The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1913-11-29
BREACH OF PROMISE
SUIT TO Be PRESSED
MRS. MeNABB HAS SUED ]. S. KINNEY
FOR $4,000 BALM
WILL Be SENSATIONAL lF TRIED
Contract Shown In Which Kinney PromI,-
ed To Marry Her But interference
From His Family Prevented

ANY n. r DlNOu Oh 5tauDhnrn
was in the city las. Monday night and,
with him came news OF a garinshee
to be made on Tuesday against the
royalty due from the Spring Valley
Iron Co. 10 the Kinneys; the filing Of
a lis pepdis against the property 30 ar
to prevent It's transfer from the
Kinneys to any other person and the
starting OF a suit for breach OF promise
against ). s. Kinney by Mrs. Ida
McNabb. formerly a solicitor for the
Good Will farm.
The action was taken by Mr.. Dixon
at the direction of Atty. Cochelns, the
well known Milwaukee attorney and
former foot ball star of the Wisconsin
University. Mr.. Cocheins is the
attorney for Mrs McNabb, who in
now said to hve at Milwaukee, hav-
ing severed her connection with the
Good Will farm several years ago.
So much of gossip and 80 many
different stories have been rumoro1
about the county in connection with
the case OF Mrs. McNabb and Mr..
Kinney that IL Is difficult to tell inst
where fiction ends and fact begins.
The story given most frequent cur
rency and that set up in the declara4
tion OF Mrs. McNabb Is that Mr..
Kinney asked her to marry him thai
she consented and that the conditions
surrounding the consent was that M.
Kinney was to build and deed 10 her
home 10 cost IS. 600; to educate each
OF her three children TO take out an
insurance policy for 80. 600 On her life,
made payable to her children on her
death. Kinney TO pay the premiuxo
and she TO have deed of one -haif 0f
her dover interest in the Kinney pro.
perty 10 become effective at his death.
Kinney bought many presents for
Mrs. McNabb and the date OF the
wedding was set. few days before
the event was 10 come off the sons OF
Mr.. Kinney got wise to what was
going on and they Immediately took
steps 10 spirit their father away and
he has remained away from tho
county and The state until the present
time. IT is said that he is now ia
Washington. ID. G. but that he spends
the greater part OF his time in the
south. having purchased property in
Florida.
The thorougly systematic manner
in which the contracting parties went
about their marriage proposal 10 sx.
hibited in a contract filed az part NJ
the declaration in this suit Tbs con
tract was made at Escanaba in June
1912 and evidently was drawn mp by
w. j. Galbraith OF Calumet, nm
doubtedly as attorney for Mrs. Nc
Nabb. as Mr.. Galbraith's name APP
pears as witness to the signatures
and also as the notary public.
II recites that az n condition 10 tho
marriage OF the two parties the 50, 900
residence, the educating of the child
rem. the 80, 600 insurance policy and
the interest in the property should To
provided by Kinney and the document
bears the signatures OF the two.
The contract is one of the most in.
terestipg documents ever hled In q srit
in Iron county.
The papers in the snif were hlel
with county clerk Wall last Monday
night and the matter IL now pnbLp
property. Mr. Kinney is one of tho
Oldest residents d Iron county. He
came here in the ealy days ana took
mp homestead in the Spring Valley
section OF Stambaugh township, Al
a farmer and logger he prospered bRt
IL was when the Zimmerman minc
was developed upon bis farm that
he sprang into wealth. The property
was taken on option by the late ID. x.
MacKinnon and after considerable ex-
ploratory work, IL went on option
from Mr. MacKinDon to Eugene ZinD.
norman and +. G. Clutts. Tney con
timed exploratory work and develop
ed the large body Of ore known a. tho
Zimmerman mine.
The Spring Valley Go. was orRaDi1.
ed 60 operate the property and the
min, ID now fully equipped Two
years ago Paul Schook OF this city
commenced suit against Zimmerman
and Clutts 10 compel them 10 pay over
70 bim third interest In the pro.
perty Mr. Schook claiming that they
had promised 70 "whack mp win