The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1905-01-18
AN OLD CONSPIRACY
FOUND AND UPSET
KAUAI CASE WHERE DEATH
BROUGHT TO LIGHT A WRONG
TO AN AGED WOMAN.

LIHUE, January 16.-On January II,
1905, Judge Hardy filed a decision Of
forty-four pages in the equity case Of
Kaukau Kahula, Albert Trask, J. p.
Mendoza Isabella Mahinaku Lowell,
sometimes known as Bella Mendoza, J.
j. Dunno, and ]. j. Dunno as admins
traitor of the estate of Ana KIM Ka-
hilina, deceased VS. Samuel Kanewaniui
as administrator of the estate of Isaac
H. Kahilina, deceased, Elizabeth Kaie,
Rose K. Kaukaha, Hanah Scote some
times called Hannah Scott, Paulikeawe
and A. K. Mika, brought to cancel and
set aside a deed from Ana KIM Kahi-
lima to A. K. Mika and also "A deed
of the same property from A. *. Mika
over to Isaac H. Kahilina, the husband
of saind Ana KIM Kahilina.
The trial of this case took a little
over a week before Judge Hardy last
January and over fifteen witnesses
were examined in the case. j. J.
Dunno John w. Cathcart and j. D.
Willard were counsel of record for the
complainants and c. w. Ashford, ].
NJ. Kaneahoa, and Long and Long were
counsel of record for the defendants,
although the case was tried the first
three days by j. j. Dunno and John d.
Willard on behalf of compliments and
the last three days by ]. d. Willard
alone for compliments, while c. w.
Ashford conducted the trial through
out for the defendants.
The court found in substance that
Isaac H. II. Kahilina "A man of about
thirty-five years of age at that time
with the connivance and assistance Of
his bosom friend, A. X. Mika entered
into a conspiracy to defraud his (Kahi-
lina's) wife out of all her property to
| the exclusion of said Ana KIM Kahi-
| lina's relatives Ana KIM was about
eighty years of age at that time and
was possessed upon her marriage to
Kahilina a very few years before the
! execution of the deed complained of, of
the realty contained i'm the Ahupuaa of
Waipake containing some 700 acres
of land, situate i'm Hanalei District,
Kauai, and now under lease to the XII
lauea plantation. besidees some out
side kuleanas, which property was ap-
| praised at the death of Isaac II. Kahi-
lima, a couple Of years ago, at $27, 900.
Kahilina and Mika, i'm furtherance Of
their design drew up "A deed from Ana
KIM Kahilina to A. X. Mika and by
threats and intimidation upon the part
of Kahilina toward his wife, and by
excluding all her relatives from the
house except i'm his presence, and by
denying said Ana KIM Kahilina any
outside advice or consultation, finally
compelled her to execute this deed to
Mlka of practically all the property she
had i'm the world, to the absolute ex-
clusion of her own sisters and their
children, for a stated consideration of
fifty dollars, which was never paid.
Then A. K. Mika executed deed up
on his part of all this property to
Isaac II. Kahilina, who continued to
use and enjoy it up to his death in
| 1908. Kahilina and Mika were the only
| persons on earth except Ana KIM Ka-
hilina who knew Of the fraud, and part
of the scheme, which Kahilina carried
out perfectly, was to prevent Ana KIM
! from having any private conversation
with any person except himself during
the rest of her lifetime. Upon Ana
Eini's death i'm 1891 or the secret be-
came safe. but after the death of Ka-
hilina, January %, 1908, A. X. Mika
divulged and the heirs at law of
Ana KIM Kahilina instituted suit with
all possible speed, which has resulted
in this decision.