The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1906-06-13

The Call of June , says:
Mrs Annie f. Stanford of New York,
who was Senator Leland Stanford's
sister-in-law is suing the executors of
Mrs. Jane Stanford's viii for more than
half ii million dollars she declares was
owing her husband, Asa Stanford de-
ceased. from the estate. She alleges
be was defrauded out of it by Mrs.
Jane Stanford, widow of the Senator,
and who left nearly all the great es-
tate to the Leland stanford Jr. Univer-
sity.
The infrmities Of age and misinfOr-
nation as to the value of the estate
left by Leland Stanford are alleged by
the plaintiff as the causes of her hus-
band failing to secure the money she
claims was due him
The plaintiff sets forth that her hus-
band, Asa, was a director, i'm 1869, of
the Central Pacific Railroad Company,
and the owner of Il sixth of the stock
of that corporation. At the suggestion
and argument of his brother Leland, so
it is alleged Asa resigned from the di-
rectorship and turned all his interest
over to him upon the latter giving him
a written agreement to pay him $1,000
monthly and at Lelands death to
leave Asa or his heirs capital stock in
the company to the amount of 100000.
These payments We're regularly made
up to the death of Leland, on June p,
1893, it is averred.
At his death Leland was worth about
$50. 100000 all of which was left to his
wife, Jane, with the exception it is
stated. of shares of stock due his
brother. These. the complaint con-
tinues. had been sealed in an envelope
and placed in Lelands safe.
Mrs Stanford probated the will and
secured possession of all the property,
including the shares of stock alleged
to be due Asa. The $1,000 month was
discontinued, leaving him in penury 1t
is declared.
Asa. it is further alleged, made many
demands for the money he claimed to
be due him, but could secure nothing.
Mrs. Stanford, it is alleged falsely and
! fraudulently concealed from him the
fact that Leland had kept his part of
the bargain. and furthermore deceived
him by telling him that no part of Le-
! lands property had been set aside for
him. When Asa threatened and plead
| ed Jane secured an attorney Russell ].
! Wilson, and through him claimed that
after all debts had been satisfied there
was not more than enough for her to
live on. He was further Informed, the
complaint says, that if he pressed the
matter he would force the estate into
insolvency and neither he nor his heirs
could expect to ever receive anything
from it, Jane also agreed to pay him
the sum of $4,000 if he would release
all his claims to the estate and Asa,
believing that he had been told the true
state of affairs, agreed to accept this,
the widow further alleges.
The plaintiff declares that at the
time this agreement was made Asa
was a very old man, broken in health
and spirits, poor and nervOusly appre-
hensive of becoming public charge.
Because Of his age he was unable to
work and hence was easily induced to
yield to the demand made upon him.
Continuing the complaint says Asa
did not discover that the estate, which
he had been made to believe was al
most insolvent was worth $6O,OOO,OOO
until April !, 1903, at which time Mrs.
, Stanford was out of California; that he
was so exasperated when he learned of
the alleged fraud that had been prac-
ticed upon him that he reviled Mrs.
Stanford to all his friends and that so
bitter did he become that Mrs Stanford
secured the services of an attorney by
4, the name of Henry C. Huz2ard to act
D as go between and endeavor to force
3 a compromise with Asa, as well as to