The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-08-04
F AREO HER
DEAD QUEEN
Witness Reluctant To
Testify.
ASSURED OF PROTECTION
Kinoiki Dreaded the Vengeance of
KaLiolani-- Other Matters
In Court.


terday afternoon, trembling and on
the verge of tears. Fear of her long
dead sovereign, Queen Dowager Ka-
piolani possessed her and it was diff
cult to get a word of evidence from
her.
Tell her. said Judge Humphreys to
the interpreter, that this is an AM
erican country now and that she need
have no fear of testifying.'
A few words passed between the in
terpreter and the woman, but she COW
cred her face with her hands and
shook her head.
II told her that the eagle would pro-
tect her." said the interpreter but she
does not seem to understand"
Finally the. old woman went on with
her testimony. but at every moment
she glanced about her fearfully, as
though dreading to be stricken dead at
any moment. She was Kinoiki, one of
the old-time servants of the former
royal family, and the case on trial
arose out of deed which she was al
legged to have given to Queen Kapiolani
to certain land which is now claimed
by the Kapiolani estate.
| Kinoiki told of having decided the
land to the Queen, but she could not
! tell what was the consideration there
| for, or whether there was any valuable
consideration paid at all. She only
knew that she had decided the land to
the Queen.
The case was for the cancellation of
the deed by Kinoiki to the Queen. 1t
was brought by Mrs. l.. X. Puahi, who
claims to have prior deed to the land,
which had been given her by Kinoih
in return for guarantee of $40 a
month and other services rendered.
The plaintiffs case had not been con-
cluded at the adjournment of court
and 1t will be several days before the
case is ended.
Magoon and Long are attorneys for
the plaintiff and w A. Kinney for the
, defendant
SUES HER DAUGHTER.
AS result of family differences Mrs.
Kaumakaole Lazarus has brought suit
in the Circuit Court against her daugh-
ter Esther p. Juen and her son-in-law,
H. A. Juen, to have a deed cancelled
and money returned to her which she
alleges was obtained from her through
fraud.
that she is old and illiterate and with
out knowledge of business and that
nearly two years ago her daughter in
fuenced her to sign a deed to the
Lazarus homestead. on Beretania
, street, which was worth $4,000 or more
on the pretense that it would be for her
best interests so to do. She likewise
complains that on her daughters soil
citation she removed $500 from Bish-
: ops bank and gave it into her keeping,
under the belief that it would be for
, her best interests to do so. In return
. for this she says her daughter and SON.
in-law pretended to convey to her an
interest in the Louvre saloon on Nuu-
anu street. -
But now Mrs. Lazarus says. she be-
lieves her daughters designs were
fraudulent and she asks the cancella-
ton of the deed and the return of the
money or such part of it as remains.
j. T. De Bolt is Mrs. Lazarus at
torney.
INVENTORY OF KAHAI, ESTATE.
An inventory of the estate of Samuel
K. Kahai was filed in the Circuit Court
yesterday by Teresa M. Kahai, admin
istratrix.
1t shows real estate valued at s4122.5 so
) including lot on Achi lane. valued al
$500, a lot on Beretania street valurG
at $1,000. two lots on Maunakea street
valued at $3.50, two lots at Waikiki
valued at $112.5s, and land at Puma
: Hawaii, worth $40.
In personally there is s4,64S.95, cou-
sisting of Postal deposits amounting tc
s429.7O, household furniture worth s219.-
25 and claim of $4,000 against the
Board of Health for property burned
Besides this property there are de-
posits in trust in the Postal banks in
the name of the deceased as follows:
Piiwi, s451.6O; Philip, s5975; Maria
Male. $500; Janua, Kalulu, $155.70;
, Solomon Kahai, $105.50.
WAR OF CHINESE.
Chez Kit brought suit against Lee
Lung in the Circuit Court yesterday
for $1,000 damages. In his complaint he
charges that on April 4th. 1900, Lee
Lung and two others, Lee Choy and
Tung Chong assaulted him and beat
a and bruised him so severely that il
cost him $1,000 worth of physical an
|. guish and doctors bills. He also char
4 ges that Lee Lung is colluding to dis
pose of his property. Therefore HI
asks that an injunction be issuei t.
restrain him from SO doing. Robertson
& Wilder are his attorneys.
PROBATE MATTERS.
Judge Silliman was occupied yester
day with probate matters. most o
them purely of a formal nature.
= The most interesting WIS the pctitiol
of the creditors of the Joseph II. Ma
wahi estate for the removal of Mrs. NJ
A. Nawahi as Administrative. 1t ap
/, peared that Mrs. Nawahi had tee1
ordered to sell certain lands d. Puma
Hawaii. for the benefit of the creditors
She made an upset price on the land O
70 $4,000 and her attorney bid it in a
: s12. 500. This was some time ago an
the creditors are still looking &c
their money. Judge Sillirnan ordere
Mrs. Nawahi's removal and directe
her to file her account within 60 day.