The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-04-12
Says He Will Turn Over
Property When Bond is
s Given, But FOrgets.
FIGHT WILL GO ON
Conferences on Saturday Fail
to Open Way for County to
Get Site for Court House.

The proyerbial weather vane ap-
pears to have. nothing on Harry l..
Guilhert, one-time resident of Keno
sha, but now Of Los Angeles. a.
Guilbert convinced county officials
on Saturday afternoon that he was
able to change his mind quicker than
a north wind could shift about and
on account of his being able to change
his mind so rapidly the site of the
courthouse had not been assured to
the county this morning and the
plans for condemnation Of the prop
erty were going forward
1t was indicated that Guilbert had
planned to leave Kenosha today and
to let the city and county fight out
the question of the site with the
courts This appeared to be salts
factory to all concerned after the
sudden change in the mind of Gull
bert on Saturday.
Balks at Accepted Plan.
Guilbert on Saturday afternoon held
a conference with Roy B. White,
chairman Of the county board build
ing committee, and County Clerk
Charles, i. Holderness and at the CON
clusion of the conference the Los An
geles man told the county officials
that he had no desire tofhold up the
construction Of the courthouse and to
show this that he would agree to turn
his Market street property over at
once if the city would give good and
sufficient bond to the amount of
$t50,060S3o instre the payment of the
amount granted under the <condemna-
tion proceedings. The county officials
declared that they believed this plan
entirely satisfactorily to the city ofici-
ais and within twenty minutes a Normal
conference with the city officials had
been arranged The officials declared
their willingness to execute the bond
instanter but Guiibert when he got
the conference declared that if he
made any agreement to accept bond
shat I'd did' NOT know it. Later on he
also said that If such an agreement
had been suggested by him that he
had changed his mind
City Goes Him One Better.
Tho city officials not only agreed to
execute the bond as suggested but
they told Guilbert that it would be
made a condition of the bond and
agreena en8tdAatsh he would be paid six
per eersttfRtgfest on the money from
the daNtif property was turned over
until athe anal settlement was made
by the city following a, court action.
Guilbert seorned this proposal and in
timated that the, price of his property
was on the upgrade. 1t was about
this time that the conference came
to close with the county officials
much disgusted and the city officials
much disappsiqted& o.
Both city and county officials de-
clare that Ganfbert is being actively
advised by local real estate men who
have told him that the price that he
is asking is less than he can get if
he sticks out long enough. These men
have not come into the open in any
conferences between the city and the
Los Angeles mans ,se
1t is understood that Guilbert has
been urged by these men to go back to
Los Angeles and leave the matter of a
settlement with the city in their
hands. The city and county officials
this morning seemed to be convinced
thatathe only answer was condemna-
+ion proceedings to be urged with all
vigor.