The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1925-10-15
FILES SUIT FOR
$4,000 DAMAGES
Widow of Late Truman T..
Parker Seeks Damages
From SalOonkeepers.
LLNG LIQUOR
Complaint Charges Abe and
Sam Rubenstein, Lipevsky,
Hams and Joe Sagen.

Mrs. Mabel Priddis Parker, widow
of the late Truman T. Parker, will file
suit in the circuit court seeking DAM
ages to the sum of $4,000 and naming
as defendants in the suit Abe Ruben
stein, John Hams, Sam Rubenstein,
John Lipovsky, and Joseph Hagen,
saloonkeepers who, it is alleged in the
complaint, sold liquor to Edward
Thomas, the driver of the car which
struck and killed Truman T. Parker on
the night of September IA, 1924.
The suit was drawn by Attorney
Frank s. Symmonds associated with
Attorney A. B. Ames as counsel, and
the summons in each of the five cases
is being served by Sheriff Frank Will
lens, and as soon as each of the de-
PENDANTS named in the suit are noti-
fed of the action the papers will be
filed in the circuit court.
All Are Named Jointly.
damages for the loss of the husband
of the plaintiff and for the loss Of her
mems of support for herself and her
children. 1t recites the details of the
case, relating how on the evening of
September IA, 1924, Edward Thomas,
driving a car with several others,
struck Truman T. Parker and his
daughter while they were waiting to
board a car at the northwest corner
of North street and Milwaukee
avenue. Father and daughter died the
second day after the accident from the
injuries. Edward Thomas was subse-
q1ently given sentence of twenty
years at hard labor in the state prison
at Waupun on charge of manslaughter.
All of the defendants named in the
complaint, except Hagen, have APP
peared in court and stood trial on the
charge of selling liquor to Thomas
and his pals on the fateful afternoon
of the accident. In the case of Abe
Rubenstein, he was given a fine of
$1,000 when found guilty by jury;
Sam Rubenstein was fined $500, and
the case against Lipovsky was dis
missed. John Hams was found not
guilty of the charges by jury, and
Joseph Sagen, who operated the saloon
at the northwest corner Of Fremont
avenue and Elizabeth street, was never
named in charges brought out in con-
nection with the case, although there
was testimony that showed that the
men in the Thomas car had been in
the place that day.
Family Missed Him.
The complaint describes the domes-
tic tranquility that had featured the
lives of the Parker family until the
tragedy snuffed out the lives of the
father and proxider, and the oldest
daughter, Jean. "At the time Of his
injuries and death and for many years
prior thereto" it reads, Truman
Parker was strong, able-bodied man
in good health and well able to per-
form the duties required of him in
his business. He was man of public
prominence in the city of Kenosha,
and prominent in its social life, hav-
organizations and societies of the
city. At the time of his death he was
coroner of Kenosha county and his
principal business was that of an abb
stractor of titles to real estate, which
business he had pursued for many
years prior to his death. He was sue
cessful in his business, given to habits
of industry and thrift, kind and af-
fectionate to his wife, and besides
furnishing her with the actual neces-
stiles of life, provided her with a
comfortable ard well furnished home.
so that she lacked nothing for her
health, comfort and enjoyment.
Brought Happiness to Many.
"The domestic relations between
this plaintiff and the deceased were
most afTectionate and of the highest
character, and such as to bring hap
piness and contentment to her during
their entire married life. That at the
time of his death. the financial condi-
ton of the deceased had been improv-
ing considerably and the plaintiff had
every reason to believe that, had said
deceased continued to live, she would
have been provided with even greater
comforts and luxuries of life"
The complaint goes on to name the
defendants as having illegally and
unlawfully sold and furnished intoxi-
eating liquors to the said Edward
Thomas Tor beverages purposes, which
were then and there consumed by him
as a beverage, and he thereby became
intoxicated. The said illegal and un-
lawful acts of each defendant caused
and contributed to the intoxicaticn.
The case is scheduled to come up
for hearing during the October term
of the circuit court which begins on
Monday when Judge E. B. Belden ar
rives to hold court