The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-05-01
Bequeathed His Estate to Sew
eral Persons in Washington.
ONE A LAWYER m OLYMPIA.
Attorney Troy 10 Press His Claim to
Four Million Dollars.
SUICIDE or Murder Of Walla Walia
Man An Eima Rancher Killed by a
Train New Steamers for the North
ern Pacific Line to Japan.

Olympia. April 3o.-SpecIal-P. NJ
Troy. young attorney OF this city, for
merly OF Port Angeles. suddenly finds
himself heir 70 an enormous fortune.
stated al si.opa0oa. Mr. Troy is a son OF
smith Troy. OF Ciallam county, who was
years ago neighbor 20 the erratic bach
eior Anssl White. White lived in a log
cabin on his ranch Of 10 acres for TWEEN
~ years on May Is, iss<. he died a the
age OF Is years. and was buried in the
land on which he had lived SO long.
Seven or eight years ago ne made a Will.
naming +. VI. Troy. wfo was then living
with his father. as sole heir and legatee,
out OF regard for Smith Troy and spe-
cial liking which he had taken TO Z. M.
Troy The viii was properly sttested,
and Is Tow in Troy's possession. At the
tsfne or making the will. White owned
the ranch on which ne lived also g large
number OF books. and. II was thought.
considerable money. Just prior 20 his
death, however. he sold the ranch for a
nominal price retaining life interest IN
IT. ana az the time OF this death he was
supposed TO have considerable sum OF
money In his possession. but none OF IL
was ever found. and his books also had
disappeared. Search was made for them
but no trace could be found. His neigh
oors believe that he buried both money
and books some where on his ranch Be
some money ia California, but when be
left San Francisco he said nothing re-
saralng his destination, thus making IL
impossible Tor those searching for him TO
get trace of him and inform him that he
had fallen heir 10 al estate in New York
AS was stated In the San Francisco pa
pers, IL was supposed that Ansel Whites
was one OF tn unknown bodies found
noaung in San Francisco haroor yet dur
ing the past two years ". Pierpont White
son OF Ansel Whites nephew has been
searching for the lost heir or for conclu-
sive evidences Of his death. He was
traced from his home In Utica ~. " TO
missouri, and thsnee 20 California where
al trace of him was lost. The nephew
then advertised In the San Francisco pa
pers and in the Post-Intelligencer. and
from the description contained In the lat
ter paper c. +. Ciapp. of Seattle recog-
nized In Ansei White a rancher OF Dun
Eeness- lie Immediately telegrsphed this
Information to Mr.. White at San Fran
cisco. and that gentleman came TO Port
Angeles foI the purpose of meeting Ccun-
ty Auditor John ". Troy. brother OF p.
NJ. Trov. The identity of the dead man
was fully established during a sonversa-
ton between these gentleman, for Mr..
Troy recalled many circumstances which
White had spoken Of as having occurred
during his early life. as. for instane. the
fact of his having been a schoolmate OF
ex-Cov. Se1 mour. OF New York, and
Pierpont White was so confident that he
had succeeded In tracing the missing hem
20 his grave tnat he left a once for New
York. He stated before leaving that
within two weeks two attorneys would
be sent from New York 10 his city.
whose mission Il would be 70 secure legal
and conclusive data. In order that the
will might again be probated. and the
81 0Da 600 diviied among sixteen heirs who
have been waiting for fifteen years for
the Information now obtained.
A complication arises. however. for
Pierpont White and the other heirs 70
unravel In the will whereby Anscl White
leaves all OF his property 70 L. NJ Troy.
Al the time OF making the will there Is
little probability that the old man was
aware Of the fact that the New York
estate was his. and II he had known Il
there is probability that he would no.
have asserted his claim 20 H. These facts.
however. do not affect the will. II was
executed IN accordance with law, and
the witnesses 10 x are stil living
Port Townsend. April 31.-Neighhors and
friends ~ Ansel White. the missing heir
10 an estate valued at 81 90 90. who died
near Port Angeles In 1855. state positively
that White made no less than three Wills
20 as many different persons. Usually.
for some trivial favor rendered. he would
make out n Will. leaving all his property
unconditlonaliy 70 his benefactor's child
Then. II something went wrong. he would
change the beneficiary 70 some other per-
son These scknowledg dgemeDts were al
vvsvs taken before some authorized officer.
He vas regarded as being eccentric, and
shortly before his death he sold his farm
- william wooding for $3.50. and con-
+hacted that - should retain life in
fsrest in a few acres. but that after his
death au the property should revert 20
wo~5inE TIE latter thinks that II no
subsequent VIII IS found he can lay claim