The Hawaiian gazette., 1902-06-24
SAYS STORY
IS A LIE
Judge Estee lalks Of
the Examiner
Fake.

Tho following Assooiot1 prsss dis-
patch which came ip ,he Adror,iser's
special service yesterday called forth
nm emphatic denial from Judge Estee:
NEW YORK, june iG.--Mts. sarah
retce. former wife of Morris NJ. Estcc.
twice candidate FOR Governor ot Cali
forDia and now Federal Judge I'm Homo
lulu, has been found dead In her board
nc house I'm Brooklyn, where she has
made her home during the past ten
years Mrs Estec was before her mar
rage to Judge Estee. Miss sarah fhii-
lips, "A leading society girl OF Memphis.
Tenn.
The Examiner added few touches OF
it's own to this brief dispatch, which the
Judge characterized as follows;
II have seen the article referred to
In the Examiner OF the 18th inst. II Is
wholly untrue and absurd ON Its face.
I lived in California since j was Is
years old, In fact until l came 70 tne
Islands. I was married there IN 1868 10
my present wife. who was the daughter
of Judge Divine of San Jose. and who
Ii now with me I'm the islands. There
are people living In California who we're
present at my wedding. My daughter
Mrs Charles ]. Deering, the only enid
living. is at present In San Francisco
81 think this must be either II prac-
tical Joke, and IL so II Is I'm very poor
taste. or some mistake. The name IL
an unusual one, and know of no other
Judge Estce.
There are plenty Of people I'm the ISL
ands who know that the entire thing is
false judge A. l.. Rhodes of Califor-
MIA who is known here, was with lie
at my wedding In 1868. when ! married
my present wife. George mckenzie of
Hilo was sheriff of my county At the
time. and there are many others who
can corroborate my statement If such
a thing il necessary. My wife and ]
hive been married nearly 40 years and
ahe Is living with me today. while my
daughter who returned to San Fran
circo short time ago. IL 30. And yet
the Examiners article claims that ]
Was divorced from a woman who IL now
dead. Only 10 years ago"
He added to this written statement In
vigorous language.
at is n deliberate and malicious lie,"
he said. and there seems to have been
preconceived plan as far as regards
it, publication. though | do not accuse
the Examiner OF doing this II was
published on the morning of June 10Th.
the day the steamer sailed, and there
was no chance for a denial / have no
doubt that the story was sent to Wash
ing'on on the same day Il was publish
ed in san Francisco. Senator Perkins,
who is there. knows. however that IL
Is not true. and l think Senator Bard
al9o knows the facts in regard to my
| marriage. / never was I'm Memphis
| Tenn, whore the article says the wom-
an Is from, and / cannot account for
the attack by the Examinerf The state
ment In that paper that the charges
made by n divorced wife were used
against me In the gubernatoral cam
paign Is unqualihedly false. and / chal-
Iengc the Examiner TO find "a single
! statement To that effect IN It's records
! I can't understand the object of the
| publication at this time. Is anyone
| trying to get my position here? Wen.
! ! cant answer that just now. snail
! take action because of the publication?
! hay" not considered that matter at
all"
Judge lcstce had many callers yester-
day who expressed themselves very
strongly over the publication of a story
which I'm San Francisco must have been
known to be false on it's face. The
Judge has many friends IN Honolulu.
who were acquainted with him prior to
the alleged divorce OF the New York
woman, and who know that there is not
one atom of truth In the published re-
port.