The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1901-08-10
jim LOVES HARD LUCK
REMARKABLE KIND OF
OWNERSHIP"
The Old Man Who Turned Summer
saults and the Expensive Property he
Cannot Get Rid of.

A remarkable old man Is James Love-
spendthrift. according to the testimony
of some of the witnesses in the matter
of the petition, now being heard by
Judge Gear, to dissolve ,Ae spendthriIt
trust. The evidence and description of
Loves habits as to sobriety is of all
kinds describing the old man as a sober
citizen, as a man who once in while
took a package" home and as a man
to whom a moment of sobriety would
have been a thrilling novelty.
The old man used to turn summer
sauits when he had enough drink in
him, said one witness, describing an
occasion when the white haired high
roller INDUCED in the youthful pastine,
and E. II. Hart told the judge that the
old fellow seemed to have an aloha for
furniture-b breaking. He was very stingy
when sober said Larry Dee, whereupon
the witnesses who said this state of
affairs never occurred declared Larry
was dreaming. But when Love was
drunk he was a distributor of cash,
even going to the rash extreme of
spending as much as his income.
He would go to auctions and buy
things recklessly," said Hart yester-
day afternoon. The old man delighted
in dropping in on an auction with ling
ling pockets and blank check book.
What did he buy?" asked Judge
Gear.
He used to buy everything that was
put up" said Hart. Some of the things
the old man took home. Others he left
for the auctioneer to sell again. 1t was
costly fun, but Love had a big income
for life and no family and he dotted on
auction sales.
Judge Gear plainly minated that he
was going to make some radical
changes in the circumstances of Loves
life. He said yesterday afternoon that
he didn't agree with his predecessor on
the bench, referring to Judge Perry's
orders in the matter. An allowance of
"a per week for the old man to chip
away on luXuries seemed to be specially
Questionable to Gear also an allowance
of 81 per week paid for room and board.
Loves income is about $500 a month.
Tom Fitch and the Judge went into
the matter of Loves residence which he
decided to his daughter, Mrs. Hart, re-
tanning only a life interest 1t appeared
that Love was up against remarkably
unfortunate combination. A series of
Circuit Court orders which Gear said
he didn't approve, one of the orders
renting the house to Mrs. Hart for $40
month, made the taxes, interest on
mortgage, etc, cost the old victim about
$40 a month net, over all it brought in
The guardianship trust prevented him
from deciding it away and he had only a
life interest, so that it appeared that
his ownership of the place was to cost
him money very steadily up to the end.
Once 5000 was added for improvements
so that Love might see a nicer house
when he dropped round to look at the
property he owned" in such an ex-
traordinary way Magoon advanced
the 5000, lending it to himself as trus-
tee at 8 per cent, which Fitch said was
not authorized by the court orders.
Gear salu he didn't see where the
benefit to Love came in, as the house
had oesn turned over by order of court
to someone else, at an income of minus
$40 a month to Love.
Magoon said he had opposed letting
the house to Mrs. Hart for nothing In
answer to a question from Gear he
said he had appeared as counsel for
Love and had opposed Loves wishes in
the matter. But Mrs. Hart, got the
house and has it yet and the rich old
man boards at 81 a week, with an al
lowance of 81 on the side for auction
sales and other treats.