Omaha daily bee., 1901-01-01
BALM FOR WOUNDED LOVE
Aged suitor Goes Into Court to Re
cover Title to Real Estate
RetrOthal Gift.

After having fought the battles Of life
through the greater pnrt Of the outgoing
century, John Kndzior septuagenarian, be-
gins the new cycle as plaintiff in a breach
OF promise suit, wherein he alleges that
Josephine Vetrouski, a coy lass Of tender
years, has played hide-and-seek with
his affections, and. incidentally, secured title
to valuable realty.
1t is not so much his blighted affections
as his loss Of land that prompted the aged
man to file suit against Miss Vetrouski.
The petition, which is a lengthy document.
goes on to say that about February Of
last year. the plaintiff and the defendant
entered into an agreement of marriage
engaged" as the younger folks would
term II. 1t is further set forth that at no
time, In tho present opinion of the plain
tiff, did the defendant have any intention
to fulfil her matrimonial promise, but that
she was guided solely in her demonstration
of affection by a desire to secure title to
lot ., Woodlawn addition to the city OF
Omaha. on which is located valuable
house. The property was transferred, so
the plaintiff asserts, as an evidence OF good
faith on his part. He had no diamond rings
with which to seal the engagement but
the said Josephine was not romantic miss,
and houses and lands were quite as accept
able, so the story goes, as glittering jewel.
Guardian is Appointed.
Continuing his story. the petitioner en-
ters into a review of his peculiar case and
tells how a few days after his engagement
to Miss Josephine, his daughter, Mrs. Julia
Socha, went before Judge Vinsonhaler of
the county court and, representing her
father to be incompetent to manage his
affairs, secured appointment as his guar
dian. Subsequently the septuagenarian
came before Judge Vinsonhaler with con-
vincing argument to the effect that he was
capable OF conducting his own affairs, and
the guardianship order was revoked-but
that is ancient history, for the ups and
downs OF Kndzior during the past year have
been given much publicity in the news
papers from time to time.
Now the old warrior is making a century
epoch by taking the initiative in a breach
or promise suit-somethng that In the nine
teenth century most always devolved upon
the woman in the case With his charac-
terstic eye for business, the aged petitioner
prays the court to set aside the title, to
restrain the defendant from disposing of
the disputed property and also from en-
cumbering 1t with a mortgage, which II is
asserted, she has been attempting to do.
Judge Keysor, who was rounding out the
century with prosaic insurance case. was
pressed into service long enough to issue
temporary restraining order It is re-
turnable January ~, at which time the
merits OF the case will be entered into
more fully
John Kndzior is in many ways a remark
able man. Although almost entirely with
out school education, he has by native
shrewdness amassed comfortable for
tune, and takes particular pride in declar-
ing that advanced age has not made per-
ceptible inroads upon his physical constitu-
tion. In fact, he is decidedly more than
parallel for Denman Thompson, the vet
eran player, who in his "Old Homestead, Z"
declares Il am siXty-seven and spry as
kitten"