The twice=a=week herald. (Amarillo, Tex.) 1887-1906, 1906-07-03
GLIDDEN HOUSE DEED
Joseph r. Glidden Says His Son
In-Law Got Title BY
Fraud.
lIllinois True Republican |

Mr.. Glidden, who is one of the
most widely known and highly es-
teemed citizens of DeKalb county,
is SO years of age and has been to
some degree, for several years past,
physically infirm, and while retain
ing charge of his private affairs with
the aid of trusted employees, he
has not been personally conducting
his enterprises,
He says in his bill: On April IL,
1906, he was owner of the Glidden
House at DeKalb, where he resid-
ed.
Before MAY, 1906, his only
daughter, Elya Bush, wife of Will
lam H. Bush, was residing with her
husband in Chicago, suffering from
an incurable malady, and her death
was expected at any moment.
Mr.. Glidden visited his daughter
in January last, when she request
ed him to make some provision for
three of her near and intimate
friends, which he promised his
daughter to do, but no plans were
mentioned as to the extent or man.
ner Of the provision.
About two months later, on April
IL last, Mr.. Bush came to DeKalb
with c,rtain papers which he said
his wife desired her father to exc
cut, ia pursuance of the offer
made to provide for her friends.
Mr.. Glidden was greatly surprised
and agitated that the papers should
have been so hastily prepared in
his absence without he being con-
suited, and he was very reluctant
a matter in such haste, but Mr..
Bush insisted and called a notary
public, and while as he remembers
and has been informed, these pa
prs were read to him, he did not
und their full import until
they had been signed and taken
away by Bush, nor would he have
signed them had he understood,
for there was no agreement or
promise at anytime to his daughter
that he would convey said property
to her or Bush for any purpose
whatever.
Al or reflection, fearing he might
have been deceived, he had the
papers explained to him, and then
he for the first time realized their
force and effect. The next day he
sought Bush and demanded the re-
turn of the papers, but that it APP
pears from the county records that
the said papers were filed for re-
cord within two hours after they
had been executed and that said
Bush is now the owner of said pro-
perty.
Mr.. Glidden charges that said
William H. Bush, knowing the
fathers deep affection for his
daughter, took advantage thereof
to wrong and defraud him, that
shortly before her death, by ad-
missions she made to him, she
did not know her husband had
secured from her father deed to
the hotel property to himself: and
that a letter from Bush brought to
DeKalb from his wife, the second
day after recording the deed, stat
ed that she was satisfied with what
had been done by him, but in no
referred to the transaction, and
Mr.. Glidden belives and charges
that Bush procured the said letter
because of her infirmity and that
she did not know the import there
Of.
Mr. Gidden stated that he was
under no financial or moral obliga-
tons to Bush. On the contrary
about IL years ago he executed a
written bond to his daughter and
husband to convey to them jointly
for a nomial consideration several
thousand acres of land valued at
up ward Of 100000 and which
had in the meantime been held by
them as an investment; that during
1904 the property reached a value
Of 100000 and that during the
last year said Bush prevailed upon