Krueger Farm. NW corner of E. Cuba Rd. and S. Krueger Rd., looking NW. This farm has a checkered past. Back in 1900, George Krueger was convicted of murdering his wife Bertha and mother-in-law Mrs. Voss with a revolver and sentenced to life in Joliet Prison. It was said to be one of the longest trials at the time.

The farm was ordered to be sold, but a partition suit was brought against the property and the Long Grove Master in Chancery needed to decide at the time of sale the matter of dower, because the farm belonged to the mother-in-law's estate. Krueger would receive the dower upon his release from prison, if there were any to be had. It came down to the question of did he kill his wife or his mother-in-law first? If he killed his mother-in-law first, then he would be entitled to one third of the estate through his wife's inheritance. However, if he killed his wife first, then the estate would be passed down to his two children, Morguresha and Edward.

Well, at the eleventh hour, new evidence emerged proving the mother-in-law was indeed killed first, so George was entitled to his third of the estate upon his release from prison. The farm was sold to his brother Henry under the partition suit for the princely sum of $14,630, which in those days could really buy something. The two kids lost one third of their inheritance, but they were fine with it and the farm stayed in the family. George Krueger was released on parole after serving 11 years and returned to the farm a free man.

The farm is long gone and the land is now a subdivision.