Asks Man Declared Dead Edward J. O'Neil has filed a petition in probate court asking that the court establish the legal presumption fo death of Jacob Gerlinger, a person presumed to be dead. The man has not been seen for 44 years, having disappeared from his residence, 714 John-st, in 1898 and relatives wish to clear the estate. The Sandusky Register -29 September, 1942- Page 6