The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1922-07-11
Big SUIT FILED BY
HEIRS OF MRS. WAL
LINGFORD ESTATE
Bank Of Maysyllle, James N. Kehoe,
Mike Brown and Miss Mary Crow
Made Defendants in Suit In
Federal Court.


($24,000) and costs charging that the
defendants combined together ito de-
fraud the said Kate Wallingford and
her estate and the residuary legatees
under her last will and testament of
large sums of money and other things
of value by procuring not only control
over her personal property and per-
sonal estate but also control over the
person"
Petition says in part:
plaintiffs have been informed and
believe, and therefore allege, that in
the year 1918 or thereabouts, well
knowing her physical and mental con-
dition as aforesaid, and that the said
Kate Wallingford was possessed of
large amount of personal property as
we'll as some real estate situated in
the City OF Maysville, the defendant,
Bank of Maysville,, by its President,
James ~ Kehoe, and said Kehoe,
Brown and Crow did maliciously, un-
lawfully and wickedly conspire, com
bine, conferedate and agree together,
between and among themselves, to
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her estate and the residuary legatees
under her last will and testament of
large sums of money and other things
of value by procuring not only con-
troll over the personal property and
personal estate of said Kate Walling-
ford. but also control over the person
of the said Kate Wallingford, to the
end that they together might success
fully guide not only the actions but
also the opinions of said Kate Walling
ford, deceased. whose mental and
physical conditions were gradually
growing weaker; that in order to per-
| feet such conspiracy to defraud, as
planned and plotted by them. said de-
PENDANTS. Bank OF Maysville, by its
! President, -James- N--kehoe and said
Kehoe, Brown and Crow. maliciously.
unlawfully and wrongfully entered
into an agreement. each with the other,
by which 1t was agreed that the de-
fendant, Mary Grow. should so con-
duct the household of said Kate Wal
lingford that relatives of the said Kate
Wallingford and many of her older
friends and acquaintances should be
excluded from contact with the said
Kate Wallingford and from admittance
to her residence; that the defendant,
Mike Brown, should act as chauffeur
and personal body guard for said Kate
Wallingford, and that the defendant
Kchoe, should displace other trusted
friends and business advisers of the
said Kate Walingford, whereby said
defendants did in fact succeed in sc
controlling the nerson and affairs OF
the said Kate Wallingford as to make
her live the life of recluse, coming
in contact only with such persons as
said defendants believed would not in
terfere with their joint undertaking.
and conspiracy to defraud her anC
her estate and the resduary legatees
under her last will and testament.
plaintiffs have been informed anC
believe, and therefore allege that a
J the time the defendant, Bank of Mays
Vile, by its President, James N. Ke
hoe, and said Kehoe, Brown and Grow
secured control over the said Kat
Wallingford and her property, a
aforesaid, she was possessed anon
other things of One Hundred Thou
sand Dollars (3100,000), face value
OF registered bonds of the Government
of the United States, which said bond
consisted of Fifty Thousand Dollar
($50,000) in four per cent. bonds c
the issue due in 1925, and Fifty Thou
sand Dollars ($50,000) of the issue {
two per cent. consols due in 1880; the
in pursuance of said combination an
conspiracy and to accomplish the pul
pose thereof, as hereinbefore set fortl
the said defendants induced the sal
Kate Wallingford to sell registere
bonds of the Government of the Uni
ed States so as to enable them tn
more easily to manipulate her affair
and impose upon her, whereby, actin
under the influence and control
said defendants, the said Kate Wa
lingford did, In the month Of Jul
1920, sell all of the Fifty Thousan
Dollars ($50000) worth, face value, {
two per cent. consols due in 1880, an
whereby, acting under the same infll
ence and control, she was induced
sell and did sell in the month Of o.
tober, 1920, Fifteen Thousand Do
lars ($15,C00) worth, face value, (
: four per cent. bonds due in 1925; tn;
at the time of the saids of said bono
1870 consols were worth in the mark
in excess of one hundred cents on IL
dollar of face value, and said A
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five cents on the dollar of face valu
plaintiffs have been informed al
believe, and therefore allege that nor
of the funds arising from the transf'
and sale of the said bonds, amountin
in face value TO the sum of SiXty-FiN
Thousand Dollars ($65,000) and
market value to about Sixty-Six Tho,
sand Dollars ($66,000), ever came I'M
the hands of the said Kate WallingfoI
or into her personal checking accoul
with the defendant, Bank OF Maysvill
but that some of said funds were use
in the purchase for the account of sat
Kate Wallingford Of fifty shares of Il
capital stock Of defendant, Bank
Maysyille. and .'Thirty-nine ThousaI
Dollars ($39,000), face value, of III
registered Victory Bonds of the Go
\ ernment OF the United States; that
D pursuance Of said combination al
conspiracy and to accomplish Il
purpose thereof. as hereinbefore 8
forth, the defendant. Bank or May