The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1906-02-05

Will AND
SECRBSY
FURTHER ATTEMPTS TO SUP
PRESS a DOCUMENT OF A VERY
ORDINARY NATURE.

The will of ths late H. A. Isenberg
was admitted to probate this morning
by Judge De Bolt. This is the will
which was kept secret after it was
filed for probate five weeks ago, at
the request of attorneys for the es-
tate. Judge II. f. Cooper this morn
ing tried to have the court continue
an order of secrecy, contending that
even after being admitted to probate
the document was not a public record,
and Judge De Bolt agreed to hear him
ON the subject tomorrow, but refused
in the meantime to make any order
preventing representatives. of the press
and others from seeing the will.
The will as filed is very ordinary
document, and dos not contain any
thing that would attract attention but
for the peculiar efforts to suppress it,
The part which the attorneys desired
to keep hidden i'm the files Of the court
consists of details relating to the dis
position of stock in II. Hackfeld and
Company, held in the estate of the de-
cedent and his late father, and is of
such little public interest that it would
not have been published anyhow. In
fact the most interesting thing about
the will seems to be the efforts to sup
press it, which may lead to an inter-
esting legal discussion.
After proving the will Cooper said
that he still Contended that it was
not a public document. Certain parts
of it he was WILLING to have made pub
lie but the parts relating to the bust
ness of Hackfeld and Company he did
not think should be seen except by
those concerned. As a legal PROPOSE
ton, he denied that the will was a pub
lie record.
Judge De Bolt said that he was quite
certain of the correctness of his for
mer ruling, five weeks ago, refusing to
allow the will to be made public. It
was u public record now, however.
and he did not think he had any power
to prevent anyone from seeing it who
applied to the clerk of the court for it.
Cooper asked that he be allowed to
argue the legal side of the matter, and
the court agreed to hear the matter
tomorrow morning In the meantime
however, the judge said, Il do not
f. el that | am empowered to make any
order to prevent representatives, of the
press or other persons from seeing it."
The will leaves a third of the estate
to the widow and the other two-thirds
IN trust for the children until they be-
come of age. There are $500 shares
of II, Hackfeld and Company stock,
of which 500 go to the widow and 1000
to the minor children, Rudolph Alex
ander Isenberg and Alexander Hackfeld
Isenberg All of tha real estate goes
to Mrs. Isenberg. OF the rest of the
property, one-third is left to Mrs.
Isenberg and the rest to the two sons,
when they become of age, excepting
what is needed for the payment of be-
quests as follows: Alexander Wendroth
of Germany, $780,; August w. Dui-
senberg 81, 500 f. G. Duisenberg and r..
NJ Duisenberg, $1,000 each in lieu of
the statutory commissions as exeCu-
tors.
Mrs Isenberg e. G. Duisenberg and
r. NJ. Duisenberg were named as exc
cutrix and executors without bonds,
and they were accordingly appointed by
Judge De Bolt. The win was made i'm
Honolulu on the sixth of last March
and was witnessed by Adolph Con-
stabel Hjalmer Glade and Bertram Won
Damn, all of whom testified this morn
ing to their signatures and to that of
the decedent Cooper testified to hay
ing drawn the will for Isanberg.
Il have no hesitation in testifying
as to his soundness of mind" said
Cooper, from the clearness with which
he gave and discussed his directions for
the will" Cooper said that veral
drafts had been necessary before Isen-
berg was satisfied with the will After
signing it, he tore up his former will
and threw it in the maste basket
The heirs at law as named in the pc
tition for probate are Virginia r. Isen-
berg, widow; r. A. and A. II. Isenberg
sons; Paul r. Isenberg, r. NJ. Isen-
berg, Carl Isenberg, brothers; Clara
Wendroth, Paula Volkmann, Julia
Barkhausen, sisters; Mrs. Dora Isen-
berg, and the mother Of the deceased,
Mrs. Beta Isenberg.