The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1910-08-05
French Woman Attacks Validity
Of Colonel Norris Sale OF
His Ranch.
PAYABLE AFTER HIS DEATH
Sued Norris During Lifetime and
Now Wants to Collect on
Notes Given.

Long years after romance has died
and been buried under the muck of
mercenary motives, lawsuits and
breach of promise actions, Emile l..
D Erblay, the old.time love of Col. Sam
Norris, has brought suit against the
inheritor of the colonel's acres for $G6,
240 which she claimed her lover owed
and never paid her.
Emile l.. d 'Erblay, of New York,
is the French woman who caused Col
onel Norris so much trouble and whose
persistent following of him is alleged
finally to have driven him from the
States to Hawaii where he became
known as recluse and an eccentric.
Years ago, it is said, Emile d 'Erblay,
after period of inhammatory love.
making, brought suit in the State of
California for breach of promise. Soon
after that Norris left California and
New York and came to Hawaii, where
he resided up to the time of his death,
which occurred on July IA last.
This suit, filed in the circuit court
yesterday by Magoon & Weaver, at
torneys for the woman, is not the first
that she has brought. AS far back as
1891 she sued Norris for large amount
and obtained judgment in the circuit
court of Hawaii. Norris carried the
matter to the supreme court, which af-
frmed the Judgment of the circuit
Judge.
In 1892, a year after the circuit court
had rendered judgment against him,
Colonel Norris went to New York and
met the woman again. 1t is alleged
that while there he executed in her
favor, for reasons unknown, two notes
for $4,000 each, with the very curious
provision that they should mature after
his death. They were to bear interest
at six per cent. Now the D'Erblay
woman comes into court and brings suit
for $4,000 on the principal and $34
240 interest. Whether Norris gave the
notes in part satisfaction of the judg
ment against him, to stave off further
breach of promise suits or for some
other reason is not known.
The action brought by Emile l.
D 'Erblay is against Charles G. Macon
her, to whom Colonel Norris on jun
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for one dollar. The plaintiff in he
petition alleges that Norris left N
other property against which execution
can be had, and that the deed wa
voluntary and without valuable consid
Grafton and was executed by Norris TO
the purpose of hindering, delaying AM
defrauding his creditors and especial.
he plaintiff.
The petition further recites that OIL
January Is, 1909, Norris sold to San
Kauhane for $4,000 the cattle on hi
Kahuku Ranch and also five-year
lease on a part of the ranch.
Plaintiff expresses the fear that Ma
comber will cucumber the premises
waste them or sell them to innocen
parties, so that she might suffer ire
parable injury. She says that she i
without remedy at law and therefor,
asks that a temporary injunction be is
sued restraining Macomber from en-
numbering, wasting or selling the prem
Uses or personal property. She ask
further that Norris deed of the rancl
to Macomber be declared fraudulen
and void; that a decree be granted TO
the payment of the $4,000 principa
and .24O interest she claims is du
her on the promissory notes, and that
receiver be appointed as soon as the dc
cree is granted.