Daily Los Angeles herald., 1879-06-19
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From the Evening Exprsss.l
A considerable stir was created In
native Californian orioles yesterday
b the fling Of an Instrument 10
the Prsbsts Court purporiing TO be
the Will Of the late Andres Plco
The instrument IL drawn on sheet
Of blue-tinted paper with Iuieh
oolumn lines up and down, and
which bears evidence Of having
been torn from an account book.
The paper Is somewhat worn at the
ureasss. and looks ~ though Il
might have passed several years IN
. pigeon-hole, with occasional
hsudlinge. The writing Is In q
free, plain script, and evidently
done by the same hand that wrote
tho signature. II IL In the follow
ing words:
TO Andres Pico: de sesenta y oratro amos
a. edad, reconoxco lton,u o + %, Lilo de
Maria Anton o Dvminsu 2 de Moraga,o mo
III /, GUM y hered.ro Goa todps los der
eo,.us qus . iry 10 c,neede como inl.
Han rernaudo II Junio 1874
ANDRES Proc.
NEnEcro CoSTRERAs.
TRANSLATION.
I, Andres Pico, o. years Of age, aoknowl-
edge Romulo Pico, son OF Maria Antonio
D Sminguez do Moraga, - lett innate son,
-. l.. S.~,<i, q ali fl,s =, Ohta n bich the law
comedies to b m ~ such.
enn Fernando. June Il, 1874.
ANDRES Proc.
NrxFcIo CoNTRx1As.
Attached to the instrument Is q
formally drawn acknowledgment
bearing the seal and signature Of
]. J. Warner, Notary Public. and
which, with some circumlocution,
recites that,
On the 1st day Of August. 1878, PERSONAL
II appeared before the notary Nemecio
oontisrun, known to him to be tn person
whose name II subscr bed to the amt Fed
Instrument ~ witness thereto, who being
duly sworn Opposes and says that lie re-
dds in ran Fernando, Los Angeles Coun-
". CAL; that he was present 4 Gan FER
naudo on the 21st Of June, 1874. and saw
Andres Pico. personally known to him, ETC..
and that said Andres Pico thereupon sc
knowledged in the presence Of said am
sns that he executed the same.
This document was unearthed
. ten or eleven mouths ago by
Messrs. Romulo Pmo and e. F. de
c.. liz while overhauling some
family papers at the tanch houre,
San Fernando. 1t was found in All
old Bible where nobody had
ever thought of looking before for
any papers Of value.
The ,nstrument was filed by Ro
vnaiu Pico, tho puia i've heir, as
: le lat will Of Andres Pico. A
protest was tiled against the al
mission Of the will on the
part of Pho Plcn, brother Of the de
ceaeed aud at present in possession
Of the property, alleging first, that
the Instrument was moi sufficient tn
constitute will. and, second, that
the signature WAS forgery. There
u pro,pr for u holly contested
legal battle over the scrap Of paper.
TIE motion to admit the writ
ing 10 probate MA the last will and
Testament Of Andres Pico aud the
Of -ction To tile sams were partial
ly ~, gued before Judge B ephens
this morning, Major +. Nj. r rs
appearing for petitioner and G,as-
sell, Smith & Smith for protestant.
The matter WAS continued for fur
Their hearing.
The estate of Andres Pico con.
s,sis Of go acres Of the San Fer
nandO ranch, portion Of the
Enctno, \ block in the town of San
Fer ahdo AMI other property, val
uasi IN all at bout SIS 900. After
tn death of G. neral PIco, about
two years ago, there WIS q long
and greatly involved ruIt between
Pho PicO ami Hsmulo P,co for the
pOssessi0u Of the property. The
trial II this cause was decided
against Romul0 upon the ground
that there was no evidence before
the Court to show that he WAS ever
duly scknow ledged by And res Picu
- bis heir: and while the evidence
by which the adoption of Rnmulo
was eought to be esta bli-hed was In
other respects conclusive, yet 1t
could not have any application In
this case as the rule invoked
applied only to minors, the decision
went against him. The paper
which has Just been discovered was
1t that time the missing link.