Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-04-06
So Greedu
HeKidndped His
Own Father

@T- good people Guca Yugosava still enjoy
1 ing a funny situation that almost haekired
The butt of the joke is one Mihayo PetrtcheYteh
young farmer with highly developed acquisitFe III
recently made spectacle OF himself by hdnap-
ing own of his brother Lyouboiir
The funny story which just missed being srlaH town
tragedy goes back 20 yearsfr those days Tcled4Llf
Petritchevtch Of the towns most prospetets
farmers and solid citizen He had as the saying A'-
pile decided divide his land betweea bis
boys But because he stll in vigorous health DE
hung onto a stable part of his estate himself
Just why he did II his lawyer doesn't fn"'
father made his viii at The tTUr nc hana q rs
valuable chunks Of land and tt mn odd clause ~
serted the document This stipulated that the property
ho mad held out fer himself would 20 to The son m whose
house he died when his time came TO 60.
For decades after the wen-heeled peasant drew
up his last will and testament he kept IN almost dis
couragngy good health wouldn't be fair 70 hat
boys wished him any hard luck bat whenever The %
man had sick spell Of smart jockeying wont na
get him the house of the other Both
boys remembered that queer clause in the viii
As their father older he was laid up from tine
time but he refused call doctor. insisting that
good plum whisky could anything from the common
cold gallopng pneumonia For 20 years the old mans
homey about medication proved correct He aa,s
kept good supply Of the potent national heverae ~
hand and himself generously with it the slightest
provocation It sometimes suspected that he inreaed
spells to enjoy quiet hinge
other day. however the old man was taken rsaIs
sick-whe visiting the home u his son It.a=
bomir other boy Mihayo hustled TO s.ast
shape the old He helped tuck his father in
bed and thoughtfully set bottle Of pan whisky on
bedside table.
sisted there nothing seriously with hin that
his stock medicine couldn't But after he had
taken u solid slugs stuff he still felt sick and IN
ally admitted it might be smart idea 10 can doctor
suggested that the other so for the phys
and there considerable parley before Mhaylo ehha
his wagon and set oufertUTn. He hoped the old man
wouldn't before he got bark Whether hts
had the same point Of view is moot question
When mthayto got back 10 the bedside his father vas
stI alive seemed to be IN bad shape The doctor
said he was a very sick seemed to be developing
Of pneumonia and at his age might pass out Of The
picture within day two
All the rest of that day and into the night The
brothers the played their little
Each thought of reasons why the other should leave
the house but every suggestion was successfully aa
courteousy parted 1t looked very much as though LF
bomir going to get the break
Then came the turn not turn in the old mans com
dition but hurry-up Lyoubomr that tespasss
we're cutting down his wood lot The police
that he along 10 help them round up the e1s
Reluctantly he went advising his brother 10 keep Tie
old well covered up and TO be sure that he ddn take
a chance his health by getting out Of bed Mih.yIp
assured his brother that everything was gong 70 Re h
right sped him his way.
Not long after his brother had ridden off wi.h The
police Mhaylos opportunity arrived His brother alfe
went the barn 10 taNe-earp Of an alhng COW" and
he was alone with father Quickly he bundled fhe
old man mp heavy quilt or less gently tossed
him shoulder and hurried 10 his wagon stanans
BY this time the sire of the family a sturor
as much from of plum whisky from chls
and in condition 10 object Hc was
propped up the wagon and got much too fast uie
to Mhayo's house.
When Lyoubomir arrived nome ana iolhd MS father
his brother gone one had to tell him what had hap
penod He drove the doube-quiek TO his brother
place ard there that almost raised the roof
The battle for the land out in the open
ALI it's sordid details Fortunately the father too
to hear what his saying and too weak to be
taken for another ride.
If he had died. the courts of Hugosavia would have
had a tragic case 10 consider But he Didn't dfc ito
turned tho rea-ife drama into a comedy by promptly
getting back feet He blamed the doctor because
he hadn't recovered sooner and gave fall ered+--ir
a17azfreA 1rriirtuaf properties OF plum WHISKY
gTle rops will havk 10 wait bttc whHe longer bee
fore they know who's going 10 GIT what when The old