Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 197, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 August 1916 — WILLIAM B. AUSTIN NAMED IN SUIT [ARTICLE]

WILLIAM B. AUSTIN NAMED IN SUIT

Former Rensselaer Man Named An Defendant in Suits Filed By Miss Nellie Carmen. Wm. B. Austin, former Rensselaer business man, and now a prosperous broker in Chicago, has been named as one of the defendants in a suit filed by Miss Nellie Carmen along with Municipal Judge William N. Gemmil. Miss Carmen wants $60,000 from the two named men. Three suits have been filed, each for $20,000, two of them against Mr. Austin and the other against Mr. Gemmil. The following account was taken from the Chicago Journal of Wednesday: '“Miss Nellie Carmen was a daring young maiden some years ago when, as Miss Nellie La Pearl, she cut fantastic acrobatic capers on the barebacks of perfectly groomed horses in . a ringed circus. Current developments along other lines indicated that she has lost none of her old-time daring. “She wants $60,000 from two men because of charges made against her, according to praecipes of three suits for $20,000 each, filed in the circuit court. Ono of these is against Municipal Judge Wiliam N. Gemmil, who held her to ''the grand jury on a charge of operating a confidence game. “The other two suits are against William B. Austin, a banker, at 7 South Dearborn street, who is alleged- * to have tried to make her admit an attempt to blackmail.”