter
OF Charles Benser, q wagon manuiac-
turer OF Moline, who died in Europe
10 1887. When his estate va, set
lied up il Was turned over to 7. j.
Robinson. Of Rock leland, to be kept
in trust for Edna. the tecendant's
ADOPTED daughter, until she should
become Of age, Mr.. Robinson having
been duly appointed guardian. Two
or three years later Mrs. Henrietta
BeIser, the widow, and the adopted
daughter removed to Pittsburg.
May IL last Edna became Is
years old. and began TO think about
occurring her estate In Illinois. being
then Of legal age. She consulted
Attorney Ivory aud was told that
under the Pennsylvania laws she
must have . guardian appointed to
accept her property for her from the
Illinois citizen whose trust was then
expiring. Miss Benser went into
Orphans court ard had Mr.. Ivory
appointed as guardian and custodian
OF her property until she should be-
come IL years old. She gave Mr..
Ivory authority to 60 TO Rock Island
and collect from Mr.. Robinson the
residue Of her estate.
Mr.. Robinson reported that he
had ti61,S5l 81 on hand. and In the
meantime Learned that there was
doubt as to the constitutions Atty Of
the act under which the child, Edna,
had been adopted. Mrs. Beuser
brought suit against Mr.. Robinson,
questioning Tbs validity Of the law,
and he refused to make the transfer.
Mr.. Ivory got Miss Benser to go
to Rock Island and demand her prop.
erty. The Pi;tsburg guardian got q
trust corporation in Chicago to give
bond indemnifying Mr.. Robin son
from damages in case the act under
which Miss Benser had been adopted
should be proven unconstitutional,
and the property revert to Mrs. Ben.
ser. Mr.. Ivory also made contract
in Illinois with Mis-, Benser to be.
come her trustee for five years.
Mr.. Robinson turned over t6l,-
ISL. 81. and held the remainder. 1t
IL charged that when Mr.. Ivory made
his first accounting to Miss Benser
he charged IS. 500 ,xpen IS for the
total cost OF securing the transfer Of
the uust, aud took The startling sum
Of $S2.Sj0.62 as his attorneys and
trustees fee for professional services.
The rem naming t25. 900 he has since
been loauin0 ont on honda and moyt
cages made to himself as trustee. &C.
cordiog TO the allegations 10 Miss
Beuser's petition to the court. Miss
Bsnser thought he was too high
priced for her, aud wants him re.
moved"
ME Bsnssr IN Adopted Osusht,r.
Miss Benser was the adopted
daughter OF the late c. A. Benser.
Her father was originally Q shoe.
maker at Taylor Ridge. who after.