Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-01-08

Smart and his wife from Paris afore-
said, your petitioner is informed and
verflysbelieves that he. the said Smart.
had been advised by competent medi-
cal authorities that his said wife was
hopelessly i'll with tuberculosis and
knew that she, the said wife, had but
NhoTt time to live.
Mother Not Notified. -.
That although the said Annie T. X.
Parker Smart was i'll as aforesaid with
a newly born child in her arms and
with another child, the said Richard
Smart, only little over a year OF age,
upon the arrival Of said Smart and his
said wife in New York from Paris, on
or about the 18th day of September.
1914, your petitioner was not notified
of their arrival although the said
Smart we'll knew your petitioners ad.
dress and her anxiety in regard to the
health OF her said daughter, until Pc
titioner- heard by way of Honolulu on
the 23rd day of September, 1914, IL
days after their arrival in said New
York City, that the said Smart and
his wife had there arrived.
That Immediately upon your petit
toner hearing of the arrival of her
said daughter and her daughters said
husband In America she went from
her home In San Francisco in search
of her said daughter and found her at
Willoughby Beach, near Norfolk. Va.
at the. residence of a brother of the
said Smart who claimed to be an eye,
ear and nose specialist.
Found Thelma Dying.
That petitioner there found the said
Annie T. K. Parker. Smart in des-
perately i'll and dying condition, sick
and without attendance except that of
a nurse who had been employed to
look after the said Richard Smart and
with the exception Of possibly two or
three days toward the end of her stay
at such place she had no professional
nursing whatever. o..- =. ~.
That your petitioner found her said
daughter in uncleaA and unsuitable
surroundings and not being furnished
food suitable or sufficient for her phys
zeal condition and which she absolutely
required. $50. s.s =
That in petitioners opinion the keep.
for any considerable length of time
would have inevitably resulted in her
fastened death from lack Of care and
food necessary to be had and required
by one In her condition. 4
That your petitioner was informed
by her said daughter that one day
during her stay at said place she had
nothing but ham to eat at one meal
and at one on another day nothing but
soup and at another nothing but crabs.
That after petitioner had been at
said Willouby Beach with her daugh.
ter and her daughters said husband
for period of approximately two
days, your petitioner, together with
the said Smart, his wife and child and
two nurses, left for San Francisco
where they arrived in October, 1914
Undue Attentions to Nurse Charged.
That although well knowing the deB.
perate nature and character of the
Illness of his said wife, the said Smart,
during the entire trip neglected hef
and sought the society of one Miss
Hale, the said trained nurse, continu.
ously to such an extent and SO open.
ly as to cause his said wife to grieve
thereat and to become anxious reIa-
tive to the relations which existed be-
tween her husband and said nurse.
That he could scarcely have treat.
ed her more distantly and with less
affection had she been a stranger.
That during said trip across the con.
tinent from the east coast to San Fran.
cisco, the attentions of said Smart to
said nurse became so pronounced as
to make 1t necessary that she should
be discharged from the employ as a
nurse for Mrs. Smart.
That, as petitioner is informed and
verify believes, when the said Miss
Hale, the nurse referred to above, was
for causes heretofore given,
the said Smart in exhibiting his rage
at the proceeding abused his wife and
stated to her that in the future any
that were to be made rela- |
i've to persons In their employ should |
De made directly to him and that if
lis wife did not follow out his COM
hands he would take her in the dying
condition she then was from the house
If her mother.
rTSieIFSu NURSE 10 WIG, 10 assertion.
That the said Smart, up to the time
Of the discharge of said nurse as afore.
said, had been at every opportunity
with her against the wishes and de.
sires of his said wife, and had taken
her automobile riding and sought her
society in preference TO that of his
said wife and after her discharge was
seen in her company on one occasion
1t least taking her out upon an auto.
mobile ride. @
That your petitioner was almost con-
'tantly in attendance at the bedside
II her daughter from the time that
The arrived In San Francisco until she
lied on the'17th day of November,
1914 *.
That the said Smart, knowing full
we'll that his wife had but short time
70 live, paid her little or no atten-
lion, gave her no affectionate regard !
and on one occasion re-
fused to even assist in moving her
rom one bed to another.
That a Miss kirkpatrick, one of the |
nurses in attendance upon petitioners
laughter, was so incensed and rem.