The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1919-07-15


her agreement and execuf> to me
her deed of release Of her potential
rights Of dover in and to my Ken
lucky real estate, which as stated,
she refused and still refuses to do.
Then finding out that she could not
use and control my property as she
pleased. she combined and conspir-
ed with others, against my rights
and interests to take away from me
the possession and control of my
own property which she well knew
| had worked hard for and accumu-
lated during long life of strenu-
Gus effort and prudent economy, by
making an affidavit in the County
Court here against me and causing
the officials to issue writ of lun-
acy against me which she well knew
at the time was unfounded and un-
true. But taking advantage of my
serious illness at that time, which
to some extent depressed me in
mind for a time, but which was
never insanity or lunacy, justly or
properly considered, procured
trial of her case against me without
nv knowledge or consent, / not hav-
ing an opportunity to appear in
court and present my side Of the
case, thereby sustaining her writ of
lunacy against me, causing the APP
pointment of Committee which took
out of my possession all Of my prop
erty. / wish it understood that
do not mean in any way to criticise
or find fault with the court or jury
who tried my case, as l have no
doubt that there was presented to
them by my wife plenty of ex-parte
/, evidence 10 sustain and support
their finding against me; but | do
say and assert that if my wife had
shown the love and affection for me
and regard for my financial and
business interests that she ought to
have and to have then shown said
court proceedings and appointment
of a Committee which took away
from me all my property and plac-
ed same in the hands of stranger,
could and would have, in my opin-
ion, been avoided, and my estate
thereby saved the loss of many
thousands of dollars in the unneces-
sary sale, at inadequate prices in
many instances, of all my personal
property and farming equipment on
my farms, when | owed no debts to
necessitate sale of same, and vex-
atious litigation that caused thous-
ands of dollars costs and expenses
in allowances to said Committee and
his attorneys for fees and expenses
in litigation that could and should
have been avoided if my property
had been left in my possession and
my wife had been willing to coop
crate with me through an agent in
managing same. As it is suit was
instituted more than a year ago Nv
A. S. Hart, acting as my Committee,
against Bette Fitzpatrick, my wife,
in a Florida court, and said suit is
now pending there, never having
been prepared for trial or tried,
which seeks to annul said deed made
by me to my wife as stated before,
to said Florida property and 10
compel her to deed back said prop
erty to me. For the reason stated
above, if l should die before | re-
cover title and possession of my
said Florida property it is my will
and | hereby direct that said Bette
Fitzpatrick, if she survive me, shall
be charged with said property or its :
value at my death, in the settlement
of my estate, and that same be de-
Quoted from any allotment of dow
er or distributable portion to her
of my personal estate before she
takes or receives any other portion
or interest in my estate as provid-
ed by the laws of Kentucky regu-
lating the property rights of married
women.
18th. j am well informed as to the
provisions made by the laws of Ken
lucky for property rights to mar
red women in the estates Of deceas-
ed husbands and l believe that said
laws make ample and comfortable
provisions for the said Bette Fitz-
patrick, If she survives me; and
having no children by our marriage