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Note: Alias:<ALIA> Dick /Sweeney/ Custom Field:<_FA#> Residence Custom Field:<_FA#> Majors Cemetery, Poole, NE REFN: 4.6 Dick, as he preferred to be called, had a game leg (injured when he was pulled from a farm implement onto frozen ground, by a team of horses and lost a knee cap). He most usually carried a pint of whiskey in his back pocket that he had brewed himself with a home still. The still was owned by himself and a neighbor by the name of Huck Bateman. After brewing a batch of home liquor, they would disasemble the still so the the revenuers could not prosecute them. Dick kept his half of the still under the washshed floor. He resided on the John Decker place just south of Poole, Ne., and was deeded the property on Emma Decker's death, however, his aunt Tina would not relinquish her share. He eventually gained a clear deed to this property. At the time of his death (in a street in Ravenna, NE.) he had a fair amount (?) of money on him, but the undertaker found nothing on the body? Unfortunately, Justin (Dick) left the bulk of his estate to his girl friend. The will was contested, and I think (?) a fair settlement was made with my father, George P. Sweeney. Justin C. (Dick) was married to Flora Fester. Flora was injured in a county road accident on her way to visit Dick in a Kearney, Ne., hospital while he was recovering from a minor stroke. She suffered severe chest injuries and died in the hospital. I remember Dick as a real cowboy and tough talking person.
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