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Death of John McLennan Recalls Remarkable Search In $4,000,000 Estate Case5IHow Edward H. O’Hara Crossed Continent in ! Chasing Clues to Ascertain Whether Adven-i 1111*011 s Ansel White Was Dead or Living3.2IHiSvBy Edward H. O'Harao/ Tfie HeraldIt is given only a few times even In a Joeg lifetime lo enjoy close nsso-over a period of or lr.cmlhs with anyone outside QUr family• ehofe?. f.nd abiding friendship? rise from such rare experiences.A: clo»e hMid years I observed Jclwi McLenn.u; as r lawyer. In ' lesm-work which tt wa* my privilege moy with lilm. bringing to hear ' wr.h him on our common nr.vhm the “rainIn5 lr. careful investigation which j 1 is s par! of newspaper wow:. | W1 He wjs r happy companion, Tiadtfiandlng the values in life, conscien-: 1 -uu;s In the devotion of time and U'denis to the commission In luiHd, The :■ fes.- 10 me 1 can x\\nc- perhaps by saying that It is as 1: i\ cherished flsli-i :companion of years of :;.-*ycl;::isn wjve gone. rJthatigii Mils was our oneO-------------1ifehing ex ik’d it ion. (rhr pac*ins of Mr. Mclennan re- ; Wilson case here, I too* tip this lend.“ , . ! Detective Lee'cis. famous T'rhco ciilun-»™a«iblc *CS3. c-pUcrtc- .3, luwn llctsctlvc. discounter! the storyr : w!:;;h he serve;- as a special comnils- 0t uur informant, Jehu Tftguc. hut r c-^i'7 VK'eirW 40 ycaivi aco. the search Mr, McLennan and I decided U iol*, Wnr any ; «« « «ilt connection with inUerirurc of the | ,W5 t^/0vi\ drew a body from the $4,020,003 estate of d. Ectaar Crouse, [ pay wilh his lasso. The only itfen-ci fiv r::.c\i5v.! tilication whs writing on an envelopein thtff flothtna. Riving thA address vf 3.iirogasff Edgar P. GMss apnoi.d-.a ; A;v^, white, fit. Louise House, San Mr. McLennan aftd the writer as j f rancisco. We went to Point Pablo.eric lug Bur 3.211 a 7 uher-opn!thartintliCCVitacat:ofa tic The tioito iwrrtain whether : The coior.cr of 3D years ago. I found,an uncle o' remembered ail inquest Of Ansel iAme: n.i.a. an un.le 0..... white. The name- Ansel impressed; Thlr*-.'i'rA -.1/-r srlilSllv deRit lt;■!* lihro. al- lt;. c c.,;r. Kf. hftVd ’ »UCeh declared dead by process of Searching I he county rci-uids Mr. 'n-* ,. v ; McLennan found them complete i-: fj*pl for 1K66. It wfl.i explained that The man nArt no: bsen .n «“n-|i0me ^cords had been Tost in n fire.- ' wjrii relative* for nearly but Mr, McLennan finally found *JO w.i. The trail fed from the old : voucher for pay for « Juror at anhams ntishWrnood of the family a-.tintin«t. for Ansel Wiiite. We foundi :fco!leetions of old timers that they WUi:e.*b»ro, near Utica, to the Pacific j '*,,]a.ileii him up on Hie Plui.“roast. \Vh::ceboro, incidentally, do- ; Chief Crowley assured its that our:=. r.veci i:= name from the rurally.:T ir T.-if, one of the fen hires Of pci‘-* h.ios the Atrauijcst and nwt Involved5f-atch vpsis done, out strangely enough wilh in n day arrived an 11:1-mistnkably genuiiie new lead vfhlch iv« full overt to the State of washing-r.ninng will cases in the history of j ion. There we csmc to the end of fi'inurfe. c ouiiiv. and one occasion-1 o\sv trrdL After leavine tli? St. Lou [aiu;fileInar:irAn;l to: Iatprc3.2Alttbfprcold
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Syracuse Herald
Syracuse, New York, US
Wed, Mar 29, 1933
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