The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1903-07-28
AFFECTION
EXHAUSTED
Mrs. Watson Lost
Patience With
Family.
Gave Up Hopes of Fair
Dealing From Her
Father.
And After Five Years the Suit of
Watson VS.. SpreckeIs Comes
to Head.

Humphreys & Watson yesterday filed
an affidavit by A. s. Humphreys to
show the authority OF that firms ap-
pearance as attorneys for Mrs. Emma
Claudina Spreckels Watson in her suit
against her father, Claus Spreckels. to
recover possession of real estate in the
business heart OF Honolulu worth about
a half million collars.
| Affiant states that during December,
| 1897. or January. 1898, Mrs. Watson,
| together with her husband, Thomas
Watson, passed through Honolulu in
the steamship Belgic on their way
around the world. Mrs. Watson sent
for affiant and told him of her title to
the property in question, and in pres
sent paid affiant a retaining fee of five
hundred dollars and instructed him in
her behalf and name to give notice of
her title to the several tenants occupy
ing the premises and to demand the
surrender thereof to her.
Directly upon the close of that inter-
view Mr.. Humphreys procured an alb
stract OF title OF the premises to be
made, and thereafter served notice to
surrender upon each and every one of
the tenants. of which notice he gives a
copy in the affidavit.
During the summer of 1898. while af-
faint was in San Francisco. he was in
formed by Mrs. Watson that "she had
concluded. for the present. not to in
stitute any proceedings against the de-
PENDANT. Claus Spreckels. for the re-
covery of said premises. he being her
father for whom she felt a deep ahfec-
ton and by whom she expected to be
fairly. honorably and justly dealt with |
in respect to said premises
Since 1898 affiant had 'ot seen plain |
tiff or her husband, nor heard from |
them directly or indirectly, until about /
the 18th day of May, 1903. when he re-
ceived a letter from Thomas Watson
which he quotes in full. 1t is dated
The Manor House. Lower Kingswood.
Mr.. Reigate. 20 Aprff, 'OS." and refers to
the interview in 1898 and the retaining
zee. and concludes thus:
Unfortunately my wife did not
now, and does not now know what she
igned away. but it included the bank
property occupied by Billy Irwin. some
Hawaiian sugar stock, etc.
"At the time we did not want to take
gal proceedings against Claus Spreck-
Is, my wife's father, and create more
iscord in the already discordant fami-
?. but since then they have prosecuted
~ wife so cruelty, so inhumanly, that
he has lost all consideration for their ]
and she is now willing to pro- I
eed against whoever II may be neces-
airy to do, to establish her rights, if ,
OH advise that there is any prospect OF
lccess. and will take the business on
and on shares as you then proposed.
I'VE are settled here now and await 7
our reply and instructions"
Thereafter, on June 9, affiant received
letter subscribed by plaintiff and her Z
usband directing him to bring all and q
very such suit. etc. He cannot pro-
uce this letter because 1t contains ;
-ivate. confidential and privileged
after" q
Affiant on May Is, 1903, forwarded to
aintiff and Watson a power OF at O
rney to be executed by them TO de- -
ndant. a copy of which he attaches to a
s affidavit, and he has been advised u
? Watson that said power OF attor- [,
" has been executed and Is now in .
e mail in course of transmission TO ;,
m.