Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1921-02-21
THE FINNEY CASE
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again with the law suit that she
was still making threats and she
suggested that | had better go
down and have a will written so
that 1t could be held in case Ber-
tina did anything; so [ fixed up
the will as she suggested.
Later she said. Bertha is
coming with that law suit again
and 1t Is worse than ever. She
and VIII Gould have gotten to-
Sether and they want to get hold
OF you, and she said she was 90
ing to see the circuit Judge. and
later she came back and said the
! circuit Judge said | would have
to keep my dues paid up. This
, did from time to time. She
commenced at $40. and finally got
up as high as $1OO These dues
were account of the secret law
SUIT. she told me, so | paid all
along and she says she talked
with another lawyer and he told
her the same about keeping these
dues paid and finally she began
begging me to sell the farm
Other times she would come il
and sit down and CRY over it and
tell me we were III a terrible
! shape, we were in Il close place
and | would try to get the mo-
ncy together for the dues. and
then she told me we would have
to get a machine SO she could at
tend to the business of this suit.
that the circuit Judge told her this
must be done. | told her | was
not ready to get machine, but
she insisted, SO that | finally pur-
chased one for $1.575. and she
told me to tell the people that |
gave her this machine as a pres
ent. so that it could not be taken
out III this secret law suit. When
she went to Akron she took the
machine with her Again she
told me she had a lawyer at
Frankfort and he told her to have
me sell the farm and divide it lust
to copper. so when | received
the money from the sale Of the
place | had the bank figure up ex-
actly onc-half and took the
check to the hotel where she was
and gave it to her. | had seen
her the evening before and she
asked me about the sale OF the
property. being unable on account
OF the late hour to get to the bank
she insisted that give her
memorandum to show the mo-
ncv was there and that onc-half
OF IT was coming to her. She told
me when gave her the money
she was going to get the circuit
Judge to help her send it off.
When she talked about the secret
law suit. she would drive the 9th
/ crs, with the exception Of her Sis
ter. Florence. out of the house
Florence Turpin was present at
all these conferences.
Several months later Lizzie
/ came to me and told me had to
sell another piece of land | had.
and that | would have to give her
lust half OF the proceeds to get
rid of the law suit: that WIFE
Could was liable to take the land
away from me and | had Letter
hurry and sell it. She said the
matter had gotten into the GOV
crnlncnts hands and to keen
things straight it would be nee
cssary to have $4,000. On 81
about the End Of MAY | drew
$4,000 i'll currency from the bank
and gave it to Lizzie. She first
read to me q letter VIII. III she
said was written by a lawyer at
Akron, stating that if | would pay
the $4,000 he would end the law
suit entirely. and | would not be
bothered with it any more She
promised to have the lawyer Gx
up receipt and send me, but she
never did SO. She told M not to
keep any papers concerning this
matter
In September NV son. il
looking over the baal; book.
found these large Withdrawals IF
money and inquired where | had
been investing my Iii, lcv. vl1,cI.-
upon ,pledgin" my son 10 abs
lutte secrecy. | told him what rad
happened He assured me there
was no law suit, secret or other
wise. and at his suggestion talk
ed to lawyer about the matter.
This lawyer told me | had been
swindled out of my money and
not to pay Lizzie any more mo
.ncy. Shortly thereafter Lizzie
appeared on the scene again a::d |
told me government official and |
lawyer had been over to see her
to get $1,000 more on this law |
suit | told her / was not gong