The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1906-02-07
A BRIEF WHICH
READS LIKE A NOVAL
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"The advent of this niece marks the
entrance Of discord and trouble into
the previously harmonious and affec
tionate home life of the Notltys; the
faithful old wife who had loved and
lived and worked by Notley's side dur
ing the long and weary years that went
to the making of the Motley fortune,
was thrust from her place as mistress
of the home, was grossly tainted as a
black woman by the stranger i'm her
own home and was subjected to person
al violence at the hands of the man who
never before touched her save in the
way of kindness; the old love of the
father for the children of that mother
the children who had helped to make
the family fortune-became 6bsCured;
the happiness of former years was re-
placed by the quarrels, distrust and
dislike which almost invariably accom-
pany the entrance of a designing
stranger into a home: the old condi-
tions of affectionate family unity de-
parted upon the appearance of Emma
DanfOrd and as such things unfor-
tunately always do, the subscribing of
Motley to her views grew with the
flight of time. She had no love for the
black woman she had no love for the
children of that black woman she
felt so secure i'm her position of do
mlnance and control over Motley that,
when stung and spurred by anger, she
did not hesitate to make declarations
concerning the disposition of his prop
erty; and in the will which is attacked
here, her boasts are made good and
her predictions are verified to the let
ter,-she knew whereof she spoke"
The brief sets out that after the
nieces marriage her influence remained
and charges cruel treatment and
neglect of Mrs. Motley, continuing as
follows:
THE WIFE DISPLACED.
What reason can be assigned for this
degradation of a worthy woman except
the distorting influence of the woman
in whose house the second codicil and
will were written and his death occur
ed? OF what high crime had this
worthy old lady been guilty, that she
should have been subjected to such un-
speakable treatment as this? How
could Motley justify the cruel wrong,
how could he explain it away, except
by pointing to the woman who con-
trolled him from the first, who intro
duced discord into his home, whose
Vaccinations disrupted his family who
made her boasts about his will. and
who made good those boasts and veri-
| fed then to the last bitter letter. If
! Mrs. Motley had been a wicked wo-
! man if she had been incompetent as a
mother or a failure as a help mate
one could understand this outrageous
| supplanting of the wife who was good
enough until Emma DanfOrd appeared
! but from one end of this record to the
other not one word can be found i'm the
way of criticism and disparagement OF
| this lady. =
TROUBLE IN THE HOME.
"The sharp contrast between the
| antecedent home life and the home life
under the Danford regime: the strife
trouble and antagonism that ensued up
on her appearance; Notley's significant
change of attitude towards his family
his dastardly treatment of his wife:
his equally dastardly treatment of his
sons: his change of manner towards
his old friends: Emma Danford's des-
picable treatment of Mrs. Motley and
her children: Notley's submission to
Emma Danford: his lavish attention to
her; his withdrawal of confidence from
his family to transfer it to her: his
continuous and habitual acquiesence
| in her will: the relation of confidential
! Z h
and her, as all these things are at
! tributable to some cause somebody
| brought them about and is it too much
to say that there is evidence from
which a candid jury could have identi-
| fed the originator of these wretched
but characteristic conditions? Is there
not evidence from which a candid jury
could have readily inferred that Emma
| DanfoTd was the cause of this situation
so reeking and dripping with undue in
| huence? - Even those who practice
| the arts and employ the subterranean
| agencies of undue influence act upon
some motive; and unfortunately as OBJ
served i'm the Parish will case, a pc
cuniary motive is usually found too
strong for most other human motives
to contend with; and the difficulty of
resisting temptation of this sort is
universally acknowledged. Where the
| path to wealth lies through the smooth
and easy road of acting upon such a
submissive acquiescence as this testator
whether by attentions or opportunities,
where for a long time the opportunities
for using such appliances are con-
tinued and the chance for interference
herewith are slight and at rare inter-
walls, it is cause for regret rather than
| for surprise when we found that the
means have been used and the result
attained"
A SINISTER INFLUENCE.
| Finally the attorneys close by de-
claring that Motley wrote falsehoods to
his son about dispositions Of his prop
erty and they end with the following;
What influence was leading the old
man after he had lived the allotted
time of life, to prevaricate and liza