Jasper County Democrat, Volume 23, Number 61, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 October 1920 — THE MELTING POT [ARTICLE]

THE MELTING POT

Mike Benakovich of about 2% miles southeast of Kniman was arrested Monday on an affidavit swornout by his son John on surety of the peace charges and was brought to Rensselaer and spent Monday night in the county jail. It seems the Benakovich family had rented a 90-acre farm of John Sarkozy and, purchasing the crop thereon, moved upon same about a month ago from Chicago. There seems to have been a regular family row, the boy claiming his father would not work, threatened to kill them, etc., and the father claiming he had to support the son, etc. A hearing was held yesterday morning before Squire Irwin and the mattter patched up between the parties, the father being given S6OO to dig out and never return, and which he. agreed to do, leaving on the 10:36’ train. The family are Hungarians, and Steve Nicholas, also of the north end, was brought down and acted as Interpreter.