Jasper County Democrat, Volume 17, Number 75, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 December 1914 — WINS $100,000 SUIT [ARTICLE]

WINS $100,000 SUIT

MINNEAPOLIS JUDGE UPHOLDS WOMAN’S CHARGES OF FRAUD. Mrs. Caroline M. King Has Deeds Canceled and Notes for $60,pi— 000 Set Aside. Minneapolis, Minn., Dec. 24.—Mrs. Caroline M. King has won her suit against Carleton Hudson of Chicago, all points being decided in her favor. The decree was handed down by Judge Amidon in the federal court; awarding her property valued at approximately SIOO,OOO. Under the decree four deeds, said to have been obtained to Minneapolis property by “fraud, force and blackmall,” were canceled and notes aggregating $60,000 were set aside. The judge in his decision characterized Hudson as “a minister of darkness.” Hudson, who posed as a financier, was recently taken from Chicago to New York on a charge of having fled while at liberty on ball on a charge of forgery, alleged to have been committed under the name of Betts. According to the records of the Minneapolis trial Hudson acted as business agent for Mrs. King for 12 years, and during that time she executed notes amounting to a large sum. Deeds and mortgages were executed by her to guarantee payment of the notes. The trial judge declared the notes were “bogus.” Judge Amidon rebuked Louis C. Ehle, a Chicago attorney.