South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-06-16
PROMISES GOOD
NEWS FOR HEIRS
To PRICE ESTATE
Mrs. Lucy c. Winters Expected
to Reveal Location of In
portant Papers at Meeting
in South Bend Today.

Revelation of the location of i'm
Dortant papers which will prove the
right OF the Price heirs TO the ia
nous Price estate in Maryland, esti-
mated to be worth $400,000.000,
was expected TO be made by Mrs.
Lucy G. Winters at the meeting OF
more than 70 descendants of the
Price family to be held in the Union
Labor hall, % 5. Michigan St, this
afternoon. Mrs. Winters is the sec
rotary of the Price organization in
Pennsylvania and Is in South Bend
in the interests Of the claimants OF
the estate.
The estate which is the cause OF
the litigation is located in the Guy
of Baltimore and at the present time
the state has the majority OF II un-
der control. other tracts OF the
property are located throughout the
state OF Maryland and according to
the heirs is worth between four ana
I'VE million dollars. Organizations
have been formed throughout the
entire country by descendants OF
three Price brothers. who came to
America from COwes Isle, England,
in 1884 with Lord Baltimore and
were granted large tracts Of land by
the governor.
Proving Up Claims.
Several thousand people claim 10
be descendants OF the Price brothers,
MOrdeCi Benjamin and Thomas ana
Mrs Winters. who is Ia South Bend
is travelling throughout the country
proving up their claims and working
out a family tree which IL is hoped
will eventually bring TO light nine
direct heirs.
According to the living descendants
OF the Price brothers. the property
was leased for SO years between the
years OF 1790-1S51 and by some
means slipped into improper hands.
II is said that the state government
OF Maryland has been collecting the
rents from a portion OF the land while
the remainder has been utilized for
the erection of public buildings.
Has Important News.
Mrs. Winters claims that she has
some important news to impart to
the South Bend heirs and urges them
TO be present at the meeting Tuesday
afternoon. More than 70 residents OF
this city are interested in the estate,
claiming to be descendants of the
Price brothers
II is claimed by Mrs. Winters that
she has IN her possession important
deeds and papers which she has col
lected during her tour of the coun-
try and .hat sometime in the near
future the difficult puzzle will be
Strengthened out and the heirs will
be prepared 10 fight for the estate.
Nye Acts as Counsel.
Daniel Nye. deputy prosecutor, is
getting as counsel for the South Bend
organization and has already made
one visit TO Baltimore. where he
made a search through the records
regarding the estate He states that
there is every likelihood that the
heirs are the Tightful owners of the
property but that fl will probably
take years OF litigation to regain pos
session.
The location of the property makes
IL the most valuable in the state of
Maryland as practically the entire
city of Baltimore is located on the
estate.
It is said that much progress has
been made during the past two years
and that with the forming of a ma
tiOnal organization which is gradu-
ally accommodating strength, the com
bincd effort Is gathering more proof
that the property belongs To the Price
heirs.