Show CULT LOSES OSS IN II FIG FOR fORI I ESTATE I Attorneys for Mrs Tingley Say Case Will Be Bet BeV I t V Appealed V By International News Service S SAN DIEGO March One One hour and thirty after the tho case MO had been placed in their hands bands the tho jury at 5 o'clock lock 1 last evening q Brought in iii a verdict in favor of the heirs of the lato Mrs Mr Harriet P. P Thurston whose will bequeathing her estate of to Mrs Katherine therin Tingley Tingley- head of of- the Universal Brotherhood and TheosOphical ical society they sued to have set aside on the ground that the deceased wa was of unsound mind when the instrument was made The contestants headed by George Goorge L. L Patterson a banker of New Now Castle Ps and a son Bon of Mrs Thurston won their victory after one of tho the most bitter bit hit I ter struggles in the history of the courts of or San Diego Dic o county I Noted Lawyers Engaged I Some of the best lawyers in the west took part in in inthe the legal battlo battle which began on December 27 21 1911 Many lengthy depositions were read road and numberless numberless num num- berless witnesses he heard beard rd doring the twelve weeks required red to hear henr the case The suit was vas filed in Jul July 1911 The complaint alleged conspiracy to deprive the heirs of Mrs Thurston of ot a large arge part of her fortune It was alleged that the tho execution of the will was procured pro cured by bp undue influence of Mrs Tingley Ting Ting- ley Icy and aDd v rious persons 6 said id to b bo ho Under under un Un- der her control control- and direction The main questions submitted to the jury to decide were whether Mrs Thurston Thuraton when she he exe executed the will on Ma May 11 1910 1010 IDIOt bequeathing her estate to Mrs Tingley was of sound and disposing mind and whether she was free frea from undue influence which affected the making of the tho will wilt Mrs Tingley Flayed Jud Judge o J. J W. W McKinley chief chier counsel for the heirs made the closing argument mont ment for the contestants He unmercifully fully flayed Mrs Tin Tingley lep and tho the methods methods meth moth ode which ho be claimed s she e used in c caus causing using using us- us ing the aged Mrs J Thurston to leave her fortune to the Theosophists Judge GU Guy took up the better part art artof of an hour in his ch charge r e to the jury and the case caso was submitted to the twelve men for decision at t P. P 1 M. M I. I It was reported that three ballots were wore taken before a verdict was reached Mrs Tin Tingley lej was in in tho the courtroom within a k t few fow minutes after actor it had been I reported that the tho jury had agreed I have nothing to say nay fill was the tho only statement she he would make Statements Statement were made mado last ost ni night bt by Mrs Tingleys Tingley's attorneys that the Caso Case would at once be appealed to a higher court |