The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-11-19
OBJECTS To
MACON FEE
Becky Panee Says
1t Is Pure
Robbery.
GUARDIAN KEEPS
HER WITHOUT CASH
Says Her Estate viii Go to Law
yers and She viii Have TO
Keep 8oarders.

Becky Panee objects strenuously to
the allowance of a fee of 81 $50, made
by Judge Gear, to her spendthrift
guardian, ]. A. Magoon, and has en-
gagged attorneys to appeal the matter
to the supreme court. She will also
appeal from Judge De Bolts order
allowing $3.50 to Thomas Fitch,
though she says she has no objection
to the allowance of that fee, because
Fitch.had worked for her.
Becky appears to be having a hard
time of it. She has just been allowed
by the court sufficient money to build
new residence, and though the house
has been completed, Becky can't get
Magoon to furnish it, though she was
allowed $1,000 by Judge De Bolt for
that purpose. A good part of this
amount, however, has been expended
in exterior work about her new home,
and now she says Magoon won't allow
her money for furniture, as she wants
As matter of fact, her new home near
King and Punahou streets, while hand
some enough. is but inadequately fur
nished, and two of her rooms are al
most bare. Though Becky has an
estate valued at nearly $4,000, she
says she can't get money to buy chairs
or fancy articles needed by her.
Mrs. Panee is especially indignant
over the fee of $1,25O allowed by Judge
Gear to Mr.. Magoon for his services
in keeping her within a spendthrift
trust and compelling her acceptance of
himself as guardian.
1T is daylight robbery" said Becky
yesterday, "the way Judge Gear allow
ed Magoon $3.50. / told Judge Gear I
didn't want to give him anything, for
he didn't do anything for me. When
1 went to him he told me to come
back again in few days, and then
yesterday he allowed Mr.. Magoon
$3.50 l wouldn't have cared for just
$50, but to take that much money from
me and give it to Mr.. Magoon, who
didn't do anything for me, isn't fair.
went to see Mr.. Fitch about an ap-
peal, but he told me it wouldn't do any
good to appeal to the supreme court,
for they would probaly only cut down
the fee to $3.50, and then he was going
away anyway and couldn't help me
now.
Il went to another lawyer and he
promised to help me; and he will APP
peal from the order giving Mr.. Fitch
$1,250 too. l didn't care so much about
Mr.. Fitch's fee, for he worked hard for
me for fourteen months trying to get
me out of guardianship, and getting me
an allowance and all that. Judge De
Bolt is a fair and square man. He
asked me to testify when Mr. Fitch
wanted fee, and | told him l didn't
have any objection. Judge Gear didn't
give me any chance, though, when
Mr.. Magoon got his fee. 1t was all
fixed up between Judge Gear and Mr..
Magoon and Mr.. Fitch. | don't see
why the lawyers should want to take
all of poor Hawaiian's property.
Mr.. Judge Gear knows that I didn't
want to give Magoon any money He.
doesn't help me or do anything for me.
And it seems like the supreme court
doesn't want to help us poor Hawaii
ans, either.
II don't have anything at all to say
about my property. | haven't even
got furniture to furnish my house de-
Gently" and Becky broke into tears.
1.-THE lawyers get it all, and l don't
seem to have anything to say about my
own money. I was allowed $1,000 to
furnish my house, but Mr.. Magoon
took part of it to put up the fence and
henhouse and lanai. My house was
built by Mr. Campbell, and l didn't
have anything to say about it. Mr..
Magoon owns all the land around here.
and that on which my house is too,
and he wanted to get Mr.. Campbell on
that account When all the extras are
paid for there isn't hardly anything
left out of the $1,000, and l can't buy
that furniture l want or get anything
unless Mr.. Magoon says so. I am only
allowed S25 a week, and it costs more
than that for my running expenses
and the extra expenses around the
| house, so that | will have to take in
| boarders 1t seems as if they do any
| thing they want with my money and
| pretty soon | won't have anything. 1t
seems as may be Mr.. Gear needs a
spendthrift guardian more than l, the
way he gives my money to Magoon.