Arizona republican., 1916-09-08
HAYES LEAVES F0R TEXAS ID AID IN
 IMPORTANT FIGHT.

Attorney P. H. Hayes. one of the candidates for the republican nomina ton for superior judge left last night for San Antonio, Texas in the matter of litigation over the estate of Gen eral TreVino. MT. Hayes represents Captain F. O. c. Ord retired U. s. A. who is acting for his nephew, Geron- imo Ord Trevino a son of General Ire vino ny his second wife, a sister of Cap tain Ord and daughter of General E. 70. C. Ord. This litigation affects only the residue of the state, that part of it found in the state of Texas and which under the will of General TreVino is to be divided equally among five heirs. This part of the. estate is valued at $400O00. consist
 ing of bank stock, cash. real estate and personal property. The total value of the estate, the greater part of which is in Mexico is $17,000,000.
 Under the will of General Trevino
 who died at Laredo in 1914. his third wife was given testamentary letters and became testamentary guardian of Geronimo Ord TreVino about thirty years of age but an incompetent. as a. result of an injury sustained in
 railway accident.
 In November of 1914 Captain Ord was in Arizona. accompanied by his nephew, and at that time he applied for letters of guardship of the estate of his nephew in Texas. The letters
 were granted out Of the Pinal county superior court Later those letters were recognized by the county court
 of BeXar County, Texas, that is san l Antonio, the court having original l Jurisdiction in probate matters. An 1 appeal was taken hy Mrs Trevino to the district court and that is now to | be heard. At the same time the ad
 ministration of that part of the estate in Texas will be attacked and
 an accounting will be asked.
 The heirs of the estate, beside the
 widow q son Jose Geronimo. Geronimo ord Trevino. a daughter, there are two
 g1anddarghters the daughter of Count 1 BurchaId, residing at Hamburg, Ger many. There are also two illegitimate | children in Mexico.
 l General TrcVino was for many years lgovernor of the state of Nueva Leon and commander of the northern zone I He was ono of the most loved char acters in Mexico during the Diaz 1 regime And after the outbreak Of ! the revolution he retained his position ] for a long time without taking part in the rebellion.
 | Mir. Hayes has made several vsits II to San Antonio in connection with this litigation. On his last visit a | year ago last May he narrowly escaped
 a tragedy which cost the lives of two of the attorneys in the case, one on his side and one or the opposite side, I J. D. Walthall and Judge Webb. Mir. Hayes had been invited by MT. Wal f thall to be nis guest at the Country ' Cluo on q certain night. At the same time he received az invitation from Mir Terrill the partner of Mir. Wal thall to visit his stock farm near San
 Antonio. He accepted the latter. That ] night the club house was destroyed by fire. Reside Judge Webb and MT. II Walthan. three persons lost their lives in the fire.
 l CaLtain Ord. though retired. re entered the service when the Ameri- can troops were moved to the border and he is now member of the staff ! ,f General Funston. Mir. Hayes re- i grets very much his enforced ab- sence from the state on the eve of l the primaries.