Mexico weekly ledger., 1910-08-18

Mrs. Sarah V. Wilder has filed spR
IN the Audrain circuit court against
&c. A. Wilder. Mrs. Wilder saws she
Is rs years old and Is the widow Of
The hate Judge .. II. Wilder, of this
county. She says her husband died
March z. 1895. and lett a will which
made provisions for her support
during the rest Of her natural Hfe.
Judge Wilder left heirs as follows
Kate Avery, Terzah a. Avery. and c.
A. Wilder.
The deceased made a will in 1894,
and later In 1895 made a eodocil to
the will, but did not specify bond
for the executor. The defendant was
made executor.
The plaintiff alleges In her petition
the win provided $1,000 for b@
with instructions 10 the defendant
to keep the money loaned out at The
highest possible safe rate Of inter.
est. The will further provided, the
plaintiff says, that in Gaze she be-
came infirm or uncomfortable, the de-
fendant should pay her a part Of the
principal at such times as would
make her comfortable. The will fur.
Their provided, the petition alleges,
the plaintiff be given the privilege
of a dewlling house on lots five and
six OF block Z in the town Of Lad
donta if the plaintiff would keep it in
good repair except from storms,
wind, electrical or hail. The e1ecn'
tor, she says, was discharged IN
1897.
The plaintiff alleges a windslorm
swept over Laddonia some time ago
and damaged the roof which cost her
$50 to have repaired. She also says
she had to pay for a walk that cos
$50.
The plaintiff alleges in her petition
there Is $500 unpaid interest; and
that the defendant has paid her Oi
little money, most of the time paying
her. when he did pay, in goods from
his store and charging excessive Pre-
es but gave her money occasionally
In sums ranging from 50 to IS.
The plaintiff says she has become
infirm by reasons of rheuma'Sin
complications Of diseases and on
age and is in great need of par' o.
the principal.
She asks Judgment for the Wv
from the defendant paid out by he'
that she alleges should have Oes4
paid by defendant. $500 Of the pr%
cipai and that c. A, Wilder VINO ,
trustee without bond and now a nOl
resident of the State be rellO'''
and a suitable trustee appointed
Henry Koch has also filed sus
against r. d. ha1lapS
for $1,000, $1,000 pln'ns
and $1,000 actual damages, The caus
of action grew out of an altercalpn
between the two men, The pau
tin alleges the defendant a'la,n.s
him without cause and assaulted HY
Chas. Powell Ct al have filed ~.
against the Chicago & Alton
81, 900 damages. This suit grew op,
OF some shipment of stock in Jun
year from Thompson and NEE
leo to Chicago.
Miss Frances Quisenbury, the 10
years-old daughter Of Mr.. and m@
glastonbury. narrowly e.
capped being killed by a motor ga
Tuesday evening. As a result
the accident she is confined to ns
bed with a number of painful Or"S
es.
- Wdo dDuuL Z NiONh
glastonbury alighted from a molO' ~
on the northwest corner OIL
Square. AS she stepped from
car another machine, driven by iVD
Sweeney, struck her. she leu
he pavement. One OF the hw
wheels gra2ed her head and q TO-
wheel passed over one limb.
She was Immediately taken nSa
ind physicians called 10 attehu IA
rhey found no serious injuries ai,.
hat she had suffered painful Nv" ,'s.
Is. Mr.. Sweeney says he was ,.nt
ng slowly at the time Of the a'' o,t
ind that his brake refused TO
,r the accident would never paw
Major Isaac, formerly Of tbs e'g
low Of sulphur, Okla, Is here -,
ending the Fair and looking y