Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 204, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 August 1915 — CHALMERS CASE COMES UP AGAIN [ARTICLE]

CHALMERS CASE COMES UP AGAIN

First Wife of Late Chalmers Doctor Brings Up Another Phase of Case.

Some time ago Ella M. Wells filed suit against Cora Wells, wife of the late Dr. Wells, of Chalmers, stating that she, Ella M. Wells, was the rightful heir to the property of Dr. Wells, as shq had been deserted and did not think that the doctor had gotten a divorce or that he and his second wife were legally married. Some more of the case has now come up and the following is an account by the Monticello Journal: * “A suit for partition of property has been filed by Ella M. Wells, who claims to be the legitimate wife of the late Dr. Isaac E, Wells, of Chalmers, against Cora B. Wells, the second wife of the doctor, who, with her child, resided with him at Chalmers at the time of his death. The other defendants to the suit are Dr. Wells' children by his first wife, his child by his second wife, and Bradford Warren, of Parke county, whose title to certain property conveyed them by Dr. Wells before his death is not clear, owing to the fact that it was signed by Mrs. Wells, the second, the legality of whose marriage to Dr. Wells is questioned. “The plaintiff alleges that she is the legal owner of certain described real estate in Chalmers and in Parke county. That the defendants, her three children, are each legally heirs to two-ninths of said property. And that she and said defendants are owners of the property as tenants in common. The defendant, Cora Wells, and the otrer defendants, claim some right to the estate adverse to the plaintiff, which claims, she alleges, is without right and foundation. She asks that she be adjudged owner of a divided third of the real estate and that the defendants be required to set up claim which they may have or be barred. The plaintiff is represented by the law firm of Palmer and Carr. “The will of Dr. Wells, which has been filed for probate in the circuit court, leaves his entire real estate and personal estate and life insurance to his second wife, Cora B. Wells.”