The Hawaiian gazette., 1915-01-12
STUNNED BRIDE 4. =. =.
.. LIKE A LEPER
Physicians and Nurses Des-
cribe Young Husband Va
riOuSly As a BOOr, CalOus
Husband and Tightwad
tFrom Sunday Advsrtiser.)

Rivalling in human interest the reci'
tation of the allegations contained IN
the petition Of Mrs. Knight, the grand
mother of the Smart infant, whose Gus
tody is now being fought for between
the petitioner and the father, are the
aiiidavits which accompany It and
which were fled in Judge Matthew
man 4 court last week. The affidavits
supply the'details of the inhuman cruel
ty alleged IN the petition, and are
signed by these who had an intimate,
inside knowledge of conditions in. the
Smart household from the day the
bride-mother first showed signs Of the
illness which was TO carry her on UNI
iii her ashes we're consigned back to
the earth at Waiamea. E ii
The first affidavit is that of DIR. +,
II, HctlemaQn Of Honolulu, who treated
Mrs. Smart for pleurisy, which later,
due to the exposures forced upon her
bv her husband, resulted in active tu,
bereulosis and death. Doctor Hede-
mann was Mrs. Smart 5 physician at
ter marriage and one of the physicians
ofiieiating at the birth of the first
child, Richard Smart, in whose inter
ests the sensational litigation has been
launched. The physician states that
prior TO Mrs. Smart s departure for
the Coast, on what was to be her last
trip alive, she showed no clinical signs
Of the pleurisy from which she had
been III, but, the affidavit adds:
Plain Warning to Husband -
ssDeponent, hearing however, that
Il was the intention of Henry Gaillard
smart. the husband of said Annie 7,
X. Parker Smart, to take her from
Honolulu to Paris, she having at the
time an infant child about seven
months of age and being then pregnant
ana expecting another child within fonr
months, .deponent explained to said
Henry Gaillarl Smart tho danger OF
taking his wire to a place where the
climatic conditions were such as de
ponent knew and Smart knew to exist
~ Paris. N #gI
tsDeponent stated to said Smart
Who was man of considerable med
ical, knowledge, far more than is ordin'
arily the case among persons who have
not made the practice Of medicine a
profession, that eighty to ninety out
Of hundred cases of pleurlsy were
tlabereular In their nature; that per
sons with Hawaiian T.. blood in theii
Veins having been so afflicted were
particularly subject to tuberculosis
and advised and suggested to saiC
Smart that he refrain from taking hi'
wife to Paris until she was fully re
covered.
smart's Expressed" Intention
That il was the expressed intcn
fion Of Smart at this time to take his
wife 20 California and deponeut made
no particular objection to this course
provided that Mrs. Smart was taker
to 4 place in California where the eli
mate suited her condition and where
she could have the best Of medical anC
surgical skill at her command "
Recommended Coast Physician
Doctor Hedemann recommended con
snltations with Doctor Emma X. Viii
let's, of san Mateo, n well know
physieian of california, who hkcwis'
advised against the trip to Paris
Despite which advice, Smart left II
three weeks for Paris. ! OF this tn
Honolulu physician s affidavit saysI
, Knew Probable Effects
t,That at the time when said Smar
took his wife and child TO Paris afore
said. he well knew, as depOnent is IN
formed and verify believes, that sh
was sick ami in a precautions condition
from 4 physical standpoint, well knew
the possibilities that might result froD
the attack of pIeurisy from which sh
had only recently recovered, and wei
knew that tho tfhmatic conditions o
the city 10 with they were gOin
would be of such a character as to b
especially, injurious to person VIII
had any tendency toward tuberculosi:
but that Notwithstanding all Of thi
+ knowledge tho said Smart, as deponen
A informed and verify believes, too
his wife to Paris aforesaid and ther
arrived in or about the month o
March, 1914.
Start Family Tubercalar
1.-THE deponent is well arquainte
with Richard Smart whose guardian
ship is sought in these proceedings.
'ssTbat while in the City OF Houolnl
the said Richard Smart has been. wheI
ever necessary, under the professions