The Hawaiian gazette., 1915-11-12
mrs. KNIGHT ASKS
!: TO Be APPOINTED
j: !: GUARDIAN OF BOY:
Wants Court To Give Her Legal
. Control Of Richard Smart,
Grandson
ne is NOW SOLE HEIR
TO PARKER MILLIONS
W.
indications Are That. No Objection
=" win Be Made To Grand
mothers Request

That she is the mother OF the mOlhef
of little Richard Smart and devotedly
attached to her orphaned grand"hild;
that she has no children Of her own
and that Richard has become attached
- 10" her, are claims urged by Mrs. Eliza.
beth ]. knight Of San Francisco, why
> she should be appointed guardian Of
the person Of her grandson, child heir
% 10 the Parker estate millions.
The death of Mrs. Annie Thelma Par
her Smart in San Francisco, the fight
for the custody of the child and owner
ship of the rich estate, and the d"ath
of Henry Gaillard Smart a few days
ago, have made the fate and fortunes
OF the orphaned baby Of intense inter
eft TO the. public, especially in Hawaii
where the Parker family name has been
, a. household word for many genera
tions past. .'.>
Amended Petition Filed
Two petitions were filed in the local
circuit court yesterday. by Stanley 4
ri Wilder, acting in behalf of Mrs.
Knight. The second is an amended pc
t.tion, filed within an hour after the
fest. The amended petition is identi
~ cal in form and wording except that
r the following paragraph, which appears
T. IN the original is deleted from the
r amended one:
THAT said Richard Smart s relatives
on his fathar's side are aliens to him
. and have no affection, love or devotion
, for him. b" -, :. t.-
~ The petition, which asks for the ap
pointment Of Mrs. Knight as guardian
Of Richard Smart, will be heard by
Judge Whitney at two o'clock next
Monday afternoon. No contest is an
tieipated TO the granting of the petit
ton. The Trent Trust Company, Is
guardian of the property of the minor
and il IL not believed that any move
will be made to disturb this, which wa,
one of the points arranged in the com
~ promise several months ago when the
= contest over the will of Mrs, Smart and
W the custody Of the child, which settled
q all the court litigation, was concluded.
Gives Orphans history
y Mrs Knights petition AYERS that
Richard Smart was born in Honolulu
ON May 81, 1913, aud that the child :
=, parents were Henry Gaillard Smart and
Annie Thelma Parker Smart, both de-
ceased. She says that Richard was
taken to San Francisco by his parents
in February, 1914, while they were on
! their way 20 Paris, France. E1e. T.
Z The child then was brought back to
Honolulu, by his father, in November,
/, 1914, after Mrs. Smart s death in San
FraneiscO, aud lived both here and in
Waimea, Hawaii, the ancestral home,
until April, 1915, when Richard went
to San Francisco with his grandmother.
The petition then refers to Mrs.
knight 5 attachment for her grandson
~ and his attachment to her. 1t says
=, that "if she, petitioner, is appointed
the guardian of the person of said
Richard Smart, she, petitioner, viii
give him a mother 5 love, care and de.
votion and will bring him mp in manner
fitting his family and position IN life. "
Richard With Grandmother
Mrs. knight y personal income from
the Parker Smart estate, under the com
% promise effected here several months
ago, is $500 a month. The care and
custody of the child, having been placed
. in her charge under the same cOmprom.
81 Use, was to be fixed by the probate
b" court. Smart, the father of Richard
was TO receive $1,000 month, n fourth
of which was TO be set apart for the
=" use, maintenance and education of hi.
child until the latter reached twenty
years of age
Sole Heir to Millions
u Under the same compromise and had
Smart survived bis mother in law the
p father was to have One-third of thu
IL estate and Richard two thirds AZ soOr
as the latter reached the age of twenty
ySars-which is the age of majorit,
uI,der the laws of the Territory.
Z The little orphan becomes the sol.
y hcic, since his fathers death, to thu
whole estate left by his mother, except
fl. as 10 a number Of special requests to
y failing about $I75,900 The estate
- consisting of the big Parker cattlt
ranch on the Island Of Hawaii, has beuI
90. variOusly estimated at from two t.
30. threr million dolIa;s in value. The an
mai income averages a quarter of I
~ million.