The San Francisco call., 1906-08-23

sea captain and marine insur-
ance adJuster. alleges that he is
the victim Of a conspiracy on
> the part Of his son and his daughter.
H, H Watson Jr. and Mary Holton
Watson Grim. to take away his prop
erty. Watson commenced suit yester-
day in the Superior Court asking that
the deed OF trust he executed for what
# is asserted is ss5o.O 900 worth of
real estate in San Francisco and Ala
media County be cancelled. The captain
wants his children adjudge.s, guilty of
fraud and to have the property return
ed to him.
The parties to the suit are well
known IN san Francisco. the daughter
having married Alonzo NJ Grim, a son
OF A K. Grim. former Alameda capital
ist and county Official Mrs Grim,
through her attorney. denies that there
was any effort to defraud her father
and declares. on the other hand. that
she is merely carrying out the eondi-
tions OF the trust
According TO the story told by Har-
vey Il. Davis. the captains attorney. 1t
was the intention Of Watson TO have
his daughter become the wife of a
young physician. She refused. That
angered her father. who Immediately
announced his intention Of cutting her
OF in his viii.
SON MAKES SUGGESTION.
In his complaint the captain says
Q thar his son suggested It would be best
TO rake trust deed e all his property
TO watson Jr.. and that ne finally de-
ciied on this step when he was inform
ed that Charles s Wheeler had been
employed by the daughter for the pur-
pose OF contesting the viii in case her
father died and disinherited her
The trust deed included all the prop
erty Of the plaintiff and IT is said to
have been expressly stipulated that the
deed should be left with the captain
and not recorded until after his death.
watson states that after the death of
his wife his son stole the deed and had
ii recorded and at the same time con-
veyed a half interest to his sister. He
says he demanded restitution of the
property, but his son and his daughter
threatened to "scandalize" and hold
MIN UP to contempt Because of this,
so he asserts, he Joined the defendants
IN making a second trust deed, by the
terms Of which it was agreed that he
was TO have the income from the prop
erty until his death. On June 5, &C
cording TO the complaint Captain Wat
son received notice from Charles S.
Wheeler, as attorney for Mary Holton
Watson Grim, that she had withdrawn
her consent to the payment Of $500 q
month to her father.
MRS. GRIM's STATEMENT.
Charles S. Wheeler. at whose home
Mrs Grim has her residence. made the
following statement:
Whether Captain Watson had trouble
with his daughter. am not in a posi-
ton TO say. When the trust deed was
executed three years ago he insisted
that provision be made for his daugh-
ter. The property was given in trust
TO the children, with the understanding
that the income was to go TO the
father. It was also provided that in
case his expenses ran beyond the in
70 come. some Of the property was. to be
sold, but that he was first to dispose OF
such private property as he held. He
was paid $500 a month, despite the
fact that this cut into the estate. The
late disaster diminished the value OF
the trust property and it was upon my
advice that Mrs. Grim notified her
father that he must first sell such
private property as he had The prop
erty in question is worth $4,000"