Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-03-04
|SMART'S ATTACK
|. ON FRED KNIGHT
BRANDED FALSE
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Richard TO third parties on the eondi
ton named In black and white by hi,
attorneys that Mrs.. knight shoult
abandon all Of the extremely valuable
claims Mrs. Knight has Under the see
ond viii and should allow probatinl
Of the third will 20 90 through with
out contest OF, her part.
sPut Child on Market
ain uther wcrds, Mr.. Smart Their
and there put bic child upon the mar
ket and named his price; the oni,
point now being that the rights over
the child he was willing TO give &c
strangers he denies now to the ehild's
own grandmother.r
Mrs. Knight has postponed her trir
to the coast and Il Is not certain when
she will leave Hawaii.
Mrs. knights Attitude Toward Smart
The feeling toward Smart by Mrs
knights is shown in the following ex'
Fcerpts from Attorney Kinney's affida,
Wit Of yesterday:
That afiant lMr. Kinney Is In.
formed and believes that Mrs. knight
in asking Mr.. Smart for the contro,
and custody Of the child has at ali
times distinctly recognized that 1t un-
uuestionably was for the benefit of the
child that he should be taught to love
and respect his father and should be
kept as far as possible from the humif-
iation Of believing or suspecting that
his father was not worthy OF such re
spect and love:
Furthermore. deponent (ME Kin
ney) is informed by Mrs. knight that
she has never addressed a discount
eous word TO Mr.. Smart from the day
she met him to the hour Of her daugh-
ter's death except on the occasion
when he had violated HIS honor and
broken bis pledge that he would wait
year before claiming her daughters
hand In marriage, on which occasion
in her desperation she told him that
she then believed that he was wholly
mercenary and without honor; but
that thereafter and as soon as she
fully realized that her daughters hap
piness depended upon making the best
of the situation and up to the day Of
her daughter's death she has never
allowed herself to address him other
wise than in a courteous manner. and
that she distinctly denies that their
relations have ever been marked by a
single quarrel, and while she does not
and cannot respect him. she does re-
spect and has respected his rights, and
would continue to do so after receiy-
ing the custody Of the child. and that
II more Is required Of any outodian
many otherwise eligible would not be
able to qualify
Smart Rtniles.
In the answer fled at Kona yester-
day IN Henry Gaillard Smart's behalf
Smart asserts among other things that
HIS late wife wss kept in ignorance
Of her property rights until she be-
came or age; that within few days
after she was prevailed upon by her
mother to execute the trust deed of
the ranch, divesting herself and her
family OF legal title to 1t and of any
residence right on the property.
Smart estimates the value Of the
Kona ranch ct 81 500. 900 to $1,000 900.
Under this trust deed, Smart says. his
wife. the rightful heir, received only
q portion OF the income, but Mrs.
knight, her mother, was to receive an
income Of $1,000 q month with certain
provisions which will be fulfilled this
year raising Mrs knights income to
$500 q month.
He AYERS further that Thelma Par.
ker was further induced to deed over
10 her mother the home in San Fran
cisco, valued at $751; 900.
These statements are as follows:
Respondent lis informed and be-
lieves and upon such Information and
belief alleges that prior to the COM
Ing or age of The said Annie r.. K.
Parker Smart. she was kept in ig.
norance by the said petitioner. Eliza
beth J. knight. Of her property rights
and the extent thereof. and within q
lew days after the said Annie 7. X.
Parker Smart became Of age the said
petitioner, Elizabeth ]. Knight, and
others, secured to be executed deed
Of trust Of substantially all Of the
property and estate Of the said Annie
T. K. Parker Smart consisting almost
entirely Of the ranch and ranch prop
erty situated At Waimea. In the third
judicial circuit Of the territory Of Has
vail. and known as the Parker ranch,
which said ranch and ranch property
has been yariously estimated to be OF
The value Of from 1880. 900 to $1,000
BOO, and that under said deed Of trust
The said Annie r. X. Parker Smart
was Invested Of the legal title to the
said ranch and ranch property and
he whole thereof, and was entitled
merely to receive a portion Of the In
come derived from said ranch and
ranch property during her lifetime.
Deprived Of Property.
That under said deed Of trust the