Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-12-16
ANOTHER TICHBORNE.

Not from australia, South -4n,eTica or BE-
yoLtd the Sea, bW a Resident Of Orr OrI,
JoFH-F0c6tng city, tCIO Energies from
OdHrion 0nd Makes Claim to a Fortune of
Nearly $3.50 ,OOO--I Litigation, lIrcody
Gredt, DoaJiy Intensified.
The celebrated Pinney will case, which has
the attention of the courts to Il greater or less
extent since the first trial in June, 1879, hats
broken out in new place, and new and deeper
litigation is promised i'll the future Ovid
Pinney died in this city in the winter of 1879.
He came to Minnesota in 1855, from Pennsyl-
vania, and lived here up to the time of his
death. lie was supposed to be unmarried at
death, and bachelor, but after his death will
came to light which recognized the existence
of Il stepsOn.
Ovid Pinney bequeathed his property, CON
sisting of money and securities, and amount
ing between $500, 600 and S250,000 to Lewis
Taylor, the stepsOn, and William Leaf. The
property was to be held in trust by them,
and the accruing interest to be devoted to
the orphan children of Beaver county, Penn,
the home of the heirs and the BIRTH place of
Pinney.
But S250,000 was big pile of money,
and worth striving for by any and all of Mr.
Pinney's relatives, no matter of how distant
relationship. After Pinney's death, the dis
tant relatives began proceedings to obtain the
property, claiming that Pinney was incapable
of making will, etc.
Lewis Taylor, however, prosecuted the case,
as one of the defendants, with great vigur in
the courts of this county, but the litigatiO II
has not yet terminated, and the case came off
i'll the district court Tuesday. The case, how
ever, went over until the latter part of the
term.
Now a new and entirely unexpected phase
has been reached, and Il revelation made that
will probably cause a great amount of add-
tional litigation. 1t has transpired that per-
son claiming to be the only son of Ovid,Pinncy
is living, at least claiming that he is such, and
claims the property left by his father His
name is William H. Pinney. His mothers
name was Maria Bristow, married to Ovid
Pinney in 1876
This William III. Pinney was born in 1878
He contracted a marriage in 1910, which dis
pleased his father, and for the greater part of
the time since then, and particularly since Mr..
Pinney came to this State in 1865, the estrangc-
ment between father and son has been COM
pete.
Many letters have been brought to light,
written by Ovid Pinney to his son William,
while the latter was young man, and other
proof is in existence, it is claimed, which
leaves no doubt that William is the lawful and
only son of Ovid Pnney.
1t is said that the other heirs Of Pinney do
not doubt the existence of William H., but
claim that the old man was never married 10
Maria Bristow, although he might have lived
with her, and they also assert that Ovid Pin
ney was incapable of being a father.
William III. Pinney will make no effort TO
obtain the property until the question now be-
fore the court is settled. Then, whether the
validity of the will is established, or whether
the remote heirs succeed in breaking it, Will
liam ii. will put in his spoon and claim the
wealth