New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-04-28
44-YEAR QUEST ENDED
Idaho Judge Declared Heir to
100000 Brooklyn Estate.
TESTATOR'S HALF-BR0THER
Courts Have Thrashed Out 100
Claims in That Time from
Many Quarters.

After forty four wears Of effort on TIN"
part Of attorneys general Of Now YORK
state. Of tho courts. referees and lawyers
10 find relative Of william \. INnnealy
who was entitled to his estate. valued at
10000. that person has been found in John
Kinnealiy. probate Judge Of Idaho Clty'
Idaho. who will receive the money.
Since tho death Of William \ Kinneally
In RroolIyn I'm 1868 more than one hun
dred people have appeared with claims for
the estate. trying 20 prov" relationship
with the dead man. some ~ thes" claims
were submitted To- referees, and after t"sn-
monv was taken were dismissed. Will"
still others were dismissed without even
this for7nalitv. In tho meantime the At
torroy General who became tho custodian
= the unclaimed estate reduced the real
estate loft los Mr. Kinncally 10 cash. IN
which form II is to-day. The successful
claimant might have proved his case IA
far back * 1871. when he first asserted H.
but the lawyer who had III" matter III
hand droppcd the case and there the Idaho
civ man allowed the matter 10 rest for
tho time But when he saw ono ot the
many advertisements printed by Nelson H.
TuuulcliN. 4 lawyer who makes n specially
Of finding lost heirs. he got IN touch win
him. who in turn took the matter before
tho supreme Court, which appointed a
referee. with the result that NJ. kiunea.ly
WAS able 10 prove beyond question that he
vas n half brother of the owner OF the
unclaimed estate.
The Idaho city man asked for only hall
Of the estate, but Enos ). Booth, the
referee. who iilcd his report yesterday. de-
c!dcd he was entitled to the entire estate.
william. \. Kinncally was born In Ireland
in 1917. His father. John kinueally. was a
sergeant In the British army, stationed
I'm Canada from 1871 To 1879 There were
two sons William y. and Edward The
latter was sickly boy. and when IN"
father went back to England In ls9 Ia
left his wife and Edward in Canada, ana
left William in care OF priest named
Father Fluett.
After a time william came 10 Ne" 1oTh
and made his fortune. When he died IN
BROOKLYN in l";S he loft a will. IN which
no bcdueathod 70 Edward sco."i ana the
r,st If his estate to charity. This VIII was
subsequently declared invalid by the sur
rocstes' Court. because it gave more than
half the estate to charity. In this VIII Mr.
kinro,IIy said that he mad parted from
,ig hrofncr forty wears before In Canada,
Edward going 20 Michigan.
I'm. ta-tator asked that diligent search
no made for Edward. particularly near
Ann ,rhor Mich. But Edward was never
,,,,d and so far "a was known he had
Io,, No children Who might become en-
t,lad ,o tho estate Then efforts were
h.c,,r 10 find other next Of kin, and the
cl,ir,s bcg.n coming I'm. and one by one
,b,, uor. disuosed Of
fudo. Kiuueally made his second claim
4, po.o,,hor t1lo when E,uos : Booth was
..,.,t,,,,a ,. r.f.r.o n 20 ont 10 Idaho
, ,I.,,rr,ir, ,,bc,h.r the probate Judge
...,,,,.t ;, tho cstu,. The Attorney
,,o,.., i,.is,,d tbot there was no merit
. H. tain,
A. uoo,b uo,, o,,, n Idaho and listened
90 IN. story of the claimant. He learned
from him that 10 was the son OF John
kinnoallN. father ~ the testatoT' ny y sun
,rlllcut marriage contracted In ireland
after his return from Canada, where h"
had done military duty
Ills mother had been Margaret keRrns.