The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1899-08-03
NOT THE RIGHT Man.
JOHN LYNCH, OF WATERLOO, PROV
EN- TO BE THE WRONG MAN.
WILL PRoBATED TOMORROW
The Legal Assumption Is That the Miss
ing Man is Dead-Unless He Appears
Before the Estate Can be Cleared UP
HIS Share is Likely to be Divided

The will of the late William Lynch,
which has caused so much discussion of
late owing to the fact that one of the
heirs, John Lynch, was missing, will be
probated Saturday and probably settled
so far as the distribution of the prop
erty is concerned. It will probably
require nearly year to clear up the
estate, but when that is done the pros
pect is that the share of the missing
heir will be administered and divided
between the remainder of the heirs.
John Lynch has not been heard from
for SO long time that the legal as
sumption is that he is dead, and conse
quently his estate is liable to division.
There is possibility that his share in
the estate of the deceased may be left
in the hands of the executor in order to
give further time to looking up his
whereabouts
The hope that the missing heir had
been found in Waterloo, Iowa, has been
completely disipated. Certain reports
from that city limiting at the age of the
Waterloo Lynch aroused the suspicion
that he was not the man in question.
The fact that he was married and the
father of large family seemed to cor
roborate the suspicion. When last heard
from the missing man was still single
Moreover there were other things that
made it seem very unlikely that the
man from Iowa was the party looked
for. His appearance as described by
the papers and the information concern
ing his business and mode of life that
could be obtained indirectly all went to
indicate that he was different Lynch
and member of another family.
Nevertheless it was not finally conceded
that he was not the man until further
and stronger evidence was brought to
bear. It was proposed to investigate
the matter more thoroughly by sending
for the man at Waterloo or going there
for the express purpose of identifying
him when the desired information was
acquired largely by accident. W. L.
Eaton, of Usage, Iowa, called to this
city by the trouble over the Mccarthy
will case. stated while in conversation
with one OF the attorneys interested in
the Lynch will that he had known John
Lynch, of Waterloo, that he came from
Kenosha county and that he seemed to
conform to the meagre descriptions ne
had heard OF the John Lynch mention
ed in the will of the deceased William
Upon pursuing inquiry, however, it was
found that the identity could not be
verified. In the midst of the CONVEX
sation such facts we're learned as put
the identity of che two men entirely out
of the question. The Waterloo man has
brother also at Waterloo, who is older
than himself. Both are supposed to be
the sons Of certain James Lynch who
resides in the western part of the
county.
But notwithstanding the fact that all
efforts thus far made to locate the
missing heir have proven futile, the
hope is expressed by those directly in
terested that he will be heard from in
the course of time. 1t is believed by
them that in case he had died they
would have received word of it in some
way. His long absence and continued
silence they regard as very easily ex-
planned. He has always been more or
less cratic and it has been character
istic of him to allow long intervals to
to elapse between the occasions of his
writing home.