Will County IL Archives News.....U S Deports Rich Woman October 4, 1907
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Cook County Herald October 4, 1907
Cook County Herald, Arlington Heights IL
Oct 4, 1907

U.S. Deports Rich Woman
Wife of Wealthy Joliet Man Refused Admission to This Country
Mrs. Helena Vicich, wife of one of the wealthiest residents of Joliet, is 
sailing away to Europe, deported by the emigration officials of Ellis Island 
and denied the right to return to her home or family. Mrs. Vicich is declared 
by the officials to be a sufferer from trachoma, a disease of the eye, which 
has prohibited thousands from entering this country. Word that she was 
deported and was on her way back to Europe was received by John Vicich, the 
woman's husband. Months ago Mrs. Vicich became a victim of a disease that 
threatened to rob her of her eyesight. That she might be placed under the care 
of foreign eye specialists she started for Clamerg, Austria. The treatment was 
unavailing and then Mrs. Vicich cabled to her husband that she was about to 
start for home. Mrs. Vicich reached quarantine on the Amerika, but the 
emigration officials refused to allow her to enter the country because of the 
eye disease. Vicich probably will dispose of his Joliet property holdings and 
move back to Austria to join his wife.


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