The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-12-02
SUIT STARTED
BY MRS. NJ NABB
100000 Heart Balm Asked by
Former laurium Woman

Probably one of the rn0st sensation
al breach If promise suits ever be-
gun i'm the upper peninsula, has been
started in IRON county by Mrs, Idle
McNabb formerly of Laurium, who
viii seek 100000 heart balm for the
alleged failure of j. - Kinney To mar
ny her, after having promised to do So
il is said. Mrs, McNabb is well known
in this district, having formerly repre-
scented the Good viii Farm as solc-
itor. The defendant ir the suit is g.
wealthy Iron county mining man, who
is at present said to he in Washing
ton, ID. G.
The story of the case is presented in
the Crystal Falls Diamond Drill az
follows:
Attorney A. T.. Dixon, Of Stam-
baugh was in the city last Monday
night and with him came news. of
aarnishee proceedings to De brought
on Tuesday against the royalty du"
from the Spring Valley hon company
to the l<inneys the filing of " liS
pcndis against the property so ms -
prevent its transfer from the Kir-
reys Ia any other person and the
starting of Il suit for breach of prom
Use against J. :. Kinney by Mrs Ida
Ne abb, formerly a solicitor for the
Good VIII Farm.
The action was taken by Mr.. Dixon
~ IN" direction of Attorney Cochoms,
the well known Milwaukee attorney
ana former football star Of the WIS
consin University. Mr.. Cochems is the
attorney for Mrs. McNahb, Nho is now
said to live n Milwaukee. having sev-
cred her connection with the Good
VIII Farm several years ago.
Story Of the Case
so much Of gossip and so many
different stories have beer rumured
about the county i'm connection with
the case of Mrs. MoNabb and Mr..
Kinney that it is difficult To tell just
where fiction ends and fact begins
The story given most frequent cur
renCy and that set NJ i'm the dcclaro-
ton of Mrs. McNabb is that Mr.. Kin
neY asked her to marry him, that she
consented and that the conditions
surrounding the consent was that Mr.
Kinney was 10 build and deed 10 h'r
n home to cost $1,000, 10 educate each
of her three children, To take out AN
Insurance policy for $4,000 on her life
made payable to her children on her
death, Kinney To pay the premium
and she to have Il deed of one-half Of
her dover interest i'm the Kinney prop
orty to become effective at his death.
Kinney bought many presents for
Mrs. McNabb and the date of the we'd
ding WAS set few days before the
event was to come off tn" sons of Mr..
! Kinney learned of what was going on
and they Immediately took steps to
spirit their father away and he has
remained away from the county and
/ the state until the present time. II
is said that ne is now in Washington,
| u. c., hut that he spends the greater
part of his time i'm IL" South. having
purchased property Ia Florida.
THE thoroughly systematic manner
! i'm which the contracting parties went
about their marriage proposal is eX
iIlll'fil w ~ sl''N 'll'' 90 81 T''''
the declaration i'm this suit. Tho con.
tract WAS made at Esranaba in juno,
1912. and evidently was drawn up by
w. j. Galbraith, of calumet. un-
doubtedly as attorney FOR Mrs. Me
Nabb, as Mr. Galarath's name appears
as n witness L. the signatures and also
as the notary public.
Entered Into Contract
1t rccltes that as "A condition To the
marriage OF the two parties the -.
900 residence. the educating of Tho
children, the $4,000 Insurance policy
and the interest I'm the property shoul'
be provided by Kinney and the docu-
mcnt bears the signatures of the two
THE papers i'm the suit were filled
with County Clerk Wall last Monday
night and the matter is how public
property Mr.. Kinney is one of the
Oldest residents of Iron county. Ill
came here in the early days and tool
up "a homestead in the Spring Vale,
section Of Stambaugh township Al
; q farmer and logger h" prospered, bu
! IL WAS when the Zimmerman min'
was developed upon his farm that III