Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 36, Number 98, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 August 1904 — Sprung a Surprise on Springer. [ARTICLE]

Sprung a Surprise on Springer.

Warren Springer, of Chicago, owner of a vast amount of property in that city, and of 600 acre* in Walker Tp.. this county, is deeply involved in financial difficulties, in Chicago, and the court has appointed a receiver for all his property. It seems he did not list his Jasper county land, but instead quietly conveyed it to a man named Harris, who in turn conveyed it to Mrs. Springer. This matter was brought to the attention of Judge Hanecy, of the Cook County circuit court, and he got after Springer with a sharp stick. He ordered him to have the land deeded back to himself and then to list it with the receiver, under penalty of going to jail for contempt of court. Judge Haney’s order was for Springer to produce these return deeds on Friday, but on plea of his attorney he was given until today at ten o’clock a. m., when the deeds must be produced or Springer would spend Sunday behind the jail bars.