Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 142, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 July 1917 — $11,549 Check For Death Claim. [ARTICLE]

$11,549 Check For Death Claim.

Valparaiso, Ind.’, June 30.—The Monon railroad has paid to the clerk of the circuit court of Porter county a certified check for $11,549.50 in settlement of the death claims of the administrators of Jacob Kolb and John Einsele, of Hammond, killed in that city by a Monon train Sept. 6, 1913. • Suits were filed Nov. 1, 1913, by the administrators. The Kolb case was tried first in this city and a verdict of $7,375 granted. The railroad counsel, assisted by Ex-Con-gressman Crumpacker, defended the suit and appealed to the supreme court, where the judgment was affirmed. The Monon filed petition for rehearing, which was denied June 6. The Einsele case was settled a year ago on the condition that the judgment in the Kolb case be affirmed. The settlement was fixed at $3,000 with interest from the date of settlement. The Kolb verdict was the largest ever granted in his county.