Evening Republican, Volume 59, Number 62, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 April 1917 — ‘Onion King’ Oliver’s Wife Aim of Bankruptcy Suit [ARTICLE]

‘Onion King’ Oliver’s Wife Aim of Bankruptcy Suit

Investment in Mexican mining stock which she never received, according to her attorney, Frank Schoenfield, is responsible tor a petition filed yesterday in the United State District court, asking that Mrs. Marguerite Springer-Oliver be declared a (bankrupt. Mrs. Oliver last September married Col. Edward Oliver, the “onion king”. Before her marriage she was the. widow of the late Warren Springer, wealthy real estate man. In the petition Mercer Davis, Bloomington, Hi., the GermanAmerican State Bank, of Gridley, HL, and the German-American bank of Bloomington declare that Mrs. Oliver owes them $23,995. ■