South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-01-14
Otto Buck Spencer Churchill.
Claiming Possession of $780,
100000 Estate. Seeks a
Bride to Fulfill Terms of Will
SAYS HE Is FOSTER SON
OF RICH SEA CAPTAIN
Former LapOrte Man Shows
Copy of viii Giving Him I'm
menSe Fortune in Canadian
Lands, Docks and Steamers.

otto q. Buck Spencer Churchill. As
years old. claiming 10 be the possessor
of an estate worth SO. 100000. tempo
rarily a resident of South BenG. is
looking for wife. He must have
ner by July -, 1914.
Under The will of Samuel Snencer
Churchill late OF London. England.
and 81 Johns Canada by which the
man now i'm South Bend declares h.
came into possession OF has vast es-
tate. ne must marry before that time
or cash in the sum OF S240. 600. now
I'm the bank OF England. viii be for
felted and diverted 20 the uses of
English charity
otto Buck Churchill. if his claims
are substantiated, is the son OF the
late William Buck. cabinet manufac-
turere Of Laporte. Ind He has en-
gagged a We'll known firm of South
Bend attorneys 10 represent his i'm
terests in the Buck estate now open
IN the Laporte Circuit court Before
returning 10 his ranch I'm Canada.
BuCh-Churchill wants to take 'yife
as required i'm the viii of his foster
father. a further provision OF the
Will Is that she must be am American
girl.
Appears To Deny Death.
The man who claims 10 Doe the real
son of William Buck and the adopted
son OF samuel Churchill returned from
Canada after an absence since 1882
when he learned that steps were being
taken TO have him declared legally
dead.
BY the viii Of the William Buck.
which recites that his son. otto disap-
peared in 1892. the estate is lift in
trust 10 the widow. Matilda Buck. ln
case of the reappearance of the son.
come of $4,000 year from the es-
~. II he fails 10 re-appear or is
declared dead, before 1881 the estate
is 10 be divided among the children
of Robert Buck, his brother.
Otto Buck-Churchill, now occupy
ing ranch of 1000 acres near Three
Rivers, Can, learned of the action to
have him declared leagally dead
through "A newspaper notice required
by law 10 be given in such proceed
ings. He came TO Indiana, engaged
South Bend attorneys. and prepared 10
prove his identity as the son and heir
OF Buck.
Offers Proof of story
uch-Churchills story. surprising
fiction in details, and the enormity
OF the estate 10 which he lays claim,
was difficult for attorneys TO credit
The man has furnished documentary
evidence and other proof which. how
doubt as 20 his identity and the truth
of his claims. A copy OF the Churchill
viii probated in London, England, IS
now in South Bend.
Churchill Is familiarly known
among the ranchers OF Canada as
Ned. He will be - years old On
July - when the time limit for his
marriage under the terms Cf the will
expires He neither chews. smokes
nor drinks Neither does he lay any
claim TO being handsome.
Here are the requirements of the
woman whom Churchill Is willing 10
marry and share his estate.
She must be fairly good look
ing.
Not under p years old or more
than 40 years.
Must not weigh more than 40
pounds
Must be able 10 stand ranch
life. like hunting and riding and
like travel Must shoot little
Must be able to play the piano
or some musical instrument
Widows are not objected 10.
provided they have no more than
one child.
Tale Rivals Fiction.
Bucks story. az ne tells it. rivals
romance and the drama ia the COM
plexity of complications. contains
many of the elements that have gone
TO make many a thrilling best seller
and added some others.
It's the old son driven from home
bv an irate father because OF his In
fatuation for q woman of the stage.
II tells how the son in the course of
his wanderin2s fen in with rich OLD
sea dog. who made him his son and
heir. 10 millions>-and how the son, hear
ing OF the intention OF relatives in his
old home 10 have him declared legally
dead suddenly appears o. prove his
IDENTITY and take his share ~ ms redl
-ather-s estate later chapte-. not
vet finished contains the efforts oI
the hero to find a wife 90 share his
fortune The conclusion. ~ it terms
ont as the hero hopes. Win ae
honeymoon in ENGLAND and t1en
ffe of happiness on ranch in he
wilderness 81 Canada.
otto Buck left Laporte. Ind "a
'S9z lie had fallen in love with a
girl ~ whom his father then pros
porous cabinet manufacture in i-f-
porte disapproved because she was
am actress lie insisted that otto give
1er IN The youth refused. his father
was obdurate and finally otto ie.,
,0rne. In the meantime the girl who
1Iaved such "a prominent part I'M tnlS
crisis ~ HE early Tie. dlSappeareo.
She went completely out OF his lie
and Buck has nor seen her since.
Meets Capt Churchill.
The young man found his waN up
north into Newfoundland. II was
here he first met samuel spencer
churchill who was to become his fos-
er father Spencer was captain ~
4 whaier lie was the owner or the
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